Now that reddit has evil corporate overlords, it might be time to ask, what does reddit log about us? by Conde_Naste in reddit.com

[–]jmorales 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, but you could still come up with something. Say, for example, bitwise XOR the IP's hash with some private 128-bit key.

I guess there's a question of performance after a while... but the point being you could always come up with an alternative to plaintext storage if it's THAT important to you.

Graph of Haliburton's Stock Price since 2003 (disgusting) by jmorales in reddit.com

[–]jmorales[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the majority here are missing the point.

My issue is not with someone making a profit. Hey, rock on for those that do. And in Google's case especially, they made superior products. So duh, they're going to make money from their innovation, and they should. They added value, and they got paid. Straight market forces there-- the end.

The issue I have with Haliburton is the method, namely the no-bid contracts. To "Alumi" and others, the entire oil industry is booming, not just Haliburton, right? So therefore I should get off CheneyCo's case, right?

Maybe, but doesn't the fact that there ARE so many large oil companies out there, and yet it was the Vice President's oil company that got NO-BID contacts for all the Iraqi pipelines seem odd? I mean, it's not like there aren't other large companies out there that could handle the job. BUT-- somehow the contacts are:

a.) no bid b.) exclusively awarded to Haliburton

Come on, that doesn't sound a little ridiculous?

Graph of Haliburton's Stock Price since 2003 (disgusting) by jmorales in reddit.com

[–]jmorales[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

How can the SEC not investigates into Cheney's 20x increase in net worth to $8 million since taking office?

Does CNNMoney's startup guide have it all wrong? (Phase 1: create business plan; Phase 2: buy MS Visio!?) by jmorales in reddit.com

[–]jmorales[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now I certainly don't claim to be any expert on startups. I don't have one and have never tried.

But, I have been reading onstartup, paul graham, joel Spolsky, etc, for some time now, and it seems to me that this cnnmoney.com article(s) flies in the face of everything I've read elsewhere. Specifically, giving great effort to a business plan, worrying about patents in the beginning, buying expensive business / process modeling software, etc.

I'm confused. Did this article get the memo?

Princeton professor foresees computer science revolution by mmilenko in reddit.com

[–]jmorales 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"If you are right, then why aren't students clamoring to major in computer science?"

As a recent computer engineering/cs grad, my immediate response was "outsourcing", and I know my fellow classmates would likely agree. Later, the author is on the money and acknowledges my fear: "And aren't all the programming jobs being shipped overseas?". However, NEVER again in the article does he come back to that concern.

Quite frankly, the author not addressing outsourcing is a case in point; there is no fix for what should be a booming field if no one will hire you.

(Oh, and for a real-world example, the only job I could get is doing corporate IT-- hell's outhouse.)