DaveWalk

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by DaveWalk 11y ago
Yes, and according to the reddit post downthread, the dev came around from not understanding the utility of encrypting everything to deploying it across the app. I wonder if that has something to do with it not being behind a "premium&
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
To note is that 1) the encryption is not set by default, 2) it is closed source, and 3) it's a VC-backed company without an option for users to pay for the service.
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End-to-End Encryption(blog.pushbullet.com)
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
Thanks -- I did not know this. Is there an available list of what ABP considers "acceptable ads?"
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
Does this supercede Blender? It looks like it has more features to say the least... https://github.com/meh/blender
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
Good point. I know EFF has a mission versus the one-man show that is ABP, but isn't this mostly identical otherwise? Is Privacy Badger just APP with a political statement attached? Maybe there's something to be said for that...put
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
It doesn't have the meticulous shine of Tufte's books, but this is a straightfoward CSS guide. It's a starting point, don't you think? Butterick's implementation is more than a CSS guide though, right? I thought his
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
I share your thoughts exactly, and why YC talks about biotech I just can't picture it. I don't doubt their efforts, but I can't picture it. However, I've always thought that with the right network and influence one could
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
Well said. Maybe there is an analogy to software development decades ago -- slow and academic as the norm.
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
I don't completely understand this quote -- is money to the university grant money? Like, for a tenure-track professor? Paying with federal grants? Rent is not usually the motivator in that instance... Or is it simply due to paying ren
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
It gets to me as well. I thought it might have just been my lack of skills, but I've had this conversation across several fields with recruiters who have said similar things. The best description I've heard is that it's a spe
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
Well said. Why are we so apt to forget how things worked in the past?
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
I'd say it goes deeper than this: there's a greater emphasis today on the candidate being productive from day one. I don't know what is causing it (too much exposure to efficient software?), but in many industries hiring mana
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
Do you have a place in SV? Not with an attitude like that. You are an excellent coder -- full stop. You don't have to hold yourself to some kind of "rockstar" ideal to get a job. Or better said, you simply have to convince th
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
Good catch. I just saw another article her eabout "PR for startups," more useful than anyone realizes. >One of the most surprising things I discovered during my brief business career was the existence of the PR industry, lurkin
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
While this is quite entertaining, what does it have to do with Hacker News?
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
I don't know of any databases or online suggestions to your answer, but they are probably out there with varying degrees of accuracy (GlassDoor?). I also don't life in SF, but from HN comments I think the only guideline to salarie
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
I'm a Firefox user and currently attached to the PinBoard bookmarks, but I support anyone working to make it better. You say it's better than the current extension -- is it faster than the bookmarks?
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
This is such good advice; and say it out loud when you're asked about it, too. "I want to focus on making this company successful. Compensation is everyone's private business, but the success of this company is what we share.
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
An interesting point; but there are "efficency" hotel chains that have a complete kitchen/laundry/etc. Does today's business traveler need a yard and other accoutrements? Private parking is a really good point, thou
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
Very interesting. Do you spend as much time as before in AirBnB-style rooms now? I agree that after a certain point business travel becomes "soulless," but I figured it was due to being away from home instead of the surroundings.
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
I completely agree. But to play devil's advocate: is there a percentage of business travelers that would prefer an AirBnB experience over the lure of elite status and hotel points? Time will tell if this is a smart move or just AirBnB
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
Wow, there's a market for this? (Such words come before something is canned, or blows up to make millions I guess.) Can a business really save a lot of money by putting up their employees in "business-ready homes," like a twe
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
I would suggest to use one's network to find these answers. An informational interview with current/former employees is the perfect place to ask these questions without making anyone uncomfortable. I wouldn't rely specificall
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
Well said. I'll add some scientific esoterica, because it parallels software a little: we've even had custom endonuclease services for a while (TALENS[1]), which serve a very similar function. But they were hard to generate and di
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
Absolutely. The movement from discovery (from the unsexiest of all fields, bacteriology!) to a reliable tool is unprecedented[1] in the scientific realm. For my money it is easily on track for a Nobel Prize: it allows mankind to examine wit
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
BaaS, hah! The rest of the world calls 'em CROs :) In theory, one could develop a CRO for DIY biologists, but I just wonder how many of them there actually are. We've made comments downpage about releasing biology to the masses li
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
I guess if you're outsourcing it? In my time in academia I knew labs that burned through $25,000 per month in mouse cage costs. I can only guess what "five arms" you are referring to, but toxicity studies and efficacy studi
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
But actually, the more I think about it, I enjoy your analogy. The missing tools for sure in "DIYbio" are consumer-oriented lab technologies. Something like a 3D printer for budding biologists to gather themselves around...but not
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by DaveWalk 11y ago
I love that line! But I think a PhD student has it bad, if not worse -- the entrepreneur can watch her venture go under, and then rejoin the labor force with valuable experience and better compensation. The PhD student is locked into finish

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