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   by fsk 11y ago

   That is a misleading headline. MAME always was open source, but it was distributed under its own custom license, which forbade distributing it with ROM images. For example, if Nintendo wanted to distribute its Arcade/GB/GBC&#x2F
2. 182.▲
   by fsk 11y ago

   Nope, he didn't follow that, he had a bunch of exceptions coded in his autoload function. He also had a bunch of functions where a function in one class nothing but call another function in another class. He also had way too many clas
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   by fsk 11y ago

   The only projects that nobody ridicules are the ones that nobody uses.
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   by fsk 11y ago

   I never liked the pattern of routing every single request through index.php. I prefer to let Apache do the routing for me, having a separate script for each task. I also had a PITA debugging someone else's code with autoload magic. H
5. 185.▲
   by fsk 11y ago

   Couldn't they accomplish the same effect with AJAX? I.e., display the 2nd bit based on which E-Mail is typed?
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   by fsk 11y ago

   Near the South Pole, there are latitudes where the circumference is 1 mile, 1/2 mile, 1/3 mile... You are 1 mile north of those latitudes.
7. 187.▲
   by fsk 11y ago

   For any drug trial, if a patient switches from drug X to placebo, compared to patients who switch from drug X to drug Y, that could cause the placebo to seem worse than it actually is, due to withdrawal. All the drug research I read regardi
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   by fsk 11y ago

   Maybe. There were several I tried that were horrible and only one I liked. Most drug trials are 30-90 days. I haven't seen a study that tracked drug vs. placebo over years/decades. In only 30-90 days, drug withdrawal can cause p
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   by fsk 11y ago

   Why bother learning how to write software? I should have focused on sales if that's the only skill that matters.
10. 190.▲
    by fsk 11y ago

    I still say that someone gave you a shit sandwich, and tricked you into believing that it tasted good.
11. 191.▲
    by fsk 11y ago

    Considering how the OP is the mythical 10x-100x programmer, I'd lean towards him not being a dickhead. He singlehandedly implemented several key features for FaceBook. If FaceBook had an average employee instead of the OP, they might
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    by fsk 11y ago

    You're confused about how the dickhead non-dickhead spectrum works. From the viewpoint of a dickhead, an honest and intelligent person is a dickhead. The honest and intelligent person has the potential to expose the dickhead as a dick
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    by fsk 11y ago

    I had a completely different interpretation of the incident at Facebook. He had developed some key features that were now important. Instead of mentoring him to work better with others, his boss demoted him. The boss was giving someone els
14. 194.▲
    by fsk 11y ago

    Even with 2x straight preference, valuations don't matter much, provided the residual value of the company on failure is close to the amount you're investing.
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    by fsk 11y ago

    Suppose pre-financing, the company is worth $5M, and no matter how bad things go, it'll never fall below $1M. (due to patents, brand name recognition, the VC's ability to arrange an acqui-hire, or whatever) If you invest $1M with
16. 196.▲
    by fsk 11y ago

    I tried abilify and couldn't stand the side-effects. The drug was so horrible that I decided taking nothing was better and taking my chances at being re-hospitalized.
17. 197.▲
    by fsk 11y ago

    How is it not good-faith negotiation to leave if you don't get what you want? If your plan is to stay no matter what, why should the other party do anything you want? I thought that's the essence of good-faith negotiation, when e
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    by fsk 11y ago

    SourceTree (by BitBucket) has a decent GUI Git client. The official github client is trash. The last time I used it was a year ago, so it might have improved since then.
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    by fsk 11y ago

    Any interview process that requires a substantial time investment by the candidate pre-interview is broken. Why would I spend some time learning the security niche just for one interview? I could instead work on Android development, Python
20. 200.▲
    by fsk 11y ago

    I always thought the best way to negotiate is to have the freedom to walk away. (BATNA - Best Alternative To Negotiated Agreement) Your boss doesn't give you a raise - you find another job. (If you can't find a higher salary else
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    by fsk 11y ago

    It sounds like they need a UI change for mobile. It should be upvote arrow, username, downvote arrow instead of the way it is now Then there would be no accidental downvotes.
22. 202.▲
    by fsk 11y ago

    Great, spend a lot of time studying your niche (security), all just for one interview. Yeah, your process isn't broken.
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    by fsk 11y ago

    Consider the same story, but the ending is "The company was squeaking out a $1M/year profit, but a buyout offer came for $240M and the investors took it so they could cash out." As an individual, if I could make a business wi
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    by fsk 11y ago

    If your employer no longer has a reasonable schedule and workload and expectations, it's time to consider moving on.
25. 205.▲
    by fsk 11y ago

    Advice to employers: Interview both and pick the one that seems smarter. (or a better "cultural fit" or whatever other stupid metric you use) Advice to students: Pick the area that interests you more. If you plan on pursuing a s
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    by fsk 11y ago

    I worked at a startup that used angular. That was my impression also. It was taking them 3x-5x longer to implement features than what I thought was reasonable. The CTO picked angular because he wanted to pad his resume with angular experi
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    by fsk 11y ago

    That's the #1 hard part about a new job search website. If you have no jobs, why would the candidates search there? If you have no candidates, why would anyone post their jobs? Surprisingly, I only get decent interviews from Craigslist
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    by fsk 11y ago

    How about some ads that aren't posted by headhunters? https://www.staticjobs.com/search.php?query=php+new+york Cybercoders, Kforce, Randstad - all bottom feeder headhunters. Actually, that's my #1 want in a job se
29. 209.▲
    by fsk 11y ago

    Don't this guy too seriously. He made people take a long APL course as part of their job interview process.
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    by fsk 11y ago

    That's hiring 101. All the candidates you passed on were losers. Never consider the possibility that you passed on someone great for a stupid reason.