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by ianstallings 11y ago
Considering how some politicians want to raise the eligibility age for social security and medicare, this might be more accurate than they think.
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by ianstallings 11y ago
Yes and as OP was pointing out, just because you regard them as powerless doesn't mean they are powerless. You can't simply make rules for yourself outside of society because you wish it so. You may, in your mind, disagree. But
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by ianstallings 11y ago
In fairness, a lot of us have built systems that are just as complex, if not more. This is par for the course these days. The article seems to imply that they're doing something special, and that Erlang has something to do with it. It&
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by ianstallings 11y ago
Nice catch. It's insane that you could even see the traffic in the first place. Step one of any app that makes remote calls: secure the communications channel.
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by ianstallings 11y ago
This is kind of reaching to be honest.
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by ianstallings 11y ago
What rights do I sign away when I bring in VC as investors? I've never seen this as "common practice" here in the states so I'm genuinely baffled. The most aggressive thing I've seen them is to demand a part in futu
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by ianstallings 11y ago
Guess you'll have to suck it up and fly first class.
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by ianstallings 11y ago
To be honest I don't even think about making billions. I play the hand I'm dealt to the best of my abilities. And it works just fine.
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by ianstallings 11y ago
Well in fairness he actually is an amateur and is learning on the job. I think he's done something pretty incredible myself. Zenefits really is one of those incredible outliers that is going to the stratosphere. Even an experienced CEO
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by ianstallings 11y ago
Yes that's exactly why, and I do have empathy for the situation. That's why I mentioned the control part. I don't mean that they would rather be oppressive than help. What I really mean is they simply don't have time or
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by ianstallings 11y ago
Another thing not mentioned in the article is the fact that a lot of small jails in the US have instituted a 23-hour lockdown policy, similar to super max prisons. So now socializing and free time out of your cell is rare, and lockup is the
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by ianstallings 11y ago
If that were the case no one would ever install native apps. But the reality is given the choice, most people will use the app. I know this is a fact because mobile is my bread and butter. But if you need some evidence just go look at any o
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by ianstallings 11y ago
And Slack removed the "daily network split" feature that IRC uses, deciding it was a bad choice going forward.
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by ianstallings 11y ago
The main differences are gzip doesn't strip out the documentation, and you don't need to decompress it. So in some cases the minified version would be smaller and a bit quicker. YMMV. I think it's trivial and you're righ
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by ianstallings 11y ago
And I wonder how you know where they're from, considering there is no city/country listed on their profile. Can you please explain how you arrived at that from OPs simple comment?
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by ianstallings 11y ago
But how do you find the one you want to work on without ever developing them and determining which ones are worthless?
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by ianstallings 11y ago
So what are you saying? That his advice to develop your own ideas is a bad thing? I don't understand the objection to self-expression and creativity. My best ideas to date came from simply repeating this process over and over - creatin
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by ianstallings 11y ago
Actually they're already developing that region for geothermal. Just not inside the park: http://www.montanagreenpower.com/other/geothermal.php There are actually much better spots in the US though. Some relativel
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by ianstallings 11y ago
Because those poor saps that wrote the article pay their bills by the click.
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by ianstallings 11y ago
It was. I did it with a partner in 2003 and we had to take time out and physically go to a lawyer, an accountant, etc. And the info on how to do it all was not as prevalent. A lot of it was new to us and we had to really dig to find it. The
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by ianstallings 11y ago
Yeah I agree. I'm not sure about the specifics of their product but with mine I can't spend too much time on each SMB because the return isn't high enough to compensate for a complex sales effort. 1000ft overview? Press rele
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by ianstallings 11y ago
According to the owners manual for the 747, the most likely answer is that it requires a "D check", which is the 4th major maintenance check on the aircraft and will likely need major repairs. Also there is a modification called t
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by ianstallings 11y ago
I think you're on the right track and I think the funding for that push will come from the inevitable IPO, and probably more public offerings after that. But it will be important to be in the black by then. So right now it's all a
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by ianstallings 11y ago
The profits on a business in a rapid growth period, where everyone expects losses, is not a problem. It's all about expectations and communication with the investors. If this is the plan, then they are on track.
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by ianstallings 11y ago
There are no valid points in the article to argue against. Read the article again. This isn't some "oh well I wish they were working on clean water" post. It's "these out of touch elitist assholes will be lined up o
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by ianstallings 11y ago
This guy is a very angry person without anything constructive to say as far as I can tell. His other articles reflect the same tone. Juvenile ranting, imho. If there's something to actually discuss here please fill me in.
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by ianstallings 11y ago
I remember this feeling. If I could go back and teach myself anything it would be the power of saving. You already said yourself you make good money.
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by ianstallings 11y ago
Fact - gray hair gives +1 to programming ability .
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by ianstallings 11y ago
No she does realize that and goes over it in the article. She's trying to ask you to respect her opinion regardless. Which obviously went over the heads of many here. Even though all she is essentially saying is "listen to me&qu
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by ianstallings 11y ago
It was a 2006, so it was a while ago. Maybe they've improved a little, I would just make sure you due the "background check" on that model.

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