rguzman

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by rguzman 11y ago
Well, not all arguments against GMOs are stories. I'm thinking specifically of Taleb's argument: http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/pp2.pdf
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by rguzman 12y ago
I can't shake the feeling that the existence of leap and that it seems compelling are symptoms of deeply flawed urban planning.
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by rguzman 12y ago
> A 2013 study by the Economic Policy Institute showed that American universities graduate 50 percent more students in computer, information science, and engineering each year than are hired in those fields This is a reasoning flaw: comp
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by rguzman 12y ago
People think that sitting is very bad for you because it is correlated with all kinds of undesirable health outcomes. Does anyone know whether these effects disappear when controlling for level of activity?
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by rguzman 12y ago
Thinking that the 'talent' necessary to make a successful startup or product is just 'coding talent' is as naive and ill-informed as thinking that the only talent needed to play in the NBA is being tall. Coding is just o
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by rguzman 12y ago
I largely agree with this, but there's one complication. A lot of the certification aspect is that certain schools have earned a reputation over many decades for being selective, having high academic standards, and producing effective
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by rguzman 12y ago
"As a matter of personal policy and professional courtesy, I don't discuss the details of my engagement with my current employer with third parties. I'll do the same if I work for you."
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by rguzman 12y ago
This reminds me of at least a few people in college. I tended to avoid the CS department computer lab for fear of becoming something like the essay describes. I didn't do too much better, though. I did decide to snap out of it, ironica
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by rguzman 12y ago
First, I really like this concept! I'm hoping you guys will be able to suggest activities that are missing 1 person based on where I am and such. I signed up and was pretty excited. But then there is only 1 activity nearby with 1 membe
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by rguzman 12y ago
Yes.
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by rguzman 12y ago
Your comment reminded me of this: http://youtu.be/9dlypec4dP4?t=40s
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by rguzman 12y ago
Even if the study doesn't live as long as its name states, a clear mission is useful because it guides people's decision making. A researcher in this should be optimizing her efforts for the 100 year timescale and not for the ~5 y
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by rguzman 12y ago
> something that could be set up by anyone using cron in minutes. Just like anyone can build stackoverflow in a weekend.
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by rguzman 12y ago
iDoneThis - New York, NY/remote Details are here: http://idonethis.com/jobs/
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by rguzman 12y ago
I was surprised with how long we were able to get away with the simplest setup: everything in one server. It was about ~2 years. I'm very glad I didn't introduce complexity in the setup from the get-go.
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by rguzman 12y ago
I don't know about those specific 900 listings on airbnb, but IIRC SF has an ~8% vacancy rate which tens of thousands of housing units.
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by rguzman 12y ago
I live in SF and I feel something different. The regulations are consistent with versions of SF that most of its citizenry would not like (e.g. like Malibu).
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by rguzman 12y ago
It is not about just suffering for the badge of it. I guarantee you that there is actually something productive and useful to do. At the very least, as you say, you can reflect on the current situation and write-up the plan to avoid it in t
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by rguzman 12y ago
> It’s hard to sustain a bubble for four years. I don't think so. The housing bubble that popped in 2008 lasted a lot longer than 4 years.
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by rguzman 12y ago
If I'm the CEO and I'm going to ask some people to work 80 hour weeks for a few days/weeks/months, I'd be around and find something productive to do just to show solidarity.
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by rguzman 13y ago
This is really useful and good, esp since the source is on GH. Thanks for putting it together, OP! That said, lines of code is really the wrong metric to gauge the merits of the frameworks. Fewer lines of code may mean better abstractions,
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The Structure of Security Software Organizations(rz.github.io)
3 points by rguzman 13y ago|0 comments
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by rguzman 13y ago
Put a way to contact you in your HN profile and on your other profiles (GH, SO). While it sucks to be short on money, it really seems like you dodged a bullet and you're better off not working there. From what I can tell from your writ
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by rguzman 13y ago
Exercise, maintain an active dating & social life, other intellectual pursuits (e.g. learning math), waste time on reddit and social media.
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by rguzman 13y ago
heh...basecamp, meetup, vimeo, and bit.ly are 'small'. Are there any documented instances of this happening to smaller startups? And, relatedly, are a set of best practices emerging to deal with this sort of a thing?
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by rguzman 13y ago
for anyone who is both willing and able to do one of these 'breakout technology' companies, the company is what they want to do in the first place.
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by rguzman 13y ago
From the screenshots the emails look like they have dynamic elements in them ie buttons that do stuff. I imagine that they aren't links that just point to your site, but that you have figured out a way around no-JS in emails. How? Gmai
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by rguzman 13y ago
A few similar tools have popped up recently. Like this one, they look pretty good, and like improvements over skype et. al. However, they seem to solve the easy part of the problem and not the hard one. The problem is evaluating a candidate
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On Startup Engineer Compensation(rz.github.io)
4 points by rguzman 13y ago|0 comments
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by rguzman 13y ago
It doesn't need to be coupled to "fire fast". It is only the first quarter (or even 6th in some vesting schemes) that vests after the cliff. In my vastly more limited anecdotal experience than both of you guys', companie

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