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Companies Should Offer Long Leaves in Between Projects(medium.com)
3 points by kartickv 9y ago|0 comments
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by kartickv 9y ago
It seems that I didn't explain the model I have in mind: the washing machine would be installed in my house, and I pay them a monthly fee, which I can discontinue any time, at which point they'll come take away their washing machi
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by kartickv 9y ago
That's wrong. A service model gives me leverage — I stop paying the rent whenever I want and return the washing machine. Maybe you have a different service model in mind, like a contract, in which case we'd naturally disagree, but
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by kartickv 9y ago
Not true — it's neither impossible nor illegal to get someone to fix my washing machine. It's just that I don't know who's reliable, and will it cause severe problems, like a flood. Or will it break up when rotating at h
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by kartickv 9y ago
We're more dependent on corporations when we buy things, since we have given them all the money upfront. A service model gives us more leverage. As someone who had to throw away a washing machine because the company wouldn't servi
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by kartickv 9y ago
Won't the issue take care of itself if: 1) Companies are taxed for the all the environmental pollution they case and 2) The minimum warranty period is 5 years. If the device fails before that, the company should lend you a replacement
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by kartickv 9y ago
Why do you feel that way? Do you feel tracking whether you prefer to maximise windows is a privacy violation? Or is the objection that your IP address is included when the telemetry is uploaded to Microsoft?
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by kartickv 9y ago
Does it collect personally-identifiable Information? Suppose, for sake of discussion, they collect something inoocuous, like whether you prefer to maximise windows. Say a single bit of information. True or false. Would you still be opposed
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by kartickv 9y ago
Buyers do want significantly better quality, but phones are delivering only marginally better quality and marketing the hell out of it. I say this as someone who used and tested the 5s, 6, 6s Plus, 7 Plus, Nexus 5x and Google Pixel. Every y
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by kartickv 9y ago
If an app is done, build another app, rather than downscaling the company. There are many unsolved problems.
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by kartickv 9y ago
Maybe you're okay with these, but others aren't. No matter what payment model you chose, some people will be pissed off. Maybe developers should ignore what an angry minor claims, try it out, and see what actually works. We'r
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by kartickv 9y ago
But China is rich and has tons of gold reserves to pay Iran with. Moving gold is risky for individuals, but manageable for governments, certainly big powerful ones like China or India. The question is not whether it's more risky than a
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by kartickv 9y ago
Subscriptions have always been coupled with price increases, so when people object to them, it's hard to know whether it's the price increase they're objecting to. Would you object to a subscription of 49 cents a year, for ex
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by kartickv 9y ago
While your point about canceling clotheswashing service is fair, also think about the benefit. People can use the service that can't buy washing machines. This is a reality in India for working-class people. And even someone like me wh
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by kartickv 9y ago
I don't understand why US-embargoed countries can't simply get paid in gold. Transporting a billion dollars worth of gold costs nothing compared to transporting a billion dollars worth of oil. And no third country can intervene in
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by kartickv 9y ago
That's a fair point.
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by kartickv 9y ago
It's possible for there to be a shortage of people AND millions of unemployed people if they're unskilled. That's certainly the case in India, where the majority of "software engineers" can't tell me the maximu
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by kartickv 9y ago
Unless you're currently making $50K, in which case why would you turn down a 100% raise?
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by kartickv 9y ago
There's a range of salaries for a given level of competence. I found one candidate earning ₹4 lac a year who was way more competent than another earning ₹14 lac a year. That's a 3x variation. So, no harm keeping it open for a whil
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by kartickv 9y ago
But maybe the job isn't economically worth it at the higher salary? You seem to be assuming it's worth doing at any price, as does the article, and that's untrue. Besides, I don't know about others, but I've recentl
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by kartickv 9y ago
True but the more relevant question for someone making a decision today is how the economics change if you include the cost of electricity.
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Hybrid development is how we give our teams of three superpowers(m.signalvnoise.com)
1 points by kartickv 9y ago|0 comments
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by kartickv 9y ago
> get a mail account at a provider who has a tech office near your home/office. In other words, a second-tier email service rather than the best in breed. > In my uni most people do not care if they lose their gmail No one'
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by kartickv 9y ago
You don't need "massive support infra in 100's of languages". Start with English and see if it works. Then expand slowly, making sure the service remains profitable each step. An add-on of the kind I'm suggesting is
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by kartickv 9y ago
Then increase the fee. BTW, it's like insurance — I expect to pay the fee whether or not I actually use customer service. It's not that I'll pay the fee only when I actually talk to customer service. If it's the latter m
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by kartickv 9y ago
Or, in India, typically a 100% restocking fee.
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by kartickv 9y ago
I don't mind paying Google say ₹50 a month for the ability to reach a customer service agent when things go wrong. And one who's actually empowered to fix things, not a mindless drone. Just because it's a consumer (rather tha
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by kartickv 9y ago
No, GCs collect reference cycles. Whereas a (strong) reference cycle in ARC in an operation repeated many times in a long-running server or something adds up. Worse, sometimes, you don't even know if you're creating a leak. For ex
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by kartickv 9y ago
Then what is?
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by kartickv 9y ago
Gratitude shouldn't come in the way of evaluating the company fairly. After all, companies evaluate our performance coldly and ask if they can get better work for the same salary from someone else. Nothing wrong in doing the same to th

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