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Vancouver is more expensive than Seattle.
Would your bring your wife and kids into this environment? Or even just a date?

You have to be part of a very very narrow demographic to be compatible with this type of work environment.

Nice sweatshop.

Is this the latest, legal, technique to discriminate against older workers?

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2013) on Sunday September 01, 2013 @03:59PM (#6311880)
Does Google-Madison stack-rank like the rest of Google?
Any opinion on Moai vs CoronaSDK? I know people who use Corona, but not Moai.
Isn't it better for their economy if the things they make is just a /little/ better than the stuff made in China? (Think "planned obsolescence".)
Re:The Three Hour Hackathon to Cure Facebook Addiction on Monday January 21, 2013 @03:53PM (#5093710)

  If you need IM, use Jabber protocol.
  Log in with [email protected]
Does this work? I've never been able to login to facebook chat using jabber.
Re:iOS Development Tips If You're Just starting Out on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @02:14AM (#5065778)
You can't push your modifications to a submodule you don't own.

Also, you can only remove a submodule manually. There's no option to have git do it for you.

Re:iOS Development Tips If You're Just starting Out on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @02:04AM (#5065754)
Do you have a non-Apple-specific suggestion? We do cross platform development, so Cocoapods aren't an option.
Re:iOS Development Tips If You're Just starting Out on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @01:16AM (#5065604)

  Otherwise you can just use git submodules.
I would recommend against it. They become a real pain down the road.

I wish I had something to suggest as a replacement. We're still trying to figure that one out ourselves. We just know we won't use submodules again. For now, we're manually managing disjoint repositories.

Re:Devops/Sysadmin Cheatsheet on Friday January 11, 2013 @08:22PM (#5046054)
Instead of:

  ls -al | sort -nk5
I suggest:

  ls -larS
Another problem, post-university, is keeping a clean Facebook profile when all your new connections are professionals.

G+ solve this with circles, but I don't know anyone on G+, and it's too easy to make privacy mistakes on Facebook.

My Facebook profile is turning into my new Linkedin as I'm getting older.

Re:Graph of average App Store review times on Monday December 10, 2012 @06:43AM (#4898582)
Interesting question. Another one is, why the graph differs so much with the iOS one:

http://reviewtimes.shinydevelopment.com/ios-annual-trend-gra...

Re:Graph of average App Store review times on Monday December 10, 2012 @06:31AM (#4898558)
I think it's the number of days it takes Apple to review your app before it can be sold in the Appstore.
Yeah, this is ripe for abuse by pornographers. :(
The most fitting way to describe these entrepreneurs would be modern day ronins.
Re:A single line of Basic sends readers into a labyrinth on Saturday December 01, 2012 @01:03AM (#4856980)
Small variant:

void main() { while (1) printf("%c", "/\\"[rand()%2] ); }

Re:C++ pitfalls on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @10:25PM (#4846091)
Good catch. You're correct. I wish I could delete my original comment.
Re:C++ pitfalls on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @02:53PM (#4844328)

  template<typename T>
  Array<T>::Array(int size)
  :  _size(size), 
     _data(new T(size)) // should have been new T[size]
  {}
That's not the only thing wrong here.

  private:
     T* _data;
     int _size;
  };
The order of initialization is the order of declaration, NOT the order you use in your constructor.

_data depends on _size being initialized first. Therefore _size must be declared above _data.

Note: I understand the next example goes over this issue. I just think this example should've been declared properly as to avoid distracting the reader from the main problem, "() vs []".

Apologizing, in general, makes you look weak.
Re:When the Nerds Go Marching In on Friday November 16, 2012 @01:38PM (#4795173)

  The team had elite and, for tech, senior talent from
  Twitter, Google, Facebook, Craigslist, Quora, and some
  of Chicago's own software companies such as Orbitz and
  Threadless
21st century SWAT team.
What do you think of disabling IAPs if IAPCracker or IAPFree is detected?
Re:All-in-one iPad Mount and Stand on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @09:39AM (#4778171)
That's why windshield mounts are illegal in some states, like California.
Re:Apple fires up its version of Google’s "20% time" on Monday November 12, 2012 @08:53PM (#4775870)
Indeed.

Ditto for certain groups at Google (cough android cough).

Either have a dedicated research group, or give people a pass at being 20% less productive at their regular job.

Here's a novel idea.. increase your workforce by 20%? I know, that's just crazy talk. :)

Re:BlackBerry 10 Launch Event to be Held on January 30th 2013 on Monday November 12, 2012 @10:38AM (#4773209)
About a hundred years ago you could've asked the same questions of the car industry.

I'm not a fan of RIM, but the iPhone might just be today's Ford Model T.

Re:Hitchhiking’s Time Has Come Again on Sunday November 11, 2012 @09:24PM (#4771339)
Also normal behavior in Hawaii.
Re:Ask HN: Who wrote Orca? on Sunday November 11, 2012 @12:53AM (#4768838)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor

  Never attribute to malice that which
  is adequately explained by stupidity.
Re:Groupon Reports Q3 2012 Earnings Below Expectations on Thursday November 08, 2012 @04:37PM (#4759985)
Re:New Jersey To Allow Voting By Email on Saturday November 03, 2012 @07:34PM (#4738275)
I'd love to be able to vote thru the internet, with a state-issued certificate to authenticate me. It'll be a while before society's tech savvy enough for this tho so I won't hold my breath.

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