itgoon

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by itgoon 11y ago
'Bout time!
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by itgoon 11y ago
That's how I find most of my long-term work. As someone else mentioned, I update it when I'm looking for a job. That kicks off a bunch of messages and invites from recruiters. There's the usual hits and misses, but it works f
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by itgoon 11y ago
Hey, since we practically know each other, could I borrow $20? Thanks!
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by itgoon 11y ago
I'll be sure and pack snacks. /yea, me too
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by itgoon 11y ago
I was thinking RPis with nrf24l01 chips. You could do everything with custom encryption.
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by itgoon 11y ago
It seems to me that an opportunity presents itself: work with the shelters on ingress/egress issues. Amazon should be pretty good at it by now. If it makes it easier for both sides to get what they want, it's not even that big of
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by itgoon 11y ago
If they keep trying, and learning from their mistakes, I'll be happy to forget the initial missteps.
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by itgoon 11y ago
Windows 10 to Windows 2008 R2, no cert. I just click past the warning. Everything works just as it did with Win7.
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by itgoon 11y ago
It seems to me that for some the problem isn't just that other people are blunt/assholes/etc. It's that many people lack the skills necessary to deal with assholes. I don't think trying to create conflict-free workp
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by itgoon 11y ago
There isn't really a drone community. With RC, almost everybody involved was an enthusiast who would meet with other enthusiasts. Anybody interested, even for a few minutes, can get a drone. This is the RC world's "Eternal Se
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by itgoon 11y ago
Poor guest support is why I ended up switching from FreeBSD to Linux for my test server. I'd like to go back, but I can't justify a single box for a single instance - I run lots of VMs, using all operating systems. So I'm gla
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by itgoon 11y ago
It may have been contracting agencies. They can be pretty uneven, in my experience.
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by itgoon 11y ago
Do you want to beat Uber? Pay the drivers better. Uber has shown that this is plenty of money to be made. Let the drivers get it. Choke off Uber's resources.
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by itgoon 11y ago
There will be harmony among the engineers as soon as we all agree on the best text editor.
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by itgoon 11y ago
Heh. Yea, I remember all that. If you know how to spell "HTML", you were certain to be a billionaire by 30.
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by itgoon 11y ago
Right. I don't see much difference between this and people who have asked for money over the years. Some have been totally worthwhile, others have been straight up fraud. Same thing, on the internet. Someone should patent it.
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by itgoon 11y ago
That looks very cool. Is it going to crush my processor? I'll give it a shot after I'm done with my work.
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by itgoon 11y ago
Agreed. It's also easy to forget that Gates was able to do it all because he was so drastically undercutting the very expensive status-quo. Had he not insisted on keeping so much control, it might have been even longer before computing
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by itgoon 11y ago
As I heard it, the "fork in the road" quote is referring to his house. It had a road leading up to it that split into two roads, then came back together at the house. So, those were specific instructions. It didn't matter whi
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by itgoon 11y ago
I hope this idea takes off. The compensation part is going to be the hardest part. I don't think candidates will have a problem with it (I don't), but I don't know how many employers will go for it. I assume there's a pr
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by itgoon 11y ago
Huh. It seems I'm the only one here who finds value in LinkedIn. Yes, it has led to actual, paying jobs. It takes some management on my part, but it's a lot easier than hunting around from site to site, or going to meetups, or any
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by itgoon 11y ago
People don't want to hear the truth. They want to hear they already know the truth.
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by itgoon 11y ago
How do you know that the culture you're hiring for is all that great for getting results? Is this culture the one you're going to need in the future? What if you have a need, and there's nobody that fits your culture? If you&
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by itgoon 11y ago
That makes sense, thank you.
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by itgoon 11y ago
I missed that one - thanks!
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Ask HN: Becoming an independent technical consultant
4 points by itgoon 11y ago|4 comments
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by itgoon 11y ago
Less "move fast and break things", and more "maximized maximization" overkill. You see it all through these threads: any turnover costs money, a sub-optimal employee costs too much, everything comes down to cost. Okay, I
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by itgoon 11y ago
Nice writeup, especially the part about internal recruitment incentives. Thank you.
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by itgoon 11y ago
If I write working code, do I keep ownership? If you use my idea for improving your product, will I be compensated, even if you don't hire me?
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by itgoon 11y ago
I hadn't heard about that - that's great news! I may finally be able to start stealthing it into test environments.

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