Pandabob

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   by Pandabob 6y ago

   Yup. While I appreciated the points he made in "Antifragile", the writing itself wasn't as enjoyable as it was in "Fooled by Randomness" or "The Black Swan". I haven't read "Skin in the Game&quot
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   by Pandabob 6y ago

   The first time I read Talebs Black Swan was pretty mind bending. It's a intriguing mix of philosophy, history and the application of probabilistic thinking. It's also a great aggregator book. It introduced me to the works of Kahne
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   Quantum Social Science(en.wikipedia.org)

   1 points by Pandabob 6y ago|0 comments
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   Lawsuits Against the Devil(en.wikipedia.org)

   3 points by Pandabob 6y ago|0 comments
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   by Pandabob 6y ago

   This also seems quite similar to repl.it, which I've been enjoying a lot recently. I wonder if they'll support plugins and importing other VS Code settings to the online editor.
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   by Pandabob 6y ago

   As a finn, I did not expect to see this on the front page of HN. Ever. But did not know about the military use of the song. Very interesting.
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   by Pandabob 6y ago

   The "Out of Beta" podcast which you co-host (and document your Summit journey) has been a blast. Thanks for that and good luck with Summit.
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   by Pandabob 6y ago

   Multiple people have brought up Econtalk and Conversations with Tyler. Those two are my top 2 as well. If you're into pop culture (sports, music, TV and Movies) I'd also recommend the Bill Simmons podcast. The interviews are usual
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   by Pandabob 6y ago

   Econtalk is by far my favorite podcast and it blows my mind that one can get quality content like it free.
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    I've been building a web app with Django (+ DRF, Next.js and React) recently again for the first time in two years and it sure is a joy. My biggest gripe with it is that it leaves the business logic side of things totally up to the dev
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    Quibi Has Launched(quibi.com)

    2 points by Pandabob 7y ago|0 comments
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    As a comment to your first paragraph, I've found pyenv combined with its virtualenv plugin to be a decently consistent experience.
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    I'm a little baffled, how is this possible? Surely their core business is profitable and the losses are because of investments in new growth areas?
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    Looks awesome congrats to the team. I'm hoping preview mode will also work with Contentful.
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    I've never taken an Udemy class, but am sure there's quality content on the website. However, I've always felt that the way they show their prices is a little fishy. Looking at their offering now, all of the courses are price
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    Very much off-topic, but is HBR worth the subscription if I'd like to learn about management and in general about good business practices?
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    Thanks for bringing this up.
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    Meh. I'd wish Microsoft and Google would start separating their actual cloud platform (Azure, GCP) revenues from their "cloud" SaaS revenue (Office 365, G Suite). It'd make comparisons to AWS a lot more meaningful. Edit:
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    Services
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    1) is true, but the gains seem to be eaten up by the fact that, increasingly a larger part of the economy is made up of service sector jobs that are harder to automate [1]. [1]: https://www.mercatus.org/system/files&#x2
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    Sure, but one would then assume that in the age of automation, our productivity rates would be skyrocketing. It seems that that hasn't been the trend after the great recession [1]. Not to say that it couldn't change, but seems to
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    I've been eyeing Firebase authentication for a Django project of mine, but haven't implemented it yet. Can anyone recommend it or advise against it?
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    Ah, Fortran, how I miss you. Unfortunately it seems like the last commit to this project is from three years ago.
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    I applaud the Nanonet folks for starting a business around AI API's, and it seems clear there's lots of value to unlock with solutions like these. But does anyone have insight how hard is it to be in a space where all the big clou
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    I've got two: Andrew McAfee on Econtalk [1] and Margaret Atwood on Conversations with Tyler [2]. [1]: https://www.econtalk.org/andrew-mcafee-on-more-from-less/ [2]: https://conversationswithtyler.com&#x
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    Interesting. I wonder how threatened Oracle's business is by the big cloud providers, Amazon and Microsoft specifically? I guess not enough to reflect it on the stock price.
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    This is wildly off-topic, but I don't understand how Oracle still makes money. Who are their customers? What are they selling to them and what's their comparative advantage? Do they make money off of MySQL? Java? Are they selling
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    Sure this makes sense, and I've heard rumblings that the average pay in the Berlin startup scene has been climbing these past few years. But I guess we're still far away from someone with five years of experience making 400-500k p
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    Sure, but that's small consolation if you're not able to capture the value. That said, as a Finn, I'm quite happy about Linus Torvalds. Still, almost all industries will be tech-enabled in the future (software eating the worl
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    by Pandabob 7y ago

    How do other roles in the companies mentioned here, compare to these numbers? Meaning Data Scientists, Product Managers and Designers? Would it be correct to assume that a PM with five years of experience would have roughly the same compens