mtbcoder

9 ms·

1.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
There are plenty of successful applications with bad UIs. Also, business logic is encapsulated in code - if that's borked, no amount of UI will save it.
2.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
If you are in the US, make sure you are up to speed on any county/local regulations and tax laws about running a business. Even as a freelancer and depending on your area, you may need to obtain a business license, pay gross receipts o
3.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
An S-Corp will increase your risk of audit. Don't go it alone, make sure you and your accountant are dotting all i's and crossing all t's.
4.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
Yup, the local markets often only cater to the entry-level, casual users. That's where their profit margins are. If you need something niche/higher-end your only options are to go online. Otherwise you get the usual response: &quo
5.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
Eh, they do compete. Service and prices are solid and often better than competitors. There's zero need to be doling out lawsuits.
6.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
Agreed, attacking degree programs is a red herring. Also, what kind of society would we be if the only subjects available to pursue were a select list of STEM programs?
7.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
It's not true, it's just a trite, condescending right-wing talking point repeated ad nauseum all over the Web whenever a discussion of minimum wage pops up.
8.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
> Mod_php was always faster at executing scripts. There is less overhead as you don't have to communicate like you have to with fpm. The "overhead" of communicating via CGI to a PHP process has nothing to do with the speed
9.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
Sounds like applying a Wikipedia-esque model to social media? I like it.
10.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
> I would never discourage anyone from self-employment I would, especially if they are in their prime earning years and are trying to become independent contractors. Software engineering jobs command high salaries and benefits these days
11.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
> But proven bank deposits over multiple years also counts. That's just one factor. Banks are looking to minimize risk and from the perspective of banks, self-employment increases risk. That's not to say banks won't loan t
12.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
> the one way street that capitalism established. > It has nothing to do with capitalism > But if we moved towards actual, functional capitalism What you are making is the classic "it's the fault of faux-capitalism and no
13.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
> high price communities where everything works, surrounded by large swaths of shanty towns where nothing works. This isn't something that's only attributable to CA. Economically depressed towns relatively close to highly conce
14.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
Wholesale data collection has become normalized in the US. For-profits, non-profits, it doesn't matter the industry, everyone is obsessed with capturing as much data as possible and believe it's just the standard way of business.
15.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
I think the lede is buried here, since it doesn't sound like any of them regretted their decision of seeking more meaningful work. The take-away seems to be that it may not happen right away with the first job you take and it may take
16.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
MVC has been around since the 70s and is one of the most formative design patterns. Hardly obsolete.
17.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
I mean, the underlying code base is still PHP (granted the code base is awful) but there's a lot of Java spaghetti code out there too you know.
18.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
> PHP is horrible as a language Eh, that's not really the case anymore either. It's made many improvements over the years. Not that I'm saying it's some wonderful language, but you can't really compare it to the
19.
by mtbcoder 7y ago
It's corporate click-bait from Dollar Shave Club. Not sure why this is on the front page of HN. Sign of the times I suppose?
20.
by mtbcoder 8y ago
> MTB is still very tempting but the falls are more frequent. Falls aren't any more frequent riding XC than on a road bike. I'm about to turn 40 and I much prefer the flow of good singletrack over tarmac any day.
21.
by mtbcoder 9y ago
> Vodka is a terrible spirit in most respects. It's a terrible spirit in all respects. A good whisky is the choice of the discerning drinker. Vodka is the Budweiser of spirits. Best left to the club crowd and those afflicted with a
22.
by mtbcoder 9y ago
I thought it was salient and not at all preachy. I came to similar conclusions several years ago. The lack of social safety nets in the US is a heavy burden in the long run for independent contractors and eventually the burden becomes too h
23.
by mtbcoder 9y ago
Is it low though? You read all the time that your average American barely has any money set aside for retirement or that they often need to leverage credit cards for emergencies. Even those that can put money aside, how feasible is it for t
24.
by mtbcoder 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fake_news_websites
25.
by mtbcoder 10y ago
Just recently: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/07/german-police-...
26.
by mtbcoder 10y ago
More desirable areas means more areas for developers to build housing. Cities cannot do more with a citizenry that is unable to keep the local economy and government institutions afloat. These cities are in a horrendous feedback loop that i
27.
by mtbcoder 10y ago
The fix is to make more areas desirable to live in by reducing income inequality and stimulating local economies (which in turn creates more desirable locations). Simply saying build "more houses" in clustered cities along the coa
28.
by mtbcoder 10y ago
Getting shamed into acquiescence doesn't sound very healthy to me and certainly doesn't excuse the actions of this group. It's not as if this group is providing constructive criticism to say the least. Also, what if this were
29.
by mtbcoder 10y ago
I'm not saying it's the single, deciding factor as to why Clinton lost. I'm simply saying that we can now see the influence fake news has on something as pivotal as a US election. Prior to this, the effects would have been wr
30.
by mtbcoder 10y ago
I think it's of interest now because you have a direct cause-and-effect scenario in place (e.g. fake news having some effect on the outcome of a US election). Beforehand, most people would have assumed that the fake news industry simpl

More ›