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In theory, some of them have gyroscope things that can send a signal if they are not upright.

Barrier of entry.

Folks like me that haven't ridden a bike since they were a kid are scared as hell of riding around traffic. Scooters are much more approachable.

That's because the city has no solutions.

So far they've only tried telling the universities to build more dorms and give up some of the housing they have.

I mean, there's plenty of new apartment buildings going up around Boston, but they're all luxury.

Boston does not require a car. Got rid of my car 10 years ago.

Only problem is that rent is more expensive near the subway. But we have buses and many many international workers and students. Very livable without a car.

Get out of their job for $5k? I agree I may be used to an area with a higher cost of living, but folks don't win $5k on Wheel of Fortune and think "now I can finally pursue my dream of becoming a poet."

Yeah that was also back when Southwest wasn't at Logan but wanted to advertise that they had the lowest fairs "in the Boston area".

I've had a PSVR since release.

I don't use it all the time. It takes extra effort and energy to set up and 'get into' a VR game that sometimes I just don't want to expend. And it's a very singular experience.

HOWEVER, without a doubt it has provided some of the most amazing experiences I've ever had in gaming. Get your VR legs and play through Resident Evil 7 and Skyrim VR and tell me that it's just a gimmick. No way.

And don't forget the chicken-egg problem. People see it as a fad because the majority of games are smaller 'tech-demo' types, but of course very few companies will invest much money in something available to only 5% of the gaming market.

Resident Evil 7 is the exception, and my God is it an amazing experience.

That was my thought too... why not just watch a foreign film? Those even take place in the country you want to learn about.

This really comes down to what you expect from the product and what your use case is.

I don't want something to select music for me. I listen to whole albums. I want to be able to search or an album or an artist and listen to one of their albums. Not a playlist that might feature them.

I hated Spotify's UX because it felt like it was hiding all of its music and trying to force me to listen to what it wanted me to hear.

The entire iTunes catalog free for me to listen fits my needs exactly.

Break news! Team uses filtering feature of Play Store to avoid installing app on devices where it doesn't work!

Alternativev (joke) takeaway: Javascript is as important to computers as machine code

I've never worked for a company that said "we are going to use technology that takes twice as long to implement new features."

Even when I worked in a boring industry like advertising and banking they expected things to be done by next sprint and were very accepting of the instability tradeoff.

I'm not saying that they're thesis is wrong: boring but stable software is a Very Good Thing, but it's not just us devs wanting to use the latest and greatest that's driving such quick tech adoptions.

Whoa! Whoa! Are you suggesting that the end experience with a programming framework might depend on the details of your specific project and should not be inferred from general blog posts? That's insane! /s

Ohhhhh, now I understand why that one ex-coworker that 'follow' stars about 20 projects a week. I always used them as bookmarks and I couldn't believe that they ever were going to use that many things.

This American Life did an entire episode about correcting one of their earlier episodes when they found out that the individual had made up many of the details. Honestly, the retraction episode was better than the original one:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/454/mr-daisey-and-the-apple...

That font alone takes me back!

I try my hardest not to do any 'grading' based on someone's github, but instead use it as a reference of what I can expect when the candidate gets to the interview. There's always a feeling out point at the beginning of the interview. I don't want to waste time hashing out things they clearly understand and likewise I don't want to throw them something over their head. Looking at their Github helps give me a starting point.

Yes yes yes. It never made sense to me that our ticket sizing was supposed to be an estimate and yet the planning that used those estimates was considered a commitment. Totally insane.

The most important thing is to communicate how you were able to add value to the company. Translate your role into the services and value it added. Think about any big projects or major impacts you had and highlight them. Even if it's fixing some big bug or rewiring something, focus on what the effect was.

You also have the release of the PSVR, which is outselling both of them at ~$400.

I can vouch that here in the US, there are companies that track where a bike is locked/unlocked. This data is mapped and fed to a rebalancing team which can wrangle strays. In addition, paying a premium for not locking up next to a station can help steer correct behavior.

I'd like to see a quoted source that the reason NPR pushed back the publication was because he was too reasonable. I read that on the web this morning, but only found Milo himself saying that's why he thought it was delayed.

"Google says Hire is meant to help businesses do away with manually tracking candidates. "

Right, because there's no other software that exists to track applicants: http://www.softwareadvice.com/hr/applicant-tracking-software...

My issue was more with the answers given here, not the question asked. When I wrote this comment, the top comment and all of the others recommended studying interview questions, not algorithms and math FOR answering interview questions. That's what bothers me.

yes! I had to unsubscribe because I got sick of being downvoted for reminding people that career goals are not always about making the most money.

"If you think that algorithms and math are not applicable to programming at Amazon..."

When did I say that??

WTF is wrong with this industry?!?

You have 4 months to train for a better job and the best advice is to spend the time studying interview techniques??

I'm not criticizing anyones post here, but the industry in general. That's where we are? Teaching to the test??

I know, I know, "interviewing is broken" and "that's the way the big companies evaluate you" and all.. but geez! Is anyone else bothered by this? Isn't it possible to get a good job at a good company based on your skills & knowledge rather than interview-ability?

I can understand an argument of "well, OP wants to get into Google, and this is the best way", but maybe that means that sights are set too high... maybe it should take longer than 4 months to get a job at Google. Am I taking crazy pills?

I think you said it yourself that understanding is an important first step....

"Shot directly through MagicLeap technology"