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Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman Struggle with Their Startup–and Each Other(wsj.com)
2 points by cranky_coder 6y ago|0 comments
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by cranky_coder 6y ago
The React Core team has gone on record in support of the walkout: https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/1267544361929256966?s...
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by cranky_coder 6y ago
You seem to explicitly ignore the “extra-disposable” modifier used with “second-class”. Curious.
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
Theranos never had a working product and actively did harm, so I don’t know how having patents would have ever helped them scale that business model. Beyond that, these are extraordinary circumstances. There will be plenty of bailouts and s
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
Yes, I do. It’s a global pandemic - if you’re thinking about profit motive at a time like this you are part of the problem. Full stop.
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
It might be some of that, but folks on that subreddit tend to take super risky positions that can go south on them very fast. It’s possible a few made some really stupid bets during the crash and they couldn’t get out today.
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
It’s definitely the invisible hand of the market at work here and not the massive amounts of marketing subsidies being thrown at the product. That’s why Uber is posting so much profit each quarter, right?
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
The definition offered in the first paragraph of that article seems to conjure the exact same imagery in my head that the parent post did. How exactly is he parent off base with this comparison?
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
I feel like the Boeing 737 MAX situation is a clear demonstration that this isn’t really the case, especially in the realm of safety regulations.
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AI that imitate’s Twitter’s dril using a fine tuned GPT2 model(twitter.com)
3 points by cranky_coder 7y ago|0 comments
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
How is it ridiculous? The article said GCP would receive reduced invesment if that target isn't met. It's a bit hard to grow without investing, so it smells to me like a precursor to sustained engineering.
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
Individuals don’t typically enter into enterprise contracts ran by a dedicated sales rep, while I’d imagine government contracts and big enterprise spend are usually handles directly by the company. You know there’s a clear distinction betw
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
Because time and time ICE has shown it has a remarkable ability to define “legal status” as it sees fit. Consider the fake college ICE[0] used to arrest and deport immigrants; they were granted Student Visas and believed they were here lega
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
Why was this title changed? It’s just downright inaccurate now? The linked release is 4.20
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
Why do we have to assume a publicly owned utility wouldn’t be able to focus on safety and efficiency at the same time? I mean, there’s data on Medicare being more efficient than private insurance[0]. Why is this different? I’m not sure I’m
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
I’m confused, is this an example of one of those “:D Set status features”? It seems useful to me...
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
Last I checked, governments are still organizations?
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by cranky_coder 7y ago
Does anyone really make it out of this world alive?
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by cranky_coder 8y ago
I think this is just management cynically reframing some popular “social justice” rhetoric in a way that allows them to paint their opposition as a “progressive” position to take. But maybe that’s a cynical reading of their language too...
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by cranky_coder 8y ago
I mean, what else would you expect from a press release announcing a product release by a company? An engineering spec?
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by cranky_coder 8y ago
What does “the next Deep State” even mean? What do the words “deep state” even mean in this context?
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by cranky_coder 8y ago
Would you blame a toddler for leaping into traffic while being babysat by a paid adult human, or would you blame the paid adult human who was tasked with the job of watching over this life form? Personally I’d blame the “paid professional”