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by belfalas 3y ago
> Of course, it’s this blog of mine that’s #1 on HN! I mean, you did file it under "well, actually..." - that's canonical for HN. ;)
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by belfalas 3y ago
"When a man is sober he is ashamed of what seems all right when he is drunk. In these words we have the essential underlying cause prompting men to resort to stupefiers. People resort to them either to escape feeling ashamed after havi
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by belfalas 3y ago
Was he clearly wrong though? I listened through the whole clip and it seems like he was spot on to me. Steve Jobs made similar comments about cloud in the 90s - it’s really just mainframe 2.0.
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by belfalas 3y ago
> Probably a couple more years of good service until they get acquired. Solid prediction. It is more likely than unlikely that this will be the outcome. Once you raise VC funds the exit clock starts ticking.
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by belfalas 3y ago
> Reckon Fly.io could avoid the temptation better than most given the founding team has already had one exit (mongohq/compose.io) and might not feel the urge to sell out again. "Yes John, I used to think that too...but you se
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by belfalas 3y ago
Regulation exists for a reason and is not always a bad thing; sadly OceanGate is providing one of those periodic reminders.
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by belfalas 3y ago
https://archive.ph/8QeoB
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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to fight in a cage match(sfchronicle.com)
7 points by belfalas 3y ago|3 comments
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Musk refused to pay annual bonuses promised to Twitter employees, lawsuit says(arstechnica.com)
13 points by belfalas 3y ago|1 comments
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Amazon named its “labyrinthine” Prime cancellation process after Homer’s Iliad(arstechnica.com)
60 points by belfalas 3y ago|28 comments
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by belfalas 3y ago
The short version are all of the "X East India Companies" that were formed in Europe that effected much of the West colonizing Asia. The list of atrocities is immense. Exxon and Texaco (now Chevron) would also be high on the list.
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by belfalas 3y ago
I see the option in their mobile app as well.
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by belfalas 3y ago
> the most evil company in history? Microsoft may be bad but it's not the most evil company in history, not even by a long shot.
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by belfalas 3y ago
In your mind, what would be fair compensation?
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by belfalas 3y ago
Steve Jobs was indeed a programmer at one point in his early career, working for Atari. But of course what he became known for was being the product/sales/vision guy.
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by belfalas 3y ago
It's definitely like Magic the Gathering - a rich man's game.
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iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from links you click on(9to5mac.com)
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by belfalas 3y ago
You're the fnord sensei so you ought to know best. ;) When I hear about this alien stuff or other "big government" conspiracies I'm always reminded of this saying, not sure where it's from. "Behind every vast c
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by belfalas 3y ago
For your reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tuberculosis
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by belfalas 3y ago
If you live in San Francisco, simply walk up and down Haight for a while (near Ashbury, of course). Look for "street characters" - every once in a while as one of them passes you, they'll quickly call out "hey man, wanna
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by belfalas 3y ago
A great history professor I had at university was very interested in California politics. His take after years of research was that the thing holding California back is Prop 13, which has to do with taxation: https://en.wikipedia
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by belfalas 3y ago
Microsoft Excel - still going strong after 30+ years.
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by belfalas 3y ago
> I've worked in a big enterprise once (hated it for all sorts of reasons) where the business logic was entirely in the database, I get that that could work too. This used to be quite common back in the day. In a sense the databas
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by belfalas 3y ago
I had a colleague once who was a real Linux geek, knew so many distros, compiled the kernel himself, etc. His comment on Gentoo: "Dude, Gentoo. That's for the kind of people who mod their cars."
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by belfalas 3y ago
I have a hunch that this article is either someone being humorous or incredible naive. To wit: > First, no matter how many instructions are executed for any type of automation, the code must always be triggered by humans. Not someone, o
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by belfalas 3y ago
They would need an economic incentive to do so. Sadly it doesn’t seem like there would be any upside for them.
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Resistance as a Resource (2001)(dhemery.com)
1 points by belfalas 3y ago|0 comments
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by belfalas 3y ago
Sadly selecting for individuals who cheat might help the company navigate ethics/regulatory issues. I have seen many instances of people treating regulation as an annoying roadblock to work around, not something worth honoring.
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by belfalas 3y ago
The norm is a 4 year vesting period - but if you are doing important work and having a big impact, you'll be given more grants over time. Those will then come with a new vesting period. This is a very normal way for Silicon Valley comp
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by belfalas 3y ago
I had never seen or heard the word 'hoaching' before today - "full of or swarming with people and things." That's a good one, thanks!

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