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by nnd 9y ago
You can start a company on H1B as a minority shareholder, it's technically feasible.
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by nnd 9y ago
Cool thing about Apollo is that it automatically generates and manages data models based in graphologists schema for you, including caching. Has anyone used their iOS client with production apps?
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by nnd 9y ago
This is mindboggling to me why Apple designers thought it would be a good idea to have that black inset in the new iPhone, any ideas what's the reason behind that product decision?
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by nnd 9y ago
Unless we are talking about talent agents (which are rare in software engineering), the actual job of a recruiter is to work in the interest of his company. Then there are third-party recruiters and sorcerers who don't represent your i
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by nnd 9y ago
Anecdotally, I’ve recently applied for a full-stack position on their website and got a rejection email a couple of hours later. Maybe because I don’t have Perl on my resume?
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by nnd 9y ago
To be fair Apple always was further behind the adoption curve for bleeding edge technologies perfectly timing for them to become mature enough first.
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by nnd 9y ago
AR poop?
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by nnd 9y ago
With all that hype building up, I was hoping they would introduce something less underwhelming than an iPhone without a home button like you know... a new wearable.
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by nnd 9y ago
> It’s based on the location of the founders before applying for YC. How exactly do you collect that data? I see at least one company which is off.
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by nnd 9y ago
This whole situation will only get worse until a more efficient income distribution system (i.e. not wage-based) would be implemented.
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by nnd 9y ago
The article appears to point out that work-related stress is the main reason for burnout, which might be the case for some, but personally, I found that the lack of challenge and meaningfulness in my work were the main predictors for burnou
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by nnd 9y ago
> https://www.codementor.io/blog/best-cities-software-engineer... Some interesting salary stats here, was surprised to see Seattle stand out with an average salary adjusted to the cost of living.
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by nnd 9y ago
> 1. Life is too short, so get a life. Are you implying there is more to life than programming?
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by nnd 9y ago
My only problem with deleting a Facebook account is the Facebook login, which some of the apps enforce and most importantly developing apps which use Facebook login (for test purposes). Surely I can create a fake account for that, but then
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by nnd 9y ago
I’ve done it for around 3 years. My only tip would be for you to ask yourself why do you want to do those two things at the same time. From my personal experience doing both, you don’t actually work productively, nor do you immerse in local
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by nnd 9y ago
I love long-haul flights for the same reason. Great way to catch up on some reading/writing.
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by nnd 9y ago
Don't blame the internet, numerous sources of distractions existed long before. If you are easily distracted, the real cause lies elsewhere.
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by nnd 9y ago
I’m currently taking ML course from Andrew Ng, it’s a bit weak in math, but gives you a pretty good understanding how those ML algorithms work.
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by nnd 9y ago
Well, that's what I thought about as well until recently. But the recent advancements in AI make me questions if creativity is truly unique to humans.
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by nnd 9y ago
It’s pretty obvious, isn’t it? The only meaningful thing to do in this world is to create, there is nothing else.
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by nnd 9y ago
>> Avg age of S17 founders: 29.5 So much for a stereotype of prodigy college dropout.
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by nnd 9y ago
Unless you work on a project alone, office work would still beat remote when it comes to communication. Surely, the tools for remote communication are getting more and more efficient, and as a remote worker your success heavily depends on y
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by nnd 9y ago
Flight connections in SA are significantly more expensive, there are virtually no low-costers.
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by nnd 9y ago
You have a better living cost arbitrage in SEA, specifically in Thailand. With an easy availability of everything you’d need as an expat (simple apartment and car/moto rentals), you get a much better bang for you buck. The barrier of e
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by nnd 9y ago
Any idea how would they evaluate highly skilled professionals? Most importantly, a lot of people living in Thailand have an offshore source of income (a business or a freelancing contract), those people don’t need a regular work visa as the
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Weaponizing Machine Learning (DEF CON 25)(youtube.com)
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by nnd 9y ago
Social isolation could be the cause of your addiction. I’d recommend going to a meditation retreat.
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by nnd 9y ago
Great post, and I totally agree on having UBI as one of the potential solution. What’s your vector of attack? Does it mean that you’d need to be involved in political activism or are you considering building tech which would make UBI possib
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by nnd 9y ago
I’ve been using it for about 5 years now, and barely have 400. Half of these connections are people I never met trying to sell me something.
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by nnd 9y ago
Nope, but it's definitely on my bucket list ;)

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