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by niggler 14y ago
Please point to an example of a criticism of AirBnB or of Dropbox in which the submission title originally had (YC ' *) in it and was edited to remove the YC association. I and many other would like to see it.
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by niggler 14y ago
What the parent meant was: "Must mean that we're trying to hide the fact that we funded them, right? It could only mean that." Could be A) sarcastic cover while distracting readers from the fact that there's no good reason (trying to get ot
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by niggler 14y ago
Coinbase (YC S12) hires first engineer http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5011361 Is that a launch or funding announcement?
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by niggler 14y ago
It's a very relevant fact (after all, this is a YC site and Coinbase is a YC company) that was explicitly removed by a moderator, and the action feels like dissociation. Can you present a better explanation?
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by niggler 14y ago
When did coinbase join YC? Was it S12 or W12?
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by niggler 14y ago
Companies that want to give the impression that they are thriving also hang "we're hiring" signs.
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by niggler 14y ago
There's a certain type of person, prevalent in many circles including finance and technology, who cares strongly about relative salaries and would never be happy if he wasn't the highest paid person in the company. I have met quite a few of
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by niggler 14y ago
" It produces profitable simulated results on historical data" I understand this is an intellectual exercise, but for those considering going into algorithmic trading, those words are dangerous: - what transaction fee model is being used?
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by niggler 14y ago
Their recent documentary TPB:AFK was pretty interesting and a worthwhile watch on a slow day.
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by niggler 14y ago
As great as it sounds, transparent salaries are harmful. I was in an awkward situation where I was paid much more than other people who joined at the same time as me. One day one of my coworkers found out (due to some accident in distributi
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by niggler 14y ago
This is absolutely an issue that needs to be handled immediately. When there is real money involved, trust/faith is by far the most important factor. If there is any concern about missing money, people will lose faith in the service and us
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Hacker News Karma Tracker(hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com)
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by niggler 14y ago
What I ended up doing is writing a fake 'require' that replicates the nodejs require semantics (e.g. http://hastebin.com/nipaburipe.js )
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by niggler 14y ago
I really wish the community would standardize on one module format (AMD or commonjs or one of the other lesser-known formats).
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by niggler 14y ago
Both parties are to blame for the current situation, but every time someone comes out and talks about fiscal restraint I am bothered by the hypocrisy. Why weren't these people talking about fiscal restraint during the bush years? "And, by
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by niggler 14y ago
There's a non-techincal problem of making sure that no one does something stupid
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by niggler 14y ago
"The toddlers in DC are used to getting their way and free spending like crazy (thus the trillion dollar deficits)" The great irony is that the party that was spending freely a decade ago is now talking about fiscal responsibility. "The thi
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by niggler 14y ago
Weren't people trying to choke NASA before the sequester? Is the effect of the sequester more significant than previous efforts to slash NASA budget?
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by niggler 14y ago
Many readers say they dislike seeing it on other pages, but as the author said: I especially like them because I can obsessively watch the totals see how my writings are spreading out across the Internet. It's kinda cool to watch the real
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by niggler 14y ago
"you're trying to set up some kind of artificial situation where you want people to solve a problem without access to readily available information." Would you hire someone who has to google for an answer to fizzbuzz?
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by niggler 14y ago
Does anyone have info regarding how much it costs to do customer service inhouse versus using a third party call service versus using a third party live chat service? I suspect that live chat is far cheaper.
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by niggler 14y ago
What comes after baz? I've seen some use quux but having 4 letters bothers me
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by niggler 14y ago
Putting someone in front of a computer gives them the freedom to google (true story: I used to do a paper exam, and then I found one person was googling when I was in the bathroom and left the guy unattended for a few minutes). "Whiteboardi
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by niggler 14y ago
While it makes no sense in a language like C, in languages that do have automatic semicolon insertion (like JS) the question is far more interesting
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by niggler 14y ago
" 10. Take me to a Chinese buffet." I've had so many bad experiences with Chinese buffets that I steer clear of any place that would suggest that.
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by niggler 14y ago
"It's the purest test of Language facility" None of your alternatives "algorithms? Concurrency? Databases? Testing?" really test language facility. Those are important, and they have their place in the interview process, but so does langua
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by niggler 14y ago
"others want the person to explain their reasoning," I think far more people use whiteboard questions in that context than the article's author thinks. " If the candidates guess incorrectly, they will fail the question, regardless of who th
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by niggler 14y ago
Writing code by hand reveals far more than you give it credit for. Someone omits a semicolon? Bam, conversation about semicolons or ASI. It's not about the fanciest solution. And anyone who does it that way is foolish. It's the purest test
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by niggler 14y ago
It depends. Rinkydink startups may not, but if a down service resulted in a nasty conversation with your biggest customer, then you probably should consider switching or diversifying
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by niggler 14y ago
I disagree strongly with the ultimate basis of this: it is a dog eat dog world. There is a finite pool of customers. I don't mean to say you should do what the other company did (email bashing while others are down) but you shouldn't be afr

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