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I was under the impression that once you begin the security screening process, if you attempt to leave before the screening is complete, you can be arrested.

I came to know about it after 10 years because I went to a doctor in the US for some check up. Thanks for cross-checking though

Sad! I am south asian and I just tried to register - they refused to sign me up as I have had hepatitis B in the past. In India, this is so common that people don't even know they have had it (I came to know about it 10 years after having it). I just remember having 'jaundice' once.

The ruby issue should improve performance of rails 3.0 as well. Given that the parent was comparing two rails versions on the same ruby version, I do think there has been a degradation in rails itself.

Agreed. Either Color has value, or it doesn't.

Let me know if you disagree - but I think the comparison to unscrupulous VCs is limited to the title of the post(which, IMHO, is mis-titled). In reality, the post is about something else. I quote: " I never say “no.” But I carefully qualify “yes.”"

A comparison would really be a VC saying - I will invest in your company if you give me 80% equity. Or Yes, I will invest if you hit 30% growth in profit for the next one month. That, to me, may be unfair in some cases, but doesn't sound unscrupulous.

Its in my profile, thanks

I am working on a startup in huntington beach. Would you like to hear a pitch?

I think you mean mortality, not morbidity.

Its the bodmas rule. Wolfram is interpreting -2^2 to mean -(2^2). I am sure if you write (-2)^2 in wolfram, it will give you 4.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-bodmas.html

A friend of mine works for Maruti(Indian subsidiary of Suzuki Motors). They let you 'buy' a Maruti car and pay the loan installments for you over 4 years. You become eligible for a new car every 3 years or so. If you ever leave, you keep the car, but take over the payments.

After 4 years, the car is yours.

What? I wasn't aware you needed to be irradiated just to enter into the US, even without planning to take any more flights. What is the rationale behind that?

" I don't have an exact breakdown of what just happened, because my logfile analyser is still churning, from 2am last night.That's because the Apache logfile today is over 500Mb it's normally about 150Kb. " The post is timed at 11:31.

I think another lesson learned is that the log analyzer needs to be analyzed.

I used to be super skinny in school/college. Due to my engineering degree, my starting salary was more than what my dad's retiring salary was (and he was obese). Then as I overworked and gorged on pizza while working in the office late in the day, my weight started to increase. Now, I am 10 pounds overweight and earning much more than what I began with.

Moral: Correlation does not imply causality.

Has someone tried this stuff? I don't know if I want to spend 800 bucks on something that I can't eat.

Please fix title - Saturday is Oct 9.

When I read the title I thought 'Why the hell would I want to know how to stop humor online.' The article is interesting and would be better served by a title like:

Humor on the web and why to stop it (if you run a community site)

If the expiration is fixed to be 15 mins and this shortener is forced on all users, that will resolve all criticisms of shortener sites - Everyone will soon come to know how they are breaking the web, eventually forcing people to use this in the intended use case only (i.e. shouting across the room)

Sometimes the best way to break a bad habit is to enforce it

Let me correct your math - there are 3600 seconds in an hour, so the Voyager is actually going <10 miles/sec

why can't they buy one in Delhi itself? lots of options are available that aren't that much pricier than the US. The last time I wanted to take a net book to India for a relative, we figured it was cheaper to buy in India directly as the US warranty is hard to apply in India anyways. In our case, it was:

Base Price (US) < Base Price (India)

Base Price+warranty(US) > Base Price (India)

Base Price+warranty(US) < Base Price + warranty (India)

-- i.e. the difference wasn't that large as evidenced by eq. 2

This advice makes sense to me, and I would personally never want to open something that's a feature for someone else. However, there are startups in this space that get angel/vc funded all the time (Rapportive).

I guess I see the following scenarios could make this work:

1. Build a 'feature' that is complex enough that the other company will see value in just acquiring you rather than eliminating you.

2. Work for early mega-adoption so that you can pivot to larger scope/better product based on feedback

Been there, done that. Do not get into this unless you are comfortable that:

1. There is an objective way to measure your performance

2. That way does not depend on any team level/company level objectives like finalizing a business model, completing a prototype, making a sale, getting funded - as a fresh grad, you will have little to no impact on any of these, and so you should neither be rewarded nor penalized for these

3. The current finances and burn rate of the startup makes you feel comfortable that the company will have the money to make the upgrade without hitch.

4a. You have absolute trust in the founders that they will stick to their word

4b. get the criteria in a contract

on second thoughts, if 4a is not true, you shouldn't join the startup anyway - startups have a lot more dependent on the founders being moral rather than a large company where everything is process driven.

Also, if you have to go the 4b route, you will potentially leave them with ill feeling towards you ('this guy doesn't even trust us'). Meaning you wouldn't/shouldn't get hired.

irony:

If others have ever noted that you're borderline perfectionistic, this is the job for you!

(on the customer service job posting)

awesome! Fastest/Cheapest way to teach laypeople about Facebook privacy issues.

science!=engineering, so I say vaporware until I see a prototype.

Ah, thank you. Now I feel we are on the same page. The nightcoder- talking to him is something I was not considering so far, but now am.

Could we also talk a bit more about the problem I was trying to get around to - how do you solve the second problem? How do I 'by all means don't let that happen'?

Agreed. You may want to see another comment I've made where I would be ok if they can explain the delay with a valid reason for it - personal reasons/infrastructure issues/unexpected complexity.

The basic point you are making is that if there are unplanned/under-planned developments, we need to account for them in a way that's humane, rather than forcing the developer to hold on to an arbitrarily identified date. I am all for it, but in my case, I am not getting any good reason for the delay, just a note that things are delayed.

sorry - English is not my first language. (Not fixing the comment to keep yours relevant)

I think my question is being taken the wrong way. Let me try asking again: I have work X to get done. I have a team member who I would like to work on this. I ask them to estimate the work, validate the estimates and then track against the same. In the weekly status calls, if they are behind schedule, can not give a justifiable reason for being behind (like personal reasons, unexpected technical complexity, hardware issues); how does the group manage?

heh, sure. I see how my comment is coming off as bitchy and is being downmodded. However, I am genuinely curious. There are people in my team that are currently just working 9-5. There is one guy who is working nights and weekends because he likes it, and then there is one guy that's working (productivity wise) 25-30 hrs a week while missing internal milestones.

Its frustrating to be in my place, because I feel sad for the nightouter when he picks up for the third guy