jmj4
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UWaterloo Mechatronics Eng.
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Comment · 12 years ago
Here's a link to the original HN discussion from September 2010: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1719975
Comment · 12 years ago
Rent seems to be at least 50% higher in SF though[1]. How is that?
[1] http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?coun...
Comment · 13 years ago
Fiat currency is valueless and can only be used because people trust the government issuing it. If Bitcoin can gain the trust of enough people, it can easily become more 'valuable' then many currencies in existence at the moment.
Comment · 14 years ago
PG does seem to make this differentiation: http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
What does "deeply interesting" mean? It means stuff that teaches you about the world. A story about a robbery, for example, would probably not be deeply interesting. But if this robbery was a sign of some bigger, underlying trend, then perhaps it could be.
The worst thing to post or upvote is something that's intensely but shallowly interesting. Gossip about famous people, funny or cute pictures or videos, partisan political articles, etc. If you let that sort of thing onto a news site, it will push aside the deeply interesting stuff, which tends to be quieter.
Either way, I agree that this article probably shouldn't be on hn.
EDIT: It looks like this has been flagged and removed from the front page
Comment · 14 years ago
I don't want to be too rude, but to quote the hn guidelines
What to Submit
On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
I'm not saying that this article belongs here, but hn is not just for discussing hacking and startups.
Comment · 14 years ago
>Start by deciding what you want to do
I was recently pointed towards Principles[1] by Ray Dalio by someone here on HN, and I highly recommend it. He talks about getting what you want out of life, and how that starts by figuring out what you want. He then lays out a process to get you there. If you're thinking about your career path, give it a read. It's long, and somewhat tedious prose, but it provided me a lot of insight as I'm figuring out what I want to do post-graduation.
[1]http://www.bwater.com/Uploads/FileManager/Principles/Bridgew...
Comment · 14 years ago
I keep my eye out for Vidyard video's around the web, but the lack of branding makes it hard to tell where it's from. But I guess that's the point.
Congratulations on the milestone.
Comment · 14 years ago
I'm still in school; just finished 3A, so ive got a pretty fresh look at things. It seems to me Waterloo's stature is rising in The Valley, and they are offering more jobs. I had about 30-40% of my class go to Apple this semester, for example.
Comment · 14 years ago
I'm just running off personal experience here (I've been through the Velocity Residence and Eng), but of the 10 smartest kids I know, all but one is in The Valley/Seattle. I think they plan to stay South after graduation.
Why do you think you can you get better talent? Less competition? People want to be closer to home? You can offer more in perks, salary, ect compared to local companies?
Ps. Sick boots in that lederhosen picture.