mildbow

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by mildbow 10y ago
He seems surprised too.
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by mildbow 10y ago
What happens if he says he doesn't remember his password anymore? ie: sits down, and seemingly tries to decrypt, but tries 1( or 50 times) and says "Oh shucks, I forgot"?
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by mildbow 10y ago
You saw a niche and exploited it. That's a good thing. Morality/ethics/blah blah is always based on local customs. As people were fine with doing this anyway, then there is no need to import/impose "American"
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by mildbow 10y ago
But we have been getting paid those ~numbers! Software engineer salaries are starting to have a strong bimodal distribution. Charitably, your statement could very well be true for those American developers who live in the lower end of compe
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by mildbow 10y ago
In terms of engineering problems, make sure you aren't making things more complicated than strictly necessary. Most software gets rewritten because constraints/requirements/teams change over time, in unexpected ways. YAGNI. A
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by mildbow 10y ago
This misses the point. The whole point of investing is that you are doing so based on potential. Regardless of what the current value is. In fact, the lower the current value is the better! The fact that the pendulum has swung too far d
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by mildbow 10y ago
Bingo. This is why, when leads mention a VC backed competitor, I say something like: They'll be gone when the money VC dries up. You can trust us to stay for the long haul because you are our boss.
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by mildbow 10y ago
not parent, but here's my off the cuff take 1) the batch sizes might have something to do with it i.e. larger batch sizes don't foster the same community feel as smaller ones. I think maybe ~20 might be the sweet spot. 2) Current
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by mildbow 10y ago
Sort of off topic, but can confirm. I've had issues with GCP where site is down and it's taken 1+ days to hear back from someone. Maybe there was a way to escalate it, but it wasn't readily evident. Which tells you something.
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by mildbow 10y ago
I have no horse in the race, but this response feels a lot like you handling the situation vs actually caring about being unfair to developers. Once you do get the new version of the contract, I suggest you read it from a random developers
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by mildbow 10y ago
You probably thought I was the parent. Anyway, since it seems to be a sticking point with you, my wife and I are Americans, but I don't believe that Americans, by default, should get a job over immigrants[0]. So it's not everybod
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by mildbow 10y ago
Telling people they can "always return [back to where ever they are from]" is pretty offensive and counter-productive. They aren't here to make you happy, nor will they leave for that end. Taking the same tone: why don't
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by mildbow 10y ago
No basic income serves to drive overall wages down.
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by mildbow 10y ago
Don't assume whether my wife is an immigrant or not. Or, that her job is fungible enough to be so easily displaced. Anyway, my point was that the US as a whole benefits from immigrants. So, from a economic standpoint your comment doe
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by mildbow 10y ago
Just because you've lived in the US for all your life doesn't mean much when talking about something specific scient went through. Note also, his comment addressed issues he perceived and solutions that would directly affect chang
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by mildbow 10y ago
As they are entitled to do :)
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by mildbow 10y ago
Maybe I'm mistaken, but it appears these founders are decrying Trump's heavy handed ban that has actual human cost. I suggest anyone who does support such heavy handed actions with such dubious benefit to examine their views. It&#
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by mildbow 10y ago
That's your prerogative and I understand the choice. However, the problem of how one can backup claims in an anonymous world is real. Maybe HN needs a third party who can verify claims privately (like reddit mods do).
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by mildbow 10y ago
How about a few links to these successful Saas apps you have built? Not that I believe you (or not), but your comments would have a lot more clout if you backed them with proof.
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by mildbow 10y ago
You need to be better at math if you want to go to MIT.
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by mildbow 10y ago
Like all movements, the act that makes the most difference is the one that takes most courage. A willingness to do , a willingness to lead, not just wait for/on a leader. Mass rallies/sit-ins (non-violent ones) is the only real
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by mildbow 10y ago
This sounds like a lot of "should works". I'm curious whether this is something you've successfully executed. Anyone who is doing a good enough job of perception management is going to be better at managing perceptions f
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by mildbow 10y ago
There are a lot of things to consider before you decide to have kids. It's definitely not a step to be taken lightly. Oooh! oooh! you should forward this to your parents with the comment "Good reason not to have kids".
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by mildbow 10y ago
I've been through this once and it was enough for me. In retrospect, I should have left way earlier. I urge you to consider whether, by staying, you are just enabling the sort of disfunction you dislike :) Camaraderie is great and if t
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by mildbow 10y ago
Visual studio code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ I use vim for general purpose, but I do all JS dev in vscode now and recommend it.
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by mildbow 10y ago
Sorry my comment comes off as "just feel better". But, as someone who was actually depressed and that due to things that in retrospect don't really matter, I do think that if I had been more resilient I would have had an easi
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by mildbow 10y ago
Here's what I took from his response: people aren't ready to invest without some strong of signal of worth. Makes total sense. And his response of current signaling coming from well-known investors does jive with my own experience
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by mildbow 10y ago
I've got talent w.r.t drawing. Never seriously practiced it. But, I've always been the "best" and have sold some skteches/paintings on etsy on the side. So two things: 1. There are lots of areas where I suck: I just
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by mildbow 10y ago
Happiness (perception of success) is usually relative. We haven't evolved to a point (culturally at least) where life isn't a zero sum game. So, when exposed to others successes, esp in areas we lack, all the time, we start to th
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by mildbow 10y ago
What bullshit (the "I feel sad. Well that's life. Kills.. " triggered me :)) Feeling sad is part of life. Dealing with it requires practice. I think people did it a lot better before our age of needing to be happy all the ti

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