oxryly1

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by oxryly1 10y ago
Yes, this. And even worse, "I recognize that 'bleeding edge tech' as yet another rehash of something innovated in the 60s or 70s and therefore I'm not nearly as impressed as you by it."
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by oxryly1 10y ago
Probably, but I was in over my head and the team evaporated within months. With hindsight I would have done many things differently, and my approach to interviewing that person is just one of many.
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by oxryly1 10y ago
Yup. That's why I tell the story. Now when I seek a job I face myself discriminating against me. It sucks, but at least I understand a little of why it happens, I guess.
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by oxryly1 10y ago
Is this perhaps because older workers gravitate towards sane hours? Maybe because they develop interests, lives, families, etc outside of work that they commit to (moreso than most 20-somethings)? As a side note: I'm over 40 now, but I
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by oxryly1 10y ago
It turns out, depressingly, that good customer service is not correlated with business success in the games industry.
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by oxryly1 10y ago
What kind of vehicle/RV were you in? How did you transport it across oceans?
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by oxryly1 10y ago
Move to a small apartment in a downtown area, ideally where you don't need a car. Get a roommate, cancel netflix, etc etc. Pretty mundane stuff...
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by oxryly1 10y ago
I love stories like this. Well documented, well thought out, and with a 6 month update... excellent. Now I'd love to read one about someone who's done this with a family...
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by oxryly1 10y ago
I read it also as "real estate tried the stock market by itself and failed." But yes, the phrase "strike out on your own" does hang together a bit.
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by oxryly1 10y ago
"X Strikes Out ..." is a terrible headline format, since "strikes out" means either to soundly fail or to optimistically begin a venture. Boo.
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by oxryly1 10y ago
Do they ever close out their short positions? It seems like they'd quickly wind up borrowing too much for any brokerage to help them take on more...
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by oxryly1 10y ago
So, how do they move the stock? Bags of stock certificates on international flights? It seems that shifting stock between business units might incur taxes or other regulatory concerns.
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by oxryly1 10y ago
You can't mass produce land, and that's the dominating component.
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by oxryly1 10y ago
> Microsoft is a convicted monopolist in the EU. As an aside, what was their punishment?
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by oxryly1 10y ago
> One's employer doesn't owe one a job Labor laws disagree to a certain degree -- at least in that you can't fire someone for any reason you choose (see the EEOC poster in your breakroom/mailroom/kitchen for exam
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by oxryly1 10y ago
> The thing that unstuck the negotiation was conceding to the disputed term (agreeing to pay the credit card fees). The "steak dinner" trick seems to have little to do with it. No, a concession would be if they just ate the cr
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by oxryly1 10y ago
You can downvote?? Are you a wizard?
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by oxryly1 10y ago
It was a remote controlled device, not a robot. It had no AI or built-in intelligence, and made no decisions. An officer at the controls is responsible for the shooter's killing.
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by oxryly1 10y ago
This is an interesting method of building resiliency -- or anti-fragility -- into a complex system without adding complexity via a system of feedback for each component (or some other such cleverness). (I.E.: Have an overarching "inten
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by oxryly1 10y ago
It just means when the party in question catastrophizes the new development, realize they might be coming from a place of self-preservation.
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by oxryly1 10y ago
Note that the only entities complaining about this are themselves journalists. They're just closing ranks.
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by oxryly1 10y ago
Can't they just lower the dosage drastically?
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by oxryly1 10y ago
Chinese capital chasing the California real estate dream?
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by oxryly1 10y ago
You can have good mass transit or affordable housing, but not both. This sucks.
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by oxryly1 10y ago
Different software.
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by oxryly1 10y ago
Wait, so VW or Audi would develop software and supply it to Bosch? And in object code format? That does seem backwards.
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by oxryly1 11y ago
Deterrence. Ok, what exactly is the behavior to be deterred here? Working with sama? Or ycombinator in general? That's what I get from this ill-advised post, at least...
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by oxryly1 11y ago
The specific bully move is sama going public.
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by oxryly1 11y ago
Does this strike anyone else as naive speculation? And fiercely prejudicial, as well?
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by oxryly1 11y ago
That's very strange. Could you not just sink a copper pole into the ground the requisite distance? Do inspectors not have a method for inspecting the actual "ground" that grounds are connected to? Many questions...

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