abritinthebay

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by abritinthebay 6y ago
Used to work there. Yes, he is. Absolutely. Without a second of doubt.
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by abritinthebay 7y ago
Long story short: They solve a problem that is attractive to solve in a way that is not super useful for how most people want to develop an application. They're client side only (in practice) and poorly compatible. The developer proble
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by abritinthebay 7y ago
We're everything! JS is heavily used, as is Groovy, Java, Python, C and C ++, etc. Depends on the project and the team. We're not about limiting people, but the choice should be justifiable (like... Brainfuck is probably not ok)
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
Potential utility is different to actual utility though. Is that stuff actually useful to them right now? Or in general? If the answer is no then it has zero utility.
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
Main difference is that a "grilled cheese" is two slices with cheese in between (usually). Cheese on Toast is, by its very name, where the cheese is on the toast. An open-faced grilled cheese if you will.
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
We’re heavy users of LOTS of languages at Netflix to be fair. Clojure included.
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
> So every employee gets to be badmouthed in front of as many as hundreds of former co-workers, as Netflix's special parting gift? Well no. It’s usually very positive about them and generally sad that things couldn’t be made to work
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
If it was a fear based culture I would agree with you - I’ve worked in those & left as fast as I could. Netflix is not even close to that in my experience, nor have I seen any evidence of that in the engineering teams around me. Of co
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
LOL what? BASIC has been around since before Microsoft was even a glint in Gates & Allen’s eyes. Since 1964 to be exact. While many 8-bit versions of BASIC were derived from MS BASIC (1975) it was hardly Microsoft’s baby. Atari BASIC fo
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
You're getting downvoted for some reason. You're 100% correct. In Indian cuisine it's used as an umami enhancer. Usually with turmeric in vegetable dishes - especially lentil curries like dal and sambar but also those based o
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
Well if you’re going to plain lie about my actions on this site (viewable to all) then what would be the point?
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
Including the value of stock options in those figures is incredible bullshitting. For those wondering: the “first rung” is more like $110k plus stock options (which you have to pay for - they’re not RSUs - so calling them “income” is rank
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
In SF yes, not the Bay as a whole (which is the cited area)
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
I know a guy with a Tesla that drives for Uber. Some people just like driving & side hustles
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
So no specifics then? Just hand waving generalizations with no content?
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
Literally the most successful state in the nation but... k. Care to get specific?
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
Mostly it just makes me think people have not actually used what they complain about.
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
If by good you mean “an ugly concrete scar” then sure. It hasn’t got worse over time however - it was hideous then and is still awful - so I guess your point stands.
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
The focus on low latency is a big deal. Many of the live mic apps are fine, but they have noticeable lag (really low, but there) But also being built in is big too
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
It’s basically reddit of 2009.
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
There are a lot of people kneejerk downvoting things that don’t support the idea of American exceptionalism. It’s a shame because that attitude is what is keeping America from doing better.
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
As a European: lol no. This is completely incorrect.
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
Statistically speaking you are an incredible outlier. Good for you, of course, but you shouldn’t generalize your experience to the entire population.
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
This comment betrays an incredible misunderstanding or naivety of how medical insurance works in the US, and what/how it covers people. Also a completely bizarre use of 401(k)’s which are not available to most citizens and are highly
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
Flawed premise. The lack of a sane social safety net and of a 1st world healthcare system affects everyone in the US. Yes, being well paid in tech helps alleviate some of the issues due to them being absorbed by money, essentially, but th
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
That’s not really due to the job there though - it’s due to the overall state of the country & infrastructure. Not really the same thing. When compared to countries with similar quality of infrastructure & “development” the US fares
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
> how hard can it be Hard. Very hard. Especially because you first have to pick something as well installed and supported on hosts as PHP to even get traction. Good luck there. Then you need to be at least as good in most or all featur
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
> If McDonalds is so bad for you, why do they serve 550 million Big Macs every year? This is an amazingly good comparison because in both cases the initial assumption is wrong . Just like WP, McDonalds is not bad for you intrinsically
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
That’s literally how so much bullshit in the US gets passed though. It’s a universal problem.
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by abritinthebay 8y ago
Absolutely! Short term a startup will make a lot of fuckups - that’s a good thing, it’s learning! But once the product is set having sane architecture and good code quality often become a deciding factor in being successful - because they a

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