ryanjshaw

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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
I'm not assuming anything, I'm reading what you wrote: > there are simply no points where their stuff intersects with my life. As to your other point: Microsoft is big. A "general trajectory" is very vague at their
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
You probably use services running on Microsoft-based platforms all the time if you e.g. have a bank account, use commercial airports, have insurance of any form, etc. Those big numbers you're waving away represent real, significant bu
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
> It's entirely possible that he made an error in judgement And it's entirely possible that his decision was reasonable. Currently the facts presented are wholly insufficient to draw either conclusion. So one must ask why the
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
Given the lack of details presented in the article the GP linked to, and the many scenarios I can think of which on the surface would have appeared "risky but not Darwin Award risky", I must conclude that either GP is psychic or i
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
I was curious about Ivy Lee [1]; some interesting tidbits: > he was retained by John D. Rockefeller Jr to represent his family and Standard Oil, ("to burnish the family image"), after the coal mining rebellion in Colorado know
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
By "linking them" what do you mean exactly? Building container hierarchies using "FROM"? Exposing services through ports? Exposing resources through volumes? If your application is simple, then sure, you can get away
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
Computer science solved this problem (the "Confused Deputy" [1]) decades ago [2] [3] with capability-based security [4]. I don't have the time to find the exact reference I'm thinking of right now, but consider taking
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
Rewriting the client is not sufficient. You need to convince everybody to run the new client. I don't see that happening as easily as you presume. It is highly likely that cryptobanks will come into place in the future (cryptocurrenci
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
Are we even able to analyse Bitcoin as we would fiat currencies or precious metals? Why is this assumption left unstated and unanalysed? Cryptocurrencies have several interesting properties that these traditional mediums of exchange do not
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
While I'm sure you mean no harm, you are - quite simply - wrong. There are plenty of people who live lives they would never be able to live without medication, and without many of the harmful side-effects being discussed. It's inc
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
I think there's an unstated idea with the person you're debating here that drug addiction is a medical/psychological issue that drug cartels profit from by taking advantage of people with a disposition towards substance abuse
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
It's a pity the author can't start a part of this revolution by writing more clearly. I spent about 5 minutes reading before becoming completely lost and confused - was there a central thesis and was he ever going to get to a poin
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
Thanks, I can see some value to it now, and it does have lower bandwidth requirements than the PDF. I think Scribd has completely switched me off to document hosting sites. That being said (1) the link you posted is not posted within an em
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
Thanks. I really don't understand the purpose of these annoying poorly implemented document sharing sites when the original format is widely supported.
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
It insinuates that the witness is unqualified to make the statements he's making, using logic of the form "if you don't have a master's degree you likely can't be an expert in this field." I would have loved to
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
Not just cross-currency, but also cross-border payments. I've implemented processing of cross-border payment instructions delivered via SWIFT and there's no way banks will STP a cross-border payment for $150 million. Large paymen
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
Huh. The Visual Studio Immediate window [1] has existed since the days of Visual Basic [2]. What are you guys seeing as a REPL that I'm not? [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f177hahy(v=vs.71).as..
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
I recall spending silly amounts of time years ago trying to locate some of the more exotic stuff on that site (particularly GlobalView & NewWave). Nice to see that direct access to these important historical resources is much improved s
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
South Africa. My first guess was that my results were being filtered by location, but if so there's no visiblility of this restriction and the posting does state: "We’re looking to hire the best people wherever they are in the wor
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
[status-reopen] http://imgur.com/zZRveUH
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
Unless I'm mistaken, something's not quite right: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs?searchTerm=C%23&allows... ironically does not include: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/34229&#
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
A very astute observation. I will note: 1. 6 years, largely and increasingly specialist financial industry work, earning 5x what I did when I started, so you're right on that point. Unfortunately some curveballs have meant the net e
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
On hours: I'm reasonably good at what I do. But there are other things I'd enjoy more. Consider that I work 40-50 hours/week at a normal job, and the remaining 30-40 on escaping the rat race or dealing with this troublesome
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
Absolutely a valid, if tangential, point - businesses are not without risks. But if you want the reward, you have to take the risk - and I want the reward. Aside from that, you get to look back over your life and, whatever your mistakes,
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
The problem with this parable is that it equates two different scenarios. A fisherman without extensive financial resources is not the same as a person with extensive financial resources choosing to fish. Here's some alternative endin
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
More importantly, pg's essays are marketing for YC. Without knowing the man, I would guess this is probably more a happy side-effect than a goal of his writing, but nevertheless the economics are clearly in favour of him writing.
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
If I have to work 80+ hours a week to have the absolute financial freedom to live the rest of my estimated 40-50 years on this planet in any way I chose, nevermind ensuring similar benefits accrue to my family, then I think that's a pr
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
Some kids also just have 'it'. I'm the 30 year old and my girlfriend's brother is the 15 year old. He's been making money on the schoolground since long before high school. I didn't even start thinking sensi
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by ryanjshaw 13y ago
I don't see any evidence of a pyramid scheme here, which is unsustainable. This model is similar to what, e.g. Miglio has used for decades ( http://www.miglio.com/ ). That being said, the growth is suspicious when you