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by gusmd 7y ago
I think you missed the point. The point is that compensation in the Bay is much much more than $12k/year higher than other low-COL cities, and therefore the trade-off is worth it.
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by gusmd 7y ago
During my MSc, I was implementing, validating, and comparing multiple numerical methods for a certain field of Aeroacoustics. Most (peer-reviewed!) papers had errors, some glaring, some subtle. The cynic in me thought those were done on pur
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by gusmd 7y ago
Yep! This is generally referred to as "amortized linear time". It's the difference between considering the cost "per operation" vs. "per algorithm". The former is technically correct (as an upper bound), b
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by gusmd 8y ago
I would like to believe so. But maybe there isn't, or his leaving makes it worse. My point, though, is that that burden shouldn't fall on the single individual, for his power to promote actual change is negligible. More anecdotal
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by gusmd 8y ago
In the US, for private-sector employees, not only is it not illegal, it is a protected activity under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) of 1935. Your employer cannot forbid or fire you for discussing salaries or job conditions. (IANA
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by gusmd 8y ago
> The moral issue is whether it is ok to take skilled people that have been trained using the limited resources of poorer areas of the world without supplying an equally skilled person in return. The skilled people that have been trained
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by gusmd 8y ago
Talk about heating up! My rent in Carmel Valley increased by 10% last month!
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by gusmd 8y ago
That is why once they get 12-24 months under their belt and are attractive to other companies, you adjust their compensation to reflect that so that staying at their current job is attractive. We have this huge problem in this industry wher
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by gusmd 8y ago
I think the most important thing is empathy. It can be pretty hard for some people to put egos aside when doing/receiving code reviews. Other than that, have clear standards regarding formatting (preferably do it automatically with som
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by gusmd 8y ago
Just to clarify, optometrists do not go to Medical School, they go to a different "Doctor of Optometry" professional program. Still, your view about the US system is likely right. Funny enough, back in my home country, "optom
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by gusmd 8y ago
> Alternatively, do you think you can do a better job at this than Google and Oracle? Not sure what this "appeal to authority" is supposed to mean. I've seen -- and worked on -- many high-quality Qt applications. Granted,
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by gusmd 8y ago
The same 3 GB of data would have costed you $30 with Fi (or less if you were already near/over the 6 GB threshold). Given that 15 EUR is about 18 USD, you essentially saved 12 USD. Personally, I would have gladly paid $12 to not have t
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by gusmd 8y ago
If I remember correctly, Gitlab has introduced some sort of ownership control where you can say who owns what directories for things like approving merge requests that affect those directories.
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by gusmd 8y ago
I'm surprised nobody yet has mentioned reason no1 people switch jobs: to get a better-than-COL raise. So I would say companies that continuously review compensation according to market and employee evolution would be better positioned
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by gusmd 8y ago
Agreed! Although I use SWIG on my job, pybind11[0] is a nice alternative that I've been looking at. [0] https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
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by gusmd 8y ago
We use (and pay for) PyQt5 at work. Do you have experience with both and if so can you comment on any tangible differences? If possible, I would rather get behind the "official" one since we also already pay for commercial Qt lice
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by gusmd 8y ago
You can do all those (sorting, filtering, etc) in Qt as well using the Model/View components. There is a bit of a learning curve to understand the "Qt way of doing MVC", but after that it works fine. At work we use Qt5 with b
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by gusmd 8y ago
From a quick search, there are quite a few on Github. Can't point to a specific one, though. I implemented a very basic 2D version on one of my MSc classes, and although we used MATLAB, it was quite fast depending on grid size/flu
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by gusmd 8y ago
Awesome! Couldn't win yet, but I'll keep trying :) On a more technical note, I wonder if you could use a Lattice-Boltzman-based flow simulation instead of classical CFD. Could be faster depending on "grid" size. Great, g
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by gusmd 8y ago
I had never thought about programming (or, for what comes next, application development) as a verbal skill. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense, especially as it pertains to UI/UX. About empathy -- you need to relate to
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by gusmd 8y ago
I love the Eva-Luator user as well :)
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by gusmd 8y ago
Not looking for a job, but have to say I'm impressed with your product. Looks like a genuinely useful product with a huge market if you can really pull it off. Best of luck!
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by gusmd 8y ago
ESI Group | Software Development Engineer | San Diego, CA | Full-Time, Onsite ESI Group is a leading innovator in Virtual Prototyping software and services. ESI allows its clients to bring their products to life; ensuring reliable performan
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by gusmd 8y ago
Nope, your users need not have the toolset, that's the beauty of it! It creates binaries compatible with any distribution newer than the machine where you are compiling. E.g., if building on CentOS 6.7, anyone on 6.7+ can run your bina
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by gusmd 8y ago
I second the C++ Primer suggestion. It was the book that made the pieces fit in my head.
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by gusmd 8y ago
> Self driving cars can pick the most efficient routes to get everyone where they need to go, in a way that would not be possible if a human driver is required. What's so special about efficient routing with a driver-less car? There
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by gusmd 8y ago
ESI Group | Software Development Engineer | San Diego, CA | Full-Time, Onsite ESI Group is a leading innovator in Virtual Prototyping software and services. ESI allows its clients to bring their products to life; ensuring reliable performan
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by gusmd 8y ago
That is incorrect. Many, many routers in fact do not have a setting to route your traffic through a VPN. My Linksys for instance does not. Famously, people flash DD-WRT or Tomato on their routers to enable that.
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by gusmd 8y ago
Check out Rajneeshpuram [0], built by the Rajneeshees in Oregon. There's a Netflix documentary about it now, called "Wild, Wild Country". Definitely worth checking out. Besides all the controversy surrounding it, it was actua
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by gusmd 8y ago
I think that will largely depend on how we define the ROI. > Also, did you just use technical debt as a metaphor for regular old debt? Hahahaha, good catch. I just might have.

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