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by maayank 15y ago
By the name I assume you're an Israeli and while it's true that Matam has an high ratio of global corporations per sqm, I think that when people (both in Israel and outside it) think of "the Israeli silicon valley" they think more of Tel Av
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Apple to set up first dev center outside of CA in Israel(globes.co.il)
51 points by maayank 15y ago|44 comments
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by maayank 15y ago
"I prefer math contests where any kid who can reach the library has a downtown tty good opportunity." It's funny that you mentioned math, because I thought about it while reading the rest of your message. In my university I know many (over
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Israel is being cyber-attacked by Anonymous(haaretz.com)
2 points by maayank 15y ago|0 comments
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by maayank 15y ago
While I dabbled with the language before, The C Programming Language book was a true eye opener for me. Grokking it truly paved the way for my programming career. RIP Dennis Ritchie.
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by maayank 15y ago
For those of us who never moved around so much: when "small" is too small? i.e. 20 sqm?
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by maayank 15y ago
I can't seem to edit by now, so because I'm getting downvotes, to quote from the Wikileaks about page[1]: "Our goal is to bring important news and information to the public. We provide an innovative, secure and anonymous way for sources to
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by maayank 15y ago
Ah? No. The exact point of Wikileaks is to be a place where leakers can leak information to the public, in a technical sustainable manner (think protection of DDOS).
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by maayank 15y ago
This reminds me of the chapter about "The Cosmic Joke"[1] from a Tibetan Buddhism book[2]. "[speaking about ego] We set up a background, a foundation from which we can go on and on to infinity. This is what is called samsara, the continuous
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by maayank 15y ago
Thanks! Actually that's a very good question that I need to add to my list ("what's considered city center?").
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by maayank 15y ago
Tänan! Any recommended local sites for gauging rent prices? What's the common website in Estonia for apartment rentals? (I did look in Google, but in my experience it's best to ask a local for the defacto leader in rentals)
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by maayank 15y ago
Also, not the capital of Israel. (A main city, sure)
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by maayank 15y ago
Sounds interesting! I'm unable to find a more subtle way to ask this, so I'll be blunt. (pardon! :) How is the English literacy in Estonia and in Tallinn in particular? Of course, if someone expects to live somewhere s/he should be expected
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by maayank 15y ago
I'm still amazed no one mentioned an amazing post about the same subject by Jason Cohen from Smart Bear: "Why I feel like a fraud" http://blog.asmartbear.com/self-doubt-fraud.html
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by maayank 15y ago
It's actually logical - if after the demo you decide that you don't want the product you just don't buy. If after buying the product you want a refund you still need to contact the seller (or go through some automated process). It's an extr
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by maayank 15y ago
Sorry about that, missed it when I looked.
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by maayank 15y ago
On your website, explicitly declare a N days refund guarantee. It's a selling point, shows good service and people generally don't abuse it. Worst case, you'll remove it. See number 7 in http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/customerservi
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by maayank 15y ago
"Why not iterate a giant array instead of using hashes? Why not use LINQ everywhere, repeatedly and inefficiently filtering a massively excessive superset of the needed data?" There's not prematurely optimizing and there's criminal neglect.
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by maayank 15y ago
"Except with antibiotics history did not quite play out like this" Sure it did. In fact, already in the 60s the original penicillin became dangerously ineffective. Around that time we (==humanity) developed semi-synthetic penicillin that en
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by maayank 15y ago
Also: Yahoo, Intel, IBM, Philips, Qualcomm. The only one missing all the fun now is Facebook :)
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by maayank 15y ago
Generally speaking yes[1], but not everyone serves as a programmer. This is (at least in theory) the basis for the group the article talks about. [1] Exempt status is given for the ultra orthodox, arabs[1.1] and people with major physical o
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by maayank 15y ago
If you have solid former programming experience (i.e. from certain units in the Army, or Basmach) you could easily (well, for different values of easy ;) find a full time job north of 25K NIS per month. edit: 600$ for a good 1BR? (an apartm
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by maayank 15y ago
That said, you can't compare it to the more urban atmosphere of Tel Aviv. I don't want to start an argument about it, but it's hard to call Haifa comparable to Tel Aviv when it comes to the number of quality restaurants, night life, events,
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by maayank 15y ago
http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/comparison/tel-aviv... And while I don't see Palo Alto there: http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/comparison/tel-aviv...
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by maayank 15y ago
When I meet such corporate bureaucracy I'm always reminded of this paragraph from one of PG's essays[1]: "A group of 10 managers is not merely a group of 10 people working together in the usual way... for a group of 10 managers to work toge
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by maayank 15y ago
Actually, that debacle is one of the reasons why I decided that my next job would be at a startup. So yes, it definitely matters.
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by maayank 15y ago
Have you considered contributing to a well known open source project? Some good ol' OSS name dropping might give that 'wow' factor.
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by maayank 15y ago
Precisley. It might not be an exact science, but it reflects somewhat on existing and future recruits, not to mention an indicator of corporate bureaucracy.
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by maayank 15y ago
I actually have a part in my resume that is intended for such filters (i.e. includes keywords like "OOP" and "Client-Server programming"). I call it "the HR blob". Admittedly, it's not in the beginning...
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by maayank 15y ago
"These companies don't notice that in this way, the good people a driven away, and only the desperate will apply." This. One of the reasons I chose my last employer (SAP, or more specifically, SAP Research) was their no bullshit, yet very t

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