curmudgeon9

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   by curmudgeon9 9y ago

   The way Google does project assignment after a lengthy interview process strikes me as a bait-and-switch. Feels like they're hoping you've invested so much time in the process that you won't turn down a role you would have ne
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   by curmudgeon9 9y ago

   The difference is it has a name, so consulting and training can be sold and conference talks can be made.
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   by curmudgeon9 9y ago

   Yes but it's the May 2015 model.
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   by curmudgeon9 9y ago

   Not to mention the salary difference will get soaked up by real estate differences the moment you decide to buy a house. Not that Toronto real estate is cheap either. I think Google Waterloo is a great value: high CAD salary but low real es
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   by curmudgeon9 9y ago

   The CCPC status is grandfathered in if your options were granted when the company was a CCPC.
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   by curmudgeon9 9y ago

   And the company going belly up (or an acquisition scenario where common shares are worth zip) is a disposition that will make the tax due. You can however use the Allowable Business Investment Loss deduction to deduct half, and if you hold
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   by curmudgeon9 9y ago

   IBM already has an official Z emulator they could offer for free non-commercial use, if they wanted: https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/z-systems-development-...
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   by curmudgeon9 9y ago

   What they're doing isn't even occlusion culling. It's frustum culling. https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/OcclusionCulling.html edit: I wouldn't even call it frustum calling since I don't think fr