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Hi, author here, don't usually [ever] comment on my own work here - but am interested to hear if other devs have had similar or contrasting experiences working

Hi, author here, don't usually [ever] comment on my own work here - but am interested to hear if other devs have had similar or contrasting experiences working with LinkedIn.

ahi 14y ago
What does "iterates" mean in context? "Pealk has been in contact with lawyers in the event that LinkedIn iterates its own version of the app" I can't tell if it's misused or I'm missing something.
- taligent 14y ago
  In this context it can basically mean "improves". It comes from a recent trend in software development called Agile where new features are added in short cycles e.g. week called an iteration.
  - Timothee 14y ago
    In that case, wouldn't it be "iterates on its own (…) app"?
- joering2 14y ago
  Next iteration/version of their API, i.e. Improved with new funcionality or functionality that got deceased.
gaborcselle 14y ago
In your post, you say "After news of the API cut off, LinkedIn got in touch to suggest a possible trip to its San Francisco HQ" - IIRC, LinkedIn's HQ is in Mountain View, not San Francisco.
- dllthomas 14y ago
  From France, there's not so huge a difference, is there? You're still probably flying into SFO.
  - jayp 14y ago
    A factual error is a factual error. Definitely lowers the credibility of the article for me.
    - eropple 14y ago
      That's a foolish and shortsighted way of looking at it. My company's headquarters is in Newton, MA, but if we're flying people in to talk, they universally say "Boston". Because to people not from the area, that's what it is. Synecdoche is a part of English (San Francisco being the most notable part of Silicon Valley). It may upset the overly pedantic, but...oh well?
      - jayp 14y ago
        I agree with you from the perspective of people of France (or anyone outside the area). And that point is not lost on me. I am talking about the credibility of the author. The line referenced in the article is written by the author. They are not words attributed to others in a quote. If it's not in a quote, the author takes on the responsibility with respect to the correctness of the fact. If the author can't verify this simple fact, I don't know if I can trust the article with all the one-sided claims presented.
        dllthomas 14y ago
        That they can't be troubled to verify facts that don't have any relevance whatsoever to the content of the post should only very weakly effect your expectation of whether they verify facts that are central to the content of the post. Granted, here on the internet, that's not as high a prior as it might be.
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- rokhayakebe 14y ago
  I did not downvote you, but I've lived in the US for 11 years, went to different parts of California several times, including a long trip to San Fransisco; to this day I cannot tell you the difference between San Fransisco, Silicon Valley, Mountain View, etc... To me they are really all the same place.
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delinka 14y ago
"betrated" should be "betrayed"
balloot 14y ago
I have an issue with your wording. "Getting free data via LinkedIn's API" != "Working with LinkedIn"
napillo 14y ago
You wrote this just strangely. Third from the right in a 4 man photo? Look, there's 2nd from the left - that's much better because guess what, it requires less counting! Also, it's not retarded, because since your article is written in english, we read left to right. Crazy, right? Also, if it's about a 5 man startup, then why is the photo of just 4 people? I feel like LinkedIn must have killed him or something.

Hi, author here, don't usually [ever] comment on my own work here - but am interested to hear if other devs have had similar or contrasting experiences working with LinkedIn.

ahi 14y ago

What does "iterates" mean in context? "Pealk has been in contact with lawyers in the event that LinkedIn iterates its own version of the app" I can't tell if it's misused or I'm missing something.

taligent 14y ago
In this context it can basically mean "improves". It comes from a recent trend in software development called Agile where new features are added in short cycles e.g. week called an iteration.
- Timothee 14y ago
  In that case, wouldn't it be "iterates on its own (…) app"?
joering2 14y ago
Next iteration/version of their API, i.e. Improved with new funcionality or functionality that got deceased.

gaborcselle 14y ago

In your post, you say "After news of the API cut off, LinkedIn got in touch to suggest a possible trip to its San Francisco HQ" - IIRC, LinkedIn's HQ is in Mountain View, not San Francisco.

dllthomas 14y ago
From France, there's not so huge a difference, is there? You're still probably flying into SFO.
- jayp 14y ago
  A factual error is a factual error. Definitely lowers the credibility of the article for me.
  - eropple 14y ago
    That's a foolish and shortsighted way of looking at it. My company's headquarters is in Newton, MA, but if we're flying people in to talk, they universally say "Boston". Because to people not from the area, that's what it is. Synecdoche is a part of English (San Francisco being the most notable part of Silicon Valley). It may upset the overly pedantic, but...oh well?
    - jayp 14y ago
      I agree with you from the perspective of people of France (or anyone outside the area). And that point is not lost on me. I am talking about the credibility of the author. The line referenced in the article is written by the author. They are not words attributed to others in a quote. If it's not in a quote, the author takes on the responsibility with respect to the correctness of the fact. If the author can't verify this simple fact, I don't know if I can trust the article with all the one-sided claims presented.
      - dllthomas 14y ago
        That they can't be troubled to verify facts that don't have any relevance whatsoever to the content of the post should only very weakly effect your expectation of whether they verify facts that are central to the content of the post. Granted, here on the internet, that's not as high a prior as it might be.
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rokhayakebe 14y ago
I did not downvote you, but I've lived in the US for 11 years, went to different parts of California several times, including a long trip to San Fransisco; to this day I cannot tell you the difference between San Fransisco, Silicon Valley, Mountain View, etc... To me they are really all the same place.
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delinka 14y ago

"betrated" should be "betrayed"

balloot 14y ago

I have an issue with your wording. "Getting free data via LinkedIn's API" != "Working with LinkedIn"

napillo 14y ago

You wrote this just strangely. Third from the right in a 4 man photo? Look, there's 2nd from the left - that's much better because guess what, it requires less counting! Also, it's not retarded, because since your article is written in english, we read left to right. Crazy, right? Also, if it's about a 5 man startup, then why is the photo of just 4 people? I feel like LinkedIn must have killed him or something.