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by bwy 11y ago
Of course, there's many areas that I didn't even mention. Another thing in the same vein for upvotes that I sometimes think about is, what is the meaning of upvoting? Does it mean, "I like this," or can it also mean &quo
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by bwy 11y ago
What I always thought was that there really should be some user-based weighting system. Like, if a user upvotes 90% of the things he sees, his upvotes are probably worth less than upvotes by someone who upvotes only 1% of the posts he sees.
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by bwy 11y ago
My impression is that computer science education is light-years behind things like physics and math. I feel a lot of it has to do with the amount of money you can make straight out of college even as a mediocre coder, compared to the low-pa
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by bwy 11y ago
Yep. Maybe we differ in our understanding of the phrase "states' rights argument" but the very first sentence you quoted screams "states' rights" to me - "Today, however, the Court takes the extraordinary
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by bwy 11y ago
Not sure why you got downvoted because I'm reading Roberts' decision now and that's a big part of it.
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by bwy 11y ago
Yeah, I just moved into an apartment where the couple recently cut the cord as well. I think the only part where you're wrong is in saying cable TV is getting "shaken up." I'm pretty sure cable TV as we knew it is over.
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by bwy 11y ago
You might be surprised how much data cookies can hold. Google Ads cookies (anything with __ga, etc.) are in almost every site do indeed appear to hold some tracking data. But I agree with you that this is some misguided legislation for many
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by bwy 11y ago
I find great irony in statements like these when the motivation of every party is considered. The idea is that prices are "in a free fall," i.e., they haven't fallen completely yet. But this will encourage people to buy SSDs
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Was Noel Lee Betrayed and Pushed Out of Beats?(bloomberg.com)
1 points by bwy 11y ago|0 comments
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by bwy 11y ago
This has been reposted a few times now. Past discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6654905
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by bwy 11y ago
Sure. Of course explaining the why is most important.
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by bwy 11y ago
I can't edit my original comment but I'm surprised it was unpopular and the repeated concerns are so petty. I can respond to most of the things you guys brought up: @sanderjd, you may think I'm exhibiting what the article was
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by bwy 11y ago
This is pretty ridiculous, man. I don't think I know a beginner programmer who would be so stuck on "every character matters." (Which isn't even true, to some level, in many langauges - ; in JavaScript and Python? Whites
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by bwy 11y ago
The real question is, "if we're in a bubble, how do we take advantage of knowing it will pop?" (genuine question)
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by bwy 11y ago
Your first paragraph sounds so dramatic that I was expecting you to laugh the idea off as a joke at the end, but you didn't. It sounds like you're 100% serious. Is this actually the case? Don't mean to pry, but it sounds a li
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by bwy 12y ago
Yes, I was confused because that's how your comment starts out - it sounds like you're looking at this reputation like it's a thing in the past. Then you go on to say you'd never apply because you "know exactly how
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by bwy 12y ago
I wonder when these "experiences" happened. I went through Google's process this semester looking for an internship position and it was no different than the dozen other companies I've gone through. Things might have cha
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by bwy 12y ago
Thank you, very good answer! It makes a bit more sense to me. Also tested in Chrome w/o Javascript, and it does indeed work. Upvoting's just a little more inconvenient.
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by bwy 12y ago
I find it really interesting that NoScript users seem so vocal and adamant about their plugin on this site, at least. Many sites that don't work with NoScript have condescending comments from NoScript users, and they don't hesitat
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by bwy 12y ago
I knew even before I clicked the link that it would be discussing e-health records :) I worked with them in a small division of McKesson (RelayHealth) a few summers ago as an intern and the company was described to me as "the biggest c
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by bwy 12y ago
Seems like many of the comments here are/will be railing on patent trolls and disgusting corporate enterprises making money off of ideas they claim to have come up with. I actually don't know or really care too much about those is
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by bwy 12y ago
I don't quite follow your reasoning here. It's got a really bad reputation with devs and people "in the know," but for the average user turning on the computer, it's perfectly fine, and that has to count for somethi
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by bwy 12y ago
Impossible to graduate from Berkeley with a CS degree without hearing this problem :)
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by bwy 12y ago
There are a lot of replies on this comment, but I just wanted to add my experience and maybe some advice - I'm TA'ing for a CS class this semester, and we have an open forum for discussion kind of like Stack Overflow. Unfortunatel
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by bwy 12y ago
This is awesome! Wonder how it compares with mine (github.com/billyeh/termchat). Would love to share notes with the maker, since audio was something I did not even consider while I was making it. The image processing part is fun,
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by bwy 12y ago
This is actually awesome. I'm in the exact same boat that the writer started in, able to create UX but admittedly clueless about UI design. Putting some principles I've had swirling around my head for a while trying to learn into
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by bwy 12y ago
I wouldn't call that an insult, much less a passive-aggressive one. Maybe it's time to get a bit of fresh air; the world's not out to get you.
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by bwy 12y ago
Awesome, always wanted a minimalistic striped shirt! shirt.codes/?source=------------------------------------------ -------------------------------%0A---------------------------- ---------------------------------------------%0A--------
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by bwy 12y ago
Wish there was a warning, because I accidentally clicked this link in class just now.
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by bwy 12y ago
As an EECS student at UC Berkeley, whose intro CS class is in the same situation, I think it's mostly the latter. There are certainly more people seeking careers as devs nowadays, but that's nothing compared to all of the bio, mat

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