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vegusson Redditors who are rich (net worth $1 million+) - how did you get rich?

You know the saying? Lottery is for people who are bad at math. Well, same for startups. The odds are so against you you might as well play the lottery.

vegusson Yahoo announces 2,000 job cuts

Microsoft has almost 90k contractors, yes, really.

vegusson Yahoo announces 2,000 job cuts

I think the news is personalized :)

vegusson Abolish The Reference Check

Hire base on employee referrals have always worked the best.

vegusson Recruiter fee agreement?

No it is not standard

vegusson Turning down Zynga: Why I opted out of the $210M Omgpop buy

Any rational person would accept, and live to pass on his/her genes.

vegusson Google I/O Sells Out in 30 Seconds

Why do people hate the free market when it doesn't suit them?

vegusson A profitable, growing, useful, legal, well-loved... failure

Dude, just charge more. like 5x 10x more.

vegusson MIT stacks solar panels like pancakes, increases their power output by up to 20x

You'd be blocking the view of someone else.

vegusson German Pirate Party Scores Second State Victory

And the alternative winner take all the small party has 0 say. Or I should say, the people have no say. No matter which party we vote for, they are all just different sides of the same coin.

vegusson Salaries in Silicon Valley

Missing from the report is the salary range. From my limited data, it appears the range is 100%. 80-170

vegusson Pay your employees more

I'm referring to people who live on their wages and not investment income, eg: the 99%.

vegusson Ask HN: Would you quit your six figure, promising career path to learn to code?

No, you should hire them instead.

vegusson Pay your employees more

You get what you paid for applies to everything including salaries.

vegusson Study of 160k men finds no all-cause mortality benefit from prostate screening

Put another way, prostate screening does not improve outcome at all. In fact, given the horrible treatment involved, it degrades life quality while not improving outcome.

vegusson Study of 160k men finds no all-cause mortality benefit from prostate screening

Majority of "drugs" do not improve outcome. They "improve" condition.

vegusson Google flushes heat from data center with toilet water

Wouldn't the dirty water clog the pipe? Via mineral deposits etc?

vegusson Yammer Giving 25k Signing Bonus to Yahoo Employees

I am loving this.

vegusson Operation Midnight Climax: How the CIA Dosed S.F. Citizens with LSD

Unabomber was also a victim of MK-ULTRA

vegusson Apple Shares Hit $600 Ahead of iPad Release

Buy low sell high and you'll end up buying low and selling lower.

Aim for buy high and sell higher instead.

vegusson How to describe without loosing ownership of idea

Patent it.

vegusson Winning A Bidding War With Facebook, Google Picks Up The Entire Milk Team

Well, keep on hating the player and miss all the action then.

Do remember when the bubble collapses, you will be hurt far more than the players who already made their millions and can weather the collapse.

vegusson Winning A Bidding War With Facebook, Google Picks Up The Entire Milk Team

Don't hate the player, hate the game my friend.

vegusson Kevin Rose Will Join Google

This is branding 101. Don't fight it, learn to play the game.

vegusson Yammer CEO won't hire anyone from Yahoo who doesn't quit in next 60 days

Isn't this illegal? Discrimination laws.

vegusson Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs

http://www.businessinsider.com/former-goldman-intern-this-is...

I hold him in very high regard - he took care of us junior guys, gave us great pieces of advice, and in general came across as one of the more personable, friendly, and genuine guys on the floor.

vegusson Posterous acquired by Twitter

More like 600k-900k a month. Prabably will run out of cash in 3-5 months. I don't understand how these startup burn so much money so fast...

vegusson Your Code May Be Elegant, but mine ***ing works

And this is the difference between a professional and a programmer.

A programmer program for the sake of technology, while a professional creates value (and weighing ROI)

vegusson Show HN: Craigslist Notifications (Chrome Extension)

You should charge money for the more advanced features (eg: auto email)