plinkplonk

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2011.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
Indeed. One weak point in the essay (rant?) would seem to be the underlying assumption that the output of all CS research has to be usable by Joe Average Programmer to be counted as "good". Physics wouldn't have progressed much if all r
2012.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
I am not sure how this is relevant to startups? Very amusing post (and comments) but still very irrelevant in this forum imo
2013.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
no harm done :-) Just to clarify, I didn't ask for a downloadable. I just wanted a sense of whether arc was converging or not and how the language evolved and what was learned. e.g: the decision to have constants in function call position
2014.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
Is that url correct? I get a "Server Not found" result for download.archub.com though archub.com works fine. Could be a server in the middle I guess. Can someone reading this attempt a download and post the result here?
2015.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
Very Interesting ! - especially the idea of using a count of the parse tree to optimize the language. Can you tell us anything about how well (or if) Arc is converging to a potentially releasable state?
2016.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
Very Interesting ! can you tell us anything about how well (or if) Arc is converging to a releasable state?
2017.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
heh , yeah technical writers are literature graduates who are basically unemployable. If you know any good programmers in Banaglore making less than1500 $ a month, let me know :-). I know many MANY companies who are finding it impossible
2018.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
200 $? wtf? I live in Bangalore. The starting slary for someone just out of school is about 1200 $ as of today. But yes, this is about 15-20 % of a valley salary, not 75 % so you do have a point.
2019.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
very good point! I missed that totally! I should know better than to type when sleepy!
2020.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
I did "edit the post" . As I said I am too woozy and making some mistakes. So when I see a typo , or just feel I am being too sarcastic, I use the edit button. I must be doing something wrong because my posts were cut off a few times. S
2021.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
Read my post very carefully I never said "average coders gt 80 k" you are reacting to a strawman. "Average coders" probably shouldn't be attempting a world changing startup (strictly imo) Please react to what I actually said. I expli
2022.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
see my id details it includes an email address
2023.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
"I wonder why google can hire top talent in bangalore and something like Guruji cannot build a better search engine?" Ha but that was my point. The really good guys prefer to work for companies (and mostly emigrate to America) rather than
2024.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
"I have some advice too, I suggest you study hosting costs along with hardware costs - there is no way any salary in Banglore(for a techie) is going to take care of your hosting costs and just how long are you planning to host for before yo
2025.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
"Indian Fashion designers often also do work in Paris" Do they ask angel funds focussed on the USA to "come to India" and sponsor their visas to France ? :-) news to me - please send some references. "you base your argument on a assumptio
2026.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
"If YCombinator helped with Visas" Yeow I hope not! INS's visa rules are a legal and procedural snake pit, with plenty of people abusing and bending the rules to get a chance to come to the USA. IMHO YC should keep to doing what it knows
2027.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
Please name some successful startups that came out of India. Acquisition data would be nice! Now it is possible that there is a bit of a chicken and egg problem here. But, imho, it is not enough to state baldly that there is significant en
2028.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
an average Indian programmer gets significantly more. the average salary for someone just out of school is about 1200 $ /month (in Bangalore, as of today). Companies like Google pay much more.
2029.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
no offense taken, friend :-) I was just trying to be clear about my purpose (I am not a native speaker of English either so I am not sure how much my intent gets through) Your experience report is much appreciated! Thanks!
2030.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
Thank You. We plan to use both automated unit and web interface tests.
2031.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
"Is it also what you wanted to hear ?" If I "want to hear something" I will let you know in advance thank you :-) . While it is impossible to convey all the nuances of the choice before me in a paragraph, I believe the question was very sp
2032.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
Paul, That's what I thought! Thank You!
2033.
by plinkplonk 19y ago
Some context. I am considering a startup. I was blown away by the intensity of Zenter's development schedule. One of my potential co founders is a bit of a fanatic about XP but some facets of the process (especially the religious sloganeeri
2034.
Do any of the Y Combinator firms use Extreme Programming?
3 points by plinkplonk 19y ago|9 comments
2035.
by plinkplonk 20y ago
Hi, What web framework are you guys using? Rails? Django? something else? (Awesome product btw)
2036.
by plinkplonk 20y ago
and what does this have to do with startups?