arvinaminpour

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TikTok has rapidly scaled up US lobbying in the past year(nytimes.com)
4 points by arvinaminpour 6y ago|0 comments
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by arvinaminpour 6y ago
TikTok seemed to run off of Alibaba Cloud (from what I read which may be wrong) so it's an interesting move to buy Cloud Services from Google. I probably read this as a way of strengthening the case that they're an "American&
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by arvinaminpour 6y ago
Loved this TedX talk that Michael gave a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWR31GRu3_A "I really think the act of making and doing things is the salvation of our crumbling society. It has to be as someone
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by arvinaminpour 6y ago
I remember our high school history teacher taking us to an aviation museum in Toronto. They had a section of the plane out on display and it was a beautiful piece of work. But I'll never forget the way the tour guide described the stor
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by arvinaminpour 6y ago
My masterpiece https://music-grid.surge.sh/#2569-20-130-0-40-64-544-21-72-1...
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by arvinaminpour 7y ago
I have a personal theory that Reddit is a great source of startup ideas. There are many communities that have special behaviours that can be a source of inspiration for such ideas. A good example is /r/borrow where you can take a
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by arvinaminpour 7y ago
I've noticed it makes sign ups super easy which is great if you're building a new service and want to get users fast. But what I wrestled with is the verification of the user on the server side after they've signed up (Apple
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by arvinaminpour 7y ago
His argument is to reduce mobility in the short term to combat the uncertainty and unknowns associated with the Coronavirus. The R0 (reproductive ratio) of the virus is increasing and it’ll probably take longer to know how much havoc it’ll
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by arvinaminpour 7y ago
Was looking at building something similar on top of Lambda but I'm so happy that I found this! Quickly browsed through the code and I don't think it supports local pages but might throw a PR your way to add support if you don&#x27
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by arvinaminpour 7y ago
So this is something a lot of us have struggled with and I think it happens when your goals aren't aligned with your work. So what are your goals right now out of work? What is your workview and your lifeview. Find the intersection bet
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NYSE proposes big change to direct listings(techcrunch.com)
3 points by arvinaminpour 7y ago|0 comments
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by arvinaminpour 7y ago
If anything, I think there's a lot of value for having people broadcasting on a community level. In the era of the internet and hyper-connectivity, we've lost that sense of community and having local broadcasters that don't w
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Under the hood: Instagram’s Explore recommender system(ai.facebook.com)
3 points by arvinaminpour 7y ago|0 comments
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by arvinaminpour 7y ago
Most companies are trying to find the "second act" and need to bump up ad impressions and revenue until they find that next source of revenue. For Google, it's been cranking up the number of Youtube ads displayed per video an
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by arvinaminpour 7y ago
Gotcha I thought that it might have been server driven clients similar to the way Spotify does it. But that makes sense :)
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by arvinaminpour 7y ago
I'm always surprised at how people utilize Jupyter notebooks. What kinds of platforms/software do these firms use to perform the analysis?
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by arvinaminpour 7y ago
Love this a ton! How does Netflix ensure reliability for those platforms with an ever growing codebase and the evolving business? Was the platform built to be extensible from the start?
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by arvinaminpour 7y ago
If I were approaching this: - Posting on NYC subreddit - Pay students to put up posters around meters and garages I'd focus on the area with the highest density of garage parks or areas where it's generally hard to park as you&#x
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by arvinaminpour 7y ago
savage
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by arvinaminpour 7y ago
I found myself in the cycle that you described up there for about 2 years almost a year ago especially with side projects. A couple of things I took away from that period: 1/ Being truthful w/ yourself on whether you are building