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Re:Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels on Thursday December 20, 2018 @03:20PM (#18728732)
Interviewed at Corel a few years back. Surprised the company still exists given how dated the product line is.
Re:Tell HN: I just wanted to say: thank you, Hacker News on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @02:06PM (#16640779)
Good job. I received a degree in finance and ended up not wanting to go into banking so I went back and got my CS degree. Like you said, looking back it was definitely worth all the time and effort.
Re:Why Uber Engineering Switched from Postgres to MySQL on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @12:56PM (#12167029)
Mind explaining the significance? I didn't pick up on it.
Re:British Columbia to target foreign real estate buyers with new tax on Monday July 25, 2016 @03:06PM (#12160799)
Take away Vancouver and Toronto, and the price of a house in Canada is nowhere near the asking prices currently in those two cities.

Wealthy foreign inflation on Canadian real estate is quite evident.

Re:Apple Taps Bob Mansfield to Oversee Car Project on Monday July 25, 2016 @02:52PM (#12160712)
Mansfield has a successful track record with respect to Apple products.

With that said, this is his most difficult challenge to date and I'm not sure how successful he and the company as a whole will be given the difficulties of bringing an autonomous car to market.

Re:YC Backs Portable Coffee Stand Called Wheelys (YC S15) to Take on S... on Thursday July 23, 2015 @07:00PM (#9939021)
Besides their newly released app, what's proprietary about this business? What would stop a big coffee company from replicating this at a cheaper cost?
Re:$153,161.25 for a Snake Bite on Sunday July 19, 2015 @11:51AM (#9911553)
The possibility of becoming poor and/or bankrupt as a result of an injury is the scariest part of being part of the American society. Hope this changes one day.
Re:How I met my identity thief on Saturday July 04, 2015 @04:49PM (#9831569)
No blackmail? No money in return? This hacker was definitely more considerate than your typical hacker with ill intentions.
Re:Apple's $100B Waste: Tim Cook's Single Biggest Mistake as CEO on Friday November 28, 2014 @01:48PM (#8671765)
"Apple’s stock price would be just as high as it is today (or more likely higher)"

How is this hindsight on par? How is he so sure that the stock price would be higher? Hindsight is 20/20 but making BS hypothetical claims with no backing is unprofessional. He's just guessing.

Re:Apple's $100B Waste: Tim Cook's Single Biggest Mistake as CEO on Friday November 28, 2014 @01:41PM (#8671739)
"I believe – although this is impossible to prove – that Apple’s stock price would be just as high as it is today (or more likely higher) had they spent that $100 billion on a combination of smart M&A and smart R&D that would have continued to extend Apple’s lead over other Android phone makers."

Anyone else find this peculiar? A whole article based on the author's hindsight of what Apple's stock price MAY have ever been with no proof/facts.

Re:Fraudulent trading activity at Mt. Gox on Sunday May 25, 2014 @01:35PM (#7796906)
Further proof that the absurd run-up in November when bitcoin reached $1,200 was illegitimate.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? on Friday May 02, 2014 @03:06PM (#7687505)
Ottawa, Ontario; Internship/Remote Work

Stack: C, C++, Java, JS

Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonkarpus

Contact: anton [at] karpus [dot] net

I'm a student currently majoring in CS but have a background in Finance (through first degree). Well rounded and eager to learn whatever is thrown at me. Ideally looking for part-time work or an internship in North America. If you're looking for a coder with a strong business sense, send me an email and we can chat!

Re:Show HN: My first WP8 game – Made with Unity on Saturday April 26, 2014 @12:40PM (#7651965)
Unplayable on my Lumia 520. Very laggy. What could be causing this?
Re:NSA Said to Exploit Heartbleed Bug for Intelligence for Years on Friday April 11, 2014 @03:10PM (#7574838)
Good luck trying to wiggle out of this one, NSA.
Re:Write Code Every Day on Thursday April 10, 2014 @03:05PM (#7568906)
"No more zero days" is a good quote to live by. No matter how busy I get, I try to code something everyday.
Re:Drop Dropbox on Thursday April 10, 2014 @10:05AM (#7566146)
When looking to grow our board, we sought out a leader who could help us expand our global footprint.

Condoleezza sure left a global footprint in the Middle East alright. Hate do this Dropbox, but time for me to move on.

Edit: Suggestions for a Dropbox substitute?

Re:Google splits into GOOG and GOOGL today on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @09:41PM (#7520365)
No. This essentially means there will be two classes of Google Stock (A and C) with Class A stock having more voting power than Class C stock from a shareholder prospective.

This dilution of shares essentially gives those with a large share of stock options (like Brin & Page) more power.

Edit: As a user pointed out, Class B should be Class C

Ask HN: Looking for contributors?

Posted by antonius on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @06:09PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Although a similar post was made a month ago (see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7360491), I thought I'd post this again in case people may have missed it and are looking for contributors.

( Read More... | 10 comments | 18 points | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: What's the name of that HN user's ambient noise mixer website? on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @12:44PM (#7509616)
A Soft Murmur? It was on HN a few weeks back.

Link: http://asoftmurmur.com/

Re:Show HN: This is our startup. "If pinterest and reddit had a baby..." on Sunday March 30, 2014 @11:48PM (#7499499)
I very much like the look and layout of the site.. nice job!
Re:Sexy developers on Sunday March 30, 2014 @09:44PM (#7499004)
Seriously. The sexual innuendo almost made me forget that I was viewing an actual company.
Re:San Francisco Police Department: Duties, Salary and Benefits on Sunday March 30, 2014 @03:02PM (#7497368)
You don't need any form of education (besides high school) to become a police officer? If true, that's pretty surprising to me.
Re:North Korea: Men required to get Kim Jong-un haircuts on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @09:35AM (#7473197)
I was too until I read the "North Korea" part. Then it all made sense.
Re:The Creator of 'Doom' Is Now A Facebook Employee on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @07:45PM (#7470210)
Never imagined I'd be writing the words "facebook" and "John Carmack" in the same sentence.

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