xarien

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by xarien 8y ago
It's a good arena to discover talking points especially if the candidate is not a good interviewer. There are a lot of good engineers who simply do not interview well and this is a fantastic way for me to pry some positives out that ma
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by xarien 8y ago
This rings very true from my perspective as well from both sides of the fence.
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by xarien 8y ago
I've been using a fanless Steacom case for my HTPC for years now. It's a little pricy, but well worth it given that it looks like a high end DVR.
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by xarien 10y ago
Sorry I wasn't too clear, short in the previous post was meant as short selling and long was just buying (whether you're borrowing to do so or not).
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by xarien 10y ago
So I've personally made 6 figures on TSLA. If I'm an idiot, what does that make someone who thought they were smarter than someone who would invest in TSLA? Here's the thing about investment: whether you're playing the l
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by xarien 10y ago
Why put this out prior to French elections?
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by xarien 10y ago
Depends on your POV. Startups undervalue it and corporations overvalue it. At the end of the day, it's just risk management.
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by xarien 10y ago
If you're interested, please swipe to the right...
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by xarien 10y ago
They're efficient and that's reason enough to like them. I'm also the type who'd rather compose or read a one line email instead of having to wade through a shit sandwich, but hey, that's just me.
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by xarien 11y ago
It was great when I was working aeronautics as the modeling and simulation required a thorough review of theories and concepts. These days, I'm lucky to do more math than built in excel functions... Again, /sad.
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by xarien 11y ago
I always have #6 on my list and I always put it off. /sad
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by xarien 11y ago
Here's the other piece: Estimations happen prior to negotiations. This is why you see so much "buffering." A much better approach is to figure out your budget / schedule first and then work on what scope can fit within t
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by xarien 11y ago
Because: 1) I'm not a sadist. 2) Lowering the barrier of obtaining answers leads to a higher level of curiosity and greater yearning to learn. 3) It allows an easy way for my kids to be exposed to more types of music. 4) It helps with
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by xarien 11y ago
I'm happy to lose a bit of privacy for something my kids can use so easily. One of the lesser known features is its wikipedia key word. If you say wikipedia followed by what you are looking up, it will read the wiki entry for you. It&#
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by xarien 11y ago
I started showing this to my son when he turned 3.
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by xarien 11y ago
SES or GS?
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by xarien 11y ago
I'd speak to the last person who worked on it face to face with a whiteboard and a marker handy. Get a brain dump ASAP. Even if the person no longer works there, you can take some time to contact them for a lunch. Most people would not
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by xarien 11y ago
I'd have gone a different way since my setup and approach was a bit different (I took a more visual approach). While this solution is elegant, it's also incredibly hard to do in the real world as it requires far too much knowledge
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by xarien 12y ago
The second poem actually gives quite a bit of insight regarding his situation. Translation from Chinese to English is hard and much is lost in translation. I'll translate the following to prose as to minimize what's lost in the tr
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by xarien 12y ago
Communication.
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by xarien 12y ago
I don't disagree one bit, only pointing out that feelings such as guilt are extremely complicated. I remember the first time I had to let someone go (was a friend too). It was the hardest damn thing to do and I let it drag on for month
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by xarien 12y ago
Things are complicated when you're dealing with actual people as opposed to hearing about it second hand.
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by xarien 12y ago
That's why you have the tongue in cheek pre-money valuation (seed) equation from Guy Kawasaki: Add 500k for every engineer on the team and subtract 250k for every MBA.
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by xarien 12y ago
You're confusing audience with quality. You don't have to look very far to see that they are quite disjoint. You've already won the lottery of life. If you are one of the lucky few who can afford to spend time on this forum,
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by xarien 12y ago
It's actually quite inspiring. He's essentially saying that he's chasing curiosity instead of profits. A lot of us would love to be able to do that. For many of us, it's why we got into programming or engineering in the
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by xarien 12y ago
Most bootloaders (of components) if nothing else will be wrapped in vxworks.
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by xarien 12y ago
Ada is by far the strongest typed language I've used in my 2 decades of programming. In the defense / aviation industry, it's very common to have multiple sub-contractors working on different pieces of the platform. Due to th
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by xarien 12y ago
This is completely misleading. Just because a course is offered at a 100 level, doesn't mean it's an introductory course. These numbers don't mean a thing... (in case people cared, yes I did go to one of these schools and at
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by xarien 12y ago
Challenge accepted! This one was definitely hard... With her wild flouncing tresses and flouncy taupe colored taffeta bodice, the young woman made quick work whipping her mascarpone to the delicate tune of the peony, bottlebrush, and wister
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by xarien 12y ago
Dual wielding a claymore and scimitar, the kevlar armored biped golem paladin sped his humvee at mach 3 onto the the dreadnought powered by a massive solenoid to retrieve the codec which unlocks the secrets of Bolshevism. Because why not.

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