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by Hokusai 6y ago
> The thing is, it works sometimes. Yes. It does, like to buy a lottery ticket. It is not a good investment thou. > SoftBank really did go big on some very bad bets huh? This is usually a misconception on how betting works. Many peop
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by Hokusai 6y ago
I’m sorry that you are being downvoted. Your comment is informative and contributes to the discussion.
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> What does the US do right that we do wrong here? I have worked for a number of really successful Swedish software companies, all of them have been purchased by American companies. From Skype to Candy Crush, all companies are owned by U
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> Don't confuse those very few who surf their own hyperbole with the average brit (I'm one). I see your point. And, as any generalization, my point does not apply to all British citizens. But, that grandiose talking is not unco
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by Hokusai 6y ago
This is part of a broader problem. Many "apps" from WhatsApp to Zoom are treated as public spaces by citizens. But, legally the app-space is closer to a private space. This creates a mismatch between reality and expectations. (Zu
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> Same goes for Isaac Newton. He’s practically been elevated to godhood for his contributions to calculus and physics. The way British write confuses many people. "Newton is the greatest of the greatest", "Shakespeare is t
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> what would be a better alternative? None. I see too often the argument 'it's difficult for company X to follow the law, so how should countries change the law to fit the company needs?'. I have worked for decades in regu
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> One question I have is, is this revenue rate sustainable or it is an unnatural pump that will die out in a couple of years? The situation is better than that of toiler paper. One human being consumes the same amount of toiler paper dur
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by Hokusai 6y ago
You are probably right about the heap, but in the stack there are no big data structures. To move all data types to 64bits would impact the stack size of processes and threads. Bigger data structures also mean more cache misses. So, systems
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> "Connectivity is at the heart of our mission to give people the power to build community." This is what the parent is referring to. There is nothing bad in doing business, but I agree that it is sickening to sell it as a huma
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> Facebook is helping to set up a new pro-tech advocacy group to battle Washington My guess is that Facebook is going to look for its own specific interest not so much "pro-tech". That makes sense and it is the normal PR naming
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> "You Won't Believe what this One Line Change Did to the Chrome Sandbox" - if (root) {...} + if (!root) {...} One liner can change everything. :P
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by Hokusai 6y ago
Cynism also has the advantage that no solution needs to be provided, so you are never wrong. > In toxic and mismanaged environments, being a cynic from the sidelines can be a better political strategy than being the positive person in th
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by Hokusai 6y ago
Who owns the Statue of Liberty (great video by CGP Grey): https://youtu.be/SgZ1f4ACZBQ
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> This gives me nightmares about having to retrofit GDPR requirements into a complicated system with many data stores and applications. This is true when the domain is not well defined, that is the case for many legacy systems. Usually t
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by Hokusai 6y ago
I live in Sweden, I have traveled with Swedish people to the Philippines. Many of them never get tanned, they just get red. The article criticizes the generalization of using sunscreen advice, and proceeds to go full-generalization itself.
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by Hokusai 6y ago
Without agreeing with many points, the main thesis is true but just for one point: XXI century economies are less resilient to isolation than in previous centuries. We live in a more complex society and countries need each other more than b
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> Is this bad? Am I misunderstanding? It is illegal, but I do not see it being bad for consumers. If anything it seems that it could be good if it has been done legally from Nintendo instead of being a leak.
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> grows at a much smaller rate than current models? I think that local data, mortality in just one care center, does not seem to fit with slow spread. Many people have died in a short period of time in just one care center. But, as any
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by Hokusai 6y ago
Right now a more important question is how fast is the Cloud growing? Will it outgrowth the recession? The Cloud is still growing as many businesses are still moving towards it. If the natural growth of the Cloud is bigger than how much the
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by Hokusai 6y ago
The article is just an informative piece for the general public. Adding more details would clutter the text and add little to non experts. I think that it is a reasonable approach to highlight a risk situation were the clarity of the messag
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> have been 'substantially' inflating flu death numbers to manipulate public behavior (e.g. to get more people to take vaccinated). This is the article writer opinion, it is not the CDC official stand on the matter. Similar ca
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> few deaths 60,000 deaths in just the USA and counting. That guy needs to revise what 'few' means. > people should have the right to be heard. That is an oversimplification of the situation. To allow videos to mislead the p
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by Hokusai 6y ago
> William Shakespeare is widely regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time and one of the most important and influential people who has ever lived. I see some hype just there. Is there any study on what the world will look witho
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by Hokusai 6y ago
I guess that it is a cultural thing. When I was manager, one on ones were expected from managers like code was expected from developers. I had a group of people that the 1:1 were monthly instead on biweekly because they were more senior and
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> I want to shop at Amazon and I don't want to pay for a government alternative And I want abortion to not be restricted, and that other person wants to discriminate by age, and that other one wants to throw the trash to the street
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> Why would the people want the government to fight a business that they could voluntarily avoid, without any government intervention whatsoever? In my case, I am willing to pay more to the local shop if everybody is doing it. If Im the
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by Hokusai 7y ago
I found it! :) I has a lot of content and insights. "Uncle" Bob Martin - "The Future of Programming" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIWPzGEbFc
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> the approaches of Sweden and the state of Georgia prove not to be disastrous. Sweden has a strong well being systems. People stays at home every winter during the flu seasons. In any given meeting there are a couple of employees workin
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by Hokusai 7y ago
In one of Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin presentation you may find the answer. The number of developers duplicates each 5 years. That means that any point in time half of the developers have less than 5 years of experience. Add to that

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