microDude

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by microDude 5y ago
I work in semiconductor manufacturing, it's a very common model. I have been in about eight fabs around the world that use it quite successfully.
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by microDude 6y ago
I think about this all the time: Would it be possible to change the anti-trust laws so that companies can not merge or be acquired if the sum of their assets and revenue exceeds a set dollar figure adjusted for inflation? If A(assets + reve
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by microDude 7y ago
To my surprise there is a museum right down the street from my house (Beaverton/Portland, OR USA). That I must have just been missing. Thanks for posting!
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by microDude 7y ago
Wow. Great community here on HN. Kudos to you.
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by microDude 7y ago
One thing I never understood was why server1.mycompany.com (origin) cannot make a GET request to server2.mycompany.com?
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by microDude 7y ago
My former employer threatened me in Oregon (started as an intern, software engineer). I had to pay a lawyer $4000 to help avoid going to court. Basically they were trying to scare other employees from leaving.
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by microDude 7y ago
Any Friends of DeSoto here?
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by microDude 8y ago
My wife's experience: PI: "You put your kid in front of the TV for 2 hours a day to get stuff done? That's terrible parenting." PI: "You will be late 1 day for a meaningless group presentation to your own lab, becau
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by microDude 8y ago
Can not recommend the book enough. I read the entire book in PDF format first. Then went out and bought a hard copy. I work at ADI now, which is kind of weird to see the OP's link.
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by microDude 8y ago
Yes. My old boss was threatening to take me to court. I could not afford the fees, but I wanted a lawyer to review any paperwork that I was being forced to sign. After my last day I hired a lawyer to review the document. He was able to s
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by microDude 8y ago
Yes, Oregon's wage limit (4 person family) and 18 time limit help... This coming from someone who's former employer tried to enforce a NDA on me.
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by microDude 8y ago
Yes. I told my boss, when he asked. They would find out, since I left to their customer.
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by microDude 8y ago
I lived in Oregon when I signed a non-compete as a software engineer intern. I did not know what I was signing and thought it just applied to stealing trade secrets or source code. So, I ended up working for that company after grad school,
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by microDude 8y ago
The lack of craters is interesting.
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by microDude 8y ago
Nope. When you de-package the chip you damage it, especially on small features. They have access to the die bank, which means they have perfect die. Probably, with test pads still exposed. A microscope, etcher, etester, and patience is
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by microDude 8y ago
I'd pay for it, if it was embedded in car paint.
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by microDude 8y ago
Companies want to have a bilateral agreement with each employee and have all the information. The best strategy is to use competitor salary information, taken from the likes of Glassdoor or similar.
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by microDude 8y ago
As someone who lives in Oregon. Eastern Oregon is incredibly cheap, only around select Western areas (Portland, Willamette Valley, Bend) are the costs much higher.
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by microDude 8y ago
Amen. Using your own vanilla JS architecture gives you flexibility and future proof. It is easier to hire new devs and train them. A little documentation and a template project go a long way to getting uniform projects.
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by microDude 8y ago
No offense, the length of your comment reads like a Terms of Service Contract.
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by microDude 8y ago
My old boss moved to Bend, OR, but was surprised when I did not follow him. He did not give me a pay raise to afford the $400k entry house for my family. I could have lived out in the sticks, but wanted to be able to walk to downtown, lik
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by microDude 9y ago
I live in Oregon, where I am pretty sure my representatives will oppose this bill (as they have a history of doing so). What I really want to do is voice my opinion to my old state of Pennsylvania, where I am less confident. As more people
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by microDude 9y ago
MoneyDance is good and runs on your home Linux machine. You need to pay for it ($50 I think. Not open source, but paying a company typically means that they are getting the revenue from you not by selling your data in some back channel).
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by microDude 9y ago
This was very helpful information, thank you. I believe the new employer wants me because I have done a "lot" of phone support for them the past 2 years and have kept their plant running at the "wee hours" of the night
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by microDude 9y ago
I am just an engineer. My final title was "automation engineer". Not in upper management. Thank you.
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by microDude 9y ago
5 years term. It also bars me from talking to customers that have expired 2 years before the end of my employment.
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Ask HN: Is a Non-Compete Contract enforceable for a non-competitor?
5 points by microDude 9y ago|7 comments
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by microDude 9y ago
Please don't ride E-Bikes in a Public Land (BLM, USFS, etc.) Mountain Bike Area. My Mountain Bike club has worked for years to get access to these areas. Other land users (hikers and equestrian riders) are not very keen for MtB use. T
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by microDude 9y ago
e) You will no longer be able to call yourself a "full stack" developer that can work in any field. Employers will only look for developers that are good at programming, and a expert in a niche field. For example, bioinformati
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by microDude 9y ago
Really simple answer... University undergraduate classes in a variety of courses use it as their default language, so it is a bunch of students trying to complete their homework assignments.

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