kartickvad

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   by kartickvad 11y ago

   I see. Thanks for educating me on how SolarCity, and solar companies in general, work. Your post makes a lost of sense, and it seems that we agree on many things. As for money locked up in solar panels, that's no different from traditi
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   by kartickvad 11y ago

   I wish "who pays for the system" and "where the system is installed" are decoupled, via a market that lets investors finance the system and the installation and own the resulting energy, and house owners or other sites t
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   by kartickvad 11y ago

   There may be some switching cost, but not much, depending on: - whether the apps are free - whether the same or similar apps are available on Android - whether those apps are critical to you in day to day use
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   by kartickvad 11y ago

   I maximise windows to eliminate distraction. I'd rather finish reading the article I'm reading, for example, and then Cmd-Tab to something else, rather than obsessively glancing at a Gmail window a dozen times through the article.
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   by kartickvad 11y ago

   I doubt that there are cheaper and better ways to become a practician than going through college. In India, where I live, most companies are not interested in you unless you have a degree. The normal path to a career in programming is to ge
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   by kartickvad 11y ago

   My idea of education is one that teaches you skills that are broadly used throughout your career. I don't a priori reject things that meet this criteria just because it's not based in theory (because theory is not an end to itself
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   by kartickvad 11y ago

   You're going too far when you dismiss design patterns as being merely fashion. Just because something is not objectively proven doesn't make it false. Things in the real world are not binary, where they are either objectively prov
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   by kartickvad 11y ago

   I'm a practician, not a theorist or an academic. I couldn't care less whether something is based in CS theory. I care whether something will be useful to me over the course of my career. If it is, I'd like my education to tra
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   by kartickvad 11y ago

   I think this logic breaks down when you run out of people who already have the skills du jour. If you can hire people who already have the specific skills you need, sure, let others pay for the cost of acquiring those skills. But, when you
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    by kartickvad 11y ago

    I think it's a fallacy to assume that anything not based in CS fundamentals is a fad or has only short-term value. In college, I didn't learn version control, continuous integration (continuously submitting your work in small chan