I think arbitration clauses are wrong. It's the ultimate * off to your customers and an utterly first class way to say that you don't stand behind your work.
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On the x86 architecture, integer multiplies take more cycles than a comparable solution that uses bit twiddling so you're just WRONG!
You are the weakest link, GOODBYE!
History always repeats itself for all these huge enterprises. Microsoft did all the same types of things, and their anti-competitive behavior was a significant part of the reason why Linux got that toehold that turned into a handhold... that turned into a...
The same thing is going to happen to Google in lots of other markets. They can only force people to use, I mean line extend, their brand to a certain point before they paint themselves into a corner.
Google is slowly building their brand position as 'invasion of privacy' despite their Kool-Aid colored logo.
Huge market opportunities for companies that can sell privacy by positioning themselves as the opposite of Google.
>> Native? Which tribe are you from?
Then you wrote:
>> You don't get to lay an exclusive claim on the arbitrarily defined geopolitical unit on the basis that you happened to be born there.
Why won't you just tell the truth: you don't like it when some people lay an exclusive claim to a geographical unit on the basis that they were born there, but you're fine when other people do it, provided YOU get to make the rules a la: "Native? Which tribe are you from?".
BTW, there's a word for what you're doing. It starts with H.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/native
Is there a reason you raised the issue of race? Does my race matter? If so, I'd just LOVE to see you explain why.
Does this mean my website/apps can look as bad as Google's?
We're also full.
Node.JS === Javascript
Moving the goal posts so that the definition of 'high quality' is basically code that compiles and runs as long as it 'creates value'? What about when you have to change it later? What about if it has to be really fast?
People who think that Javascript and PHP are crappy languages aren't just comparing these languages to 'arbitrary coding aesthetics'.
That's just a platitude, and it's wrong.
Languages with better features allow engineers at varying levels of experience to write better code than they otherwise might.
JS almost forces you to write garbage.
Switched from Chrome to Firefox as well. I switched to Microsoft cloud products ( Office, 'SkyDrive' or whatever it's called now ) to get away from Google, or at least from having so many eggs in the Google basket.
I don't like being sold either. It makes me feel like a slave.
Tired of feeling like a product.
>> it will probably lead to several hundred start-ups moving to the United States and creating tens of thousands of jobs here.
>> Ten years later, I estimate the number of skilled workers in limbo is roughly 1.5 million.
Okay, so how is this a good deal for Americans? It would be better to have tens of thousands of jobs created overseas if Americans get first crack at the 1.5 million jobs currently being performed by foreign nationals.
Yes, yes, I know, it's time to trot out the standard arguments about Americans not being skilled enough for all those jobs... then why is it so important for all those entrepreneurs and their tens of thousands of jobs to come here in the first place?
The arguments don't even pass the most basic of smell tests.
The H1-B program is rife with corruption. It should be ended immediately.
The cap for H1-Bs is unlimited for non-profits. I'd like to see more written about this as well. I live in Seattle and I know of at least 5 PHD holders who either can't find work here, or can only find what amounts to menial jobs in their chosen field.
Yet we have Microsoft executives going in front of Congress talking about how there simply aren't enough STEM graduates... they should try hiring the ones who are already here!
If we're not ending H1-B, then at the very least, InfoSys and Tata should be banned from participating.
IMHO:
In addition to being socially destructive for American workers, H1-B has essentially become a trade route for Indian workers to come to the US.
I think most Americans know that we're not getting the best and the brightest from India. If we're bringing in 60k foreign workers per year, and ~80% of those are from India, then that's ~48k workers.
There's no way on Earth that all of those 48k represent the "best and the brightest" of India / China. For the large companies, it really just amounts to having a supply of indentured servants who are trapped in their jobs, and then using those workers to negotiate lower wages for American workers.
It's funny how all these huge companies that have billions in cash, and who don't pay their fair share of taxes, are always crying poor and wanting more subsidies from someone.
H1-B is effectively a subsidy provided by US workers to unfathomably rich, tax-dodging corporations.
Immigration is the exclusive purview of the Federal government.
I also didn't get a pay raise, and I didn't use the connections I made, but learning the material was extremely helpful: market forces, positioning, statistics/analysis, strategy. I still skim email newsletters I get from McKinsey & Co. / Wharton a few times a week, and HBR has some incredibly good articles every now and again.
Source: C++ developer with MBA in marketing.
Humans are very poor at reasoning about low probability events that have serious consequences, i.e. large earthquakes with very long return periods.
For this reason, it's difficult to assess the 'risk' of external code because risk management processes don't work very well when high uncertainty is involved.
If you decide to use external code that has a high degree of uncertainty, just make sure to have a generous allowance of time/money/effort for future problems.
It can be difficult to see it for what it is because its most common form is as a bias, which can be very difficult to discern, even within ourselves. ( Daniel Kahneman and many others have done amazing work about unconscious / barely conscious biases ). I never saw it when I was younger because I didn't think about it; I didn't even know that it was something I should be thinking about.
I'm somewhat ashamed to admit, but I've felt it myself. I remember when I was still very young, maybe 20 years ago, we had a "much older" guy join my team at work. At first, I felt a pretty strong internal resistance to working with him, never mind that he was brilliant and deeply experienced... he didn't even play videogames! But he was funny too, and he taught me a hell of a lot. He managed to give me advice that really helped my career, plus he knew tons about money and credit and investments.
It took me quite a few years to realize that the 'internal resistance' I felt was solely due to his age. It's a good thing my Mom taught me to respect my elders. Those lessons have served me well.