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901.
by rdouble 14y ago
This is a common refrain, but the best programmers I've worked with do not have any evidence that they work on side projects.
902.
by rdouble 14y ago
Well then. You could go to Australia. It depends on what you're trying to do, I guess.
903.
by rdouble 14y ago
The potential penalties for noncompliance with the new tax laws can hugely affect the banks' bottom lines. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044459270457806...
904.
by rdouble 14y ago
The Netherlands is probably the easiest (only?) way for an entrepreneurial American to get a foothold into Europe. There's a Dutch-American friendship treaty which makes it easy to start a business there with a small amount of money.
905.
by rdouble 14y ago
Assault is broadly defined in the USA and is generally a misdemeanor. It could be the stats only include aggravated assault, which is a felony. That said, there isn't as much of a brawling culture in the USA as there is in other countries.
906.
by rdouble 14y ago
Can't tell if serious...
907.
by rdouble 14y ago
You can already do most of this. The bigger issue with the post office is even if you do everything right (delivery confirmation , insurance) they still lose your packages and have customer service a bit south of what's depicted in the movi
908.
by rdouble 14y ago
Reversing a string was initially a good interview question because in C you can keep probing multiple levels of knowledge with it. You learn if the interviewee knows the algorithm, then if they understand how to do it in place with a pointe
909.
by rdouble 14y ago
Music and photos and associated metadata on OSX are stored in standard file formats. It's trivial to write a program to extract them, using a programming language already installed on the machine.
910.
by rdouble 14y ago
Tabasco is for cajun food and southern soul food, like collard greens. Other forms of hot sauce would not work in this context.
911.
by rdouble 14y ago
See also turntablism, trading solos in jazz, and Paganini.
912.
by rdouble 14y ago
Just walk off with it. Family, religion, friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. --Montgomery Burns
913.
by rdouble 14y ago
Pound for pound? Their programmers are productive and svelte?
914.
by rdouble 14y ago
Perhaps he just wants high fives from like minded CEOs. Getting political jabs in when they can seems popular with biz guys with too much time on their hands. It's the executive version of "doing it for the lulz."
915.
by rdouble 14y ago
What do you tell the people who don't pass the Sunday test? It would be demoralizing to learn that you were technically good enough, but you're not hired because the team didn't think it would be cool to hang out with you.
916.
by rdouble 14y ago
It wasn't entirely pushing the burden on the employees. Each place had an ops guy or on-staff recruiter who just got the names from us and took it from there. I've not seen it done effectively first hand, but I've heard it's the way to go.
917.
by rdouble 14y ago
It was free form. There wasn't much to it other than on staff recruiter got the names of your bros and then harassed them with email. It annoyed people, but only as much as any other non engineering thing annoyed people. We were supposed t
918.
by rdouble 14y ago
I've worked at 3 startups that did this.
919.
by rdouble 14y ago
No. Kissing today requires ski goggles and an iPad.
920.
by rdouble 14y ago
Well, I'm still not so sure. I've been doing functional programming for 20 years and I thought Haskell syntax was weird.
921.
by rdouble 14y ago
I got as much face time with the back of that fucking iPhone as with her. Maybe she just wasn't that into you.
922.
by rdouble 14y ago
Haskell's syntax is weird compared to more popular languages. This is the main reason it's hard. That said, It's a better choice than Scala for math. However, if the math is numerical algorithms, Python is better than either Haskell or Scal
923.
by rdouble 14y ago
Academy of Art in SF is an awesome business scam where the owners turn student loans and international student tuition dollars into tax free real estate holdings. "For those keeping track, Academy of Art University now owns 1.93 million sq
924.
by rdouble 14y ago
If you are mostly healthy, in New York I would suggest a basic emergency care plan from Blue Cross and a membership to One Medical. The main reason for comprehensive health coverage at your age is if you have chronic conditions which requir
925.
by rdouble 14y ago
Random, but maybe useful... There are off-brand cintiq alternatives that get great reviews. http://frenden.tumblr.com/post/38693256477/yiynovamsp19u
926.
by rdouble 14y ago
Both of my parents are primary care providers. The offices of GPs usually are not located in a hospital, unless the hospital is part of a large integrated HMO like Kaiser Permanente. There is a trend in the USA of building large medical "ca
927.
by rdouble 14y ago
That is a big problem with even attempting reform. All viable options build off the existing insurance system, which is terrible.
928.
by rdouble 14y ago
Right, but there's no other front line of entry to anywhere else in the hospital. If a person walked to a hospital and demanded to see a brain surgeon they would be turned away even if they had health insurance. A major issue with the ameri
929.
by rdouble 14y ago
Most people would rather be bankrupt than be dead. I agree that a civilized society should help everyone, but don't agree that the USA is a civilized society. There is definitely an attitude that poor people don't "deserve" stuff. That's be
930.
by rdouble 14y ago
It's illegal to turn someone away from the hospital. Access to primary care is another story altogether.

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