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Kind of sad, the last time I built a PC I had to have the hardware within 2 days. Newegg said the order went through and then the next day I got an e-mail to call and verify my order. I cancelled the order, found everything on Amazon for the same price and had it shipped overnight it.

I don't know how many times now I've gone to an e-commerce site and the stupid Mastercard-Securecode has popped up, or my order has been frozen for verification -- and I immediately go straight to Amazon. Perhaps the real beneficiary here is Amazon. They know my order history and they know when I order a $4000 TV to an address I been shipping $X amount of stuff to without incident.
Men can easily have childrens on their 40s (not recommended though, it's hard work) but women cannot. It's sad to see that most intelligent, talented woman fall in the trap of their careers and die childless. If you are an intelligent entrepeneur woman in their 20's, do yourself a favor, stop to have some childrens and then resume your career.
it's sad, but nothing new. either verizon is lying about who asked for the specific model, or some inexperienced network "architect" decided not to do the due diligence to spec out what was required, and just asked for the moon.
I'm considering doing a companion post, "It's Never Too Late To Start." Would folks want to see that?
Right, and if you are going to take a significant pay cut over market, make sure that equity vests every month. You are being compensated in equity in these arrangements. Make sure the equity is not a future promise for sacrifices today.
Immutable lists can be preppended/popped in O(1)time, without affecting previous versions.

Immutable dicts can have stuff added and removed in O(log n) time, without affecting previous versions.

Scala's immutable vectors can have appending/prepending/concatenation/splitting/insertion/deletion in O(log n) time, without affecting previous versions. it's log base 32, so for any arrays using integer indexes, it'll never go above ~7, so it's basically constant.

Basically, you get (almost) the performance of mutable data structures, except you don't mess up the old versions of the thing every time you change something. It's really pretty incredible, the performance characteristics people manage to get with structural sharing: http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/collections-api/collect...
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You have to ask yourself what is it that you brought to the table and why do they not need it now? They are dealing from a position of strength, because of this knowledge. you are the one that has to deal from a position of strength. What has changed. You hae some homework to do. They want you to sign away any future rights away. that means something is about to happen. I would not settle for less than 7 months full salary and expenses. You have your homework to do. Approach this as if it is a prospective client and you really want the contract. What has changed .

Good Luck but ablove all remain calm and methodical, don't panic. Like they said in Wall Street " never let them see you sweat "
It's Linus's repository and he can do things the way he wants. Stop whining.
This stuff is always funny to me. I am going to be 47 next month. I have two adult sons in their twenties. I am routinely asked if I am their sister. People guess I am in my thirties. Meanwhile, the average life expectancy for my genetic disorder is mid thirties. So I joke that, in human years, I am the equivalent of an octogenerian...and, daang I look good for an eighty year old.

My plan is to be an entrepreneur. I think that is my only hope of making things work. Working for Da Man was helping to keep me sick and my health issues are the single biggest obstacle I have to success. Will it be a "start up" as in some company I can sell for millions some day? I have no idea. But I don't expect to be an employee again.
You can't build a (very good) future on crime, but you can build a future on being evil. There is a reason lawyers have a bad reputation.
I started writing about this a long time ago on Quora:
http://www.quora.com/Chris-Yeh/answers/Career-Paths
I'm in an urban area as well. The hospital I took my daughter to was El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, for example.

It's even worse for rural people.
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Here in Australia, our local DMV (RTA) is all MacBook Pros, all running Windows XP in virtualization. Would love to meet the dipshit that authorized this travesty.
In all honesty, there is an interesting debate here. A lot of developers are saying 5-6 devices is sufficient for compatibility testing. But Animoca argues that doing 400 is actually a competitive advantage for them.
This is fantastic. I use better touch tool which allows you to create keyboard shortcuts, so in finder I can hit command+t to open a terminal in the current finder folder.
I love it.
Kimmai,

The way you wrote the headline suggests that you do have an agenda.

Unless you think Techcrunch should not be taken seriously, a lot of people would think that Android is such an awful platform to develop in and would stay away from it.

I've been an Android developer for 3+ years. I only test in 3 phones and my apps work in majority of devices. If a developer follow most best practices, a lot of fragmentation issues go away.

I understand that you are trying to be hilarious but it just contributes to FUDs on Android that has really not much basis.
It does seem that if you're looking for the best coverage in regional areas, Telstra is pretty much the only show in town. But regional isn't that important to me and I've been traumatised by Telstra in the past so just want nothing to do with them anymore. :)

Optus 3G coverage can be pretty crappy for my particular circumstances, but 3G is more or less available where I most often need it, so I have no major complaints.
Private sector FTW. Please, please I hope everyone who reads this begins to understand that governments are not meant to allocate resources. The idea (promoted by politicians, mostly democrats) that we should give the government our money and they will spend it wisely "for the betterment of all" is purely, simply and fundamentally flawed.

Out government should be small. It should perform a few basic functions like making sure we are secure, our trading interests are promoted and our banking and financial markets are healthy. It should educate our children to the best standards in the world. Finally it should make sure we are energy independent and our food and water is uncontaminated. That's pretty much it.
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Sources: Google Is Close to Buying Meebo
The thing about adoption in start ups is that Visual Studio 2010 Pro is so expensive. If Microsoft really wants to stay relevant they have to release Pro for free. They have to compete on price with the Eclipse or VIM/command line world. Until then, they will slowly die off. (The express versions are a joke, don't even get me started).
"listed my job title as 'oner'"

An obvious construction error. Just as one who plays piano isn't called a "pianoer", the account manager must have meant "onanist". Did you finally strike him in the face with your gloves?
Here's my "secret" I believe to be true.

Rule of law makes countries rich. Rule of law foster cooperation and trust in societies. People can trust authorities and each other.

Democracies don't foster trust. Instead, they ferment disrespect and corruption. Politicians make law to gain vote. They don't care about long term consequences. They want pork for their district, not efficient funding. That lead to distrust, fear, and non-cooperation. People wouldn't help each other if they think they're going to get screwed or the courts can't help make it right.

Judges are the one who are immune to democratic pressure, yet they make ruling that even politicians will follow. If they don't, they destroy the consent of the people. They destroy trust in the law.

Therefore, western nations are powerful and rich in spite of democracy and elected officials. They are held together by independent judges and jurors.

Signapore and South Korea like to believe that their interventions help. Maybe that's not true at all. Perhaps, they achieve their wealth through not being so corrupted.

This leads to a prediction:

China and India will never be as prosperous as Japan, South Korea, the United States, or Western Europe if their bureaucracies are inefficient and corrupt.

How will this manifest? Their purchasing power will always be lower. Their military will be defeated in wars. They will never be as innovative. Maybe, they will never win any football championship. Maybe their GDP will never quite dwarf the US.

Or maybe they will surpass ours, in spite of the corruption and evilness of their officials. If they didn't in the next 20 years, I will consider myself right.
Spending other people money is so easy. But $22k apiece instead of the $485 solution quoted in the article - that's madness. It can't be just gross incompetence.

I guess someone involved in the decision got some kind of kickback, gift, or will have a nice cushy job offer waiting for them at Cisco when they get fired as they should be.

Remember this article next time some liberal ask to raise taxes and justifies this by saying how stimulus money is important, and why everyone should have the same opportunities (quoted in the article - as if a 22k router gave any kind of opportunity to people browsing the net in a public library in WV).

And cry when they get trashed at the end of their lifecycle without having ever been connected to optic fiber.
eval and which bog down everything.
why do military closets cost 5000$ a piece? because it costs a sh#tload of money to sell the military a closet. i don't know where i read this but it is a great analogy.

i have been - in my time (2000? 2001? 2002? 2003? 2004? ...) - involved into selling the national austrian television their first video streaming solution (think: free (as in free beer) windows media streaming server) - it took man-years. man-years cost money.
great post. Really, age is meaningless, the more meaningful number is how much time does one have left. Of course, nobody knows this with any certainty, so just proceed every day as if it were your last or the beginning of the next 1000 days, take your pick. (Yes, I understand at the extremes of age, odds start weighing heavily, but we're talking about 50 vs. 30 here).

I teach guitar, sometimes I'll get an older student, a beginner, who will ask, "Is it too late for me, I'm going to be 30 (40/50/60..) in x year". I always tell them, well, you are going to be 30 (40/50/60..) anyhow, lets just get on w/doing something you want to do.
I am a big believer in the truth shall set you free. But this is about "dirty secrets". Not all secrets are like that. If you have any kind of privacy, you have "secrets". And it isn't necessarily a bad thing.

The "secret sauce" of a company can be the key to its wealth and success. Secrets are not inherently evil per se.
"West Virginia Homeland Security chief Jimmy Gianato, who's leading the state broadband project, defended the $24 million router purchase last week, saying the devices "could meet many different needs and be used for multiple applications."

"Our main concerns were to not have something that would become obsolete in a couple of years," Gianato said. "Looking at how technology evolves, we wanted something that was scalable, expandable and viable, five to 10 years out. We wanted to make sure every place had the same opportunity across the state."

Wow. I've spent some time in West Virginia libraries, and yes the internet connection was slow, but it's not due to the router. And in most towns, libraries and schools are not going to be serving anyone outside their walls with some kind of WAN. Best case will be public wireless near the building.

And how is it that the "West Virginia Homeland Security chief" is "leading the state broadband project"? Seems like bureaucratic overreach, technical ignorance, and budget authority all wrapped in.

Why not spend $50 for a router for libraries and something less than $22k per school?
You might as well ask for more, because why not?

But either way... 3.5 months of severance at such an early stage company is actually pretty good. That plus your own 2 months of savings puts you in a much better spot than you seem to think you're in.
As far as the lawyer goes, this is all very interesting, as if they were preparing to push you out before your 12mo. Did they keep the information from you? Don't blame yourself, it may be that they unplugged you first.
To be clear, from the article, the routers themselves cost $7,800. And, if I'm rolling out a state infrastructure, and wondering what I can put in place for the next 10 years to serve as a foundation, you could certainly do worse than the 3945 - it's a very flexible ISR, and, all-things being equal, it's probably not worth the hassle of putting 2921s in some locations and 3945s in others. Who knows how much bandwidth you'll want on these high-speed fiber connections 5+ years from now - the 3945 is rated for 350 megabits/second (with features), the 2921 tops out at 75 megabits.

Amortized over 10 years, I would have chosen the 3945 everywhere versus sticking 2921s in some places (the ISR that would have been an alternative) and 3945s in others. Single Security Policy. Single IOS update Policy. Zero doubt as to what features will run in a particular location.

I think what most people have difficulty with is that they are comparing this decision to roll out a state communications infrastructure with the fact that they can go connect a $60 linksys wrt54G in their house and serve a dozen people without breaking a sweat. And get wireless as well! The issues involved in scaling that across the state, while looking to the future, and managing all that gear is a different challenge though.

I don't see any huge scandal here.
>which is not really the same anyway

How is it not the same?

>Because someone else does it, suddenly, doing it becomes right?

No it doesn't. But do you think different laws should apply to a company just because you don't like it? Why are you so against equal justice for equal acts?
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It's fairly standard to have a 1 year cliff with no vesting, followed by monthly vesting.
The definition I'm familiar with for Jewish Diaspora (which is corroborated by all the Google hits on the first page) is the dispersal of the Jewish people starting in the 6th century BCE. Where do you get the connection to World War II?
Please don't make this a democrat/republican debate. This is the crooked way that all of our US government is spending our tax money. We need corporate money out of politics if we want to prevent these outlandish contracts from being awarded to the corporations that donate enough money to campaigns.

It's not a democrat/republican or big/small government thing. It's about corruption of the system.

Out of your comment, I agree most with that our government needs to help educate our children. Without an educated population, things only get worse.
There is a difference though: The IBM PC was the undisputed gold standard for compatibility. Software typically listed the hardware requirements as "IBM PC or 100% compatible". (Some non-IBM-compatible DOS hardware was sold, but it died out pretty quickly).

It doesn't look like there any similar gold standard is emerging for phones.
Just to clarify...it's 3.5 months worth of equity so it's not liquid and not worth much right now.
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Is there any legal standing to sue? The 1-year cliff is very specific, and while firing someone at 11 months just to avoid the cliff (if that's what happened) is a complete dick move, it might be legal.
It was bad enough listening to this myth when it was 10x. Now it's up to 25x. Gimme a break. When you figure out how to measure programmer productivity, then you have the right to put a precise number on it. Not before.

Edit: I mean 'you' in the general sense. Not you personally.
Won't that lead to a code-size explosion due to the duplication of continuation bodies?
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Why? As a younger(ish) citizen of HN I don't see the benefit of being anonymous.
Can't blame them for selling them something they asked for. Who's to say they were even told what they were for. This is government waste and incompetence, nothing more.

You are correct on the military contractors as well though. Lots of government waste and incompetence there as well.
"Remember this article next time some liberal ask to raise taxes..."

Unless I misread, the article is talking about West Virginia. I would hardly call WV a bastion of liberal thinking.

Never attribute to malice (or political leaning) that which is adequately explained by stupidity (or incompetence)
I would switch to survival mode and land on your feet. It's hard to deal with being rejected.

Take time to honestly assess if you could have done things better. Try to resolve your emotions with the situation as quickly and cleanly as you can to get your thinking straight and take care of your financial situation.

Dealing with lawyers seems like a distraction unless there are contracts with your name on them or loans/financing.
def agree 100%. thx for reading & replying. there are some things that are private that are not bad at all...
thx for reading...
Very well said. I agree with your point that governments aren't great at allocating resources, and should concentrate on the basics.

I disagree with the sidebar that it's mostly Democrats trying to take our money. Both parties do it, just with different priorities and in different ways, with all the accepted terms used to discuss it.
A rule of thumb I use: Do you think you can get more out of them than you could earn if you invested your time elsewhere? Do not put more time into it than makes sense under that rubric.

I am disinclined to sue people, fight with them, etc. Go ahead and ask for more and see what you can get. Then move on. Work on building a life for yourself. Try to learn from your mistakes so you don't repeat them. (If you do it right, you get to make entirely new mistakes on a regular basis.)

Best of luck.
I'm surprised this article actually does a decent job covering both sides of the story. When you look at how flexible the ISRs are, and the likelihood these devices will be in service for probably the next 10 years or more, it's not not the worst investment they could make. They're actually well sized for the high schools and other larger sites. Obviously any 3900 series is going to be overkill for a little library but you do have to look at support costs, service contracts, future requirements, future upgrade costs, etc to get the full picture. This is not a 'bridge to nowhere' situation.
Microsoft runs a BizSpark program that, for all intents and purposes, gives startups access to most Microsoft software for free.

http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/
Tks, it's a simple headline that gets a point across. I talk on a weekly basis with many of the top-grossing devs on both platforms so I try to listen to their issues.

This was not meant to be a warning for devs to stay away of Android, but doing more extensive QA testing is a reality of the platform.

What's your app? How many DLs does it have? How many DAU do you have?
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how is this not a big/small government thing? We gave away billions of dollars in a stimulus program with little to no oversight that is very clearly getting wasted here.

While the republicans are certainly guilty of lots of spending and many things, democrats are clearly the party that is guilty of more spending and even bigger government.
> Our main concerns were to not have something that would become obsolete in a couple of years

No you fool! These are designed to handle large loads, not protection from obsolescence!
So you have a source for this? It sounds equal parts insane and amazing. Certainly adds to the Valve mythos though.
I think it was comments like "The fact that I have higher standards then makes people like you make
snarky comments, thinking that you are cool.

You're a moron." that people thought impolite. The comment he responded to appears to have been deleted, however, so I can make no judgement about how appropriate that was. I'd like to think it was completely appropriate -- I do agree with you overall that his other comments were reasonably polite.
Thanks Cisco I will.
> Why is it that testing on dozens/hundreds of platforms is considered essential for cell phones, but not for PCs?

I'm pretty sure it's not. Do you really think everyone who's written a successful Android app has a full stable of hundreds of phones?
What decent router costs $50? That blue soho router your thinking of is for your mom's house not a statewide installation.
Given one of the github guys commented that he had helped develop the first version of pull requests and considered all of his complaints valid and hated the code too.

No, it wasn't petty. It was useful, constructive criticism that the github developers appreciated.

It isn't just you, but I think you are being overly critical :)
"github is a total ghetto of crap commit messages"

Deceitfully out of context.
Ask HN: Need advice, I'm getting sued.
I received a lawyer's letter from one of my ex-clients (back when I was doing freelancing), demanding that I pay the fees of a new contractor that they're going to hire for a project which I did not complete previously.

Prior to this, I had already refunded the full deposit that was paid to me, for not completing the project.

It is an insane amount of money, and I do not know what to do now.
I would take that deal, then put it behind you and start on the next thing. Maybe it will be worth something some day.

However, move ahead and start work on your next thing. Don't delay--it is very easy to sit and stew.

Here is what works for me in serious times of stress.

Spend most of your energy working on your next deal.

And then, say, one hour per week, allow yourself to internally mope about this. I am quite serious. I call it "the hour of sniveling", and when that is done, you haven't necessarily solved a problem, but you have let those feelings express themselves, but then move forward.

(I admit this sounds very goofy, but I use this approach to positive effect.)
That seems like a pretty silly argument to me. The library with 4 computers would be just fine with the $60 router. How is it any harder to manage that gear compared to managing the completely unneeded equipment that the local employees have no clue how to run.

Not to mention spending $14k on upgrades for many places that don't need that particular upgrade. I don't care if it's a little simpler to buy all the same, it's absurd to spend millions and millions of taxpayer dollars on something that is completely unnecessary.
Presumably it's his equity divided by 12 months times 3.5.
The price includes maintenance and support correct? Its 22k for the metal only?
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The price includes maintenance and support correct? It is not 22k for the metal only?
I suspect it's the law of contrast
I really wish I had taken this track back in the day.

OP, listen to kls...now that you've seen how this can go you will really be a lot stronger when you negotiate your next job. There's different kinds of options available too, but unless you ask about which kind you get, you'll just be given the default (i.e. cheaper for the company).