airframeng

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Ask HN: Softwar Developpement Certificate, what to expect?
1 points by airframeng 11y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Social Justice vs. Individual Liberty
3 points by airframeng 11y ago|1 comments
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by airframeng 11y ago
6) make decisions based on the company's interest rather than your own interest.
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by airframeng 11y ago
Accountant services
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by airframeng 11y ago
You'll have those 10 years of experience in your back pocket in case of emergency. Until then, do your thing, take risks, learn and grow.
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by airframeng 11y ago
Great comments here. My advice would be similar to what others have said. Try working with people. Last year I was tutoring high school kids and it was a great experience. Working with stressed out kids was much less stressful than working
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by airframeng 11y ago
I wouldn't focus so much on the tech as on the purpose of what you'll be doing. In the end, follow your gutt feeling and don't look back.
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by airframeng 11y ago
Same way we have records from 10K years ago, by keeping hard copies. Pull the plug and all e-records become inaccessible.
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by airframeng 11y ago
That's true for our generation, but future generations might lose the hability to do both as we move to a 100% digital era.
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Ask: Do you still find any benefits in using handwriting?
25 points by airframeng 11y ago|60 comments
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by airframeng 11y ago
If one earns enough to the point that pocket change (coins) has become a burden to carry around and one has the "opportunity" to give it to the homeless, then it's a win-win.
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by airframeng 11y ago
"Chess is a game of perfect information" - perfect but almost infinite/impossible to calculate even for the most powerful computers, within a finite timeframe. The number of legal chess positions is 10^40, the number of diffe
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Ask HN: Do you play Chess?
41 points by airframeng 11y ago|61 comments
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by airframeng 11y ago
Dah! No need to read any further.
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by airframeng 11y ago
I often exchange from US$ to CAN$ (and vice-versa) and the cheapest way, by far, is to trade in cash. Credit cards use bank rates and bank rates can't compete with currency exchange shops dealing in cash. The problem comes when you wa
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by airframeng 11y ago
Thanks!
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by airframeng 11y ago
It is legal. Easy? Not as easy as it is for residents. You still need to get sponsored and you're not necessarily eligible for all job openings (Some require citizenship or green card). At least in my field that's how it is.
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by airframeng 11y ago
Yeah depending on how complicated it is to switch jobs. As a Canadian I worked on a TN in the US, but it's quite easy to change jobs on a TN, so I didn't have the same problem as the H1Bs.
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by airframeng 11y ago
I work in aerospace engineering and I've noticed that companies make H1Bs work 2, 3 times harder than residents just because it's not as easy for them to switch jobs. They tend to take advantage of that, so you've been warned
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by airframeng 11y ago
I've had the same problem. I also needed legal assistance in writing contracts between my company and my clients. My clients have more ressources (legal assistance) and therefore I would always get the shorter end of the stick. There m