eecsninja

40 ms·

151.
by eecsninja 11y ago
> They are incorrect. Building luxury housing will take some of the demand pressure off of non-luxury housing (which constitutes the vast majority of the housing in San Francisco), thereby lowering its price. Agreed. Also, rich people ca
152.
by eecsninja 11y ago
Can't upvote this enough. Taking this thought further -- it's telling that most people in the tech industry don't even consider this as a worthwhile goal. Both company leaders and employees. If people here can create self-dri
153.
by eecsninja 11y ago
This should be expanded to include the other majority German-speaking countries, Austria and Switzerland.
154.
Twitter stock drops below $20 for first time ever(businessinsider.com)
2 points by eecsninja 11y ago|1 comments
155.
VC Confidence Hits Two-Year Low, High Valuations and Pointless Startups Blamed(sfist.com)
2 points by eecsninja 11y ago|0 comments
156.
by eecsninja 11y ago
> A crowded, hyper-expensive, tourist trap with limited housing You just described SF.
157.
Housing in SF is now as costly as in NYC(expatistan.com)
2 points by eecsninja 12y ago|0 comments
158.
Why corporate penny-shaving backfires. (Also, how to do a layoff right.)(michaelochurch.wordpress.com)
3 points by eecsninja 12y ago|0 comments
159.
DuinoCube: A Retro Game Console You Can Hack(kickstarter.com)
2 points by eecsninja 12y ago|0 comments
160.
DuinoCube: the Arduino game console(duinocube.com)
1 points by eecsninja 13y ago|0 comments
161.
by eecsninja 13y ago
Check out the absolute pay numbers in the Pew Research article: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/12/11/on-pay-gap-millenn... While women's wages have dropped slightly in recent years, men's wages
162.
by eecsninja 13y ago
One solution would be to let the campaigner set an upper limit to individual pledges. That limits the damage a single troll can do. Is there such a feature?
163.
by eecsninja 13y ago
I added a note to my profile stating I wasn't interested in the area in which I get 90% of the recruitment emails (Linux kernel). That's what happens when you get assigned to a field by your job and people assume you actually like
164.
Why have so few successful startups come out of Google?(quora.com)
2 points by eecsninja 13y ago|0 comments
165.
by eecsninja 13y ago
To be fair, I'd expect a lot of coverage in the news for male founders / CEOs -- Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg, Ellison, etc... and less coverage of actual male developers.
166.
by eecsninja 13y ago
Actually, it's approaching 50,000 employees. Wikipedia cites 46,421. Speaking as a Googler, I do think that people here are generally smart. However I've come to some conclusions after working here for a few years... As an establ
167.
Ask HN: Why the need for newer versions of software?
3 points by eecsninja 13y ago|3 comments
168.
by eecsninja 13y ago
This study was done in the UK. I wonder if it'd be different in the US. Also the sample size should be increased by a factor of 10.
169.
by eecsninja 13y ago
Thanks for the responses. It's good to hear that others have been in the same place as me. Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one when everyone else at work seems to be doing just fine in their jobs. I should add that my educa
170.
Ask HN: Is it time for a career change?
11 points by eecsninja 13y ago|5 comments