$250K Per Year Salary Could Qualify For Subsidized Housing Under New Palo Alto Plan
The sky-rocketing housing prices in Palo Alto have left some in limbo, with teachers, firefighters and other government workers making too much to qualify for low income housing, but not enough to afford cost of living.
That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and poor people
Today’s Apple press event played out pretty much exactly like they always do. A few new products, a few promotional videos, and a lot of talk about changing the world.
Hasnain says:
"But of course, Apple isn’t really targeting those people. That was mostly just a cheap shot, a jibe at all of us poor fools who haven’t yet seen the light. That’s why the audience laughed knowingly, and even applauded. Using the same machine for five years? How barbaric! Thank god we live in civilized society, where everyone throws their gadgets out and buys new ones every two years."
Posted on 2016-03-23T15:16:30+0000
I’ve Just Liberated My Modules
A few weeks ago a patent lawyer sent me an e-mail to ask me to unpublish “kik” module from NPM. My answer was “no” and h…
Hasnain says:
I feel sorry for all the Node users who had their builds break
Posted on 2016-03-23T07:16:19+0000
U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone
The Justice Department moved to cancel a Tuesday court hearing in its bid to gain access to phone data in the San Bernardino mass shooting inquiry.
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Posted on 2016-03-22T02:45:03+0000
How sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll are creating the next big tech companies
Fifty years ago, when someone heard the word ‘vice,’ they may have thought about the seven deadly sins: envy, wrath, lust, pride, sloth, pride and..
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Posted on 2016-03-21T16:40:35+0000
We only hire the trendiest
An acquaintance of mine, let’s call him Mike, is looking for work after getting laid off from a contract role at Microsoft, which has happened to a lot of people I know. Like me, Mike has 11 years in industry. Unlike me, he doesn’t know a lot of folks at trendy companies, so I passed his resume arou…
Hasnain says:
This is a great read on hiring bias in tech
"When I started programming, I heard a lot about how programmers are down to earth, not like those elitist folks who have uniforms involving suits and ties. You can even wear t-shirts to work! But if you think programmers aren’t elitist, try wearing a suit and tie to an interview sometime. You’ll have to go above and beyond to prove that you’re not a bad cultural fit. We like to think that we’re different from all those industries that judge people based on appearance, but we do the same thing, only instead of saying that people are a bad fit because they don’t wear ties, we say they’re a bad fit because they do, and instead of saying people aren’t smart enough because they don’t have the right pedigree… wait, that’s exactly the same."
Posted on 2016-03-21T15:18:05+0000
FIFA admits to World Cup hosting bribes, asks U.S. for return of money
While acknowledging for the first time that votes were bought in past World Cup hosting contests, FIFA is seeking to claim "tens of millions of dollars" in bribe money seized by U.S. federal prosecutors.
Nassim Taleb: The Global Rebellion Against "No-Skin-in-the-Game" Insiders
Postmodernism, the ongoing crisis of authority, and the Libertarian Moment.
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Posted on 2016-03-21T06:38:21+0000
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Hasnain says:
"Look: Microsoft still has some old-fashioned hardcore talented developers who can code circles around brogrammers down in the valley. These people have a keen appreciation of the complexities of operating system development and an eye for good, clean design. The NT kernel is still much better than Linux in some ways --- you guys be trippin' with your overcommit-by-default MM nonsense --- but our good people keep retiring or moving to other large technology companies, and there are few new people achieving the level of technical virtuosity needed to replace the people who leave. We fill headcount with nine-to-five-with-kids types, desperate-to-please H1Bs, and Google rejects. We occasionally get good people anyway, as if by mistake, but not enough. Is it any wonder we're falling behind? The rot has already set in."
Ouch. Big rant about MSFT from 2013
Posted on 2016-03-21T06:33:06+0000
ART OF MONEY GETTING
ART OF MONEY GETTING