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Oracle Doesn't Buy TikTok, but Gets a Lucrative Hosting Deal(techdirt.com)
2 points by BIackSwan 6y ago|0 comments
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by BIackSwan 6y ago
From what I gather the author is trying to say is that it will become endemic and thus "end". Way too long winded and convoluted.
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by BIackSwan 6y ago
I find such broad sweeping projections about population growth, big population numbers = more power, “eclipsing USA” and further conclusions emanating from this kind of line of thinking making zero sense. Nobody has a clue on how population
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Researchers still don't know why this Atari 2600 game works(techspot.com)
4 points by BIackSwan 6y ago|0 comments
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by BIackSwan 6y ago
Tailscale - riding on the wireguard wave - https://tailscale.com/ Also Wireguard - https://www.wireguard.com/
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by BIackSwan 6y ago
We disabled all ML enabled predictive features when the pandemic began. This has prevented us from the pain of having “bad” unreliable predictions which are worse than having “no” predictions. This saved us a lot of pain in maintainence and
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by BIackSwan 6y ago
This is freaking amazing. So many potential applications. Great work!
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When You Have No Idea What Happens Next(collaborativefund.com)
2 points by BIackSwan 6y ago|0 comments
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by BIackSwan 7y ago
The remarkable tablet is attempting to address everything mentioned in the post. If it succeeds then maybe amazon will get off its butt and do something about it - https://remarkable.com/
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Hustling to Get Acquired [audio](podcasts.google.com)
1 points by BIackSwan 7y ago|0 comments
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How to Smell (2018)(agentyduck.blogspot.com)
77 points by BIackSwan 7y ago|26 comments
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The Psychology of Prediction(collaborativefund.com)
2 points by BIackSwan 7y ago|0 comments
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You Have to Live It to Believe It(collaborativefund.com)
2 points by BIackSwan 7y ago|0 comments
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Finding the Point of Human Leverage(ben-evans.com)
2 points by BIackSwan 8y ago|0 comments
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Zomato Annual Report FY19(zomato.com)
1 points by BIackSwan 8y ago|0 comments
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AWS DeepRacer(aws.amazon.com)
2 points by BIackSwan 8y ago|0 comments
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Google shows private photos on VU TV of any connected account(twitter.com)
7 points by BIackSwan 8y ago|4 comments
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by BIackSwan 8y ago
As a CTO of a python shop I would fail in answering a lot of these off the top of my head. That is why I do not ask any language specific questions in my interview process. Good engineers can answer all of these questions with an internet c
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The Real Product Market Fit [video](youtube.com)
3 points by BIackSwan 8y ago|0 comments
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by BIackSwan 8y ago
As a counter argument i propose you read the book “Seeing like a state” by James Scott. It clearly lays out the flawed thinking as done in the article and why this systematic kind of urban planning/engineering almost always fails. Havi
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by BIackSwan 8y ago
There is a very good book which talks about “The long now”. About expanding now from just the present to longer periods of decades, centuries and millenia. Really helps in setting things into perspective - https://www.amazon.com&
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by BIackSwan 8y ago
I am only commenting about the abuse of the h1b system as mentioned in the link. This not about any of the other actions of “protectionist policy” that you mention. You cannot do fake job postings in order to bench someone and call it “work
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by BIackSwan 8y ago
This is good. I have seen a lot of workers/friends who applied legitimately get fucked because of this kind of abuse of the system. I still think expansion of the h1b program is necessary since there is a lot of demand. But curbing the
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by BIackSwan 8y ago
I am writing a book specifically for these. But focusing on soft skills. Its called "self.debug - An Emotional Guide To Being A World Class Software Engineer" - you can download it here (its free) - https://leanpub.com&
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Being good at more than 1 thing is more valuable than being excellent in 1 only(karankurani.com)
16 points by BIackSwan 8y ago|9 comments
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Being average at more than 1 thing is more valuable than being great in 1 only(dev.to)
19 points by BIackSwan 8y ago|7 comments
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by BIackSwan 8y ago
It looks more of a psychological issue and lot of stress causing a vicious cycle. As whack suggested - try relaxing a bit and giving yourself a break for a week or so. You will be surprised at how effective breaks are in improving performan
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Whales, Cars, Law, Technology, and You(medium.com)
1 points by BIackSwan 8y ago|0 comments
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by BIackSwan 8y ago
This is very typical in India in almost every interaction. People ghost all the time, including but not limited to business deals, interviews, any kind of appointments etc. There is an entire system developed which handles these kind of sit
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by BIackSwan 8y ago
The point here (which seemed to be muddled in the post) is that you can’t assume that your startup succeeds and not save with that expectation. Its not that startups are financial suicide - the suicide is not saving and not keeping the pers

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