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by cdf 13y ago
Instead of going back to school, why don't you propose software projects for your current job? You may not get compensated for the time spent, but you are enhancing your current job and getting real field experience a fresh school leaver ca
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by cdf 14y ago
Well, not sure about cars, but bicycles without brakes are getting pretty hip...
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by cdf 14y ago
I used to work for the consulting arm of a telco, and the projects with the telco direct involvement demanded IPv6 compliance by early 2013. You would think that working with a telco, getting IPv6 is easy. Except it is not. It is a mountain
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by cdf 14y ago
As a Singaporean, I don't think we have an "emotional deficit". We just have greater risks when speaking up. For example, a lady working here was hounded out of Singapore because of a facebook post. The online lynching mob even included the
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by cdf 14y ago
Or it could be a Chinese Zodiac sign thing? There are 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac, each representing a year in a 12 year cycle. Goat and Monkey are two of them. I'm a Tiger, which means I am either 2,14,26,38,50,62,74,86 or 98 years ol
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by cdf 14y ago
The logical conclusion is that your list price should be priced for toxic customers, and give deep discounts almost automatically to all "normal" customers.... which explains why toxic customers ask for deep discounts because they already e
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by cdf 14y ago
Nate Silver claims to be a statistician, not a clairvoyant. While there is a sense of inevitability of Romney's nomination, I think it is obvious that the Republican voters agree with you that he is not a compelling candidate and were despe
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by cdf 14y ago
Singaporeans are supposed to be near native English speakers because English is supposed to be our first language... but obviously not near enough.
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by cdf 14y ago
Even though GE is generally considered well run, let's not forget that it needed a bailout by Warren Buffett during the financial crisis. At risk of sounding like I am defending my own mediocrity, the average worker and manager are going to
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by cdf 14y ago
Tell me about it...not only have I lost 2.5 years of my life, so will my 3 sons... Then again...if having a boy in Singapore is the limits of the comfort zone, I might feel more comfortable working the list backwards...right? :D
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by cdf 14y ago
I agree, but that's not Google Fibre's model. Their 5Mbps service, for example, is $0/mo...
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by cdf 14y ago
I'm not American, and US broadband rates are eye-popping, so I agree the business is high margin as it is. But once there is serious competition, by the implied entry of Google Fibre, then the margin will shrink quite a bit.
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by cdf 14y ago
So says the rest of the world. But ISP business is low margin, labour intensive, which is not quite congruent with Google's high margin media sales model. Like the 4 billion dollar bidding for wireless spectrum, I suspect Google's main moti
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by cdf 14y ago
I dont think your for-loop example is not very fair. It took me about 5 mins of reading online to figure out how to do it right, but I certainly wouldnt be able to create a flawless working script offline because much of my work in Linux te
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by cdf 14y ago
I see facebook's mission is to be the one universal ID system, superseding passports issued by governments. To achieve that, personal profiles must be correct and accurate. Being a job search site is a calculated step in that direction, not
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by cdf 14y ago
I cant speak for too many, but among my community of Linux users, Nokia has turned from Linux champion to piece of turd overnight. It wasnt too long ago when I was a hardcore Nokia fanboy that forced my whole family to use Nokia-only, eager
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by cdf 14y ago
If the MS hate does not exist any more, explain why Nokia phone sales collapsed after they announced their MS alliance.
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by cdf 14y ago
I am obviously biased, but I am terrified, TERRIFIED, if a company with Microsoft's history has a say in delivering the future. I dont want that future. Microsoft has a very very long way to rehabilitate their image for their long history o
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by cdf 14y ago
Bundle? One reason why microsoft is so hamstrung in the last ten years is because of that word. That, and "anti-trust". Apple has been behaving well enough not to be on anti-trust watch, and that gives the company so much more freedom to in
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by cdf 14y ago
Google's Nexus line so far has been to set a standard for their partners to follow, in terms of price, features, and more importantly, to show the partners how they mess up Android with their bad customizations. I believe Nexus 7 is intenti
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by cdf 15y ago
His earlier talk in Singapore 13 years ago was a life changing moment for me. And dammit, "dont buy him a parrot" gets upvoted and you and I are getting downvoted .... for what exactly?
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by cdf 15y ago
Shucks, I have my first holiday in 9 months, and it has to coincide with his talk...
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by cdf 15y ago
Ron Paul is still ok. I can tolerate lolcats even. It's the deterioration of comments to youtube level that puts me off.Or just downvotes without explanation. I neither want to read nor write on reddit these days... and I signed up on reddi
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by cdf 15y ago
As a singaporean parent, i find it appalling that the world puts our maths textbook on the pedestal. The current textbooks are nothing like what I used as a child, and the techniques used to solve problems, extremely contrived. I see it exa
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by cdf 15y ago
when you incorporate a limited liability company, you must inject capital to this entity. This is the paid up capital. retained profit is not capital, if my rusty accounting can be trusted. valuation is definitely not capital.
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by cdf 15y ago
"Less interference"? The Singapore government left their fingerprints everywhere here. If you want to hold Singapore up as an example, you are really advocating the government poking their nose into everything. How would you like to have al
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by cdf 15y ago
Caning and hanging in Singapore is really nothing to worry about unless you cannot live without pot or vandalising cars. Criticising the government OTOH, can get you in loads of trouble. Google "Chia Thye Poh" to find more about one of the
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by cdf 15y ago
You will find that sticking to your principles of paying fairly will be difficult, because Singapore is quickly becoming one of the most expensive cities to live in. What you save in taxes, you will pay back many folds in rental and transpo
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by cdf 15y ago
As a Singaporean, I have to agree Singapore is an excellent place for business, ON PAPER. Most of the pro-business comes from the fact that the government does not protect workers. Female employee pregnant? Feel free to pre-emptively fire h