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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 real thing, but I have to ask, who's setting the goals in this model? It really seems like it could ultimately lead to more "successful" startups of the type a lot of us really don't want to see.

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...

... and then they can complain about the dearth of software developers...

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 at interviewing, which, if you think about it, is not a desirable skill in your new hire 6-12 months down the road.

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 had the time available to spend ~8-10 hours on a take-home project (paid or otherwise); most of the time the best candidates already have jobs and will rightfully tell you to pound sand.

Which itself will likely cause a payout to MS. Not $10B but I'd bet substantial...

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?

>> ... Gandi.net get a lot of love from HN.

not lately!

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 overall trend.

not sustainable but indicative of the overall trend? What does that even mean?

>> 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.

Is debit payment a big thing in Australia? For smaller payment amounts I see debit cards way more frequently than CC or mobile.

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.

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 not always...

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 composition has probably flipped since then.

Judgement of whether this is good or bad aside, it is definitely easier to maintain peace and harmony when the socio/economic/cultural differences are smaller. Those days are long gone.

I'm finding the only winning move is not to play (i.e. "don't go to the theatre; stay home and read a book")

This is what twilio does right? you buy credits ahead of time and then consume them via service usage?

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.

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.

This is patently false. The entire point of the pledge is they give away the vast majority of their wealth while still alive.

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!

Why did you ever think he was more than human?

This is kind of what the original criticism highlighted....

Agreed - that's better than my initial conclusion: pee in the sink.

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 slowing software like a Dell PC or worse, your typical Best buy computer. The prices are on-par despite not getting the kickbacks where most manufacturers generate the majority of their profit.

* except for that which is or comes with Windows. Unfortunately this has grown substantially - Windows 7 seems like something of a high-water mark for performance/polish/lean...

relatively new DevOps user here - I miss Jira too...

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 victims of intolerance?

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 more people at this stage of their lives pursued his sort of deep, meaningful research combined with personal reflection and experience.

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 with a 10x improvement from a few anecdotal experiences that are themselves extremely accidental to the act of creating software. He may have a point about the large volume of accidental improvement areas remaining but I think this is because like the JS ecosystem they are growing faster than we solve them.

I think the reality is likely the author is themselves a 10x improvement over their decade-past self.

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.

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 strategies that move forward without excluding lateral (or minor-backtracking) moves, and (b) why software development is inherently hard.

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 pick on the parent comment, but the question seems like "Is there an easy way to effect meaningful, systematic change?"

I hear a lot of people talking about this and related issues but the things they propose are just not going to get it done. No one wants to stop traveling, drive less, eat local produce all winter, give up a globalized supply chain and their current lifestyle; meanwhile the frog is being slowly boiled alive...

>> 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 for school kids; what kind of monster wants little kids to go hungry?

Then you find out it's the Weston (controlling family) charitable organization, they use the money to buy food through their own organization and benefit from the tax credits... no thanks.

My process:

1. Sit down with your family and decide what causes you'd like to support,

2. Do some research to identify organizations that are cost-effective with their money,

3. Make a commitment on an annual or reoccurring basis,

4. Be the dick who says "no" to every other casual request at your front door, stores, etc.