I have seen this at my jobs. Usually the titles are defined by HR so they can set the pay range to some sort of industry standard for that title. They often do not reflect the type of work being done to a highly specific degree. Some places are probably great at this classification of employees, but I've yet to see it personally.

I really enjoyed your overall Linux Performance Tool talk: http://youtu.be/SN7Z0eCn0VY

Thanks for sharing your expertise with performance monitoring. Releasing Atlas is adding tons of value to what I've already seen.

Interesting analysis. I could see Dogecoin becoming the Whuffie of Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom.

The currency of karma. The tipping currency of the internet. The post-work currency?

I like post-work currency. Automation induced under/unemployed millenials living at home posting content to Twitter/Facebook deserve to be compensated for their work. They helped create $100 billion in value for FB shareholders at IPO. I hope they will be compensated in Doge.

Ok now, who will launch karmacoin ?

Launched and already big: http://karmacoin.info/blog/

Nice. Good luck with it :)

Two weeks is a lifetime compared to vaporware.

It's interesting engineering that should keep improving as photovoltaics and batteries improve. A fleet of these sun chasing giant satellites that don't need to come down(but can if necessary)? It's like a Dyson swarm, except on a lot more manageable altitude.

I see a little trigger on the back on the right. I'm sure there's one on the left, too.

Sure there are info product salesmen out there but you're missing the forest for the trees. I really think this PIH stuff boils down to familiar ideas like a MVP challenge. Build a product(SaaS usually) that people will pay $99 for and that you purposefully do not add features to. You support it a few hours a week, hopefully 10 or less and you make some income by solving a particular business problem. Then you make another, and another. Hopefully you can make enough to eat and travel if you choose, which would put you above the poverty line. I think MVPs can be done during hobby time if you aren't trying to 'build a startup'. I don't think the expectation should be to replace your $70k income with one MVP to be honest.

He's not ignorant of his base by any stretch of the imagination, but I think it's still safe to say he and his father were libertarian freedom fighter hipsters, way before it was cool.

Dual 22 inch monitors vs a 27 inch makes it less annoying.

You would be surprised at how many nobodies still refer to it by the old name. It's also much funnier to say outloud.

I'd assume it's probably easier to iterate and test without worrying if your ridiculously expensive robot is going to fall on it's face. Even something small like friction with the clothes or binding of cloth in a servo/joint could cause it to fall, I suppose.

I'm sure they wanted their proof of concept out just to be the first robot with clothes, but just didn't want to risk damage.