came here to say the same thing. That data is gold. It lets Amazon know who to target next.

This.

As some others have said, a home can be an income generator for some folks. For me, I made some money on my house. It pales in comparison to the money I could have made doing contract work on the side instead of working on my god damned house. Houses are great if you want to get distracted and collect a bunch of shit. Houses are great if you really need personal space. Houses tie you down and limit your opportunities in life.

Now, I was forced to liquidate my house to settle a divorce, so take my thoughts as sour grapes if you like, but now that I'm a renter I'm appreciating the benefits. It's nice to be mobile and have the freedom to follow the jobs.

Regarding Pittsburgh... The thing is, when you move to a cheaper place like that it can trap you. You're suddenly making less money, and have less assets. When that lucrative California job appears in 10 years, guess what? You can't take it. If I stay in the valley I retain my option to move wherever I like. It's a one-shot deal(not really, but it sort of is), so use it wisely.

Is there an advantage to moving somewhere cheap and getting paid less? Yes! You pay less in taxes. I'd rather get paid more and pay slightly more taxes than just make less money. It's up to you.

Never had this. I have had endless recruiters send me job offers for things outside my core competency(embedded linux, c/c++/python). I have never gotten close to the interview stage without establishing the requirements of the job. My time, and the time of the interviewer, is very valuable. Senior dev time is expensive. Both me and the companies I have interviewed with have always made damn sure, usually through phone interviews, that we are on the same page regarding the job's requirements. I think you need to turn down interviews where you haven't directly spoken with the company beforehand.

I couldn't care less about Python's whitespace handling. Once you accept it, it just fades away and you deal with it. I'm much more annoyed by Python's dynamic typing. I work at a place that has decided to use Python as a 'systems language' on an embedded platform. Navigating large Python codebases is difficult because you can't say what a function expects or returns without thoroughly examining it. I started my current job with a deep fondness for Python but now I'm less fond of it. Python, like many languages, has it's place and does certain things well.

I prefer C. C++ is interesting but they keep bolting on shit that doesn't seem to flow with the rest of the language. I like "C with classes" style C++ but beyond that you can keep it.

I recently taught myself Javascript. The language itself is atrocious but I like working with the DOM and CSS. You get a lot of cool things for very little work. It's worse than Python in many ways yet I'm strangely comfortable with it. I'm looking forward to doing some more JS.

At the end of the day, I'll do whatever pays well. I have alimony to worry about so I'll do whatever dance I have to in order to be able to retire some day. I'm probably going to leave the embedded world soon because, despite the increased difficulty, it just doesn't seem to pay well these days. People want enterprise programmers and full-stack developers, so that's what I'm looking at transitioning to. It's a step down from what I used to make, but I'm looking at a ~$150k/year work from anywhere gig, 40 hours a week, doing full-stack shit.

> None went to a job he did not like,

Pretty easy when you don't have alimony payments. Some of us have to work just to pay our court ordered obligations, whether or not we like it. Must be nice to have options.

Effing slashdot... I didn't reply to that guy, I replied to the other guy who thought we'd have 26 more weeks of 30% growth which is unsustainable(and obvious with a bit of math). It looks like I replied to the Bitcoin skeptic, but if you click 'parent' on my reply it shows the other guy.

Grandparent's math is correct. The current growth rate is not sustainable.

Oh, look, another coinhead who can't do math.

> though it will not be a sudden crash

BTC value is solely based on its reputation. It could lose all of its value in an hour.

BTC may solve the inflation "problem" with currency, but it still has many problems. Look at its historical volatility. Only a moron, a speculator or a criminal would put their money in it now.

actually they just released a new roamio dvr for $400 flat and no monthly fees targeted at cord cutters.

tivo actually may do well over the next year or so unless PS Vue, slingtv and others pick up steam.

I doubt very many /.ers are stupid enough to run out and buy a Dyson... ...and it's a crowd that likely isn't very Dyson(i.e. gimmick) friendly.

If it's a /.vertisement, it's money poorly spent.

It depends on how powerful the next generation of phones/tablets/goggles are. If they are powerful enough to present a reasonable VR gaming experience at an affordable price then there will likely be no need for a next generation of consoles. If, however, more computing power can be crammed into a console device, and if developers can take advantage of that extra power, and if the total experience can be delivered at a competitive price point then I expect consoles to continue to be developed.

Tablets certainly have a lot going for them. They are portable. They do multiple functions reasonably well. A wider audience may already own them. Maybe most of all - there are only two OSes to develop for. Now the hardware does vary, so unless the APIs are well designed you're going to have to deal with varying user experiences.

Ok, I stand corrected.

How do they still get full 3d with the pancake design though? I mean, if I tilt my head to the side so that my view is orthogonal to the plane of the camera system, would I still see accurate 3d? I'm guessing not.

> "17-lens 3D VR camera"

Nonononono. It's a 360 degree VR camera. It is *not* also 3d. I don't think anyone has one of those yet, right? It would be difficult to get both omnidirectional *AND* binocular(i.e. 3D) in the same design.

I wonder if something like the Lytro tech would help with that...

Hey cool I'll have to check that out! IMHO, despite making money implementing the various UI's on various platforms(I'm an embedded sw guy), I would much prefer a 3rd party UI to unite everything.

D'oh sorry, that's what I meant. Definitely worth the $14.99 or whatever it is they're charging me. Vastly better content library than Netflix.