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I don't disagree with you but I think ROI is a business owners case to make. You know your projections and it is up to you to take what I say it cost to fairly compensate me and see if it matches with your expected ROI, if it does not, we can negotiate, if the numbers are not there, then they are not there. But I don't think it is on me to prove out your ROI. Chances are you already know this number, before you even start soliciting bids. Now if I come to you with the idea, sure I would expect to have to prove the case as to how it will benefit your company.
Very nice, I do have a quibble though, it would be nice to see them do more on the immigration front.

Yeah they're going to remove EB3/EB2 country caps, but how about expediting the process so it doesn't take 5 years to get a green card while you're stuck in the same position, at the same company, who's taking you from behind in terms of salary during that time.

In Canada, you can get your green card within 1 year of graduating college and working fulltime for a company, then 3 years after that, become a Canadian citizen. why not do something like that for engineers and scientists from accredited US universities? Or people who are working fulltime in those sorts of capacities?
The networks see low quality publishers as diluting the overall quality of their network. Since advertisers only care about traffic that converts, low-quality traffic hurts stats because it makes CTRs and CVRs drop even if the overall CPC/CPA is the same.

There are absolutely ways to educate publishers and advertisers, but the easiest solution for the network is to just nip it at the bud and drop low-quality traffic.
Sorry, it just so happens I’m an expert in failing to pull metaphors off :-) I did once pull off a great interview metaphor, but I did so by plagiarizing someone else’s hard work:

http://weblog.raganwald.com/2006/07/hiring-juggler_02.html

Like I said, I think we agree on a great deal about this :-D
Last interview before my current position, the group of simultaneous interviewers did the usual "on this whiteboard, write a program to do X." I waved off the pen, pulled out my notebook computer, started typing, and said "don't mind me, just continue on" and wrote the program while fielding other questions, and asking for clarifications on requirements. The offer was not long in coming.
I don't know. The base model looks not far off being competitively priced in relation to the luxury car market, with something like a 3-series (the low end of luxury) costing at least $40k. There are obviously going to be good savings cf. fuel, and an 80 mile return trip should cover 90% of most peoples journeys. Again, most people will have access to a second car too.

For all this to be true however, it does need to prove it is a luxury car. The external styling looks pretty good, but it needs a quality interior and handling too.
The issue I see is that the checklist contains information that would be relevant to a malpractice claim. That makes integration important.
There's an old adage in the car world: there's no such thing as a cheap luxury car.

You might save on the initial purchase, but there's a lot more stuff to break, and when it does it's really expensive.
What makes you think people understand URI bars? Often times they become fairly unintelligible as the number of resources go up. Even if we slugify titles into the URI, there are almost always other path hierarchies and parameters to handle paging, sorting states, or otherwise. The user has already clicked through, he can easily see the title in the tab; the rest of the URI is probably meaningless or not worth understanding for the 99%. 99% of the time, it is probably even a waste for the other 1%; it's not that URIs are going away.

I'm not even sure what you mean by a "Web 3.0" revolution. The following is the future?

* Youtube link off my Youtube homepage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lvMgMrNDlg&feature=g-all...

* Twitter status link: https://twitter.com/#!/snookca/status/164424086309715968 -- though I'd wager a majority of users simply hit retweet and never see the resource URI

* Facebook photo off my wall: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=343550758997176&...
Is it ok to respond with "then why haven't you done it already?"
Exactly.

I sold a car on Craiglist once, and I will never do it again. You open yourself up to some potentially dangerous (life threatening) situations.

To me a "potential" loss of 2 grand that I would incur by trading my car in at a dealer is worth the time saved, and safety saved. Also all the paper work is done correctly. To me that is another potential "come back to bite you in the you know what" problem averted.

I also live in the East Bay CA, and there have been a huge increase in violence and theft associated with selling cars on Craigslist. It is also not just cars, I have had a few bad experiences on both Craigslist and Ebay in the last 12 months and as a result I have not used either in months.

To me, I am willing to pay a perceived premium from a retailer (like Amazon with free shipping and no hassle return policy) than deal with the BS I have had to deal with on Craiglsit and Ebay.
bash's spy equivalent in Jason Bourne. zsh can't compete with that.
I feel slightly the same way, but after a few hours of searching for a new name with no luck, I always end up feeling better about swole.me :) I'm definitely open to suggestions, so PM me if you have them.
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Uh... I'm redirected to some really lame site with Paula Deen riding things. Boo!
I bought a used luxury car recently and went through the exact same thought process as this.

I went a little heavy on the analysis side of things and created a dataset of 15 years of KBB sales for 5 models I was looking at. I found that cars values tend to follow a half life. The half-life for a subaru wrx was the highest at somewhere around 6 years. Those suckers really hold their value.

I ended up purchasing a 2004 BMW 330xi despite the value time series data not being the strongest between the models I was looking at. It's just a sweet ride for the price.
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If you're doing it right...

Wouldn't that depend a lot on the position you seek to fill?
Now, however, the outcry about FCPX from "professionals" is really about those "professionals" not wanting to learn anything new, because they really aren't editors, they're just cutting things together by rote. Anyone whose an actual editor- that is, a creative person, will find FCPX a vast improvement over FCP, and of course iMovie.

That's just like saying 'programmers' don't want to learn Logo because they are programming by rote in Java or whatnot. that is just derogatory towards professional editors out there. Professional editors have tight deadlines, daily editing (most of world's editing) relies on muscle memory, tools which were essential were not existent in FCPX (OMF lack is a showstopper for example). Not to mention that post production is extremely technically inclined area which adopts anything new/easier/streamlined ASAP into their pipelines. Larger shops even have their in-house r&d that has great programmers and solution providers (that's how first NLE even started).

FCPX might be a good tool for a small time editor that needs an occasional video, but it is not up to professional standards yet. Outcry was not a knee jerk reaction, I can vouch for that.

One example would be that after first screening/demo of FCPX was received almost universally with great enthusiasm in editing community. Everybody wanted to see for themselves how they could fit in their workflow what was shown... and then people actually got their hands on it - it went downhill from that.
Agreed. I had a project a couple years ago, just like this. Everything started off fine -- solid contract, good communication, etc. Payment was solid for the first few months, then it stopped. I was accused of putting together templates with no functionality behind them, and they demanded their money back. When I informed them where they could put their demands, so to speak, they threatened litigation. I had done the work and knew the contract was solid, but I couldn't have afforded a lawyer. Thankfully, they soon disappeared... But not before stealing their customers' funds. Ugh.

In retrospect, there were a few warning signs fairly early on, but it's hard to see that when you need the money to eat.
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think of what you could accomplish with a weekend of work in 1992 and compare that to 2012

In 1992 I could bang out some really effective CUI applications in no time at all. People really hadn't transitioned to Windows at that point. Now, I have to write a web app, or a mobile app, and it takes hours upon hours to learn the ins and outs of each new API, weeks to figure out how to customize the flashy UI to what the client wants, etc. So, yeah, programmer tools have gotten vastly better, but expectations and complexity have risen faster.
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When it became in vogue for the majority party to simply ignore those that did not vote for it? Although it's not too extreme in Canada yet.
I don't think this will be the case. Mostly because a large percentage of people don't have the drive, interest, or knowledge to have any sort of side projects or business. They just want a job that pays the bills and then go home to relax.
I'm not sure that I agree with everything here.

Buy a used Benz - Luxury cars are great, until they aren't. Someone who doesn't realize what luxury car parts often cost will cry when they get a bill for a $750 spark plug wire kit.

Craiglist - Selling a car on Craiglist is great, except that people you'll subsequently dealing with are folks who buy cars on Craiglist. Have fun with that.

To truly "hack" the used car purchase, you need to buy the cars that nobody wants. "Honda" and "Toyota" shouldn't be in your vocabulary. If you want a Honda, get the certified used one with a better warranty than the brand new one.
When I was looking at individual dental plans (actually, "group plans" from the ACM or IEEE), it seemed to me that it was basically the cost of two dental visits amortized out over 12 months, with a small discount on other procedures.

With a "real" group plan, the only things I've had to pay was a $300 deductible on the wisdom teeth removal and $25 for a flouride treatment that insurance doesn't cover. (Presumably because most adults don't have braces.)
You can't go to a car dealer and get an "inflated" price for your current car without buying a new car from them; they're getting their $500 one way or the other. It's a bad idea to sell cars to dealers. Their entire profession revolves around capturing the spread between car buyers and sellers.

Also, a BMW 3-series depreciates ~$7,000 in the first 2 years; a Toyota Camry depreciates ~$3,500. Those numbers aren't pretty close.
Any network connected to the general internet (even NIPRnet) is not a highly secured network. Maybe highly regulated but sure as hell not secure.
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Tagging is useful for a lot more than just finding old stuff on a topic. It's massively valuable for filtering new stuff and community management.

A lot of the problems with the devolution in HN could be resolved by implementing a few common tags like, 'startups', 'programming', 'political', 'current_events', 'design' and then having different thresholds for each tag to reach the front page.

IMHO, the number of votes to reach the front page for a political story should be much higher than one that is about programming. I think most would agree.

With tagging pg would be able to figure out if one tag is getting out of hand and squelch it temporarily or even permanently.

As the community has grown, we're suffering from filter failure ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LabqeJEOQyI ). The less HN is about stuff that is interesting to hackers, the more it becomes welcoming for people who aren't hackers, the more non-hackers that join the more up votes that non-hacker focused stories get. It's a vicious cycle and tag squelching is one good way of moderating the community and keeping it focused.
Maybe you can drop the "for smart people" -- the same kind of magazines that blather about horoscopes tend to run lots of stories along the lines of "How to recognize a narcissist".
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I think the OP is okay with the use of the whiteboard, but it should be used as a complement to writing code in a semi-familiar environment.

There is no claim that cooking is equivalent to writing code. The claim is that writing code is rarely done on a whiteboard (Perhaps design, architecture, or some logic back-and-forth but rarely code.) and that interviewees shouldn't be expected to perform well at something they don't do.
It's hard, but parse.com can make it a whole lot easier. Got it.

Your service is useful, but not all mobile backend requirements can be solved with cloud storage of key/value pairs.
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I said this the first time this site was posted. It is brilliant and helpful. It is actually the first helpful site I have found here on HN for my personal life.
I didn't get the idea from this post that the author was recommending buying a luxury car, only that you should look for steeper discounts on used luxury cars.

You're right, though: Euro import cars in particular cost significantly more to maintain; you can safely expect to spend 50% more per year on them (I say, ruefully).
CoffeeScript can even be faster than hand-written JavaScript. See this comment I digged up by jashkenas: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2443138

Also, from the CoffeeScript website:

The compiled output is readable and pretty-printed, passes through JavaScript Lint without warnings, will work in every JavaScript implementation, and tends to run as fast or faster than the equivalent handwritten JavaScript.

http://coffeescript.org/
Not a troll, real human, but I guess I was unconsciously trolling. Oh well.
Perhaps we need a humor flag on web pages, Twitter. By setting the humor bit you could remove all ambiguity as to whether you're making a joke or a threat.

[this.humor := true]
The downside is that if you install the Android games on your Android phone you won't get any updates they release on the Android Market for them. You'll have to get a new APK from the folks making the game with each update.
I bought a 2007 Honda Civic that had done 24K miles when I bought it (2009). I put down ~$10K for it. I did almost everything they mention here.
You still need to defend yourself against the suits no matter how unjustified. That is not a free activity in terms of money or time.
Just to amplify this, common parts across several models and somehow be more expensive for the "luxury" version. Rear hatch gasket for an '96 Oldsmobile Silhouette mini-van was twice what the exact same part for the Chevy Lumina. Only difference in the two vans is a few more gadgets and more acoustic insulation in the Oldsmobile.
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Use InventoryThis.com tools to create a home inventory or to manage your small business inventory. Keep track of your things so that you can share, sell, or give them away.
You'd think there'd be a good opportunity here for an auto shop to set up a Craigslist auto clearinghouse, where buyers and sellers can meet in a neutral location, give the car a once-over, have someone with experience make sure the paperwork is in order, and conduct the sale without (gak!) cash.
This sort of thing always makes me so darn optimistic. I wish I had enough money to contribute $256 like that one guy(poor college student here). Best of luck to everyone involved.
I had the same exact reaction. I like cars. I like to a variety of drive cars, but I'm not wealthy enough to afford a car collection. Thus, I tend to change cars more than is "fiscally optimal" (every three years). I actually like leasing cars, because I get to negotiation the terms of the buy-back up front. This gives me A) peace of mind knowing exactly what I'll pay in depreciation, B) the opportunity to negotiate that amount up front and in clear terms (I understand the math involved in leasing), and C) a much, much shorter time investment in said negotiation.

Consider the rest of this post to be an anecdotal piece titled, "Hacking the car buying process means getting your hands dirty."

When I picked up a 2006 VW GTI, the dealer was offering 0% financing. I couldn't bring myself to pass up free money, so I bought the car with the intention of turning it around in three years, just like I normally would with a lease. My reasoning was that I'd be giving up the opportunity to negotiate the residual value up front in exchange for the free use of a few thousand dollars over three years. No brainer, right?

Yeah, not exactly. I ran in to a couple of issues.

Lease residuals are actually on the generous side

Leasing residuals are normally pretty generous on the types of cars I like. My GTI was 57%. I negotiated a 63% residual on my current car. Looking at the math from my GTI, with an MSRP of $24,750, the lease residual would have been ~$14,100. When I sold the car at the 3-year mark, it took me three months, and I only got $12,000 for it. So, in exchange for the zero percent financing over three years, I gave up $2,000 on the residual, plus the time and effort involved in selling. I took many phone calls, and drove out to meet about 5 people before executing a sale. Had I leased the car and negotiated decent terms, I would have paid the same, maybe less.

Selling a car over $10,000 is a pain in the ass

Words you really don't want to hear when selling a car: "I've got $3,000 saved up. Can you take payments on the rest."

Times I heard them during the sales process: 9 out of 10.

Selling private means dealing with all kinds of people who really can't afford the car you're selling, but are bold enough to offer you anything. I have no envy for car salesmen. Their job is tough. You're constantly assaulted by people who really don't care if the deal is any good for you. I wouldn't say I was offended, but I did begrudge the time I wasted.

I'm back to leasing now, and very happy with it. If you want a new car every few years, and are ok with the associated financial impact, it's worth your time to sit down and understand the math involved in leasing. You can probably do better (fiscally) than you think.
This is what nasty bad ass debt collectors are for. They'll collect (really they will) and then take a cut. Carlos won't know what hit him. Get some recommendations for good debt collectors in your local area. You are wasting your precious time trying to collect this yourself. Employ them and then you can inform Carlos that it is longer his debt to you but his debt to some burly tattooed biker.
But it is relevant and needs to be addressed.
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> Second, kids who don't know how to value their time who'll work like slaves for $2,000.

That's not always the case - if you manage to work $2000 /8h/day/month in my country , you're already being paid in the top .. 10% programmers.

Money has a different value based on location.
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You'll also need to be careful about homographic characters. I've implemented a small solution internally for this but I'll try and clean it up and get it put somewhere public.
Another one of those "why didn't I think of that" ideas. I haven't tried this, but it seems like it would be better than the traditional Anki/Pimsleur/Memrise style in that it would teach (or reinforce or mandate) context. Anyone can memorize a list of words, but the difficulty comes in putting those words into context. Duolingo might help that (or might allow beginners to completely destroy the translation, I don't know their algorithm).
Selling a vehicle on Craigslist has been among the greatest annoyances in my life. I will never make that mistake again. Instead, I sell vehicles on eBay. The eBay method has a few hassles (answering questions, coordinating pickup, eBay percentage), but it is still sooo much better than dealing with CL flakes.

That said, I buy all of my vehicles on Craigslist. I wait for the exact vehicle I want, show up with a cashier's check for the asking price minus ~25%, and bring the rest in cash for negotiation. Sellers are always relieved when they find out I came prepared, and they're happy to negotiate on price to be done with the process.
I'll continue adding to these stories :)

I had an uncle who was just a normal guy, not overweight, didn't drink excessively, etc. He complained of occasional stomach pain, but didn't feel like going to the doctor. Eventually it got worse and he saw a doctor. Turns out he had stage 4 cancer and was dead in two weeks.

Ignoring your body rarely ends well.
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But what is the app worth? This sort of creative accounting is the problem that this article is trying to highlight.

If you strip out all the bullshit making an iOS app is going to be expensive because you can't cheat time and everyone's time is worth something.

If you mention to someone that you made your app "for only $15k" this just compounds the problem because that person has a skewed perception of what an app is actually worth.
"In real life, the people whose decisions matter a) often can't read code and b) almost always have better uses of their time than reading code from someone who is, statistically, not likely to be hired."

The person who can't read code shouldn't be deciding the technical merits of a candidate. If that's happening, your hiring process is broken.

Furthermore, your hiring process should be designed such that you can weed out the majority long before the in-person interview occurs. Steps in the hiring process should be scheduled such that the more time consuming parts come later.

I google any candidate who has made it to an actual in-person interview. If they have a github page, I look inside to see what they've done. It helps tremendously if the candidate tells me which projects they are most proud of. What's nice about this approach is it gives us something to talk about that the candidate is passionate about.

It's only when the candidate has nothing to show off that things move towards a more "traditional" interview, with dry coding and design questions.
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Agreed. You can help the business person pay more for development if you can help them maximize revenue or lower marketing costs (or some other outside expense)

If you think of development as using technology to scale down cost or scale up revenues there is plenty you can add as a developer to the ROI discussion.
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> Shutterstock are legendary round the perl community for being a hive of badly written ancient code that never gets significant refactoring effort though

I like to think that we're legendary for choosing a sane upgrade path to a services based approach built on Modern Perl. For our help debugging Dancer's (https://github.com/sukria/Dancer/issues/642) and Feersum's (https://github.com/stash/Feersum/issues/12) header parsing troubles. For our continuous sponsorship of YAPC (http://yapcna.org/sponsorship/our-sponsors).

Heh, we're legends in my own mind! [grin]
I always like to pass on hard-learned lessons about cars. After I bought the $750 spark plug wire kit, I decided to save money by doing the job myself.

It turned out that spacing between the plug wires and the climate control blower motor was critical -- I'd didn't pack the wire tightly enough, and my $750 wires broke the $950 + $400 labor blower motor. :(

It was a great car though.
> Does nobody remember Carnivore? Imagine what has been developed since then.

I believe it got bought by Facebook.