Readit Newshaakonhr commented on Microsoft's lack of quality control is out of control theregister.com/2025/11/0... · Posted by u/pjmlp
"Spanish" as one single standardized language is being a bit charitable though.
As opposed to English?
haakonhr commented on Ask HN: In which programming language is it better to make your own language? · Posted by u/Forgret
I used Racket a few times, which is designed to write new languages. Well worth a look: https://racket-lang.org/#easy-dsls
haakonhr commented on Ask HN: Percent of employees that benefit financially from equity offers? · Posted by u/rickcarlino
He means VSOPs.
They aren't shares, but options. So if the company's valuation skyrocket you hit the jackpot, but if the company growth stales you get nothing.
Of course, RSUs are better, but VSOP has a non-zero chance of making you money, it isn't 100% though.
It's not options either (that would be ESOPs), but actually a kind of bonus structure. If there is an exit event, as specified in the VSOP agreement, you get a bonus that should be the same as what real options would have been worth. They are taxed as normal income, but you do not have to pay tax when you receive them. In the past you would have to pay tax on real options when receiving them even though they'd most likely never pay out.
haakonhr commented on Ask HN: How to approach first days on a new job as a senior PM? · Posted by u/LifeIsBio
I have never worked as a pure PM, but I have worked with several. I would say that the most important thing is to build trust with your team and to be ready to adapt to the existing process. From there on you can start introducing small changes towards a better working mode, but do not get caught up in process over outcome. Remember why you are there.
haakonhr commented on I failed moving my Google calendar to Proton shilin.ca/i-tried-moving-... · Posted by u/true_pk
> Storage in UTC and converting to a local timezone for display / notification purposes has been the standard practice for a looong time.
All good until summer time kicks in and your recurring 9am meeting now starts at 8am, oops.
But summertime is a (at least here) a separate timezone, e.g., CET vs CEST
Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl, a explorer/anthropologist. He and a group of other volunteers sailed across the pacific on a raft built using ancient methods to prove that the pacific isles were settled by south americans (this turned out to be wrong based on population genetics). Great read!