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Mark Zuckerberg's Lost Notebook(wired.com)
1 points by adambyrtek 7y ago|0 comments
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
Consider yourself lucky that you've never had a hardware issue.
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
I'm a self-diagnosed completionist and I hate the infinite scroll so much that I developed a mental habit that helps me work around it. When I visit a site with infinite scroll (e.g. YouTube or new Reddit) I immediately scroll down unt
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
I used to use this exact problem years ago when interviewing candidates at Google. At that time I thought it was a great question, but now I'm not that sure anymore if this approach to interviewing is the best way to assess candidates.
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How Big Companies Spy on Your Emails(vice.com)
2 points by adambyrtek 7y ago|0 comments
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Evernote Gave Dark Web Dealer’s Notes to the DEA(vice.com)
41 points by adambyrtek 7y ago|2 comments
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
Don't assume that these sales people are so happy to work overtime. They probably rely on commission and/or need to hit that sales target. Sales teams are known for super-competitive, target-driven, and high-pressure culture. We s
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
From the HN guidelines: "Please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills." Yes, I can see that your account was created in 2011 :)
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
Boats drop in value quickly because of maintenance. Sea can be a tough environment, sea water is really corrosive, you need to regularly anti-foul the hull, specialist gear is not cheap etc. You can keep the costs down if you have the time
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
I understand the first two points, but I don't really get what this has to do with hobbies and sailboats in particular? As a sailor myself I guarantee that you could easily deliver many more boats if only there was demand for them. Sai
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
It's not factually correct to say that communist currency was "as good as US dollar" and you could freely "accumulate or spend" it. Due to shortages many basic products were rationed and you simply couldn't buy
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
Competition is what should keep prices at bay, assuming no significant change in cost of production and market with no monopoly. Actually, more automation should in the long term reduce prices in real terms.
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
Sure, but it's a very different baseline when you can afford basic needs instead of being homeless and hungry. The fact that some other people might feel "less rich" as a result shouldn't really be considered an issue.
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
Graduating with a huge student debt that needs to be repaid doesn't encourage exploration and risk-taking, so that would be one of the areas to focus on.
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
You can find a detailed rationale in the relevant PEP: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572/#rationale
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
I wouldn't say this is "reinventing the wheel", it's more like applying the same design/architectural pattern to solve a common problem.
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
Ad budgets are much bigger portion of acquisition cost than content marketing. Do you have an equally emotional reaction to people who decide to use ad blockers?
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
Like many similar problems, it's a cat and mouse game. For example, it's equally easy to detect adblockers, but they are still really effective.
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
You can always use a disposable email address like 10 Minute Mail: https://10minutemail.com/
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Working Remotely While Traveling: A How to Guide(packhacker.com)
2 points by adambyrtek 7y ago|1 comments
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
Maybe the authors don't mind if their ideas get incorporated in other projects? Maybe they are more interested in spreading their ideas than owning them?
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
It's not just about literally selling the product. It's more about selling the company vision to employees, convincing investors, delivering talks and arranging interviews, which are really just high-level sales pitches. For examp
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
With product development it's not about having "enough people" to do everything, it's about having the right priorities and choosing what to focus on. We could discuss if this feature should have been prioritised or not,
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
You underestimate the tricks online marketers use to source positive reviews. I guess Apple just cannot be bothered to game them since their success is not dependent on their contents. One example is the classic dark (or at least grey) patt
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
HN itself is a good example of a site with up/down voting with no counters (unlike reddit). It would be interesting to see some research on how that affects user behaviour.
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
Sure but how would that work for Stadia?
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
I feel no emotion for the investors since these are professional VC funds which should be fully aware of the risks involved. However, the situation would have been very different if they pulled out the IPO, cashed out to (among others) indi
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
I don't think priorities shifted away from tech, they just moved up the value chain. Tech companies should focus their limited resources on building their core product, not managing "plumbing" like email servers or chat.
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
This is a good description of the default 40% layout and function layers on MiniVan keyboards: https://drop.com/talk/115/where-did-all-my-keys-go-a-look-in... Of course you can reconfigure everything to suit your
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by adambyrtek 7y ago
I guess just blocking ads and trackers gives a significant performance boost they leverage in their marketing. I bet benchmark against any of the other browsers with ad-blockers installed would give a different result.

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