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aeling | 9 years ago | on: C for Python programmers (2011)

In my group's case, it means both. We expect new hires to know C++ for most of our work, but for portability across different architectures C is sometimes still necessary.

aeling | 9 years ago | on: How Not to Bomb Your Offer Negotiation

I didn't interview with my current boss, but he definitely knows my total comp down to the dollar and stock/bonus/salary split - I've seen it on his screen during annual performance & bonus reviews. This is at a big 5 company.

aeling | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Laptop that doesn't suck

Seconded - I have a Precision M4800 for setting up and doing actual work (real keyboard, big screen, etc.) and an XPS 13 for portability....in theory. In reality, the M4800 has been off for months, and the XPS 13 is the best device I've ever owned (though the first was DOA and I had to get it replaced).

aeling | 9 years ago | on: Investing Returns on the S&P500

It's discussed near the bottom of the writeup, but the author suggests somebody else may be better suited to do it:

What about Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) instead of Lump Sum Investing (LSI)?

This one is going to be a little more difficult. I've included the original code and it's open-source, so if you want to play with the numbers, you can try to do this yourself. However, there are a couple points I'd like to keep in mind:

•You're working with a "cash multiplier" as the main result. You'd be trading in a unitless scale for a scale with units since you'll need to specify a base value. Perhaps the act of buying a single share of SP500 per year might help with keeping the scale nondimensional?

•There's inflation data in there, but at some point you're going to have to account for that if you're using dollars as a scale. How does one compare investing a dollar in 1902 vs. 2002?

•DCA will probably cause some scaling issues. You'll need to accurately tune your algorithm to reflect an equivalent investment under the LSI algorithm I provide.

My prediction is that DCA will "thin out" the plot and bring a lot more values closer to the average. This makes investing a bit safer, but at the cost of slower gains.

aeling | 10 years ago | on: Denmark confirms US sent rendition flight for Snowden

Despite being a US citizen who also enjoys guns, I don't understand this rationale at all. What kind of government overreach would private ownership of firearms stop? It obviously wouldn't interfere with any sort of targeted attack on an individual (that's what drones are for), and I have a hard time believing it would deter even ground attacks. A few guys in the woods with AR-15s aren't going to be a speed bump for any concerted effort by a nation-state, let alone this one.

*Disclaimer: I disagree with our use of drones, don't think anyone should come to take away private guns, and don't believe any of this is a real risk. I'm just trying to understand the large group that believes their guns will protect them from the military.

aeling | 10 years ago | on: A Canvas Made of Pixels

Interesting, I'd never seen these before. I can't seem to find any info on pricing or availability on Framed's site, though; am I missing something?

aeling | 10 years ago | on: Uber shakes up real estate market with massive lease in Oakland

Sorry, I should have clarified - I'm thinking of a few friends in particular who would be fresh-out-of-undergrad developers coming from shared apartments where they were paying $300-$350/mo. The change from 8k debt/year to 80k income/year is significant enough that there are people who wouldn't question the 80k number as a far-more-than-enough wage.

aeling | 10 years ago | on: Uber shakes up real estate market with massive lease in Oakland

As a Midwestern coder, I could definitely see peers making that mistake - 80k seems like a lot when you're used to rent in the low hundreds. That said, where are you getting 80k? I didn't see it in either the GP link or the original story, and would expect Uber to be hiring at higher salaries than that given other comments in this thread re: the cash/stock split.

aeling | 11 years ago | on: Valleyball

FYI - the three links at the bottom (Product Hunt, Yo, and Uber) just link to the home page, rather than the companies' pages.
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