amaks

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   by amaks 13y ago

   Unless you view Nest as the source of data (which many believe it is)
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   by amaks 13y ago

   Google's (official) mission "is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful" ( https://www.google.com/about/company/ ). Microsoft's is "to create a fami
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   by amaks 13y ago

   "A machine learning researcher, a crypto-currency expert, and an Erlang programmer walk into a bar. Facebook buys the bar for $27 billion."
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   by amaks 13y ago

   It actually becomes obvious after realizing that all Facebook does is copying Google.
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   Satya Nadella announces changes to senior leadership team(microsoft.com)

   7 points by amaks 13y ago|2 comments
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   by amaks 13y ago

   Onion
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   by amaks 13y ago

   Not in Phoenix, with Phoenix - Phoenix Compiler and Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/cs/p... This was supposed to be what clang/l
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   What Does It Mean that Nokia Launches 3 Smartphones on Android, Now?(communities-dominate.blogs.com)

   7 points by amaks 13y ago|2 comments
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   by amaks 13y ago

   git repository would be better.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    Roslyn was announced several months after Mono has created their compiler as a service implementation. Having said that, clang/llvm was out there for some time already. So yes, the idea predates Mono for quite some time:-)
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    by amaks 13y ago

    It's hard to disagree with what you've said, especially after Phoenix fiasco. Also, it's quite a shame that opening bugs for open source software requires following through on Connect.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    Bing is allowed. But it's obvious why.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    I'm pretty sure they do, but they are also torn by the apparent dilemma between generating more revenue through fake clicks and maintaining an appearance of the trusted ad platform. Hard to be them;-)
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    Ukraine Burning documentary(theverge.com)

    1 points by amaks 13y ago|0 comments
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    by amaks 13y ago

    http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/google-salary-SRCH_KE0,6.h...
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    by amaks 13y ago

    What an awesome app! Few things I missed: 1. Chromecast support. 2. Navigation back/forward?
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    by amaks 13y ago

    Of course I meant software engineers (SWE). There is no job title 'Programmer' at Google.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    Here is a much better and quite popular (in engineering circles) post by Steve Yegge: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/03/get-that-job-at-goog... This of course applies only to engineers.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    Another obligatory NSA joke.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    Not crazy at all. We all had a fair share of problems with Microsoft software during all these years.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    They must be upgrading their servers to show ads and forward messages to facebook servers.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    Besides, Seattle weather and landscape are a lot like Vancouver (and lot less expensive).
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    by amaks 13y ago

    Neither. Learn Go.
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    by amaks 13y ago

    Pricing is important, but SQL Azure to the best of my knowledge is limited to 150G and doesn't have data encryption. Encryption is very important for customers especially in multi-tenant environments such as SQL Azure.
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    How to Lie Creatively with Statistics(communities-dominate.blogs.com)

    2 points by amaks 13y ago|0 comments
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    by amaks 13y ago

    I think Windows 9 (or whatever it's going to be called) will be a complete pull back into the classic desktop. By the time it ships there will be Modern UI only OS hybrid built with Office for the Modern UI finally caught up. They can
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    by amaks 13y ago

    I'm curious why Symbian and not Android?
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    by amaks 13y ago

    But that's what didn't work with Windows 8. For majority of consumers UI is operating system. Hence the confusion with difference between Windows RT and Windows 8. Hence the perception that Windows 8 has two isolated operating s
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    What the Heck is Happening to Windows?(winsupersite.com)

    100 points by amaks 13y ago|137 comments
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    by amaks 13y ago

    A sobering analysis: "“We are the only ones who can harness the power of software and deliver it through devices and services that truly empower every individual and every organization. We are the only company with history and continue