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Usual rant .. I think paywalled articles don't have a place on Google search results and also HN. I suppose someone will reply telling me to change my user-agent or something else.…

What does "2x liquidation preference for $2,000,000" mean?

My latest gen Apple TV wants to disagree with you. As does my wife's first gen Apple Watch ... both are magical turds IMHO.

Amazon is killing it in IoT/Smart Home. However, IMHO, they are making a bit of mistake by not allowing developers to monetize their platform (at least the last time I checked). Th…

Wish Canada did something like startup chile .. I'd move and do a startup in a heartbeat.

Wish they deployed this in Mountain View. I see like 20 of these a day going around aimlessly. I'd sign up as a customer!

Shower? For me, that makes the lunch break workout impractical :(

In the old days (like .. a few months ago), I was able to google for articles and click them to see full stories. I suspect this was done so that articles would be indexed by Googl…

I knew a guy with an eye patch, and politeness prevented me from asking how that happened. Now I know that one of the causes is cancer .. but it is a bit surprising that I only lea…

How to play it???

I'm curious what the fundamental underlying tech is that is driving Lora and Sigfox? E.g. cdma has a few core ideas that make the magic work. What is the equivalent fundamental con…

Your last point reminded me of some old days for me. I too taught as an adjunct when I was younger. I would try to bring industry insiders to visit for the Software Design course. …

Yes .. the early discounts on games explains it. Very odd from the typical way discounting happens on XBox, etc. Typical games lose value a month or two after release. Nintendo cra…

RIP. For you youngins ... you may want to read up on him. He is an example of a boss we'd be fortunate to get at some point in our life.

They really have the worst supply chain out there. A bunch of people I know wanted this and/or the Switch. These are casual gamers who may not care later.

The article and title are a bit sensational but makes valid points.

Wait .. is this the track where you get a mentor or does it include the "follow along" track as well?

This!!! At the top-level, you know people are not slackers. They want to do their best to contribute. It is true that goals are not always aligned, etc. In the modern world, it see…

You got into an MBA program on whim? Was it full-time?? I look at the sticker price for the degree (around 100K just base tuition for a top program; more than double that in lost i…

Equal society? Lets see you buy a detached house in Toronto if you are a first generation immigrant, and your parents are not loaded. If you do not own property today, I don't see …

Why? I've never lived there but it seems one of the few places with tech jobs and houses that don't cost a million bucks.

Spot on. This new institute (and other govt efforts like it) all fail to answer this fundamental question - why would someone work at half the pay (or less) if they were a Canadian…

For the past few years, I've noticed that a major news site (CNN) has titles that I would term click-baity. Seems wrong to me.

I really wanted to get that board - but the price difference between academic and regular users was a bit too much given this was coming out of my own pocket (I ended up buying use…