Armence

Ask HN: Recruiter Reviews

Posted by Armence on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @03:39PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Like most SWEs and those with related professions, I get a fair amount of email traffic from recruiters. Some are hiring for a specific companies and some appear to be independent of the "give me your resume, I'll show it around" breed. I'm not looking for a different job right now, but I am wondering if there are reviews available on those kinds of recruiters. Which ones can I trust with my...

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Re:Ask HN: How to build a laptop on Monday May 30, 2011 @12:51PM (#2599819)

On the Linux on a laptop issue, I'm pretty sure there is an EU Consumer Protection directive that prohibits bundling software with hardware except in cases which are irrelevant to your situation. So you should be able to buy a laptop and then get a refund for the M$ software on it.

Re:Ask HN: Will IP agreement with holdover period prevent work at star... on Monday May 30, 2011 @12:49PM (#2599813)

I'm pretty sure that you can't throw away your Section 2870 rights. But then again, I would consider it less than honest to sign an agreement with the intention to challenge it if it were enforced. Also, not legal advice.

Ask HN: Size and Syntactical Complexity of Haskell and CLisp

Posted by Armence on Monday May 30, 2011 @12:45PM
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Hello all. I am currently learning a bit of CLisp and Haskell. I am used (somewhat) to relatively small languages like C or (less small) Python with libraries to handle the rest and I like that.My first dip into Lisp involved seeing things such as with-open-file and with-standard-io-syntax. Haskell on the other hand appears to be much smaller. Now, I don't mind common operations getting...

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Re:Ask HN: My co-founder and I are about to split, what to do? on Friday October 15, 2010 @10:07PM (#1797115)

You should explain to him that you are just as capable as he is to take legal action which would put a nice big hole through his funding possibilities. Then, offer to either sign something that says you owe each other nothing and that you are free to do as you wish with the code you wrote. Or, tell him he can pay you to sign the NDA. If your product is good, it's probably not because of the idea. It's probably because of the execution. If he is willing to pay you enough so you can spend 1200 hours on a new product idea. Go for it.

Ask HN: Finding a Co-Founder at a Hackerspace

Posted by Armence on Sunday October 10, 2010 @07:18PM
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I'm wondering what people think of "Hackerspaces" such as Noisebridge in San Francisco. I've got ideas, a slowly growing code-base but no-one to work with. None of my friends are either business or coding people. I was thinking of hanging out some at Noisebridge (maybe even just bring my laptop and code there during week-ends) with the hope of finding people with whom I could make something...

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Re:Real Estate Developer Scam Could Skim 5 Percent Off Your Home's Value on Sunday October 10, 2010 @06:30PM (#1778110)

The primary problem with this situation is that this kind of fee comes as a surprise. If the fee was known, you would demand a lower price for the property and the realtor would take some of the additional valuation when the property got sold. Sounds familiar? It should. That's basically a stock sale.