On an iOS device this is a pretty hot path, since it's used to decompress the asset catalog, including some images, so most of your apps on iOS probably already use this algorithm.
It's called covert channels. It could be done by flipping some unused/ignored bits in ip4/tcp headers in a stream of traffic that goes past a collection point.
These side-letter deals and exits optimized for founders are probably not legal since they are often not in the best interests of shareholders, but I've never heard of them being investigated.
Longer exercise windows and more info are great and all, but if you are still expecting employees to take less than market rate salary in exchange for options, you should be giving people the same equity and terms (e.g. liquidation preferences) that investors get for the cash that you forgo.
Founders I've talked to are sympathetic and see it as fair, but none have the courage to try it.
It would probably make taxi medallions worth even less money.
Package delivery subcontractors and couriers might also be out of business if a package delivery can be made on demand - when you are there to meet the car and open the trunk.
If car ownership plummets, and is replaced by on-demand services, businesses making/installing after-market accessories for cars would suffer e.g. stereos, parking sensors, etc.
AAA and other road-side services.
Towing companies would lose much of their business moving illegally parked cars.
I would add one thing, that the quota be issued throughout the year for immediate use. So you get a better signal of the winning compensation thresholds and so that people with serious job offers for highly skilled jobs have a chance at starting work within a couple of months, regardless of the time of year.
I think it was. We got good feedback from TA's who checked our progress to the milestones.
At the time I went through, the work was done on the MIPS L4 microkernel, so the boot loader and much of the system init is done already, and all the work was done in C.