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by swimfar 9y ago
I'm not in the software industry so this sounds really odd to me. Don't you guys write proposals to go along with the quote that detail exactly what is in the scope of work? Do you not have a contractual statement of work? If th
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by swimfar 9y ago
I doubt that there's a single full-time employee (in the US) that only costs them 50k/year. Total overhead costs are a lot higher than the employee's salary. I have no idea what the distribution of salaries look like, so this
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by swimfar 9y ago
Why are they stupid? All of a sudden, with no warning or explanation you stopped posting and responding? If I had a friend like that I might be concerned and reach out to friends or family to see if everything is okay. To me that signifies
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by swimfar 9y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15705072
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by swimfar 9y ago
Not that it changes your argument, but Techshop did actually provide some of those things, dial calipers, gauge blocks, dial test indicators. You just had to check them out, and not everyone know what/where they were. As far as work-
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by swimfar 9y ago
In a number of European countries it's common/required to include a headshot on your CV. Birthdate is also often included. But I agree that, whenever possible, don't include this information.
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by swimfar 9y ago
Unbabel is one that uses machine translation followed by human verification/corrections. I've never used them to get translations, but I have done a little bit of post-editing for them. https://unbabel.com/
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by swimfar 9y ago
Are there car-producing countries that don't have import tariffs?
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by swimfar 9y ago
Cool. That reminded me of a very simple tube amp design I had seen that used a light bulb as a current source. http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/diyaudio-com-articles/160464-...
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by swimfar 9y ago
You're reading too much into how he phrased it. He just means that it happened in India first.
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by swimfar 9y ago
Here's another nice tutorial. It looks like it's a nice way to make sturdy custom enclosures. https://hackaday.com/2015/06/03/how-to-build-beautiful-enclo...
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by swimfar 9y ago
If you're referring to this one[1], most people were saying that it's pretty much impossible for an average developer to make 100-300k Euros per year. London seemed to be where it might be possible in certain industries. But Engla
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by swimfar 9y ago
Thanks for posting that. I had that issue and found the article interesting but then lost the magazine (and never thought to search for an online version).
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by swimfar 9y ago
Are there banks that provide credit card-like protections for debit cards? I thought you couldn't reverse debit card transactions. There are usually daily limits, though, which would limit how much you could lose.
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by swimfar 9y ago
The reason I had heard is because Mormon's make great door-to-door salesmen. Many of the men have spent a year or two of door-to-door proselyting (attempting to convert). So they're used to selling to strangers and also being re
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by swimfar 9y ago
Comparing fatalities per 100k people seems like a pretty useless statistic when we're talking about safety standards. If you look at fatalities per 100,000 motor vehicles it's 12.9 compared to 130. So 10x as much. An even bette
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by swimfar 9y ago
for one thing, you can't get partial credit for ideas/work that only exists in your head. (Similar to why it's a good idea to show work on homework assignments and tests) If they sat there for a bit thinking about the problem
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by swimfar 9y ago
There's a whole series of this where it's a recording of an old man who talks really slow, can't hear well, needs things re-explained, rambles a bit, etc. There are some amazingly long calls. https://www.youtube.c
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by swimfar 9y ago
I think his point was that he went to a college he could afford. It's true that not everyone can get scholarships to pay for their entire education. But no one has to pay $40k+/year in tuition to get a good education.
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by swimfar 9y ago
Compared to what? I've seen much simpler driver's licenses from other countries. Up until recently (2013 maybe) the French driver's license was literally a piece of pink paper with a picture glued to it. http://f
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by swimfar 10y ago
I think the point wasn't that you shouldn't help people understand your language or culture. It's expecting everyone to know this stuff automatically and looking down on someone for not knowing everything about it. That isn
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by swimfar 10y ago
To put that into perspective, here's a cool video of a guy riding through LA on a 14.5' (4.4m) bike. https://vimeo.com/64653759
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by swimfar 10y ago
At my US university the school had a (free) text book rental program. I never had to buy any books. edit: Obviously the initial cost of the books is paid for by tuition, but it's much less than the cost of each student buying their ow
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by swimfar 10y ago
There are quite a few reasons why a bike share program can be nicer or a nice addition to owning a bike. I used the bike share program in a different city and loved it. I think one of the nicest things is that after you park the bike you d
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by swimfar 10y ago
Why not? I worked on an electronics assembly line for a while doing electro-mechanical assembly. I enjoyed it and got satisfaction out of creating a physical product. It was kind of fun, not too stressful, sometimes monotonous, but also
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by swimfar 10y ago
The site used to be mostly craigslist-type ads with set prices so you could see what kinds of cars you could buy for $X. I was disappointed (and stopped going there) when they started having auctions for that reason. There are plenty of sit
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by swimfar 10y ago
I assume you meant "with US federal agents". ;)
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by swimfar 10y ago
There are passive versions available as well. Obviously they won't have the same capabilities as active noise canceling, though. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01BCR0MNO/
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by swimfar 10y ago
If anyone else is wondering what "The Wizards' Lectures" are, they are a set of MIT video lectures from 1986 by Abelson and Sussman on "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" Here's the link: https
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by swimfar 10y ago
Does Ikea sell furniture with dovetailed joints?

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