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by avinium 8y ago
As someone else just pointed out, this can be highly subjective. An audio clip of Stephen Wolfram was recently posted on HN, in which he was dealing with a couple of team members on their API documentation. Some described it as "toxic
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by avinium 8y ago
No vested interest in this whatsoever - just wanted to let you know that it's cool you picked this up on HN, followed it up internally and responded publicly to clarify the situation. That kind of transparency really helps build confid
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by avinium 8y ago
This is an intriguing lesson for us all. Whenever Atlassian is mentioned on HN, at least 75% of the comments are complaints about the product - it’s crap, it’s slow, buggy, whatever. But the company behind it has turned into a juggernaut. L
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by avinium 8y ago
> The part about mezzanines struck me. BART has huge barren mezzanines. There is not one shop in the entire station. I found that odd about BART, too - initially I thought this was due to crime (BART seems pretty sketchy, and opening up
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by avinium 8y ago
I'll assume you're being glib. One of the most attractive features of a death tax is that it applies to everybody. After all, nobody escapes death. Of course, that doesn't mean it'll be loved universally. Some people jus
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by avinium 8y ago
A death/inheritance tax seems an absolute no-brainer to me - and I consider myself fairly conservative. That doesn't mean increasing the overall tax burden, either - it could be introduced to offset income tax reductions. It seems
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by avinium 8y ago
Just finished a 60 hour fast a few hours ago. 34/M/186cm/86kg. Last week was all keto, 4 weight training sessions and a 5km run on the first fasting day (Sunday, around 18 hours in). Run time was unaffected. First weights ses
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by avinium 8y ago
> What has really annoyed me as of late is the confusing branding. Standard vs Core vs what the hell is Framework 4.7 called? I agree that it's confusing at first, but when you step back and look at why Microsoft went down this path
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by avinium 8y ago
As a (very disgruntled customer), I am convinced this company will implode in the next few years. They treat paying customers poorly, their facilities are nothing unique and they've overextended themselves on a lot of commercial leases
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by avinium 8y ago
It might feel weird to say out loud, but it’s definitely memorable. Everyone I’ve referred to DDG could recall the name instantly a few days later. That kind of recognition is important.
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by avinium 8y ago
I tried logging in the other day. For some reason, the page linked from the reset password email was completely broken. I reached out on Twitter, but it remained like that for days. I’d be surprised if they had even one full time staff for
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by avinium 8y ago
Oh, I do think performance matters - but that's usually only once you've discovered your underlying market. Minecraft's audience clearly didn't care about performance, so it would have been wasted effort to optimize in t
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by avinium 8y ago
+1 for F# (though I have to admit, Elixir seems much preferred as the functional weapon of choice in industry). Amazing ML-derived language with all the benefits of the .NET ecosystem. Highly suggest everyone dip their toe in.
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by avinium 8y ago
I think a year is more than enough to figure out if you have the wrong product. Kudos to the team - they might have been able to raise money to keep plugging away, but they've seen the writing on the wall. I know nothing about their co
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by avinium 8y ago
> Minecraft is generally known to be fairly poorly optimised, and the graphics weren't great Perfect example. You're not making games, you're selling entertainment. Focus on the latter first, and optimize accordingly. I se
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by avinium 8y ago
I honestly have no idea - you may be right. I'll report back next week.
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by avinium 8y ago
Best description I've ever heard of the company.
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by avinium 8y ago
I've been experimenting with fasting over the past couple of weeks. Yesterday I broke a 40-hour fast at lunch, then exercised around 6 hours later. I definitely didn't feel strong/energetic - but my numbers didn't actu
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by avinium 8y ago
> I think one of the biggest problems with Agile is that everybody thinks it's okay to operate without a specification of what is to be built. It depends. With certain projects, the overriding risk is that you're building somet
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by avinium 8y ago
> Love it! Worth remembering these little snippets of history next time someone pooh-poohs your idea.
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by avinium 8y ago
Downvotes? Seriously? This was possibly the most benign comment anyone could ever make in regards to the subject matter.
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by avinium 8y ago
I actually use the number of capital letters in camel-cased variable/method names as a signal that the code might need refactoring. Generally, every capital letter indicates another hierarchical relationship from left-to-right. Usually
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by avinium 8y ago
Eh, I have literally no stake in the US political landscape/culture wars (non-American, largely apolitical, don't actively seek out US current affairs). I was made aware of the Smollet case via reddit frontpage. I recall the major
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by avinium 8y ago
Probably uninformed opinion given I haven’t worked at either, but I suspect you’re right. Microsoft seems to be a lot more grounded in the dollars and cents of running a business. I doubt a few squeaky wheels distract them. Google seems to
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by avinium 8y ago
The e-mail templates also sound like a logical fit - will certainly drop you an e-mail if I decided to release OSS!
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by avinium 8y ago
Oh wow - I wonder if this was added to Chrome's PDF engine after I looked into it. Very cool, but a bit concerning at the same time. I have vivid memories of Flash exploitations and all the malware that came with it. I know we've
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by avinium 8y ago
I came across the Vuetify dashboard the other day for a side project I'm spinning out ( http://www.sweephq.com - may or may not open source, haven't decided yet). There are some fantastic themes/UI components here.
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by avinium 8y ago
I briefly looked at running Javascript inside PDF a couple of years ago - I think this is possible under the spec, but no major renderers allow it. Could be wrong.
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by avinium 8y ago
I guess "toxic" is pretty subjective. Personally, I draw the line at personal insults. You might draw the line a little earlier.
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by avinium 8y ago
First, it's awesome that these are live-streamed and publicised. Second, I didn't hear anything unreasonable in that meeting. SW has a reputation for ego, but honestly this particular extract just sounds like frustration with bugg

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