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by uola 10y ago
No, you don't. You want your devices to be simple and talk to a bridge that runs e.g. Linux and handles networking. But at the moment this is where the ecosystem is at.
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by uola 10y ago
For people to choose something it first have to be a realistic option. Berlin is much more established as an international and "tech" city. You hear about people moving there all the time. For whatever problem you'll face th
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by uola 10y ago
Generally the cities tend to be too small, too expensive (for what you get) or not international enough. More than anything "even cheaper" doesn't necessarily matter, around €750 is pretty much the sweet spot in terms of cost
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by uola 10y ago
From what I've heard Lisbon is about the same cost as Berlin. But the economy is worse, the tax system seems more complex and it's less accessible to foreigners. I guess the weather is nicer, but the location is worse. To legitima
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by uola 10y ago
I've briefly tried a prototype of keyboard.io and if you like the concept I think you're going to be pleased. But it's of course also personal and you won't really find out until you used it for awhile.
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by uola 10y ago
I can't say it's bad to update the IRC protocol, but I don't think it would make much difference either. What people don't realize with "decentralized" services is that they don't have a good ecosystem any
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by uola 10y ago
SICP might be a good programming book, but I'm not sure it's a good book. If your friend doesn't have programming experience something like "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" might be an e
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by uola 10y ago
I would consider if focusing learning CS or fundamentals is the right approach. What is the plan when he gets out? I'm not sure there's a lot of beginner CS or C jobs around without credentials. Is he going to try and go to school
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by uola 10y ago
> First of all, that's not what cargo cult means... Per the definition on the linked wikipedia page cargo cult programming is "ritual inclusion of code or program structures that serve no real purpose", "results of ap
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by uola 10y ago
Yes and they (and other companies) don't exactly have the best record on this type of thing. http://www.computerworld.com/article/2602255/legal/google-to...
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by uola 10y ago
Seems almost like your arguing against yourself here. Hiring people based on things they won't use seems an awful lot like a cargo cult. Many of Googles products implode shortly after getting released making software quality irrelevant
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by uola 10y ago
Because building real decentralized services, i.e. cross-platform peer-to-peer clients that are stylish and secure, is really hard.
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by uola 10y ago
I don't mind Zuckerberg going to Nigeria. I don't even mind the fluffiness of the article. But the whole narrative of Silicon Valley saving the world by showing up, is getting old. Zuckerberg isn't going to go home again and
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by uola 10y ago
> [...] nobody would take it seriously and would move onto IPSEC. Sounds good to me.
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by uola 10y ago
While I probably (haven't followed the issue closely) agree with him on the issue, the arrogance makes my blood boil. These academics and their dysfunctional standard agencies are the ones that should go down in history for how intelli
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by uola 10y ago
It's particularly unfitting when you're asking people to run startups with an uncertain future. It might boost moral in the short run, but doing so on other peoples expense always comes back to haunt you. To quote the article: &gt
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by uola 10y ago
In that respect the market is probably more in their favor now than a few years ago. Since hardware and software have become mature this is the time to differentiate with design, integrations (iot, payments, brand) and accessories. Essentia
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by uola 10y ago
> Too cynical? No, too romantic. E-mail was never good enough to be decentralized, much less at the "every man" level.
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by uola 10y ago
> I'll post some of the strong arm tactics that they (the alleged less sleazy arduino) employ against their partner reseller When Arduino split Arduino SRL, with the factory in Italy, were the ones with the Arduino trademark in most
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by uola 10y ago
My point wasn't necessarily that you can't get hired at Google, but that it's fairly well-documented that Google during the first decade or so of its existence explicitly favored candidates from elite school. That culture isn
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by uola 10y ago
Except that Google is fairly infamous for having educational background as one of their primary criteria. There are theories that close knit groups tend to overestimate their own diversity since they are more sensitive to differences among
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by uola 10y ago
While I agree with your overall point, that's not the way I would express it. Mistakes that make a big difference are by definition not tiny. It's just that a less sophisticated practitioners don't realize that it matters. Be
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by uola 10y ago
> But back to Zürich: I'd like to know what Zürich doesn't have or offer? You're kidding right? Zurich is a glamorous village, it's the worst of both worlds. It's expensive and posh like a big city, but doesn&#x2
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by uola 10y ago
That presumably just means that you have to register as a sole proprietor. Some countries have special freelancer/self-employed tax categories (or whatever), others don't.
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by uola 10y ago
Yeah, those are weird examples. I was more thinking of that it's small (even for it's size), bureaucratic (while fairly efficient) and expensive. It's not the place where one shows up and figure out what to do. It's wher
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by uola 10y ago
While I can't find a source at the moment, the story I heard is that some early Google hire had ties to ETH. It's also that Google is in many ways not structure like an engineering company. Being closely connected to a school fits
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by uola 10y ago
I've spent some time thinking about this and while it's hard to reach a conclusive answer as a generic one I would say a second tier city in western Europe. You still get a fairly functional state, internationalism and good qualit
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by uola 10y ago
Honestly, even as I'm getting older, this isn't at all obvious to me. Someone with five years solid experience with web development might very well be far more effective than someone with twenty years experience of working in corn
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by uola 10y ago
Right. People should be less concerned with competing with people in their 20s and more concerned with how they are going to keep up with the other people their age who instead of doing fun, hacker, startup stuff and chasing money spent the
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by uola 10y ago
I just have a hard time seeing how "going international" is going to be easier. Suddenly you have to deal with a completely foreign tax system and people who are well versed in international tax laws in your own jurisdiction. A lo

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