jiggy2011

8 ms·

1.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
In a country with statutory maternity leave the maximum maternity period is much longer than the average holiday (The UK allows up to a full year). So you have to fill the gap by hiring another developer with the same skills who is happy to
2.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
The concern is about what happens to people who are no longer employable if we cannot create new jobs for them? Will everyone be happy when a majority of the population depends entirely on charity and hand outs?
3.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
In the UK increases in tuition fees (by up to 3x) has had no effect on the diversity of university applicants. This is because repayments are income linked (and have an income floor) so that a graduate on a low income makes no repayments at
4.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
That's a problem caused by people making poor choices rather than a problem with loan financing.
5.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
The student loan system allows more people from every social class to go to university and join the middle class. Loan repayments are linked to income after graduation so nobody has to pay back more than they can afford.
6.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
The problem is "brain drain". Educated people with in demand skills move to places where they can get the best compensation leaving behind people who are either retired or poor.
7.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
That depends on how much time it spends powered up. Someone in the market for a PC this cheap is probably not a heavy computer user.
8.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
x86 still has more software available and the option to run Windows.
9.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
What is the incentive for employers to do this?
10.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
A cargo cult understanding is probably superior to no understanding because science operates at different levels of abstraction. Most programmers have a cargo cult understanding of hardware for example.
11.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
Can you study "real science" without knowing the basic facts about atoms, elements/compounds and cells?
12.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
A car with a 2% failure rate would break down on average once every 50 years. How many cars from 1965 are still running today?
13.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
Large enterprises would continue to pay for support, individuals and small business might not. It could cut license sales in half.
14.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
A systems analyst is (usually) someone who is only semi technical and functions as a bridge between management , customers and technical people. A software architect is usually a senior programmer or computer scientist who makes high level
15.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
It also requires a man to make a child, so isn't it reasonable to expect the father to pay rather than the employer?
16.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
Everyone I knew who went into games knew what the conditions were before they joined. It's only bad if you don't have a backup plan.
17.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
What if you really enjoy working on games that much?
18.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
If people continue to work in the games industry despite the workload and pay they must be getting something out of it.
19.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
It does seem strange to me that so few people are paid to work full time on ruby etc (core tech) when you consider the massive total benefit from making ruby a few % faster or better. Why is the funding not there?
20.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
It is legal to watch shows that have already been broadcast without a license, and it's legal to watch netflix/DVDs without a license. It is only illegal to watch or record live TV broadcast without a license. This applies regardl
21.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
Is it declining? It would seem to be growing, but mainly amongst a certain demographic (who happen to have a lot of disposable income). As mentioned elsewhere in the thread, comics are no longer a mainstream entertainment medium compared to
22.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
Catering to a narrow but profitable niche is very common advice on HN.
23.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
My guess is that 18-35 year old single men who like superheroes outspend any other demographic by perhaps 10:1, presumably because they have the disposable income to do so.
24.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
Schools (at least in the UK) already teach chemistry, physics , biology and some electronics / woodwork. Why not add some CS/programming to that?
25.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
I very much doubt that YC is in a position to ask every applicant for proof of their family's income and assets , another factor to note is that many applicants are from overseas.
26.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
The YC article suggests that black and hispanic founders are slightly more likely to be funded by YC than other ethnicities. 3% of applicants to the batch were black or hispanic but 7.7% of funded founders in the batch were black or hispani
27.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
The problem is that this can be very skewed, especially for younger people by their economic background.
28.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
How could YC even be able to calculate that?
29.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
If tickets became that much cheaper we might expect profits to rise because if cheap tickets were only $5 then customers might decide that it was worth paying $15 for a more comfortable seat.
30.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
The immigration debates in other threads are another example of this, and to an extent debates about intellectual property.

More ›