BrandonM

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by BrandonM 8y ago
I stuck with Firefox through Chrome's peak due to Tree-Style Tab. It makes all the difference in terms of tab anxiety, IMO.
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Based on what I've read, the security model seems to be almost the same as email attachments?
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I hate this sort of framing, and it's so common. "Google will miss out on ..." would have been accurate and still interesting. The same "lose" language is often used when discussing tax cuts or tax breaks ("los
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Because it highlights exactly how broad the definition of “negative” can be. I grew up in a family of blue collar workers. My uncle worked at steel mill that shut down. Perhaps with some automation it could have at least stayed open. Regard
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I’m not sure enough people actually read the article, though. Here’s what the person proposing this change said: > In my first ever AI class, we learned about how a system had been developed to automate something that had previously bee
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by BrandonM 8y ago
Even more so if the hosts are still frantically finishing preparations. As an acquaintance, do you offer help? Go for a walk around the block? Best to just avoid that altogether by showing up a little “late”.
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by BrandonM 8y ago
Cyrillic uses Ж
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"Pushing information about your product" is only marketing to the extent that advertising is marketing. "The activities required by a producer to sell his products," includes a lot of stuff that isn't pushy at all.
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by BrandonM 8y ago
Exactly, but I see several comments railing against marketers while only mentioning their beef with advertising.
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Who generates the informational pamphlets that people read to learn about your product? Who goes to the trade shows where people seeking solutions might learn about your product? Who keeps an eye out for experts sincerely surveying a space
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by BrandonM 8y ago
Many people conflate marketing and advertising. They’re not the same thing.
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by BrandonM 8y ago
I only realized when I started traveling internationally how much we (perhaps over-) value reliability in the US. We really pay a lot in terms of work hours and stress to gain what is sometimes marginally more predictability and reliability
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by BrandonM 8y ago
> As a github user, i don't see any way the acquisition could possibly make my user experience better. It sounds like they were running out of money. So I guess it makes your experience better in that you get to keep using it.
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That's only federal tax. I don't think Washington has state income tax. And generally only large cities have local income tax.
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by BrandonM 8y ago
Wouldn't most parents be thrilled for their kids to earn money and learn life lessons by working a job they enjoy? Even if it costs them $20 a month?
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Who manages the managers and how do you trust them? How do you measure their value when it's possible to cook the books? A portfolio of managers seems less reliable to me than a portfolio of companies. At least in the latter case, you
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by BrandonM 8y ago
It could also make sense if there's so much inefficiency in the job market (hiring, retention, etc.) that large companies can afford to make VCs whole just to lock in productive employees for a couple years.
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by BrandonM 8y ago
A lot of this stuff people are asking about was literally in the article. They want to incentivize students to rank their true preferences rather than strategizing. If you can trade, then the right strategy is to rank the most popular schoo
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by BrandonM 8y ago
> The ship has really already sailed on longform communication, perhaps out of laziness or cost/benefit. The 3rd most popular podcast¹ regularly lasts 3+ hours. It's typically a conversation between Joe Rogan and a single gue
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by BrandonM 8y ago
There were some good points in here: - Differentiating based on location can create an HR risk/burden. - After you subtract out living costs, people living in a more desirable area still end up better compensated because they live in a
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by BrandonM 9y ago
Who said, "Why would you do this?"
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by BrandonM 9y ago
Hacker News used to be for hackers.
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by BrandonM 9y ago
I came to Hacker News through Paul Graham's essays. I learned about Paul Graham because we used ANSI Common Lisp in an elective Common Lisp class. His essays were specifically suggesting that many college-aged techies would benefit fro
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by BrandonM 9y ago
You can count me in! :)
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by BrandonM 9y ago
That bit about closure made me smile. You're welcome :). I owe a huge thank you to the HN member who emailed me to let me know about this discussion.
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by BrandonM 9y ago
That's very kind, thanks!
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by BrandonM 9y ago
I also spent about 2 years working remotely and traveling with my wife, living in different places in Europe, Asia, and the US for anywhere from a few days to a few months. We have a travel blog and twitter account (all thanks to my wife) t
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by BrandonM 9y ago
Thanks for such a fair evaluation! That's honestly the first time someone has put my comment in context like that... I appreciate it :)
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by BrandonM 9y ago
It's funny how often that comment—which I made as a 22-year-old undergrad—resurfaces. Someone even reached out to me 2 weeks ago because they wanted to use it in an article as an example of "the disconnect between the way users an
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by BrandonM 9y ago
You could have done without that last sentence.

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