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Question about jumping from NYC to Mountain View

Just got offered a full time gig in Mountain View the mid 90s in terms of yearly salary. I'm pulling a little over 100 in NYC as a contractor. The gig in CA, is something I'd like to do on a personal level so it has a bit more weight to it than just money.Curious what your guys opinion of that salary is. The cost of living is vastly different in computation from my own. So, an assessment of...

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Re:The Trouble With Meritocracy on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @01:16PM (#1532698)
Some would argue even democracy could not accommodate such things.
Re:China Builds Enormous Optimus Prime Transformer on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @01:14PM (#1532690)
If they leave it at our gates, we probably shouldn't bring it inside... there could be more than meets the eye.

I'd down mod myself if I could.

On the negative side, the potential use of an engine as advanced as this in the world of 3D porn will almost certainly result in more furry sex.
If not for the liberal use of cameras the world would never have heard of Neda in Iran. The US is effectively on a path to making it illegal to spread truth... maybe it is just a small sliver of truth. But I would rather be judged on that small sliver of truth than end up in a situation where it is my word against a police officer.

It's an interesting question though.

The cops in all these cases should be charged with treason.
This is awesome, I'd love to see it done with mario mushrooms =P Progressive mushroom abuse leads to one long never ending trip...
Re:Netflix is coming to Canada this fall on Monday July 19, 2010 @12:09PM (#1529100)
Today it's netflix. Tomorrow they will throw off the yolk of British imperialism and embrace the inalienable rights to freedom that we've longed to share with them.
Re:Ask HN: What web apps do you pay for? on Monday July 19, 2010 @12:05PM (#1529088)
flickr. that's about it.
Re:The Perl 6 project 10 years old today on Monday July 19, 2010 @09:13AM (#1528512)
It's a spring chicken compared to Enlightenment.
Re:How can I get addicted to programming? on Monday July 19, 2010 @09:09AM (#1528500)
Kill your television.
Re:NASA to deploy PostgreSQL/Nagios on Space Station on Monday July 19, 2010 @09:05AM (#1528489)
NASA's commitment to open source is fairly great. And, postgresql is a really great database. If you haven't used it before, I highly recommend giving it a run.
Re:Android PHP option planned for Javaphobes on Monday July 19, 2010 @09:03AM (#1528477)
Why can't they just let us us a gcc toolchain and be done with it.
Re:PAM Vulnerability in Ubuntu allowing root access on Thursday July 08, 2010 @03:31PM (#1498494)
Neat. Similar idea but definitely different.
Re:Trail blazing innovators - Use Emacs on Thursday July 08, 2010 @03:28PM (#1498481)
vi vs emacs war plz 2 not have.
Re:PAM Vulnerability in Ubuntu allowing root access on Thursday July 08, 2010 @01:32PM (#1498067)
It looks like a user could reset an environment variable, resulting in convincing the PAM module ( running as root ) to write a file somewhere the user should not be able to write. I assume since this could allow root access, it can overwrite something that can be executed as root by another process.
I read "The Search for God and Guinness", fun read even if you aren't religious ( I am not ):

http://www.scribd.com/doc/20861910/The-Search-for-God-and-Gu...

Just saw this, I haven't given it a listen yer, but I do intend to. Looks fun:

http://www.thedigitalhubelevate.com/memoirs_of_guinness

Also Guinness makes their employment archives available to descendents of past workers, which is pretty neat:

http://www.guinness-storehouse.com/en/somehistory.aspx

Re:Told to remove blog posts describing patented algorithm on Thursday July 08, 2010 @11:53AM (#1497735)
I agree.
ROFL this finally hit the news? I remember grilling the guy who invented her about her trying to friend me on facebutt. She's awesome.
Re:Prince: "The Internet's completely over," on Thursday July 08, 2010 @09:56AM (#1497302)
Pancakes...
Re:Why Arduino is a hit with hardware hackers on Thursday July 08, 2010 @09:52AM (#1497291)
The only thing I dislike about the beagle board is that the generation 1 had a faulty USB interface. Also the Serial Connection is a 9 pin. I'd rather they just let me use a standard ft cable.

=/ Arm units are definitely cool. Look at the maple leaf, and other Arm 3 based units. Very very cheap stuff. Very very powerful.

Arm is definitely seizing control of the embedded device market, and linux with it.

Re:Amazon EC2 team launches private cloud start-up on Thursday July 08, 2010 @09:40AM (#1497253)
It will be difficult to make inroads against HP Server Automation, but I am sure people would love to see you succeed.

That being said, this is very much a solution services business. You will need more than core talent. A lot more.

Re:Henry Ford: Why I Favor Five Days' Work With Six Days' Pay on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @01:18PM (#1494756)
Wow, that's a horrifically one sided and incorrect view. Only held btw in the US, and by people who are not familiar with the actual history. Ford, like GM and IBM invests considerable effort in hiding their roles in that war.

Ford however, was one of the few who "took sides". They didn't just support the Nazis for economic reasons ( which is pretty damned horrific ), they actually hindered allied production purposefully.

Also, he got lucky. He built one of the first car companies and he did a good job at first. End result is he ended up being one of the big 3. Every industry has em. He was in the right place at the right time. From then on he had a large enough enterprise that it could run itself, all he had to do was sit back and not get too involved. Which he couldn't do. He nearly bankrupted the company and embarked on a bunch of inglorious economic escapades resulting in him being kicked out of the Ford.

I mean... jesus, who the hell taught you people history? How can you possibly look up to this guy FOR ANYTHING. He was a bull headed arrogant deceitful bastard who tried very hard to quite literally destroy his own country and his people.

Re:Henry Ford: Why I Favor Five Days' Work With Six Days' Pay on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @12:59PM (#1494699)
I gotta godwin this, I just can't resist it. Sorry.

"I regard Henry Ford as my inspiration" - Adolf Hitler Ref: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/nov98/na...

Re:Crack the Code in Cyber Command's Logo on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @12:44PM (#1494643)
It's a hash. Not in any of my rainbow tables though =/
Re:Henry Ford: Why I Favor Five Days' Work With Six Days' Pay on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @12:21PM (#1494596)
Also, look at the business policies and employment benefits first introduced by the Guinness brewery when they were founded. If you want to see how to establish a universally unbeatable brand identity they have a how to guide for the ages.

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