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by kohanz 11y ago
We had a dependency limitation where an SDK we relied on only had an x86 release while our software ran (necessarily) as x64. I was quite proud of myself when I wrote (in a relatively short period of time) an IPC-based (memory mapped files)
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by kohanz 11y ago
I get what you're saying, but there seems to be a bit a subjective decision being made there. Would you make a similar joke with a racial (instead of gender-based) slant in that situation? I doubt it. Or would you work the Holocaust (s
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by kohanz 11y ago
> There had been interest, but one of the committers had dismissed the idea out of hand because a woman had proposed it. It blows my mind that this stuff still happens. In the OSS world of all places. I can't even compute how some
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by kohanz 11y ago
My anecdotal experience is that eyesight is mostly genetic. As a developer and before that avid gamer, I've stared at screens and tiny text far more than the average person, yet my eyesight remains perfect (mid 30's). My wife, as
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by kohanz 11y ago
Although this was my experience as a FT employee, since I've switched to consulting, LinkedIn has brought me leads and some of those have converted. No active advertising by me either, just the fact that people in my network know that
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by kohanz 11y ago
> What you --- and everyone else looking for a new gig --- should do is, bank a couple of work-process things you'd've liked to see them do differently. Maybe they should test using a different framework, or do something diffe
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by kohanz 11y ago
> It is possible to hire a company to manage the condo or house, but that is expensive and the profits never quite arrive. This totally depends on the purchase prices, interest rates, rental rates and other variables in a given scenario.
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by kohanz 11y ago
Arthur Chu [0] is a great example of where winning and fan enjoyment can come into conflict. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Chu
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by kohanz 11y ago
Very interesting - well done! Small UI recommendation: round the earning numbers to something visually simpler (e.g. 60k, 1.5k, or at the very least take out the cents).
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by kohanz 11y ago
Regardless of how Mint.com secures the passwords, simply supplying the password to a 3rd-party such as Mint likely violates the TOS for your bank. Whether this would become an issue should your account become compromised (via Mint or someth
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by kohanz 11y ago
> you can ask for a 10% premium to cover sickness and fallow periods That is extremely low and, IMHO, not even close to what you'll need to make freelancing viable. My rate is about 100% more than my former FT salary expressed as an
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by kohanz 11y ago
Mine are usually derived from my non-technical (non-computer) interests and scratching my own itch. For example, my need for a source for quick at-a-glance recap of NBA games (when I found myself with less time to follow sports) is what spa
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by kohanz 11y ago
Not to shoot the messenger, but it annoys me when these things are viewed through the lens of artificial divisions such as nations. I understand that space exploration has been used as a tool to further many political machines, but it seems
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by kohanz 11y ago
If you Google Jeff Bass and Brigham, enough hits come up to make you think that he had some sort of association with that hospital [0]. This picture here (far left) [1] looks like the same person. http://health.usnews.com/do
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by kohanz 11y ago
Did you really expect a severance package for a minimum wage job as a teenager or were you just being cheeky? It's a sincere question. Here in Canada at that age and wage-band I wouldn't even have considered the possibility.
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by kohanz 11y ago
Consider taking the initiative to try and improve the processes and/or tools that are causing you frustration. I realize that in some organizations this will be prevented by too much bureaucracy, but in many (even big orgs) your action
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by kohanz 11y ago
> A game of football: Leaving a camera on a tripod on the sideline while I'm focused on the game? Not in any park I've ever played in. Taking the stick from my teammates for being enough of a nerd to set this up? If it's a
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by kohanz 11y ago
Perhaps you can prove that someone deleted those e-mails, but what proof do you have that it was AirBnb?
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by kohanz 11y ago
> Airbnb logged into my gmail (signed up using gmail oauth) and erased our conversation That's quite an accusation. Do you have proof?
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Gail.com FAQ(gail.com)
1 points by kohanz 11y ago|0 comments
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by kohanz 11y ago
When we can't afford to buy something, do we then say that the seller is "sitting" on the product? I would like to buy a cottage on the lakeshore, but the owner (who doesn't use it) won't sell it to me at the price
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by kohanz 11y ago
If you ever come to a point where instead you feel as if you know something about everything, that is when you should be worried. A favorite saying I encountered during grad school: <after finishing undergrad>: "I know everythi
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by kohanz 11y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote or based in SW Ontario, Canada LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/zamkhan Recent client: "As an academic entrepreneur, I have engaged in a number of out-sourcing processes and truth be told,
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by kohanz 11y ago
Is 37signals really a "lifestyle company"? Sure the founders are not billionaires, but I think with the (what I assume are) 8-figure revenues they must have, they'd be considered more than "lifestyle".
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by kohanz 11y ago
Did it occur to you that he might get more help, from people in the know, if the link actually indicated that he needed help?
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by kohanz 11y ago
http://bootstrappedwithkids.com http://startupsfortherestofus.com http://mixergy.com
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by kohanz 11y ago
From the article, in bold: The really exciting point comes when we can re-run all this analysis, basing it on actual job performance, rather than interview results
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Gov. of Canada websites under attack, Anonymous claims responsibility(news.nationalpost.com)
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by kohanz 11y ago
It's a very fair point. I would add that since you seem to be able to be a driver for Uber/Lyft, etc. simultaneously, that would seem to suggest contractor as well.
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by kohanz 11y ago
Sure, but I'm not sure what conclusion that helps us draw in regards to a contractor/employee distinction. The former is saying a business cannot exist without employees performing critical functions (I'm not saying that this

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