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by valdiorn 11y ago
the whole "we host half the world's open source projects but we're going to censor content at a whim" -fiasco.
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by valdiorn 11y ago
> you simply cannot say in the same breath that you honestly value the FSF and then go onto declare that you still buy into Windows. Join us over here in the gray area, mate...
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by valdiorn 11y ago
Cool. So I can use Linux to play The Sims 3 and work on my macro-filled Excel file from work? There's usually a reason why people have stuck to Windows or Mac, it suits their needs and it's familiar. And besides that point, I&#x27
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by valdiorn 11y ago
Comments attacked the person's academic background; she spins this post into a gender-rant without any merit. Sorry, but this is useless fluff.
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by valdiorn 11y ago
Your logic becomes flawed when you realize how many % of the world's open source projects are hosted primarily on Github. Their actions are all legal and good, and since I don't live in America, the freedom of speech argument is i
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by valdiorn 11y ago
>former Implying that he stopped being one at some point??
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by valdiorn 11y ago
You probably need to give people some context on what this is. Annars getur tetta verid svolitid ruglingslegt :)
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by valdiorn 11y ago
you... you for real?
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by valdiorn 11y ago
Option #2 is a very good way to get sued and spend the next 2 years in court. Walk away, and learn a very expensive lesson. Read your damn contracts!
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by valdiorn 11y ago
"While we had recently tested presenting easy-to-decline third party offers..." ...indicating they actually have such as thing as a "hard-to-decline third party offer". Wow, SourceForge, you really suck!
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by valdiorn 11y ago
same in many Scandinavian countries, I believe. You can get in trouble for calling yourself an engineer without the proper education (CS degree does not count, unless its computer engineering)
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by valdiorn 11y ago
> According to Reuters, an overwhelming majority of the startups it looked at were founded by people who had held a senior position at a big technology firm, worked at a well-connected smaller one, started a successful company, or attend
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by valdiorn 11y ago
Your comment doesn't make much sense. I put most of my money into a savings account as I'm saving up for a house. I don't live a very frivolous lifestyle, if that's what you mean. However, I emigrated from Iceland to the
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by valdiorn 11y ago
What about people with very large paychecks? I don't want to make my friends uncomfortable when they realize I make literally an extra zero at the end of what they make. Should I keep my mouth shut or disclose... for their sake?
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by valdiorn 11y ago
there are two types of technical analysis, subjective and objective. subjective ones, like "head and shoulders" patterns, are totall bollocks. Objective ones, like MACD, EMA, RSI, etc... can be useful when applied correctly . Unf
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by valdiorn 11y ago
I think Mitchell and Webb had the perfect answer to that question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63NNuG-6-hQ Also, I'm afraid to say it is articles and opinions like this that make me instantly weary of people who id
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by valdiorn 12y ago
> Even seemingly small delays (10 milliseconds) is enough to make apps seem clunky and erratic Not just that, if you try to play guitar with a 10ms latency from input to output, you'll find that it's impossible to keep rhythm a
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by valdiorn 12y ago
Great idea until someone realizes that if this can be used to track rhinos, it can also be used to track humans.
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by valdiorn 12y ago
Did you get laid off at your last job? How did you perform? I can ask you, will you give me an unbiased answer? I can call you reference, that person you hand-picked to be the least likely person to give you a bad review. Is that guaranteed
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by valdiorn 12y ago
You've already made up your mind about who and what I am based on 3 paragraphs of text (which I wrote in a somewhat sarcastic and aggressive tone, I know, to make it a bit more funny to read, and to invoke some response). But I'm
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by valdiorn 12y ago
1. I am an engineer (of the electrical variety) 2. I don't believe in memorizing stuff, I believe in understanding stuff... which is why I'm an engineer. You say: "his answer will always be "Why? What problem are you try
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by valdiorn 12y ago
It's not mindless to make sure a candidate can actually produce some code. You'd be surprised how often people are hopelessly fucking incompetent at actual coding. I'm used to getting these alpha dog; VP-of-whatever from big
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by valdiorn 12y ago
You want to talk about shameful misrepresentation in the same post you're trying to defend this website? Really? If anything's as shameful misrepresentation it's calling these people out as creeps and pervent, shaming them on
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by valdiorn 12y ago
Read through a few. Most are just very normal people saying hi to strangers. When did that get creepy? Everyone is a stranger the first time they meet. I've met more than one girlfriend online without knowing anything about them, and o
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by valdiorn 12y ago
the people who build the "robots" (Algorithms, or trading systems are a more applicable name) do.
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by valdiorn 12y ago
depends on the sharpe ratio. You can flip a coin every year. Heads; double your money, tails; lose your bet. You can easily win 3 years in a row (12.5% chance), but getting 800% return on that risk is literally worthless in the long run, as
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by valdiorn 12y ago
The truly smart programmers go where the money is. They go work for hedge funds and investment banks, which already pay more than anything Silicon Valley will spit at you, and you have room to grow in your role (less "ageism" as y
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by valdiorn 12y ago
"Most companies won't have a problem with that, but some might" Always read your contracts and look for clauses regarding this. Most companies require you to disclose the fact that you work for another company / are doin
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by valdiorn 12y ago
Curious, why did you hate it? (I use this as an interview question myself)
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by valdiorn 12y ago
Field and Wave Electromagnetics: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Field-Electromagnetics-International... That shit was tough.

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