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   by gjkood 11y ago

   The article says that MUBI is a London based company. Does that mean it is available in the UK? I would guess that is highly probable.
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   by gjkood 11y ago

   I have to say, your sign up process (including payments) was one of the simplest/smoothest I have ever experienced. And I especially loved the welcome email that felt so personal (I know this is an automated form letter. I specialize i
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   by gjkood 11y ago

   What is that line in the Pink Floyd song? "I got thirteen channels of shit on the tv to choose from..". Netflix is beginning to resemble that. I mean I love Netflix but its becoming a little hit-or-miss. The alternatives (propriet
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   by gjkood 11y ago

   Oh yes, the raised eyebrows and the disapproving looks. I have mastered the art of unboxing and recycling the amazon packaging within a few seconds of it reaching the front door. One must learn to manage under adverse conditions.
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   by gjkood 11y ago

   Siting call centers in cheaper locations has been a norm in the US for years. If it couldn't be done that way, it would all have moved to India or the Philippines. Most call center staff (non-technical) are easily and quickly trained
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   by gjkood 11y ago

   Those are staggering statistics. All the more reason to streamline the immigration process to make sure they become valuable contributors to US growth.
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   by gjkood 11y ago

   What about the people angle (as in People, Process, Technology)? I don't know how it used to be 20, 30 or 50 years ago, but if you have sat in a graduate science/technology/engineering course classroom in any US university in
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   by gjkood 11y ago

   If you don't mind bending your neck a little, you can always use these comfortable laptop cushioned desks like the one below: http://www.amazon.com/LapGear-Classic-Original-Lapdesk-45364...
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   by gjkood 11y ago

   The best part of the Kindle, is the ability to buy collections of the classics for $0.99, which would otherwise have been massive tomes in the physical world. Now taking the time to read them is another matter...
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    I wish they make a Kindle Paperwhite in the DX format also. It's a pain to read technical books, with diagrams and code snippets, in the smaller formats. Yes, there is the iPad, but I like the longer battery life of the Kindle, especia
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    I wish my "Tsundoku" could have been an investment that could generate some passive income. But alas my copy of "Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic in 24 hours" circa 1995 (or so), is still untouched. Just never got the ne
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    Here is my highly opinionated 2 cents. Don't choose Elixir/Erlang just for the language. There are plenty of functional languages to choose from. Choose them for what OTP provides. I doubt there is any language framework with as m
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    I wish I could speak for professions such as Medicine or Law, but I can't. I can however speak for an Engineering degree. The following is an example of what a typical CS undergraduate student would study in the US[1]: ● AL - Algorithm
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    You are probably right. My intend in pointing out the Thiel Fellowship is that even if you decide to drop out of an undergraduate degree, the chances of doing better without a degree finally is only if you are part of an exclusive/elit
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    I can definitely understand the value of a Big 4 firm when it comes to accounting/auditing. It is the IT Consultancy part that I have concerns with. I understand the value of the Master & Apprentice model. However I would rather no
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    I was really surprised when Congress decided to make it very hard or almost impossible to discharge Student Loan debt through bankruptcy while forgiving other types of debt. This fact in addition to the fleecing of the nation's youth b
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    My reply is not intended to insult anyone associated with the Big 4/5 firms. In my experience, the model is to get one or two really smart people into the client and then a boatload of rookies to pump up the billing machine. Every cli
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    In certain parts of the country (the Bay Area), that need people with specialized/advanced knowledge in CS (which a Masters would definitely provide), I would expect that your graduate CS degree will definitely give you a leg up on tho
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    Kudos to E&Y for taking a radical approach to hiring. However, as a concerned parent, I hope impressionable youngsters don't mistake this for 'Yay, I don't have to go to college to get a decent job anymore'. The life
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    Switching from DISQUS to Facebook comments has improved discussions at Politico

    2 points by gjkood 11y ago|1 comments
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    One of the very best non-fiction books that I have ever read.
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    Read "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes. Leo Szilard plays a very prominent part in the history of the bomb.
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    Agreed. I am in my 'Ready > Fire > Aim' mode today.
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    Does this have a noticeable performance impact for a typical vim end user, using it in an interactive file editing workflow? On any modern hardware? I suppose there may be some negative performance impact if we need to use it for an automat
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    See Chapter 1 of the Unix Hater's Handbook. http://www.csf.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/BioComp/training/...
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    Beautiful, beautiful city (not to mention the people, the food). One of the high points in my life was spending 3 months there. Every little building has some unique architectural detail.
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    Two things that amazed me when I visited it years ago: 1. The concept of long term planning (or rather fits and starts) in building these monuments. The construction time scale is in the centuries. 2. The character of the various architects
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    Here is a discussion of the PlentyOfFish architecture on High Scalability http://highscalability.com/plentyoffish-architecture .
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    http://highscalability.com is an excellent site to find out about how companies solve their scalability needs.
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    by gjkood 11y ago

    For those interested in other FPGA boards, Digilent makes a whole series of affordable ones. https://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Catalog.cfm?NavPath=2,4...