> Sure, you'll have rock star architects/distinguished engineers who get to have great careers (mostly due to right timing) but that's a very small percentage.
Well, if it helps, that really applies to just about any profession.
> The saddest thing about this post to me is the fact that he could only write it because his startup is apparently doing great.
Agreed.
> Most startups aren't, despite the fact that lots of the folks there are in effectively the same personal position and feeling the exact same thing - in addition to the added pressure of not feeling like they measure up to stories like this one because their quarter didn't go nearly as well. I really feel for those people, and I wish they felt more freedom to be honest and public about these kinds of feelings.
...and let's also not forget all the folks who are barely making ends meet at their existing jobs, putting in 60+ hour work weeks for a measly salary that's been stagnate for years or all the folks needing to work an extra job or two just to survive.
A while back ago I would have agreed with you (also having spent a lot of time on Slashdot), but the quality of posts these days on the front pages keep from returning on a regular basis. Yes, I know that with Reddit you need to unsubscribe from the defaults and things like that and there are quality sub-reddits out there. But from my perspective, the front page used to contain enough good content that one could causally scan through and find something interesting without the haggle of signing up, maintaining subscriptions, searching for relevant content and things like that.
At the end of the day, I'm just there to browse and not jump through a bunch of hoops just to filter out junk that only appeals to the under 18 crowd.
Given that fossil fuels are a non-renewable resource and the urgent need to reduce/eliminate dependence on fossil fuels due to climate change, will this not happen regardless though? I would hope these countries have the sensibilities to see the writing on the wall.
At some point, you will complete school, your friends will go their separate ways and you will lose access to university resources. At that point, you will need a decent salary to pay for living expenses, support a family and all the other things you wish to do in life. If your startup consists of even a handful of people, competitive salaries/benefits start to add up and those "millions" won't seem as much any more.
I hear this expression, "heavily regulated", a lot from Americans but I never understand in context to what? Are you making comparisons to Canada, the EU, China or other countries with different economic systems? Also, how do you further differentiate necessary regulation from overbearing regulation? Surely you aren't suggesting all regulation is inherently bad?
>There is a lot of money in enterprise software... I wish more YC startups would tackle that area...
Unfortunately in enterprise-land, it's a tough sell for startups. No one in middle management wants to be that person who doesn't stick to the Status Quo when it comes to software purchasing or choosing which technologies to implement. "No one ever got fired for buying IBM" is the old saying I believe.
Skimming would imply that someone physically altered the self-checkout lanes to capture credit cards in the same way an ATM skimmer works. Since this was installed malware, it would mean access to Home Depot's network. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that credit card data was stored in plaintext somewhere in their system.
I agree with you completely, however the article does say:
"Bouganim says that he and his investors are looking to pour funds into companies that demonstrated that they know how to work with government, whether that's understanding how to slide under the procurement limits that trigger mounds of paperwork or make use of cloud computing in a way that works within government's often-strict security requirements.
So it seems as if they are looking to invest in companies that have already made it into the walled garden of government contracting.
Bike-specific baggies are generally slimmer in the thigh and cut higher in the rear/crotch to reduce getting caught in the saddle. I ride mostly with baggies and it's not a problem I've ever experienced.
Also, narrow/wide chain rings, clutch derailleurs and a far greater range of available gearing options has advanced the entire drivetrain compared to 5, 10 years ago...and lets not forget all the advances in disc brake technology over the years.
Not to nitpick, but the site states $100K for 1 year, which seems like a "use or lose" type deal. So if your start up doesn't burn through that much in hosting/storage/computing, you aren't really getting $100k in free computing resources.
Wouldn't you still need to do a combination of filtering and manual moderation even with a subdomain? What would stop someone from creating something like 'login.7sheep.io'? If you are spoofing a domain, you probably aren't too concerned with what the TLD is and are counting on people to glance over it.
Nice looking site. As far as traffic goes, perhaps you might want to re-consider your page titles/headers as well as include more content with targeted keywords. I can't imagine many people are searching using terms like "short and sweet". Also, your content is quite sparse when it comes down to it, which means there's really not a whole lot for search engines to index.
Well, to be fair, the flipside to that are some of these new PHP frameworks that attempt to include every pattern known to man and are buried under mountains of worthless abstractions.
That's how I saw it as well. When you rotate to the "side" (pivot) in the 4th dimension, you see the wall and its change over time as one entity. So then you can either pick going around the start (when construction of the wall began) or at the end (when the wall falls). Naturally the landscape would also experience change, hence the desert. When you pivot back, you are at the same location in time and space of the 3rd dimension, just in front of the wall now.
Perhaps I am wrong, but my take on that was that, although he would most likely have had a successful career in physics, he didn't seem to be content with just being another physicist in the crowd. His decision to switch paths may have been more predicated on his drive to become an "alpha dog" of his field, rather than his self-perceived "averageness" in physics.
If her "stuff" is that portable and the service provider has at least some kind of read access, how would one prevent the service provider from simply keeping a mirror of Grandma's data on their own servers?
I will disagree with your first point. As a European who has lived in the US now for over a decade, I can say the OP is correct. Yes, there are people in Europe who do put in long hours, but the overall atmosphere/attitude (for lack of better terms) of work is remarkably different. In the US, you can work without abandon, all day, every day, take no vacation or personal time, neglect your time at home and be hailed as an exemplary for your work ethic. In Europe, the pervasive attitude towards a lifestyle like this is quite contrary to being exemplary. Failing to take vacation time is frowned upon to say the least and often is forbidden depending on your location. Even something a small as working on Sundays will bring disdain from your neighbours. Again, this is not to say that you cannot find the US "work lifestyle" in Europe, it's just that it is not as glorified as it is in the US.
I agree and we also went through a similar process at work (although a few years later than you), couldn't be happier with Python and Django.
Although looking forward, I have a strong feeling that HHVM/Hack will become one of the darling platforms given the amount of resources Facebook has and the poor state of performance many PHP frameworks are currently in.