hackula1

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by hackula1 13y ago
Email or Voxer work for async communication.
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These are largely solved issues. Standups can be done over a web chat, and may actually be even better with todays screen sharing capabilities, where you can actually SHOW everyone what you are working on. Tools like tmux have had the remot
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by hackula1 13y ago
I used to work in insurance in a hurricane zone. Yes, claims hurt an insurance company, but right after the storm is also when everyone calls up and upgrades their policies. I would say its a wash, if not actually a positive. If 5 homes get
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by hackula1 13y ago
> which means for an RTS game you would be no worse off than using a trackpad over a mouse. Just about anyone who plays RTSs would agree that trackpads are completely unacceptable for input. For a game like SC2, you might as well not ev
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by hackula1 13y ago
> You can't leave your brain at work if your job is mostly mental work. Trust me, you can. I simply ignore emails after 6pm. I will look at them first thing at 8am the next day, but not after 6. If someone presses you on it and they
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by hackula1 13y ago
I cracked open some code the other day to find it riddled with: on e goto end
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by hackula1 13y ago
In that case... TRWTF is that he did not charge them an arm and a leg for all of those planning meetings. If you charge appropriately, only necessary changes get made, and only needed software gets built (most of the time, but you stay paid
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by hackula1 13y ago
I have done it for a few files here and there without too much hassle. An entire project sounds like a nightmare though. Also, which language you are converting from/to will have a big impact. VB.Net>C#; no big deal. FoxPro>Erlan
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by hackula1 13y ago
No, only certain fields of engineering are licensed and regulated. Those include Structural, Chemical, Mechanical, etc. Others are less rigorous, but can still are the practice of engineering. Software Development is one of those.
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by hackula1 13y ago
I use the title that will make me look the best for the roles I am after. I currently have the title of Software Architect, which is probably about as pompous a title as it gets. To my clients, however, it conveys that I focus on large inte
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by hackula1 13y ago
Along the lines of: "I paid my attorney $10k and I didn't even get to court!"
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by hackula1 13y ago
Exactly. People seem to think that you make money by riding a bubble to the top, then jumping off when the timing is right at its peak. Turns out that is a great way to lose money (nobody jumps off fast enough). The real money is made clean
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by hackula1 13y ago
Titles are the cheapest benefit an employer can provide.
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The acts described in the article probably should have put him in jail. The latest is unrelated though.
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by hackula1 13y ago
Consultants often make more than IP owners. Owning the IP and leveraging it is only one viable business model.
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by hackula1 13y ago
I upgraded from a 4 as well. I could not be happier so far. There were many apps that I had thought were just complete sh that now zoom on the 5s (spotify, g+, and a few others). Finger print reader is surprisingly useful, although a mino
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by hackula1 13y ago
For certain things, it is unfortunately one of the few options. Slashdot is a wasteland nowadays. Hackernews is good, but the emphasis has been shifting to startup finance rather than hacking. Programming subreddits are some of the best sou
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by hackula1 13y ago
When I think of fedoras I think of terrible ska bands from the 90s where every member of the band had one on. I have no issue with the current variant, but I do think I was permanently scarred by ska music, so the hate will remain in that c
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by hackula1 13y ago
Wow, I had never seen that before. That is one epic driver's license.
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> Admission rates for colleges have been dropping across the board, for top tier schools even more sharply I do not see how this could be happening in aggregate. College attendance is way up over the last few decades, even at the graduat
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by hackula1 13y ago
Legal smeagle. I would bet that 99% of people (including boomers) think that 20 year olds should be able to drink. The oft cited argument that "we let 18 year olds man nuclear subs that could take out a city" is just too obvious.
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by hackula1 13y ago
Jira has a kanban feature now (Greenhopper, I think?). I have seriously considered it, although I am fearful of the ability for PMs and clients to use Jira's bazillion other features to make my workflow process hell. I do enjoy Trello&
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by hackula1 13y ago
In one of the other boroughs or the surrounding area, however, you can find stuff for a good bit cheaper. Hoboken avoids city taxes and is a 10 minute subway ride to Wall Street. You have to go into war zone ghetto or out to a much longer c
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Add a couple basic reports and I would pay $20/mo without question.
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I have no problem saying that people should have a right to minimum sustenance and medical care. If this was not the case, we would not bother giving either in prison. A doctor in an ER has a moral imperative to not deny life saving treatme
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by hackula1 13y ago
Buy when people around you say the market sucks. Sell when people say it is awesome. This goes for real estate and basically anything else.
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by hackula1 13y ago
My money is on Austin. Low taxes, reasonable rents, plenty of culture (SXSW, "Keep Austin Weird", lots of nightlife, etc.), and a history of tech seems like the perfect combination.
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50% of a tech industry salary going to rent is pretty scary.
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Sharpshooter fallacy is my favorite.
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Running data centers takes people, but any significant chunk of 50k? There is huge datacenter in my area, and only ~10 people work there.

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