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by ticmasta 7y ago
This seems like doubling down on the part of taking VC funding that most recipients are the most concerned with; losing control and direction. The post frames it as "having trouble guiding the company through growth" which is a re
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Well our Dev test was developed by the Senior VP and then tested on our developers; only 1 who aced it. Don't blame me and other workin' stiffs for that...
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by ticmasta 7y ago
... and then they can complain about the dearth of software developers...
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Unless your job is coding novel algorithm implementations under strict deadlines without a computer, how does answering this question in a job interview prove or disprove your efficacy in the actual position? It only proves you're good
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by ticmasta 7y ago
I interviewed with a start-up mid-acquisition by Indeed and they paid me for my take-home project. Quality move but the rest of their behaviour was utterly reprehensible. I was mad/upset at the time but I'm now grateful. Also, I h
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Which itself will likely cause a payout to MS. Not $10B but I'd bet substantial...
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by ticmasta 7y ago
It must also expose value to both parties, even if voluntarily entered. How does agreeing to waive your rights for absolutely nothing as in this case deliver any value to the user?
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by ticmasta 7y ago
>> ... Gandi.net get a lot of love from HN. not lately!
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by ticmasta 7y ago
and you know lots of real estate deals that are low risk, pay 10-15% and available for participation @ $100 / week? >> an average appreciation of 13% last year, which is not sustainable for this area but still indicative of the o
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by ticmasta 7y ago
>> No need for any special hardware, any special software ha ha - except for the iphone, watch and apple pay; no special hardware nor software required.
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Is debit payment a big thing in Australia? For smaller payment amounts I see debit cards way more frequently than CC or mobile.
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by ticmasta 7y ago
5% growing to 10% just sounded crazy to me. For this to be true every iPhone user has to be making a butt-load of purchases and always using Apple Pay. I haven't seen any numbers that would back up this level of adoption.
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by ticmasta 7y ago
The deciding factor seems to be if the internet group (as in characteristics defining cohesion) has strong enough mores to demand acceptable conduct. wide-open commenting (anon or not): NO. Neighbourhood FB group: you'd hope so, but no
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Well one difference is the scope of participation, which was only slightly mentioned (old people on FB) - even in the lat 90's the internet was still mostly the domain of a relatively homogeneous technical-skewing audience; the composi
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by ticmasta 7y ago
This is what twilio does right? you buy credits ahead of time and then consume them via service usage?
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by ticmasta 7y ago
maybe the direction of the content, then? Ipads are great for generating a sub-set of content and consuming almost all of it. If you're work is (a) content creation and (b) tends to use a keyboard, it doesn't work great.
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Then you believe in some form of pre-destined, zero-sum world, which is totally legitimate, but I personally don't believe and find sad, as it makes a lot of life look pretty pointless, if true.
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by ticmasta 7y ago
This is patently false. The entire point of the pledge is they give away the vast majority of their wealth while still alive.
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by ticmasta 7y ago
What questions? It was a personal, emotional response with no substance that insulted more mature people because they have the nerve to keep playing the game and not go die in the corner. Down-vote away!
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Why did you ever think he was more than human? This is kind of what the original criticism highlighted....
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Agreed - that's better than my initial conclusion: pee in the sink.
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by ticmasta 7y ago
This is the same logic motivating me to (infrequently) buy Windows computers from the Microsoft store. They don't benefit from a brand-new Windows PC that runs like molasses so they don't have any bloatware* or other performance s
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by ticmasta 7y ago
relatively new DevOps user here - I miss Jira too...
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by ticmasta 7y ago
So without stereotyping too harshly, I wonder if his humility came from his faith? I've met quite a few LDS who show significant tolerance for beliefs that conflict with their own, maybe because historically Mormons have been the victi
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Hey - me too! Had he recently had a stroke prior to that conference? I don't remember the details but thought something about bright lights really bothered him. Of note: I don't think he started his PHD until he was 50. I wish mor
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Brooks revisits NSB 20 years after the fact and makes pretty strong arguments that specific intervening technologies have not disproved his original conclusions. I think we could do the same today. The author of this post conflates better w
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Software projects don't fail or get cancelled because of the technology, but they do for "technical" reasons - many of which get amalgamated into the politics bucket.
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by ticmasta 7y ago
Or the unit of measure. It's really hard to tell what sort of technical debt you are taking on and building for contingencies that may never manifest is it's own type of sunk cost. That's (a) why projects need to have some
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by ticmasta 7y ago
You can significantly change your lifestyle and decision making process that will lead to behaviours that reduce your footprint. ... or were you looking for an answer like "buy some carbon offsets"? I really don't want to pic
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by ticmasta 7y ago
>> Panda Express the person asks if you want to donate a few dimes for charity These requests burn me up. The cashier at Super Store asks "would you like to donate $5 to charity?" What charity? It's nutrition focused f

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