I wonder if the infected squirrels will reinfect the growing rat population in San Francisco and repeat the cycle.
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halfnibble commented on Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming? · Posted by u/napolux
The problem with such predictions (likewise stock market) is that they are not binary. The question is not if a stock goes up or down. The question is "when?". There is no such thing as "opposite" of a date (in a useful sense).
There is actually another questions "how much?". There is also no opposite for that.
But many predictions ARE basically binary. I made so much money on the "Will Trump be impeached by the end of 2019?" question. I can't believe how many people put money on that.
halfnibble commented on Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming? · Posted by u/napolux
PredictIt was pretty fun for me until I bet ~$250 on Hillary in 2016. I haven't touched binary options since then.
I've made a ton of money in PredictIt just by betting from a GOP perspective (I'm guessing not many "investors" go that way, so the odds are skewed).
MTurk sucks. I need to have over a thousand video transcripts manually fixed, and so far, only about 15% come back even close. Most MTurkers submit the original, unmodified transcript, or something completely irrelevant. I have to use diffing software just to quickly scan each submission for scammers trying to make a quick buck. Granted, I feel like a scammer myself for paying so little (but the decision for payout is coming from above me).
halfnibble commented on Ask HN: What would you do with a monthly budget to spend on development time? · Posted by u/TomTasche
Tedious development tasks.
halfnibble commented on Startup Stock Options – Why a Good Deal Has Gone Bad steveblank.com/2019/04/10... · Posted by u/furkansahin
You're being downvoted, but I agree.
I worked at a BigCorp and it was one of the worst years of my life. The work/life balance was awful, and the pay was shit compared to the hours I put in and satisfaction I got out of the job. All other experiences I've had have been much more satisfying.
On top of this, people think BigCorp is a safe bet where a startup is not, but BigCorp lays people off in large swaths all the time because their stock price moves a millimeter in some random direction.
Can someone tell me what letter "BigCorp" starts with? I'm scared because I'm looking at a job at a big corp., but I was under the impression that I could leave the office at 5pm.
halfnibble commented on How to Permanently Disable Chrome Full-Screen Mode geekermag.com/permanently... · Posted by u/vineydhiman
Windows only. :(
halfnibble commented on When Microsoft's eBook store closes, your books disappear too bbc.co.uk/news/technology... · Posted by u/yawz
I didn't even know Microsoft had an eBook store. Somebody in marketing needs to get laid off.
halfnibble commented on Microsoft Launches Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Mac venturebeat.com/2019/04/0... · Posted by u/symisc_devel
Anyone know how it performs on Mac?
I'm a developer with about 6 years experience in full stack web app development (Rails & Django mostly), and I recently got my ass absolutely kicked during a couple of live coding challenges that were very heavy on theory (also worth mentioning that I'm a self-taught dev without a CS degree).
I started talking to some former coworkers about my experience, and I got 2 main responses: A) it's imperative to have a CS foundation regardless of your degree if you want to advance in your career, and B) employers only consider prior experience to certain degree.
The two interviews that I bombed involved heavily contrived coding challenges that tested CS fundamentals in ways that I've never encountered in a professional environment, so it doesn't surprise me at all to see services like this popping up.
I was failing interviews too until I picked up an undergrad CS algorithms book and read through the first few chapters on data structures and theory. Then I signed up for LeetCode premium. After a couple months of reading and practicing, I was getting an offer from every place I interviewed at. Now I’m at one of those big name software companies, and if I’m ever asked to interview a candidate—well, I don’t know what I’ll do. Maybe something with a binary search tree. I’ve literally never had to use that in 8 years of development. :)