KrisAndrew

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by KrisAndrew 13y ago
This is why his words carry weight. He's probably watched capable engineers and managers go from successfully building an impressive software system to pulling out their hair because they're constantly trying to figure out human
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by KrisAndrew 13y ago
They have high adblocking among younger users (<35). This is why everyone is interested in buying (non-revenue-generating) chat apps lately. Adblocking hasn't matured enough yet to block ads wholesale in applications. Facebook an
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by KrisAndrew 13y ago
They'd definitely pay if you stated it nicely. ("I would love to help you in removing these links, but my developers are occupied. If you want to expedite the removal, it will be $X per link.") I get many requests a month t
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by KrisAndrew 13y ago
Don't count on it. There are many software developers out there with knowledge of NLP algorithms, statistics, symbolic systems, etc. who aren't employed by Googles, Facebooks, Ciscos and Twitters. They're bored out of their
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by KrisAndrew 13y ago
The article touches on some valid points. I voted for the condo development, and was disappointed when it didn't pass. The lack of housing options in the city is a bad thing. We need more housing of any type . Also, I can't un
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by KrisAndrew 13y ago
Not really. Your role is to tease out the real issue for discussion, rather than shutting down the conversation with demands of testable hypotheses. Offer the other guy a chance to save face or explain himself. Being utterly contrarian i
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by KrisAndrew 13y ago
A little late. GPU mining isn't even profitable anymore. ASICs have unseated GPUs and FPGAs to become the current king of bitcoin mining.
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by KrisAndrew 13y ago
"Will you be employable in the next 5 years?" I hope not, especially if it's for an industry that thinks this form of presentation is elegant or useful.
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by KrisAndrew 13y ago
I would think a system like that being public would cause a great deal of interpersonal problems until ways to circumvent the data collection were found (even if it meant tearing GPS receivers out of mobile phones). I remember reading a met
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by KrisAndrew 13y ago
They stopped his vehicle and summoned him an Uber (charging him stewed prune surge pricing).
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by KrisAndrew 13y ago
I think he means: "there is an intense, relatively widespread, sudden, superficial interest in bitcoin that will eventually be followed by a sudden loss of interest in bitcoin." Bubbles are only identifiable after they have poppe
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by KrisAndrew 13y ago
> Also, I strongly suspect all of these efforts to drag more people into coding are at least partly sponsored by industry, in an attempt to drive the relatively-high wage of a programmer down, in the face of a perceived increase in progr