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FCC commissioner wants to investigate Apple over Beeper Mini(theverge.com)
3 points by Keegs 3y ago|0 comments
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by Keegs 3y ago
Product management is tricky because the skills PM applicants are evaluated for are not necessarily the skills that make a good product manager. But I think this supports your point. Where it's hard to judge performance, actual talent
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by Keegs 3y ago
These little guys have no conception of light, the sea floor, or the existence of a surface. Any aliens we could cross paths with are probably more relatable.
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by Keegs 3y ago
It also skirted over the medication shortage. This is a big deal: some medications have been unavailable for months, all are in short supply, pharmacists are pissed, and patients are suffering. Despite this I’ve yet to find an in-depth expl
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by Keegs 3y ago
Of course you can maintain mature products with a smaller workforce. I’m pointing out that intent makes a difference. If Bending Spoons plans to put the apps on life support and squeeze out revenue - a fair assumption - then user experience
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by Keegs 3y ago
Rightsizing [for what] is the question. GP assumes the goal is to do just enough to keep the product alive. This usually means a degraded customer experience.
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by Keegs 3y ago
I had the same question a month ago when Revel ended its moped sharing program. What do you do with a fleet of several thousand electric mopeds? Apparently, send them all to recycling plants.
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by Keegs 3y ago
I know it’s not the case but sometimes it feels like he’s trying to channel Matt Levine. Doesn’t matter, like you said his blog and now newsletter are fantastic.
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by Keegs 3y ago
This is nothing new but the article hits hard. I don’t want to live in a world where everyone is after my attention but a good chunk of the economy seems to depend on it. There has to be a better future than this?
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by Keegs 3y ago
I’ll admit I’m one of these nerds but I disagree. There’s a difference between being opinionated and not allowing me to change the defaults on a device I own.
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by Keegs 3y ago
The things you attribute to unionization are, I think, a bit of a stretch. Hollywood especially. Actors and writers have been organized for a long time. Smaller studios like A24 with a reputation for making good movies when larger studios m
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by Keegs 3y ago
I know you're kidding, but it surprises me how often I hear the idea that an organization the size of the FCC can't multitask.
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by Keegs 3y ago
I re-read the portion about Theranos but can’t follow his argument. Elizabeth Holmes once said her company had a flat structure, Theranos ended in scandal, therefore flat organizations are more prone to scandal? There are as many examples o
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by Keegs 3y ago
> Time, however, comes into play when a molecule collides with another one, triggering a chemical reaction. Then, a storm strikes. The quantum steadiness bursts when the sections of the electronic cloud pour from one molecule upon anothe
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by Keegs 3y ago
I got to see Trampled by Turtles play last weekend. The experience of watching them jam at the end of each song - six musicians giving it 110% and perfectly in sync - is something I’ll never forget.
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by Keegs 3y ago
You can always take a class from an org like Stop the Bleed or NOLS that trains regular people. We can’t predict how we’ll react in emergencies we haven’t drilled, but I bet even a little bit of training goes a long way.
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by Keegs 3y ago
> If an LLM can compose a poem found in no existing book, paint an attractive picture that no one has ever seen, An LLM can write a poem that fools me into thinking it’s good, but not anyone who reads poetry as a hobby. Poetry is inspire
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by Keegs 3y ago
I’m interested to know where this idea comes from. Is there a good reference you recommend? My anecdotal experience has been that low density websites like Medium are more stressful than higher density websites like Substack/HN because
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Computer Networks: A Systems Approach(book.systemsapproach.org)
1 points by Keegs 3y ago|0 comments
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by Keegs 3y ago
To paraphrase Matt Levine: the fact that you lost a billion dollars means someone else trusted you with a billion dollars, and that’s reason enough for financiers to trust you with yet another billion, thinking surely you’ll get it right th
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by Keegs 3y ago
I wouldn’t be shocked if they came back. It’s so hard to build that being a large company gives you both the opportunity and incentives. It’s normal to want a short commute. If you can offer employees an affordable place to live near your o
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by Keegs 3y ago
This is something I think about a lot. We have societal issues with critical severity that are effectively marked WONTFIX. The latest innovation in consumer tech is only going to feel more and more absurd.
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by Keegs 3y ago
Computer Networks: A Systems Approach takes a subject I didn’t think I’d like and presents it in a way that made me want to read every chapter. It’s a master class on how to make technical content enjoyable, and a great intro/refresher
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by Keegs 3y ago
> I move further away, and take longer to get to work, and spend that time listening to audio books. I like audiobooks and it would be nice to get paid to listen when I do. I would not trade even two hours of my day, every day I commute,
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by Keegs 3y ago
Exactly. It’s too easy for these decisions to become a formality. ProPublica’s reporting on Cigna[1] is a great example: > Before health insurers reject claims for medical reasons, company doctors must review them, according to insurance
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by Keegs 3y ago
I naively used to think that BuzzFeed could be a new business model for investigative journalism, with revenue from the native advertising in its other arms going towards Pulitzer Prize-level work. What a shame.
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Social Free Will (2007)(newscientist.com)
1 points by Keegs 4y ago|0 comments
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by Keegs 4y ago
There’s a role called sales engineer that typically exists in the sales organization but requires a technical background. From the engineering org’s perspective, your SEs are there to make sure sales doesn’t oversell or undersell. At my com
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by Keegs 4y ago
I’m a big fan of the cube rule except for its salad category. The idea that a frittata and a bowl of tomato soup are equivalent is hard to swallow (pun intended).
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by Keegs 4y ago
The majority of homes in America are occupied by their owners (this is what home-ownership rates measure). It is not true to to say the majority of American adults are homeowners - that ratio is a lot lower.

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