captain_perl

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by captain_perl 9y ago
It's forbidden to publish the benchmarks, not to make them. And it's because most users are rubes who can't tune 2 databases at the same time.
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by captain_perl 9y ago
A couple famous examples are Dan Bernsteins's code style is considered weird (he was trying to write safe code his way in C) and Monty's MySQL code is considered "ugly" but runs great.
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by captain_perl 9y ago
You're fighting against the CFO's excel that says it's a nickel cheaper to go open plan wrt construction costs. Game over.
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by captain_perl 9y ago
FYI: WordPress.com requires plugins to be GPL for their public marketplace, so there may be nothing "flagrant" going on at all.
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by captain_perl 9y ago
No, there's less shares (which are priced higher) but also less cash available. Your individual ownership is the same value, but the optics are better for the CEO. Also, and most importantly, the CEO is now in the money and can sell, s
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by captain_perl 9y ago
You're missing the point. When there's less shares, the EPS increases, making it appear the company is performing better. It's the easiest lever a CEO can push on to look good. The numbers don't lie, right?
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by captain_perl 9y ago
You concealed that applicants have to fly to Ottawa for the final interview. (ie. the Arctic Circle in winter-time, with no non-stop flights from Silicon Valley.)
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by captain_perl 9y ago
I hold a commercial airplane rating ... The PPL is about 40 - 60 hours of experience at the time of rating, and CPL is 200+ hours. New PPL holders do not have an IFR endorsement, while most CPLs do. So the qualifications are vastly differen