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by eshvk 14y ago
There are a couple of things that really really bug me about this city: 1) The horrible state of the public transport system. Irrespective of the recent rains we have been having, the Muni system appears completely broken down. There are bu
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by eshvk 14y ago
> But Tokyo's average building height is lower than San Francisco's already. Tokyo did not grow "up." This is very interesting. I did not actually know this. However, the city will never go for this. They make a ton of money through par
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by eshvk 14y ago
> In case you haven't noticed sf is bounded by the Pacific Ocean. It can't just grow and it already has a very high housing density. The only area that can absorb new housing is china basin (3rd st) and that is being developed. The rest
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by eshvk 14y ago
> it's bizarre that there isn't a binary package manager for these things. There are three! * Fink * Macports * Homebrew There are countless articles on the internet on which one is better than the other. The summary is that it depends
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by eshvk 14y ago
Since the car analogy isn't working: Let me try another one, equally with flaws no doubts. :-) Piracy as we known it is rampant of the coasts of Somalia (Yes, I am talking about real world pirates). One of the reasons why that is happening
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by eshvk 14y ago
> I've never thought about the research component. I'll have to think about this and do some research. Do you know if universities make more money from research labs? Don't the professors and students make money if their research has co
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by eshvk 14y ago
> You're forgetting the university as a place to get drunk, get high, get laid, and play football which appear to be pretty high priorities for many if not most students. So...? While these may not be my priorities, people who are payin
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by eshvk 14y ago
> In one full swing, this business model would reduce unemployment, national debt, and poverty. But you're also creating an incentive for the universities to innovate. I can just see something like A/B Testing being set up. "Okay. So ar
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by eshvk 14y ago
He generated his own motivation: His external motivations were bought with his own money. Why is this a problem as long as he gets the job done? Everyone gets motivated by something: After all, as an employer, surely you do pay your employe
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by eshvk 14y ago
> But as an aside: is it really typical for someone to prepare this hard for an interview, even if it is for a dream company? If so, then something seems to be clearly broken with the interview process. My idea of a superstar candidate
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by eshvk 14y ago
I have been told that these "perks" make sense if you are a young (starving) grad just out of school for whom the idea of anything that is not Ramen or Cold Pizza is heavenly. However, when you get older, you find that cold cash can pay for
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by eshvk 14y ago
There is a good reason for someone young in their career to work at Google: Studying how large systems were designed, built and how they handle cruft. Sure there are hot Startups where you get to reinvent the wheel but those opportunities c
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India to Revise Enforcement of Internet Law(nytimes.com)
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by eshvk 14y ago
You could get a 13 or 15" Macbook Pro (Not retina) and install Linux on it. (I use OSX with Macports which is fine for my needs but the fresh install of Linux is still an option). I really like the Apple Hardware although I am becoming grad
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by eshvk 14y ago
I used to wrap to 79 because I used to write a lot of Python but once you get to the world of Java, 79 hampers readability. I still feel uncomfortable (and guilty) going beyond 79 though.
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by eshvk 14y ago
Exactly. I went to school and did research hoping to have a career in robotics/Unmanned air vehicles and I had resigned myself to having to work in defense because unless you are in Europe, the number of companies that work on robotics that
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by eshvk 14y ago
> And if the Obama campaign were making the same offer, which would you choose? I think the point is that Romney's campaign would be able to hire engineers at some cost. This cost may be significantly higher than the cost that Obama wou
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by eshvk 14y ago
I don't disagree. However, I know quite a few people who think that they are somehow "contaminated" by the mere virtue of having an adult company on their resume. This may of course be bullshit because I know that we hired a mobile engineer
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by eshvk 14y ago
Lots of people may consume Porn but only a small subset of that group might be interested in creating Porn.
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by eshvk 14y ago
IIRC, the reason they spent so much money is because they outsourced it to a bunch of consultants. I am sure that if they wanted to do this properly, they could have organically grown a small team, and done this in-house.
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by eshvk 14y ago
Is this really that big a problem though? I mean irrespective of how many people in SV disagree with the candidate, eventually if he/she throws enough money at the problem, he should be able to sort it out? After all, Porn is the canonical
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by eshvk 14y ago
Isn't it illegal to jam cell phone reception deliberately ?
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by eshvk 14y ago
I dunno, I got a smart phone only after I left school. The only primary reason I have a smart phone is so that I can check Google Maps. Everything else is expendable. (Yes, I am one of those people who hasn't upgraded to iOS6 yet. )
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by eshvk 14y ago
It is a standard recruiter question. Don't worry too much about it. I am not sure there is a company wide policy to ask these questions or not. P.S: For future reference, the best thing to do in this case it to mention as part of educationa
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by eshvk 14y ago
I think rules are the same everywhere for management. The guy was going in for a CEO position one where he has to at least have the perception that he was in sync with the brand. Going even further, I think fitting in is appreciated everywh
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by eshvk 14y ago
> Just think of the number of people on HN who have posted about how they don't understand Facebook, Twitter, or shoot down some whiz bang new technology. I've done it sometimes myself. Engineers are naturally skeptical, but this skepti
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by eshvk 14y ago
Those two statements might be completely valid but don't necessarily disprove my point. :-) I am sure there are old people who suck at this stuff, as are there young people who are great at this. The point here is that you can't sweep peopl
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by eshvk 14y ago
> Dustin Curtis also suggests that as a partisan of the best, he is taking on the hardship of truly understanding a domain in order to identify the best consumer good within that domain. Really? I am sure Dustin can speak for himself bu
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by eshvk 14y ago
I am not convinced that there is something inherently special with the ways young people consume technology that only other young people have mystical insight towards. There are people in their fifties on HN, tweeting away before twitter wa
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by eshvk 14y ago
I completely agree with the thesis of the article but I want to nitpick with the first few lines: I am not sure whether the converse/shaving your head off thing is helping is due to the perception of being more in tune with your coworkers o

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