scylla

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by scylla 4mo ago
Even if you believe that humanity would have been better if a some global dictator could have stopped the Internet and the Internal combustion system, that's simply not how society works. If you want another analogy, it's like Feu
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by scylla 4mo ago
How will the people who continuously rationalize cars justify that they are destroying a profession - horse carriage driver - that was fun and profitable ? How will the people who continuously rationalize the Internet justify that they are
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by scylla 2y ago
( serious answer ) It makes driving a lot more relaxing in a way that you don't appreciate until you get used to it. My feet are off the pedals and can stretch, I don't have to steer so my attention is only partly on the road ( th
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by scylla 2y ago
Now this is an opinion I can get behind. I'd love to see all cars (including Waymo) compete on a standard set of tests with clear gates as to what conditions they'd be allowed to go to Levels 3, 4 or 5.
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by scylla 2y ago
Don't know which utopia you live in, but are you really happy with the other drivers texting, sleepy, high or just completely incompetent at the wheel? If anything, FSDs are over-cautious and slow down to well below speed limits if the
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by scylla 2y ago
I, and apparently a lot of other people on the Internet find the latest Tesla FSD update pretty incredible. There's a reason why Tesla gave it as a free trial to everyone. I drove it downtown and back without any interventions this we
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by scylla 3y ago
OK, we'll have to agree to disagree. The context here is Tech and why the US is 'special' for people who want to get ahead. You asked how it's different from Germany. My answer is that the US encourages creative destruct
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by scylla 3y ago
I'm an American who works quite a bit with companies in Germany. The number of opportunities in tech and the speed with which new ones arise can't be compared. Look at the latest trend - AI. Not only did the initial boost come fro
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by scylla 3y ago
How is this any different from farm machinery 200 years ago or industrial automation 50 years ago? More production with far less people. The same concerns that tithes would lead to massive unemployment. Instead, the economy and global livin
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by scylla 3y ago
Global living standards have been rising sharply for the last 50 years, first in China, then South East Asia, recently India and there are signs it's going to start happening in Africa. The idea that the newly middle-class in Asia ( in
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by scylla 6y ago
Pharmaceutical Distribution - How many people have heard of McKesson?
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by scylla 6y ago
> The 2nd (with higher inequality) is obviously preferred. Is this really obvious to modern left?
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by scylla 8y ago
There are literally hundreds of developers in FAANG companies putting down payments a lot more than 200k in the Bay Area. The median compensation including RSUs is over 400k. If you're in a critical org your RSUs can be an order of mag
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by scylla 10y ago
Union City across the Dumbarton Bridge should be less than 50%. It's 22 minutes with no traffic. You can also get to SF in 40 minutes on BART. I've lived in a home similar to http://www.zillow.com/homes/34404-
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by scylla 11y ago
> For example, I would rather make $500k per year and have $10k net worth, than make $100k per year and have a $1 million net worth. Why? Are you assuming that you'll quickly build up your wealth in the first scenario. Personally, I
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by scylla 12y ago
Sweet deal! Looking forward to what's next for the Leftronic product.
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by scylla 14y ago
Our CEO says CC! Drop by anyways :)
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by scylla 14y ago
Come stop by. http://www.appdirect.com We're based in San Francisco but founded by two Canadians.
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by scylla 14y ago
I don't know if that's a SOX law. However, I do know that it is a PCI requirement. A single person shouldn't be able to introduce new code and then be able to push their own change out to production.
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by scylla 14y ago
Yup Facebook and Yahoo are PHP. Google/Amazon/eBay/Walmart.com are all primarily a combination of Java and C++.
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by scylla 15y ago
We're using Apache Wicket and are pretty happy with it.
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by scylla 15y ago
What would you call a P/E ratio over 9500? http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CRM Both the stock and the P/E ratio has been growing for years.
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by scylla 15y ago
SalesForce is public and has P/E of 9500. http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CRM The reason they don't miss earnings is that the expectation is so low. It doesn't matter, they're the 'cloud'.
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by scylla 17y ago
I'm in a 3 person startup located in downtown San Francisco that is looking for a AJAX expert http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/eng/1469284027.html
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by scylla 17y ago
I would much appreciate an invite. http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01kgqabHahLbbIkUhvBUa6Rg==... Thanks!
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by scylla 18y ago
> Java developers want less money than Lisp developers. This wasn't true even 5 years ago. People flooded into Java/J2EE because it was considered 'Enterprise' and paid a lot more than alternatives. Even today Java pays more than .NET o
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by scylla 18y ago
The advantage is equally huge for time & materials. $25/hr vs $75/hr. Do you think management anticipates that it will take three times as long?
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by scylla 18y ago
While expensive by American standards, SV is still cheaper than Amsterdam. Of course, if you're still iving with parents or have a house purchased decades ago, then things are very different.
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by scylla 19y ago
> and no drive for improvement or automation How does that explain your iPod?
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by scylla 19y ago
Godel Escher Bach - non fiction The Tomorrow File - fiction. Written in the 1970s as the author's only foray into science fiction. Seriously, it's that good.

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