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by alephnan 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_access_to_personal_da...
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by alephnan 5y ago
> It could say - Google is bad in that and that BUT it has Go. Or it could say - Google designed Go and is interested in its adoption BUT its own managers don't think that Google developers want to learn Go. It's implied. In fa
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> Their boss in my opinion made the right call. I'd say for a few reasons: Well you don't have enough context to say it was the right call. > 1. Why did OP do this without talking through it first I was tasked to prototype &
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> It sounds like you really dislike Google Google's a great if you want a high standard of living and being pampered. Not the highest pay, but it's more relaxed. Also if you have a PhD. Google could be a research playground for
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by alephnan 5y ago
I worked at both Amazon and Google. It was only at Amazon where I was exposed to the Craft of software development. Personally, I feel there is a nuanced difference to the role at Amazon being SDE ( Software Development Engineer ) whereas G
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by alephnan 5y ago
I think you're the one who has no idea what you are talking about and should just accept that you're wrong. > I wouldn't recommend [wandering around like a clueless tourist, late at night] in any part of any city. I have l
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by alephnan 5y ago
There were reasonably fast laptop SSDs in 2012. I had the intel one In my x61 and x201 thinkpad. The specific components though may be faster, then again the newer SSDs would be bottlenecked by the motherboard bus. Sourcing newer models wou
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by alephnan 5y ago
There is no such thing as perfect alignment of incentives. If this were the case, real estate brokers wouldn’t on average have their property on the market longer, and sell for a higher price, then their clients. The classic Freakonomics ex
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There's also CloudFoundry which has been strong since IPO
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Vanguard has been slow all day. I'm going to guess Vanguard has a depencency on US-east-1
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Thank you for this. I really appreciate this response and was the kind of thoughtful and serious intellectual response I was looking for. Most of the other arguments were to the tune of 'the fact that you took a picture indicates it&#x
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> People here might say they like architecture, but not might be familiar with Japan’s most celebrated mainstream architect, Tadao Ando Does this offend you?
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> weebs That term is heavily centered on games, anime, manga and nerd culture. None of which I have interest in. I've been to Akihabara once which I'm sure you are familiar with, and I have no interest in going back. What do yo
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by alephnan 5y ago
My grievance is with people picking and choosing things they like about Japan, then come here and have no regard or respect for Japanese people. This is not Disneyland, which is not to say you should be respectful at Disneyland. Or going to
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Interestingly, the tour boat for Gunkanjima wss filled with Japanese tourists.
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> How does that come up in casual conversation? Kyoto. Plus, they keep making movies about it. It's also a way to discretely gauge people's political leanings. > But that's not Japan specific either, and is more than no
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> People upvote this for many reason that you have no idea about. You’ve changed your argument after I provided context that by going here and taking pictures, was not indication that it is special to me. Again my question remains. The u
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by alephnan 5y ago
This is why I framed the question of why HackerNews is obsessed with a country like Japan. The vast majority of foreigners who go to Japan thinking it’s a NYC or London, but with anime or better sushi, grow to hate it. The Reddit group for
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Architectural appeal is cultural. I minored in architectural history as well as Japanese history. People here might say they like architecture, but not might be familiar with Japan’s most celebrated mainstream architect, Tadao Ando. My apar
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by alephnan 5y ago
For sight seeing, I cover every block of a city. This is the equivalent of asking what is the appeal to Starbucks or Time Square? Just because non American tourists love visiting it doesn’t mean they’re significant. One of a kind yes. Inter
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by alephnan 5y ago
I go to every “point of interest”. I’ve literally been to hundreds of temples and thousands of place in Kyoto alone, 996 for a year. Places like this is only significant to westerners. It’s aesthetic to me because it’s decaying, but doesn’t
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by alephnan 5y ago
> “Europeans understand the need to preserve buildings like this, whereas Japan is still guided by a pull-down-and-rebuild mentality,” says Maeda Mr Maeda has a direct financial incentive to the financial preservation of this building. I
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Is there a Tesla of bikes?
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> just frustrating because it could have been so close to perfection years ago if it didn't run off the rails I agree. But we're buying Apple's reputation, not Apple products. If Apple makes crappy products consistently lo
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It almost seems people here hasn't had experience building a resume of creative work. I used to do poetry, and you take risks, and sometimes it doesn't land the way you expect it to. We look at great artists and remember their gre
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by alephnan 5y ago
> How does this affect you? I'm referring to his post Apple career and this seal/logo design. > The original iPhone was a revolutionary product. Sure, but in a parallel universe it could have flopped. Risks need to be taken
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Society, as an economic participant, has options and alternate goods it can spend its money on. Historically, maybe there was nothing else more interesting to spend money on, so people allocated their time and energy to these grand architec
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Fashion design is a counter example.
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I’m not a fan of Jony Ive’s, and quite resentful about Apple products, but the sentiment here is quite negative. Some are ad hominem, others are harsh on the design itself. How does this affect you? The company paid him. If they don’t like
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It’s a complex organization. Personally, Apple hardware (minus the all usb-c MacBooks) and their software interfaces are more useable to me than Android or Linux. If it was easy, Google would have found a better Jony Ive. There are probably

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