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by byoung2 9y ago
It would seem not, since phones (at least in the US) are required to be able to connect to the tower in the absence of a SIM card for 911 calls.
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by byoung2 9y ago
It all depends on your situation and appetite for risk. Young, single and no kids, I'd do it and save as much as possible. $120k would go a long way in Nevada, maybe you could save/invest half of your salary. Maybe rent at first a
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by byoung2 9y ago
patio11 has posted a few times about that on HN. Here is one: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan/
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by byoung2 9y ago
I used to drive through this neighborhood in college and imagine I would live here someday when I was rich. The real estate crash made it possible, as $800k houses came down to the low $400k range. Now they're back to their old level.
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by byoung2 9y ago
Just reading this post got me stressed out thinking about what I would do if I had to move. We were lucky to get our current house in Los Angeles. We bought in 2012 when prices and interest rates were low ($415k and 3.5% for a 30y fixed in
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by byoung2 9y ago
You could possibly find some savings by using materials on Mars to either build your colony or sustain it, and things like gravity which are expensive to produce in space are free.
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by byoung2 9y ago
Not sure if you've done launched a product before but I'll describe my experience at my last company. We built amazing technology that crawled Yelp, Google, foursquare, Facebook, citysearch, superpages, etc. and we displayed listi
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by byoung2 9y ago
What is inside that justifies the cost? Couldn't similar functionality be found in a mashup between a $35 echo dot and a $35 fire tablet?
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by byoung2 9y ago
All tech interview advice out there talks about algorithms and whiteboards Even senior positions I've applied for don't ask these questions all the time. I've gotten them maybe 25% of the time overall, with the majority at
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by byoung2 10y ago
Entry level and management seem mutually exclusive. Maybe you could find the management part of the role as a lead developer or engineering manager?
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by byoung2 10y ago
I have lived in Los Angeles my whole life, so earthquakes are a reality here too. We have earthquake insurance through california earthquake authority (it attaches to your homeowners policy) for under $1000 a year. It covers 80% of the stru
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by byoung2 10y ago
Checking your own score? Or anybody's score?
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by byoung2 10y ago
What languages do you know?
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by byoung2 10y ago
If you can aggregate data that is otherwise hard to find and put it in an easy to use format, businesses will pay big bucks. My last company paid $2k a month for a daily feed of coupons and deals from over 200 sites (e.g. Groupon, LivingSoc
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by byoung2 10y ago
The 300Mbps connection doesn't come from the local telcos or their subsidiaries?
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by byoung2 10y ago
You might also think of other minorities. Why isn't it also illegal for free lectures not to accommodate blind people? The lawsuit addressed both deaf and blind students. In addition to captions, there should be screen-reader friendl
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by byoung2 10y ago
There were also issues with diagrams, charts, maps, tables, etc presented in the videos that should have links to screen-reader friendly versions for the blind, or audio descriptions.
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by byoung2 10y ago
If you can buy these drugs in a convenience store then you probably think: ‘They must be safe for me.’ Convenience stores also sell cigarettes, but people don't think they're safe because there is ample labeling and awareness ca
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by byoung2 10y ago
Depends on the government but in the US govt jobs come with stability, since it's hard to fire govt employees, and the govt never goes out of business. Govt jobs typically also come with great benefits like great health care for the wh
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by byoung2 10y ago
Did that experiment have a control group? It could just have been seasonal. Flu season in the US (Oct-March) coincides with holiday season (Halloween, thanksgiving, Christmas, new years, Valentine's day, st Patrick's day) so the u
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by byoung2 10y ago
As Hawaii and Arizona show, the US government gives states a choice as to whether to adopt daylight saving time. But states aren’t currently allowed to switch to daylight saving time year-round. I didn't know that states couldn'
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by byoung2 10y ago
Did you try to offer that condo to your friends or relatives, so they can use it sometimes, too? My wife's relatives in the Philippines have the key, and they stay there occasionally to use the resort-style pool and cabanas, and a fe
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by byoung2 10y ago
I don't understand, why owners buy such vacant homes, which they use twice a year. Renting the same house for two days would be much cheaper. My wife and I own a condo in the Philippines which we use 1 month out of the year. Why buy
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by byoung2 10y ago
I just got back from a trip and each time I went through a checkpoint I had the factory reset menu on screen so if asked to unlock I would have just stalled by asking why they needed to see my device while the wipe was in progress.
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by byoung2 10y ago
Integrate with grocery stores. Hook into an API with Safeway, Whole Foods, etc. to know exactly what they have in stock so you never let a user buy something that they don’t have. Does such a thing even exist? Would Safeway be cool with th
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by byoung2 10y ago
In fact, this is why they pay you the big bucks...you have the expertise to know when to call in a specialist. Like a general contractor remodeling your kitchen will call in a granite specialist to cut the hole for your undermount sink.
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by byoung2 10y ago
I've noticed recently my Gmail spam folder is 90% legitimate email (stuff I should Unsubscribe from, but not viagra ads, Canadian pharmacy, or stock tips). That leads me to believe most of it is getting filtered before it even reaches
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by byoung2 10y ago
Also included in our contract was a money back guarantee and access to previous clients who agreed to be contacted for testimonials (we offered a discount if they agreed to let future customers contact them). We also met every client in per
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by byoung2 10y ago
why should the business pay you $6000 for the project when they can hire (assuming similar competency) another developer to do the same thing for $1000? This was also addressed in the ebook, and charging significantly more than your compe

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