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by tibbetts 9y ago
Exactly. Developing GC aware code is still easier and safer than c++ memory management. Particularly because when you screw up in c++ you get crashes or data loss, and when you screw up in Java you mostly just get GC pauses.
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Yes, also Azul Zing. Really anytime someone says they have a problem with GC and suggests spending a million dollars of engineer time building a new system, they should consider Zing first. It works and is a way more efficient way of spendi
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by tibbetts 9y ago
That might be an argument for not using Cassandra. It’s a pretty big leap to reimpmenting half of Cassandra in c++.
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Ask current and former coworkers or ask former bosses or former HR what recruiters they like working with.
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by tibbetts 9y ago
What was the percentage impact on cash compensation between initial offer and outcome? Do you think the company hiring you went outside the range they originally planned, or did you/10x get them to change how they thought about the rol
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Real estate agents have a lot less reputation, their clients are less able to compare outcomes, and their clients are less highly connected than clients of an agency like this.
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by tibbetts 9y ago
A good independent recruiter will do this. Many senior engineers I know maintain a relationship with a couple of recruiters who know what kind of startups they like and only bring them compelling offers. The recruiter can expect a multi-dec
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Do you find that LBGT status is still an obstacle in tech?
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by tibbetts 9y ago
People like to say this is a major problem, and I don’t know of any quantification of the effect one way or the other, but I am skeptical. Annecdotally I do know my mother was told (by coworkers and her boss) she was a quota hire in 1975 an
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by tibbetts 9y ago
That’s the kind of thing that population health researchers study. Answers include availability, lack of availability of healthier alternatives, targeted marketing, being missed by anti-smoking campaigns, and peer group influences. While sm
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by tibbetts 9y ago
I can’t speak to Kansas, but driving across Spain I found the wind turbines a pleasant part of the landscape. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Free market? Is that what we call it when one member of the duopoly controlling most email clients decides to embrace and extend the standard? Also even if you believe in Santa Claus and free markets, people getting on their soapbox to say
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Isn’t this going to make shell scripts that were already fragile on anything but bash not only fragile but also harder to debug? Combining the engineering ideas of JavaScript and autoconf with the checkered history of shell scripts seems li
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by tibbetts 9y ago
As I recall one of the benefits of spoken Navajo was the difficulty of distinguishing it from a bad radio signal of some other language.
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Right. People often fail to recognize that without preferential shares startups would just raise at a lot worse valuations. If Sequoia is offering $10m at a $40m post money, how do you think that would change if they weren’t getting control
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by tibbetts 9y ago
It’s not really the acquirers problem as I understand it, it is the acquired company’s problem to distribute proceeds, and usually they have an agent to do it like SRS because it is so messy.
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by tibbetts 9y ago
The transaction won’t be disclosed if it is immaterial (small enough). Ask a friend from the company or maybe an investor depending on who you have a relationship with. You just want to know the per share valuation of common stock. Frankly
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Lawyer. Also find out what bank is handling the transaction (often US Trust if they used https://www.srsacquiom.com/ which is very popular). There is often a 15% escrow hold back on the transaction value for 12-24 months to
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by tibbetts 9y ago
If your economy isn’t growing then why would anyone want the resources you have “saved”.
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by tibbetts 9y ago
If you just wanted the videos: https://goo.gl/x67ioE .
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by tibbetts 9y ago
I expect a generalist doctor to have a good understanding of those things though she might not be in practice at specific surgical techniques. A primary care physician who doesn’t know those things is a specialist in primary care who will h
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Except historically migration to the US was driven by free land. And more recently by opportunities for wealth. These might be results of the non-thar culture, but they are confounded by natural resources and people are not clearly expressi
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Once upon a time, before the internet and open source were a thing, leaving copyright and patents with the university was believed to be the best way to make innovation broadly available. The theory was it gave the university an incentive t
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Designing for customization with readily available third party accessories is a design choice, and one that reflects a different consumer products ecosystem than existed in the mid 20th century. I don’t mind starting with a minimalist phone
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by tibbetts 9y ago
One reasonable perspective is they will be successful until there is a market correction so large it can't be hedged against. World War Three, global warming societal collapse, popular revolution, or massive antitrust activity. As they
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by tibbetts 9y ago
For a lifestyle or contracting business, you are too worried. For a ventured backed or exit oriented business the thing to worry about is how an investor or an acquirer will think about the contract. "You're getting $50k per year
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Your model fails to admit the possibility of researchers who do better or worse work.
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by tibbetts 9y ago
If you want to increase good ideas getting to market, fund basic science, not startups. VCs might not be picking exactly the right companies, but it is hard to argue there isn't enough private investment capital for high growth startup
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Why don't you pay more than 80k then and get someone to leave their other job? Employers responding to a skills shortage by complaining rather than raising wages is one major cause of the market failure.
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by tibbetts 9y ago
Sounds like the Foodora people have their act together so if a scooter was a winning strategy they would be doing that. Maybe city driving regulations are a problem? A bike with an electric boost could be good though.

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