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by bliti 11y ago
It seems to be related to how startups are suddenly valuated at billions without much of a moat or intrinsic value. Just for having "users".
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by bliti 11y ago
They do have valuables. Their own cash, maybe tips, the cellphone, etc. Robbers go for the easy targets.
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by bliti 11y ago
Company depended on me to keep afloat due to me being lead dev in project. They hired some cheaper devs from overseas and let me go. I was immediately hired by the company who was developing the project (no contractual issues) and the compa
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by bliti 11y ago
An average driver does not stop to pick up passengers ever n amount of time. A Taxi/Uber driver does. Speak to some taxi drivers and ask them how many times they've been robbed. Its pretty common. Not necessarily at gun point ei
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by bliti 11y ago
Map data is not the main issue. I'm talking from experience here. Its the sensors and software. Good sensors are über expensive (mind the pun), not easily integrated in vehicle control systems, and currently not awfully precise (for th
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by bliti 11y ago
They shouldn't worry about self driving cars. The cost and complexity of developing a fleet of them is very high. In too of that, the technology is not quite there. Their biggest risk ae regulation and gun point robberies.
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by bliti 11y ago
Good points. It used to be customary for European suppliers and manufacturers to borrow from GM. I know Bosch took inspiration from gm to build their efi systems in the 70s and 80s. Systems that were put on cars like the venerable 930.
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by bliti 11y ago
It's definitely not characteristic of gm to build cats that have deadly issus. It ks, however, characteristic of them to build lower quality cars. That's why their resale value is so bad. You did miss the decades of the 90's
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by bliti 11y ago
You are right. Those vehicles having issues for Honda and toyota are those who are made in America or have major components made there. They share a lot of suppliers. Which is am underlying issue. No amount of kaizen is gonna fix a broken s
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by bliti 11y ago
Given their hardware track record I can't assume the software is any better. I've worked with GM sensors and ECMS and they are not exactly great. Lower quality in terms of measurements and readings.
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by bliti 11y ago
Management is not about a who. Its about a culture.
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by bliti 11y ago
Let's use some data around the amount of recalls for different brands: http://projects.marketwatch.com/2014/gm-recalls-the-numbers-... Per wikipedia: A product recall is a request to return a product after the dis
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by bliti 11y ago
It's sad to see a company with such engineering capacity to continue down the road of making shit vehicles. Their supply chain us also shit and as a result other manufacturers have to buy from the same shit. It's not all GMS fault
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by bliti 11y ago
I'm glad that worked out for you. In my case the PM reported to the CEO. Who was a passive aggressive tool. All management in this company was just awful, but somehow the tech team that was based in the america and europe was pretty aw
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by bliti 11y ago
Sounds like a funny idea for a reddit bot.
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by bliti 11y ago
Wordpress also keeps php very relevant. Very, very relevant. You can make so much money focusing on WP that it's not even funny. Even with the endless marketing agencies and low cost options available.
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by bliti 11y ago
I had the displeasure of working with an EX-PM from MSFT. Her constant pressure for status reports, the inability to properly gather feedback from the client and the awful ability to write a specifications document made me incredulous. How
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by bliti 11y ago
What kind of traffic does your heroku instance handle? How many dynos and which dynos do you use?
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by bliti 11y ago
Good clients understand that figuring out the what is as important as how and when. If you have issues with people not understanding the importance of each of those verbs in terms of business and technology then move on politely. Don't
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by bliti 11y ago
That's a good point. Another reason is to differentiate themselves from re-sellers. Like the Ebay stores that put "Ships from USA" in the listing titles.
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by bliti 11y ago
The flag is part of the marketing. Every other product they sell (boards) has a "Designed in the USA" text printed somewhere. Seems that they believe that having a product "Designed in the USA" gives it more credibility
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by bliti 11y ago
Any blog post that explains this a but further? It should be an interesting read, given that I assume you track changes and update programatically (to a degree).
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by bliti 11y ago
Serious question: How would this handle changes in Gmail? Google is the platform owner and may change it without prior notice. My interest is in understanding how would someone using this sdk would be impacted.
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by bliti 11y ago
Seriously. I enjoy every Show HN, but this one left me hanging. No demo, pictures, video or description. Just a button to log in to Twitter. I don't have a Twitter account and a good demo might have pushed me into getting one in order
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by bliti 11y ago
Agree with you. The Forrest Mims books are concise and written in a very simple manner without dumbing things down. His collection of the basics which is about four small volumes, will cost you about $50 in total. Money very well spent.
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by bliti 11y ago
Share more of experience with Rust. :)
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by bliti 11y ago
It's not black and white. I'm not for or against Uber. Have never used the service and know very little about the actual company. Markets are irrational. They are a collection of people who need/want something. They will buy
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by bliti 11y ago
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. Would it be too much to ask for more?
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by bliti 11y ago
I will keep posted to your blog. Thanks for sharing the link. Always looking to learn about memory heavy operations. Currently am the lead dev on software that revolves around user generated content (images and audio). Its an ever ending ro
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by bliti 11y ago
Is hustling really that effective and I have been underestimated that all along? There are different kinds of hustle. The good kind, which means working hard to reach a goal. The not so good kind, which means working hard and doing some n

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