0xC0DECAFE2020's comments

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 8 years ago | on: Don't get caught up in blockchain hype

I think it really pertains to using merkle trees. If you take a deep look into how bitcoin actually is implemented merkle trees are the base with which it is formed around.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 8 years ago | on: Report: Ageism in the Tech Industry

I have no issue with the DS/A questions myself, but their use use and arbitrary nature of acceptance as right or wrong coupled with the ability of the interviewer's own bias to take it in whichever direction they desire is full of land mines. And I had never thought of ease with which the process could be undermined even if it where to be improved.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 8 years ago | on: Report: Ageism in the Tech Industry

Ignore it at your own peril. I've hit it head to the point of self testing its existence. I was floored by the situations, comments and outright unprofessional treatment I've received while interviewing with the top companies, Amazon and Apple among them. And they are not alone. Smaller companies can be much worse.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 8 years ago | on: Almost half of tech workers worry about losing their jobs because of ageism

They should be. It's really happening.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 8 years ago | on: New law bans California employers from asking applicants their prior salary

See how long you last playing those games. Who in their right mind, other than the desperate among us, would work for a company that would do such a thing?

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 8 years ago | on: US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High

Lol. Snap me up Scotty!

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 8 years ago | on: US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High

They succeed because of connections, plain and simple.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 9 years ago | on: Marc Andreessen: “Take the Ego Out of Ideas”

I commend you for pointing out what they don't, or can't, see. I have all but given up countering the "I'm invincible" crowd. However, I'm very empathetic to the view point, I myself held it at one time - at one time.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 9 years ago | on: Combating Fraud and Abuse in the H-1B Visa Program

Excellent. I was looking for this, as no articles seemed to provide a link although they mentioned it. I'm reporting a company today.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 9 years ago | on: Uber's experiment in behavioral science to subtly entice drivers

Consider yourself lucky. It's never happened to me. I've only been charged numerous cancellation fees. Im starting to think i can just walked there faster.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 9 years ago | on: Thanks for Submitting Your Résumé to This Black Hole

Amazon does this all the time. I can't count on two hands the number of times I've seen them do this.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 9 years ago | on: The Dangerous Safety of College

Just this week I was at a McDonald's for morning coffee amd walked in on a guy going balistic at the employees... because CNN was on the monitors. He was yelling at them to turn off the "fake news." It was at that point that I realized just how bad this is about to get.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 9 years ago | on: Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?

Wow! A whole new low. I never thought I would see it get worse but here it is.

Please tell me we are better than this as a profession.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 9 years ago | on: Falling Home Prices Could Be a Good Thing

I'm in the process of researching alternatives to conventional housing. It's a fascinating area to research. The alternatives, particularly with regard to new building systems and modes of living, are available at reasonable cost. The road blocks in the way are breaking with tradition/mindset and filling the gap with regard to rent seeking revenues both public and private, but mostly public in the form of property taxes.

I see us being on the cusp of a change in attitudes and the way we value housing.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 9 years ago | on: The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely

And therin lies the situation. WSJ is worth very little to the very many. I see it as just another editorialized website. Was it always that way? No. Paper editions of the wall street journal were very good, on occasion. Web editions in the new age of journalism, not even close. No where near worth even trying to go around their paywall.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 9 years ago | on: Rackspace lays off 200 locals in company-wide cuts

It's funny how people lose sight of what the 'cloud' really is. Abstractions can be self defeating in some instances.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 9 years ago | on: Amicus brief on behalf of 97 tech companies

Says it all that you make a good point and are still getting down voted. This industry is very nervous about something and it's my belief it has more to do with what's coming next.

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 9 years ago | on: My Next Mac Mini

I've been in situations like this as well. It's crazy to sit across from someone in an interview and think to yourself, "This person has no idea and I'm not going to let them in on it."

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 9 years ago | on: Software Developers Should Have Sysadmin Experience

I have been at this since the early nineties and can't comprehend that someone can be a developer and not have any experience with How to set up and administer the environment. I guess it's a normal thing now?

0xC0DECAFE2020 | 9 years ago | on: Software Developers Should Have Sysadmin Experience

I recently questioned someone about this very subject. They wanted to hire a "CSS expert" because the "developer" didn't have a grasp of css after having developed the project in JS/HTML. I was so confused as to how that's possible.