objclxt

72 ms·

751.
by objclxt 13y ago
> The property taxes cited are fascinating. $3k per year on a 20 million dollar home??? As they say, there's your problem right there. It's very misleading, or downright wrong. Firstly, you'll pay tax on the sale (stamp d
752.
by objclxt 13y ago
> I'm about to give up on London and move to San Francisco It seems to me, having lived in both, that they have very similar problems. Both London and SF have a significant wealth gap. Property is even worse in SF: prices are gen
753.
by objclxt 13y ago
This is a slightly misleading headline, because he's actually paid $145k + $100k cash bonus, which for a Senior VP isn't hugely out of whack. The $10 million is actually in stock, which again for a Senior VP of a company with an
754.
by objclxt 13y ago
Because Harvard awards degrees based on a GPA cut-off that ensures only 50% of the graduating class get Latin honors. So if you were a Harvard student who wanted to get Latin honors (...of which there are more than a few) it's in your
755.
by objclxt 13y ago
I can offer you an alternative, rather more cynical, explanation as to why it's such a popular class: it's rated as one of the easiest. Not only, as the article mentions, does it fulfill a core requirement, but it's also rate
756.
by objclxt 13y ago
Companies don't normally fail because of security flaws, in the same way Boeing doesn't go bust when it has to ground 787s. But in both cases you end up potentially taking a huge hit in costs. Off the top of my head, Sony had
757.
by objclxt 13y ago
I was about to post something about how Zipcars aren't normally located around airports, but it seems as if now they're owned by Avis they're actually putting Zipcars in the Avis lots. There's 20 odd Zipcars in the Avis
758.
by objclxt 13y ago
I think it's much of a muchness. I've had some pretty crappy experiences at LAX and SFO, and some good ones too. I've had some long waits at both, I think it really depends when you're arriving and what flights got in th
759.
by objclxt 13y ago
Many authors do already do this. I'm not sure if Charles Stross is complaining about having to write in Word, or simply use a workflow where Word is the end output for the author. The latter makes more sense as a complaint than the f
760.
by objclxt 13y ago
I quoted one. He suggests the British found it bizarre that Germany would ignore its treaty obligations to preserve Eurozone fiscal stability. I don't think that's true, especially since his own party is doing the exact same thi
761.
by objclxt 13y ago
> To British eyes, the whole process seemed bizarre. Rules had been drawn up in the clearest language that lawyers could devise. Yet, the moment they became inconvenient, they were ignored. I find it very difficult to take this serious
762.
by objclxt 13y ago
> you're not actually changing anything permanently Antidepressants can cause real and permanent changes to the human body. Like any drug, some of the side effects cannot always be reversed when you come off them. For example, the
763.
by objclxt 13y ago
> Facebook actually will recognize if a name sounds "too fake" and reject it Not all fake names! About six months ago I went to interview on-site at Facebook. I have two Facebook accounts, a legacy from before testing accou
764.
by objclxt 13y ago
GMail is free. Facebook is free. GTA V definitely isn't free. I don't think limited invites really work in this case. Imagine how upset people would be to discover they'd paid their $60 for a game that advertised online play
765.
by objclxt 13y ago
See it in IMAX (proper IMAX, not those 'fake' IMAX you sometimes get in multiplexes) and I think you'll have a fantastic time. I saw it today, and as a piece of film making it's really impressive. I think if you saw it o
766.
by objclxt 13y ago
You can also just download the IPSW directly from developer.apple.com, if you have a paid-up developer account. And if you don't you probably shouldn't be using iOS betas on your device.
767.
by objclxt 13y ago
Not to come off as uncaring, but I think you screwed yourself over if you installed the iOS 7 beta and didn't read the release notes. iOS betas have always expired, going back years, and this has always been documented in the relea
768.
by objclxt 13y ago
That's a terrible idea that assumes each developer only needs one phone. But someone who is making a full-time living off iOS development probably has several devices: a 5/5x for the taller screen, a 4/4S, until recently mayb
769.
by objclxt 13y ago
> Remember that UK prices include sales tax @20% Solar panels are charged only 5% VAT, not 20%.
770.
by objclxt 13y ago
> I don't see Quora marketing itself outside of America. Quora gets more traffic from India than the US. At least 30% of its user base is Indian[1]. Quora does very well overseas. [1]: http://thenextweb.com/in/
771.
by objclxt 13y ago
Google often shuts down advertiser accounts with little or no notice. You only have to search for "adsense" or "adwords" along with "banned". Some of those are with good reason - others are not.
772.
by objclxt 13y ago
Cats look mostly alike in comparison to dogs . Although each feline has a unique face, the degree of variance is considerably higher in dogs. This is mainly due to breeding. Dogs can vary between 8-80 lbs, depending upon breed - some wil
773.
by objclxt 13y ago
> does it also run all Android apps that 4.2.2 runs? This very much depends on your definition of Android. If you have used any Google Play Services (or any Google-backed APIs within Android itself, prior to migration to Play Services)
774.
by objclxt 13y ago
Apple are pushing both iOS and Mac developers to use autolayout (especially on the iOS side), which is meant to solve some of these problems. I say 'meant to' because autolayout is far from perfect, but there's a pretty clear
775.
by objclxt 13y ago
You should be able to lock the exposure on the iPhone camera by setting AVCaptureExposureMode to lock (you can do the same for the white balance as well). But I might be wrong! It's been a while since I did camera work on the SDK.
776.
by objclxt 13y ago
...on the other hand, if you're in the US you can't buy alcohol until you're 21.
777.
by objclxt 13y ago
> Can we at least agree that laugh tracks are awful, even on otherwise-phenomenal shows (Seinfeld)? No. Multi-camera sitcoms with live audiences are very, very different in writing, tone, and end product to single camera comedies. They
778.
by objclxt 13y ago
Yeah, I have a love/hate relationship with LinkedIn. I don't like the site, and I don't like the company. That said , I've had on-site interviews at Google, Facebook, and the like not via my StackOverflow profile (whi
779.
by objclxt 13y ago
> Oh you are an experienced neurosurgeon? Oh from Russia you say? Well, here's a broom, good luck. Planet Money did a podcast on this exact topic at the start of the year. It is near impossible for a doctor to come to the US and st
780.
by objclxt 13y ago
I hear great things about the Pro. You would definitely not want the RT/ARM models as a developer. Whether you want to spend $900+ on the Surface Pro to use a dev machine is another matter.

More ›