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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
She cannot be "convicted" of anything so long as she's in office. She would have to be impeached and removed from office (or resign) before she could actually stand trial for whatever crime may have been committed.
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
The data is internal; I obviously don't have access to it anymore. That said, having worked at many companies in my career, I can tell you that Netflix is far more data-driven than any company I've personally experienced--even to
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
> I doubt you'd be able to get an in home trial, though. It seems odd that every decent mattress store will allow you an in-home trial--some as many as 4 months. Maybe because the return rate on chairs would be a lot higher?
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
A question before my own story: What does everyone do as far as trying out chairs? It's crazy to me to base my buying decision on 10 minutes of sitting in a store. Are there stores out there that allow for in-home trials of these produ
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
Sadly--this isn't really something Netflix (or anyone) can possibly offer given the way that the entertainment industry licenses content. When they made the transition to streaming, they had to acknowledge that they could no longer pro
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
Their UI (which I worked on heavily) is actually VERY optimized and an immense amount of testing around success metrics goes into it. It has far less to do with "not noticing" and much more to do with the algorithms knowing what y
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
Bandwidth costs for Netflix, despite the insanely high usage, are a drop in the bucket compared to the licensing of the content (which is not priced per view or per viewer--so the more people watching more of the content, the less the &quot
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
> But they should be concentrating on customer satisfaction, not racking up viewers. I assure you; they are. Despite the very vocal people around the HN community to talk a lot about hating the selection, the data says that most people a
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
TL;DR: A former Netflix employee isn't surprised because films very little business sense for Netflix. Former Netflix employee here--though I left in late 2013. I remember sitting at a company meeting and Reed Hastings explaining that
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
I don't do photo work; but, I went and played with the tool and, at least for the photo provided, anything above 10px really started taking the photo into the "Uncanny Valley" territory.
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
Happy to chat--traveling this week. You can find my email address easily enough; feel free to email me. :)
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
No, it's not. But people aren't stupid (at least, if you hire well) and it's often-observed that the simple act of "being there" is rewarded. An anecdote from my past: two simultaneous projects; I'm the lead en
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
No. Sustainable pace is important; respecting people's right to be who they are is more important. Here's my thing: if my management team and I are paying attention, we'll see people's performance suffering if they were
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
> I've never heard of software companies paying you more because you stayed late. I don't think they do directly; but, there are a lot of bad managers out there to value hard work and firefighting above all else. So it's v
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
> Find me a boss that believes this (and has their own boss believing them/it enough that they don't force them to maintain the status quo) See my HN profile if you're looking for that combo. :)
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
Just this week, I've been collecting feedback from my team. Some of the most powerful I received was, "Since you took over, I feel like I've gotten more done with so much less stress and extra hours. Until you came in, I didn
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
I'd call the NSA and ask for them to clear my name, a winnebago, a european (+ Tahiti) vacation, a uzi-carrying girl's phone number, and peace on earth and goodwill toward men. (see: http://www.imdb.com/title/
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
PayPal | San Jose, CA | Onsite (relocation available) | Experienced Javascript Application Engineers PayPal is looking for experienced JavaScript engineers who want to work both in the browser and on the server-side in Node.js. Over the pas
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
...right up until they want to use their headphones with their Mac, iPhone, and iPad, and remember what a huge pain in the ass it is to pair and un-pair bluetooth devices. Bluetooth has some compelling use cases. This isn't one of them
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
100% agreed that leadership and management are two very different things--it's an important distinction (and one that typical conversation tends to gloss over). I hope my original comment didn't imply they were the same. Also agre
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by bcrescimanno 10y ago
Leadership. No skill (rather, set of skills) will be more universally applicable throughout the entirety of your career and become more heavily weighted the higher you climb. Are you an engineer? What skill(s) will you be leveraging most as
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by bcrescimanno 11y ago
PayPal | San Jose, CA | Onsite (relocation available) | Hiring Javascript Application Engineers PayPal is looking for JavaScript engineers who want to work both in the browser and on the server-side in Node.js. Over the past couple of years
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by bcrescimanno 11y ago
As someone who once had an experience with a coworker who was suffering with addiction / mental health issues, I agree with this comment entirely. While it's admirable to want to help as much as you can, I learned the hard way tha
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by bcrescimanno 11y ago
PayPal | San Jose, CA | Onsite (relocation available) | Hiring Javascript Application Engineers PayPal is looking for JavaScript engineers who want to work both in the browser and on the server-side in Node.js. Over the past couple of years
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by bcrescimanno 11y ago
PayPal | San Jose, CA | Onsite (relocation available) | Hiring Javascript Application Engineers PayPal is looking for JavaScript engineers who want to work both in the browser and on the server-side in Node.js. Over the past couple of years
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by bcrescimanno 11y ago
From the perspective of PayPal, it's not that his personal email address is made public. It's that the fact that he has a PayPal account associated with that email address is made public. It's similar to advice for "forg
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by bcrescimanno 11y ago
PayPal employee here (and I'm hiring Node.js developers :P ). I actually got two of these messages while I was out for the holiday break. I don't work on the team that handles invoicing; but, I (among others) made them aware of th
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by bcrescimanno 11y ago
Given the way Wine versioning works, I wouldn't expect any significant changes from the latest 1.7.x cycle. Wine uses the same versioning system that Linux used prior to (and perhaps after, I'm not sure) the 3.0 release. The secon
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by bcrescimanno 11y ago
PayPal | San Jose, CA | Onsite (relocation available) | Hiring Senior Web Application Engineers PayPal is looking for JavaScript engineers who want to work both in the browser and on the server-side in Node.js. Come help us as we continue t
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by bcrescimanno 11y ago
PayPal | San Jose, CA | Onsite (relocation available) | Hiring Senior Web Application Engineers PayPal is looking for JavaScript engineers who want to work both in the browser and on the server-side in Node.js. Come help us as we continue t

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