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by crux_ 16y ago
Not sure if they work on FF4 (yet), but there are add-ons for that, of course. I don't mind losing the title bar, since I've long been in the habit of alt+dragging to move windows anyway. (This is a linux-ism, but well worth installing 3rd
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by crux_ 16y ago
Because news.yc is a pretty sexist environment. I've been biting my (virtual) tongue, holding back the same observation that you made.
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by crux_ 16y ago
I'm not using it directly, but sometimes I use tools that in turn use mongo. -- So for now, browsing docs.
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by crux_ 16y ago
The limitations are documented as foot/side notes. Analogy: It's like seeing "ACID compliance!" on a feature list, then finding buried in the documentation that is only the case for single-document transactions in unordered collections on a
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by crux_ 16y ago
You know, nobody ever replies to these comments with an "I will", but I'm seriously considering it. (It's a nice opportunity to publicly show off a specialty/core competency and brush up a bit on C++ a the same time. I'm not that easily pro
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by crux_ 16y ago
The problem I have is at least partly one of truth in advertising. For example: If they were truly using a "spherical model", then one would not expect to have queries fail at the poles & dateline, would you? At least it is documented a
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by crux_ 16y ago
If by "location data" you have points, and the only location operations you need are distance or bounding-box searches, it may do the trick. If you're interested in polygons, lines, etc; more physically accurate (and completely implemented)
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by crux_ 16y ago
I got excited and looked it up. > We don't currently handle wrapping at the poles or at the transition from -180° to +180° longitude, however we detect when a search would wrap and raise an error. generalized grumble Why does everyone
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by crux_ 16y ago
You're splitting hairs. A company whose valuation rises enough for this to become an issue is very rich in a very real sense. Second, most events that would cause such a huge rise in valuation are accompanied by a huge influx of cash. There
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by crux_ 16y ago
> My understanding was the same as yours above, but it seems that if there is a valuation event – an IPO, for example – then the rise in value of all shares is counted, not just the ones which were sold. Well, that would explain a bit o
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by crux_ 16y ago
I'm not sure I follow your post; apologies if it's my own up-too-late-itis. "When cash exchanges hands" is when the tax does apply, assuming by that you mean options being exercised. That's why in my imaginary example a post or two ago, o
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by crux_ 16y ago
The tax bill your hypothetical company faces will be based on options that are actually exercised. Except for an incredibly fortunate few early employees, I'd wager the vast majority of options have a strike price something higher than 1.5%
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by crux_ 16y ago
If you include the portion of your federal & provincial taxes that are then granted/budgeted to the city, I bet the tax you're paying "to the city" is a lot higher than you think it is, and per-capita are probably on par with SF. Also
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by crux_ 16y ago
This is probably because other companies either aren't in SF, or aren't winning the Startup Lottery. You yourself have long advocated that the former greatly increases your chances of the latter. Now, it's late, so correct me if I'm wrong i
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by crux_ 16y ago
I'm going to play devils' advocate: > people don't consider this a worthwhile use of their political time Is this actually a worthwhile use of political time, given the relative magnitude(s) of the issues facing the House & Senate?
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by crux_ 16y ago
Why is that anything close to "the same"? Example: a 3-person $400k-revenue business a year and a half old would normally be able negotiate with investors from a position of great strength, because they can painlessly walk away from a deal
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by crux_ 16y ago
100K in financing that must come from a US-based VC/angel, no friends-and-family fundraising or personal savings allowed. That 100K is going to be rather more costly to acquire than you think.
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by crux_ 16y ago
Doesn't this give investors a rather disproportionate amount of negotiating power, particularly for the 2nd round? "Agree to our terms ... or lose your visa!"
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by crux_ 16y ago
The thing that makes critiques of Dubai interesting is that they have chosen to so closely parallel aspects of our own society. If you're questioning the social value of their building projects or the hidden human misery propping up their f
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by crux_ 16y ago
Hmm... just glancing at the most-watched & most-forked totals, Boulder is ahead of both Atlanta and Houston -- for what it's worth (not much). Besides startups the other replier mentioned, there's also a lot of bigger software-centric
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by crux_ 16y ago
Don't underestimate how excited people get about their toys. :) Me, I'm waiting hat in hand for the Asus Eee Note. Executive summary in SAT Analogy format: iPad : Eee Note :: flat-screen TV : chalkboard
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by crux_ 16y ago
I am not an accountant. That said ... There are a few key pieces of functionality missing from this description, and what (I think) is a really important insight that wasn't really emphasised. Key pieces missing: the hierarchical chart of a
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by crux_ 16y ago
We're rapidly approaching (have almost certainly passed) the point where it would be feasible for the average worker to do far less than 40 hours a week. Notwithstanding the cultural & structural reasons we can't get there from here, th
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by crux_ 16y ago
> Yet in ways, this paper seems like a confession that he's reached something of a brick wall with the problem. If "the problem" is that of providing accurate, fully static types for this type of transform, then of course yes. ;) I thin
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by crux_ 16y ago
The project he's working on, http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~harmony/ , is one I've been half-paying-attention to for a while. In particular something like this will (I think) be a perfect substrate for refactoring parsers, semantic diff tools,
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by crux_ 16y ago
> But the programmers will, one way or the other, get exposed to the features you considered esoteric. Be it through libraries, or sample code, or whatever. And then they have a piece of code in the language they use for daily work that
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by crux_ 16y ago
I think it's on freenode.
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by crux_ 16y ago
Assumption (b) is probably incorrect too, you know. ;) That section could probably have been omitted entirely, since my point lay more in the following sentence: > it still seems likely that the 'stale tank re-heat' will use a decently
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by crux_ 16y ago
Quick answer: Because in a water heater (2) is very small compared to the energy cost of (1). In a home, which is infinitely less insulated than a good tank, maintaining temperature is a lot more expensive. Edit to add: I'm not claiming ze
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by crux_ 16y ago
Low-flow showerheads could have a decent impact as well. So would other ways of reducing hot-water use (turn the shower off when soaping & shampooing, etc), though I doubt they'd see widespread adoption.

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