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xvirk

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xvirk··on Europe Is Struggling to Foster a Startup Culture
First of all, Europe is a huge continent with a very diverse population. Secondly people in every country have different levels of risk tolerance. Thirdly social class is not so big issue. Of course it depends on country for example Scandinavian and Central European countries don't have social class systems as much developed as in UK.
xvirk··on Modern SQL in PostgreSQL
is it even possible ?
xvirk··on Don't call yourself a programmer (2011)
wasn't it posted 4 years ago ?
xvirk··on $1.6B in funding and $7B in exits: Chicago tech just had its best year ever
are your comments always grayed ?
xvirk··on String vs. string in C#
you'd be surprised how many don't know about it
xvirk··on Why F# evangelism isn't working
That's because F# is a Microsoft language and by thus it is limited to .NET world. But if we look at other ML languages such OCaml we can see that they're gaining popularity.
xvirk··on Private colleges are a waste of money for white, middle class kids
Although it sounds reasonable, I'm not sure whether this way of contacts/pedigree is needed everywhere. For example in (continental) Europe people are treated more equally, probably because majority of good universities are public.
xvirk··on What happens when you search 'ugly hack' in GitHub
it's even better when you search for "temporary hack"

https://github.com/search?q=temporary+hack&type=Code&ref=sea...

xvirk··on Why you might not want to incorporate in the USA
whenever someone is boasting about how the scandinavia is a paradise I'd suggest reading this article in Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/27/scandinavian-mi...