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symbionon Ask HN: What numbers do you pay attention to daily?

Lately ? My weight :P

symbionon Ask HN: Rescinding a Job Offer for Another

"It has pushed me to reconsider. The number 1 company I want to work for instead is Uber mostly because of it's astounding growth -> I'm more likely to get rich."

Ask yourself how likely ? Is it 50% or more like 1% ? I know very little about Uber, mind you.

symbionon I Just lost my first hackathon. Should I stop programming?

I just wrote a buggy program, should I stop programming ? I just failed a business, should I stop being a business man ?

Obviously you should stop because it never worthwhile to spend time on what you like to do :)

symbionon Ask HN: Why are start ups today raising so much money?

Hype (partially) is a factor. Others are : - Fear of missing out on the "next" facebook. - Investors are risk averse. They tend to flock in to deals where other investors are already in. - Disruptive market technology (with huge potential payout) -> invest a lot -> get bigger equity/ownership percentage and then make some big returns.

symbionon Ask HN: List of “must do's” before launching iOS app

- test your code :)

symbionon Equity for seed funded companies

2%-5% I would say.

symbionon Equity for seed funded companies

Serie A ? If yes, 1% equity min, more if your direct boss is the CTO/CEO.

symbionon Ask HN: As a co-founder, should development of minimum viable product be free?

Well, if he is also working for free, then it is "reasonable". If he is not, then why should you ? Unless the reward/risk ratio is very good for you.

symbionon Ask HN: How do you escape CRUD jobs?

- Do non CRUD work outside work - Once you have enough experience/knowledge, seek out a non CRUD job.

symbionon 21/12/2012 Doomday report

In Taipei - Nothing either, it is a beautiful day.

symbionon Ask HN: Can't stay at a company for more than an year.

What are you into ? What kind of gig did you do ?

symbionon Ask HN: What Is The Best Approach To Learn A Programming Language?

Write code with it. Nothing beats hand-on experience.

symbionon Ask HN: What Do You Do In The First Hour of The Day?

Write code + learn about forex.

symbionon Ask HN: How would you simplify international money transfer?

I believe the system should mimic the email system: - a simple unique identifier. Eg: me@mybank.com, you@yourbank.com - any mail client would do - mail content (amount and currency details)

Paypal does this but: - it is fairly convoluted process now - requires Paypal software (website or app)

symbionon Ask HN: how much of your programming skills depends on Google

Right now ? 90% because I am learning a new programming language.

symbionon Little development time vs perfect code?

You are right. Code optimisation should be a process rather than a task in itself.

symbionon Little development time vs perfect code?

Priority list ? Good idea. I have a JIRA instance for my project with all tasks though none of them are prioritised. It might seems slightly overkill but I guess I could use it to prioritise task/issues with it.

PS: Lumberjack ? Are you the one who wrote the Cocoa Lumberjac logging API by any chance ?