rmk

21 ms·

181.
by rmk 4y ago
Well, Musk is not "most people", and 8.5 billion is a small percentage of Elon Musk's net worth. I'd not be surprised if 8.5 billion is perhaps the daily fluctuation in his net worth!
182.
by rmk 4y ago
Discovery+ has been a Godsend. It's much more entertaining and interesting than many other venues such as Hulu and Apple TV. I also recommend Amazon Prime. You get access to many great titles, plus the option to buy individual titles t
183.
by rmk 4y ago
Elon Musk has probably taken a big haircut on his current stake in Twitter and is also risking being forced to buy Twitter anyway or losing 1 billion plus legal fees. That sounds like an awful lot of work to sell 8.5 billion worth of Tesla
184.
by rmk 4y ago
The 777 entered service in '95.
185.
by rmk 4y ago
If you have only done 1.5-2.5 year stints (i.e., you do not have even one stint of 4 years or more), it is a problem, because it could mean one or more of the following: Soft skills - You do not get along well with your colleagues - You do
186.
by rmk 4y ago
My comments pertain to Enterprise products, and less towards consumer products. I have worked on consumer products intermittently and have found Product Managers even less valuable there. Product Managers are useful but they should not work
187.
by rmk 4y ago
Yes, I saw that. Very interesting, and if you are an American, pretty atypical. Perhaps you are a minimalist and it's nothing out of the ordinary for you.
188.
by rmk 4y ago
I think there's something called Rent the Runway that offers this, for women. Then there's Stitch Fix, which is basically a kinda-sorta personal shopper who will pick things out for you (but within a very restricted set of vendors
189.
by rmk 4y ago
Let me get this straight: You own $150 worth of clothes, and $105 of it comprises socks (I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that they are the white, crew kind?). With $45 worth of 'clothes', I'm assuming you have boxer
190.
by rmk 4y ago
Fast fashion is also very harsh on the environment. There is a lot of waste in fast fashion. Much better to buy a smaller number of well-made articles of clothing and take care of them. If you have clothing tailored to fit you well, you wil
191.
by rmk 4y ago
The 4h take-home will narrow your funnel a lot. Most senior people will not do a free 4-hour take home. Try replacing it with a 2-hour interview by 3 people (that is, three 40-minute interviews each). One interviewer can do a hypothetical d
192.
by rmk 4y ago
Writing code is a different job from management. Of course you will be very successful if you have good management skills and you combine them with strong technical acumen. But writing code while being a manager is a recipe for failure. W
193.
by rmk 4y ago
You’ll likely find it utterly boring. The majority of your time will be spent on details and getting them right. But that’s probably true of being a quant as well. My suggestion is that you get into data science or bioinformatics. You will
194.
by rmk 4y ago
Houses are not intended to be a medium of exchange, and neither are they collectible... But they fulfill an fundamental need in society, so they are going to be assets that will have some value in and of themselves. At the end of the day, p
195.
by rmk 4y ago
Neither do I. But if Apple created a new category of device that drastically changes how people use computing in their everyday lives, would you like to own one or not, eventually? Chances are you'd eventually buy one and start using i
196.
by rmk 4y ago
Sure, but I'm referring to transactions that currencies are used for: goods and services. Coinbase's wellbeing depends on transaction volume and on the asset itself being desirable / a 'solid' asset class. For examp
197.
by rmk 4y ago
There is negligible transaction volume in cryptocurrencies. If no one is transacting in them, then they are a solution in search of a problem. Why exactly is Coinbase your 'dream company'? If they are basically a brokerage that de
198.
by rmk 4y ago
For better or worse, most organisations choose Java as the statically typed language, and not everyone has the luxury of saying "I'll not use Java". Even MJD, no slouch when it comes to technical chops, admits that he ended u
199.
by rmk 4y ago
I've found that it's a chore to maintain large-scale software written in dynamic and static languages for different reasons. Large projects written in dynamic languages have turned into insane messes because people with varying le
200.
by rmk 4y ago
Larry Ellison was prescient when he said that Jony Ive would run amok without an editor in Steve Jobs, in an interview after Jobs' death (Ellison was good friends with Jobs). Perhaps the utter lack of design innovation and frankly, new
201.
by rmk 4y ago
How about doing something to deter PE firms snapping up rental and housing properties? Is the FTC doing anything about it? Housing affordability (or lack thereof) is the issue plaguing the millennial cohort and even incremental progress o
202.
by rmk 4y ago
At $50k they are a steal vs the American developers who think they are changing the world with their crud apps and expect $300k before payroll taxes, health insurance, and endless political battles at the workplace, not to mention significa
203.
by rmk 4y ago
I do not understand why you are being downvoted, but one look at other industries tells you that you are right. First, older developers will be mercilessly fired and replaced by developers in India. There is a growing cohort of older develo
204.
by rmk 4y ago
Why is the ACLU not involved here? This seems to fit the definition of false imprisonment and depriving someone of their civil rights under color of law.
205.
by rmk 4y ago
Clearly you have not heard of habeas corpus.
206.
by rmk 4y ago
There is a universe outside of the FAANG companies and the space they inhabit. In fact, with the exception of Amazon, the FAANG represents giant monopolies in very specific niches. If your company is outside of them, why would you be worrie
207.
by rmk 4y ago
Allowing rabble-rousers to deliver 'talks' about caste discrimination is not going to change the hearts and minds of people who set store by caste affiliations. There will always be people who will be cagey about revealing aspects
208.
by rmk 4y ago
This is a case of corruption, which is endemic in Indian culture. There are countless examples of mid-high level Indian Managers convincing management to move work to bodyshops from which they either receive kickbacks, are started by close
209.
by rmk 4y ago
If you do not have commitments such as a family to provide for, you should take time off, assuming you have a cushion saved up. Take time to travel and learn some skills outside of technology for a year. An example is teaching english in a
210.
by rmk 4y ago
Because employees are not represented by unions? If 100% of a person's work is going to be useless, why should he get a 20% pay cut, or rather, 80% pay? And if 100% of a person's work is useful, he'd immediately start heading

More ›