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by meric 11y ago
Having moved into an English speaking country at 9, school helped me become fluent in English. I also attribute my arithmetic skills to my schooling, the calculus knowledge immediately put to use in the computer game I was writing. I also m
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What is the salary like?
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by meric 11y ago
>> Why enlighten the fools if you can just exploit them? If they're family and you can convince them.
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Good idea, deleting the username part of comments.
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Take a look at New Zealand.
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Wait till they're sending so many of these out one day a person with nothing to lose receives one.
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by meric 11y ago
>> very high volume of small requests I recommend something with non-blocking IO. I suggest Lua-Resty on Nginx.
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by meric 11y ago
Having been in the field of software, I know a lot of software is rickety. Having studied and learnt a lot about finance, I know one rarely gets rich following advice of financial planners. Having worked in fast food, I know during busy per
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Putin is quite the authoritarian, yet I don't think you can compare Erdogan to Putin. They are not even on the same level.
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I'd say our markets are a form of network intelligence.
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Could an intelligent species embark on an effort to build a self-replicating machine as big as a galaxy?
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And on the other side of the world, you've got the half of the world's people living during the longest lasting Chinese dynasty. In 1000BC there were Chinese cities with more people than Ancient Rome, you've got flourishing p
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>> You're using them to give your argument authority and credence Yes, it gives my argument that we can have a fruitful conversation over email, more authority and credence. You're being offensive accusing me of using the &q
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by meric 11y ago
It means I can ask them for you.
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If you're talking about governance, I suspect the assassination of the King and royal family[1] and the ensuing civil war launched by rebel communists[2], who once in power acted in the same corrupt way as the government did prior[3],
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If Sherpas are on the whole choosing to guide expeditions in preference to other choices, who are we to tell them they're making the wrong choice in life? Is it because we know more about the risks of mountain climbing, and the compens
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Borrowing is inflationary in the short term, and deflationary in the long term. In the short term the money supply goes up. In the long term the interest paid on borrowings reduce money supply and the principal must be repaid, these two eve
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They are into cars, too.
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You have to believe either you or society is going to be better off if you followed the order than you didn't, for you to follow it. A person who can force that situation on you so you would follow their orders have authority. A random
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If the teachers and parents can't convince you they're there for your own good despite the natural inclination for you to believe that is the case, then it's entirely unsurprising you'd refuse to follow their orders - th
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"Anything but the status quo".
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I am more optimistic - the various revolts and revolutions, numerous events in the past of destruction of the aristocratic classes, the modern phenomenon of electing party insurgents (Trump, Sanders) shows people giving up power is, in the
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The definition of "Authority": the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience. We're all free-willed individuals. Accepting orders, accepting other's decisions, and obeying others are voluntar
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The comment was playing on how much more efficient biological components are compared to digital ones. An actual attempt to answer your question. Currently it takes quite a lot of computation to detect outlines of objects in a raster image.
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I'd do it if you offer equal or better pay as your other positions, and you were in Sydney. I was the tech lead who introduced concepts such as code reviews, jenkins, unit testing, code coverage into the company, so I have some experie
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If he really wanted a higher calibre for tests than for product, he could offer 10% more salary for test engineers, and let the test engineers be the interviewers. May be detrimental for business. But he'd get his top notch engineers i
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Perhaps it would be more practical to use biological components to accelerate software...
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>> dating, finding high paying jobs, finding cheap homes and getting rich You don't get "lucky" with these. They take effort. Don't think in terms of how much you are struggling. Think about what other people wan
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You would not have been accused of being a troll if you had not explicitly said I lacked a "good grasp" in my mind. I agree with https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11313092 You can dish it out, but you can'
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by meric 11y ago
Since everyone thinks it's expensive, it is. I would expect to pay $2200 for a central Sydney studio. My apartment, 2 bedroom with study, half hour from the city, costs $2200 too. I rent out the bedroom at $1050 and the study (size of

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