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Re:California Braces for Unending Drought on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @03:32AM (#11665683)
Sorry I can't find it immediately but he was asked about it when Shatner was pushing this and he thought it was a great idea.

I think it fits in with his immediate solution to everything angle that's completely nuts when you stop to think about it.

Re:California Braces for Unending Drought on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @03:29AM (#11665667)
He threw darts at a wall and got lucky from my perspective. Basically how he's run his whole campaign.
Re:California Braces for Unending Drought on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @03:29AM (#11665666)
Agreed :)
Re:California Braces for Unending Drought on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @02:08AM (#11665425)
Trump has stated he intends to bring this plan back... (just sayin' :) )
Re:Y Combinator Acquiring Sequoia Capital on Friday April 01, 2016 @01:56PM (#11406956)
I really like this idea. Please re-post as-is on April 2nd.
This is great advice, cross-check it but thanks for posting nikanj
I'm expecting a response from angel list here. If one does not happen in closing my account.
I find tying my income to stock highly motivating :)
Re:Millennials Flee Vancouver for More Affordable Cities on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @09:54AM (#11297269)
Very cool page, it's lacking salaries however that would improve the posts quite a lot. Have you heard of AngelList? Their best feature is likely the public salary data.

In BC, 'competitive salary' ranges from 40-160K for the same role :)

...Have Chess players had a future...?!
Your table is conveniently lacking the salary ranges I've been offered from over a dozen higher paying companies in the city...

  In fact, not a single company that pays well whom I've talked to is on your list other than Amazon and Microsoft  (Whom will pay a whole lot more if you point the spread out to them).
Where in Vancouver are you making $45K? I have dozens of companies on file that are seeking engineers in the 80-110K range.
Everyone that replied to me is running off of 4 year old data. None of you have any clue what you're talking about.

Heck, just check Angel.co and notice most engineering jobs are >= 100K... and that's just tiny startups kicking off.

Seattle and SF are way beyond Vancouver's unaffordability ratio. Vancouver is cheap.
Re:Too many people have peed in the pool on Monday February 15, 2016 @12:42PM (#11104699)
Half of all people are below 'median' intelligence :P
It would, and it does.
Re:Bullshit Startup Experiences on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @12:44PM (#10739119)
Definitely replying to this, I've had this happen more than once at the offer stage.
Re:MySQL is a Better NoSQL on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @07:06PM (#10707865)
I've experienced this time and time again. Postgres is an outstanding database for most use cases. I also love all the enhancements it has been getting over the last twenty four months.

If you haven't considered Postgres before, definitely check the project out.

Re:Magic Leap raises $827M in Series C on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @06:19PM (#10707574)
Kinda amazing how these guys are past Series C now and still haven't released a product.
Re:Pentagon Has No Idea Where $800M Went on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @10:02PM (#10504295)
SURPRISE!!!
Missing Zune which means Penis in Quebec.
Re:Commodities Are Crashing Like It's 2008 All Over Again on Thursday August 06, 2015 @03:15PM (#10018695)
I would love to see a huge correction in Vancouver but many people have been born and died waiting for it to happen.
Re:The Really Big One on Monday July 13, 2015 @04:03PM (#9880672)
This idea is fantastic. However, we can do one better. We can control the quake such that we use a sequence of low energy quakes distributed across many years to eliminate the need for the large quick entirely.
Re:This Industry is Fucked on Sunday July 05, 2015 @09:14PM (#9836033)
Sounds like some people need prison sentences.
This is really cool, thanks for sharing it out!
Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009) on Sunday April 12, 2015 @12:05AM (#9362108)
I've found I almost exclusively prefer working with 30+ year old engineers. There's a huge difference and it shows.
Charging and mouse for me. I suppose I can use a wireless mouse but all the ones I've tried that don't have a usb dongle seem so jumpy. Bluetooth doesn't seem ready for that frequency yet.
Re:The decline of Vancouver on Sunday March 22, 2015 @01:53AM (#9245767)
This is the most misinformed comments thread I've ever seen on Hacker News.