balls2you (u/balls2you)

balls2you commented on Reversing NvAPI to Programmatically Overclock Nvidia GPUs 1vwjbxf1wko0yhnr.wordpres... · Posted by u/cubicfur

shade23 · 11 years ago

Am i the only one who is fascinated by the choice of: -the website name -the about section -the contact email id ?

balls2you · 11 years ago

No. I noticed it too. In the license he revealed his possibly real name and email id, but tried to be anonymous in the blog by using an ID looking like a Bitcoin address. Or maybe he just wants you to send him more Bitcoin for the code.

balls2you commented on Ask HN: Co worker does not like me · Posted by u/0x400614

0x400614 · 11 years ago

No other team members do not think that. My close co worker friend also disagreed, and I do believe her, because we are close. The person who told my source (person who sits next to me), had his friend (co worker) next to him as well, and his friend disagreed with him that I am condescending. This person that believes I am has not made any effort to confront me on this issue. Based on the current evidence, he doesn't know that I know what he said.

balls2you · 11 years ago

Talk to the person who says you're condescending and ask them for situations where you were. Then analyze whether you were or not. The problem with a lot of developers/scientists/"people who have been told they are smart all their life" is that they may think they're making a point or describing something but most of them can be condescending because they think they are always right. It is an attitude change.

If you cannot confront your critics, you cannot correct yourself if you're in the wrong. Also it will help you maneuver social situations better.

To be or not to be condescending - that is a situation that needs to be understood, before you actually act it.

balls2you commented on Handy, a hot startup for home cleaning, has a big mess of its own slate.com/articles/busine... · Posted by u/prostoalex

balls2you · 11 years ago

Great article outlining how disconnected the startup culture is from real life and empathy towards its employees and contractors. If this is the direction these startups are going, it will be no surprise that they will all shut down soon. Same fate as Homejoy.

balls2you commented on Online Cheating Site AshleyMadison Hacked krebsonsecurity.com/2015/... · Posted by u/albedoa

cjsthompson · 11 years ago

Saudi Arabia allows polygyny which is the complete opposite of this.

balls2you · 11 years ago

Saudi Arabia criminalizes adultery which is "having an affair". Polygyny means you're legally married which is allowed in Saudi Arabia but having an adulterous relationship is criminal.

balls2you commented on Dear Unicorn, Exit Please techcrunch.com/2015/07/23... · Posted by u/smullaney

ryandrake · 11 years ago

Why would you exercise a stock option to receive stock you can't sell? If you can't sell it, it's not worth $1,000,000--it's a piece of paper that might one day be worth more or less than $1,000,000.

balls2you · 11 years ago

Why work for a startup then ?

balls2you commented on Dear Unicorn, Exit Please techcrunch.com/2015/07/23... · Posted by u/smullaney

ryandrake · 11 years ago

Then, simply don't exercise your options--you won't have any taxes to worry about.

balls2you · 11 years ago

So if you don't exercise your options, then why take the pay cut and work twice as hard for a startup ? The whole thing reeks of a scam against early employees.

balls2you commented on Online Cheating Site AshleyMadison Hacked krebsonsecurity.com/2015/... · Posted by u/albedoa

amyjess · 11 years ago

Having an affair actually is illegal in almost half the US, and in some states, it's even a felony.

balls2you · 11 years ago

> Having an affair actually is illegal in almost half the US, and in some states, it's even a felony.

Wow! United Saudi Arabia (USA)!