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by diskzero 5y ago
Do you contribute to campaigns and attend fundraising events? I realize a corporation or PAC can drop a lot of money in expectation of influence. I am also amazed that I can can meet future senators, representative, etc. and have them liste
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Of course you are right. I have a snapshot of Steve in my head that I apply, but his opinion changed frequently, as evidenced by the various permutations of the OSX interface designs. That being said, I just can't believe he would have
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> That definitely makes me wonder if it was pushed by Ive or someone at Apple as a pet project, but abandoned once the initial development was done. Seemed very Un-Apple to do something like that these days though. Yes. It wasn't Jo
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I can see how you might make that assumption based on how the Touchbar has exposed functionality, but this was not the goal of the Touchbar as it was sold internally. It was sold as one of the next great UI affordances. It came from some of
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It was tried. Many, many people spent many, many hours inside of Apple trying to make the Touchbar more useful. The simple fact was that looking down at it was a context shift and, in general, no one wanted to do it. It exposed functionalit
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People are commenting this post and saying it is speculation, and until someone who directly was involved in these discussions shows up to comment, I suppose it is. I have been in design meetings with Jony, and Scott Forstall, and many othe
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Vitess is a database solution for deploying, scaling and managing large clusters of open-source database instances. It currently supports MySQL, Percona and MariaDB. It’s architected to run as effectively in a public or private cloud archit
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What may be interesting to discuss is if one can regain the integrity that was perceived to be lost in the first place? I have done things I am not proud of. Sometimes it was due to ignorance, greed, selfishness or indifference. For those t
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$100 boards only $250 PiBox Carrier and Daughter Boards Powder Coated Steel Case Noctua 5v PWM Fan External WiFi Antenna 1.3" LCD Display 15W USB-C Wall Adapter Raspberry Pi CM4 - 8GB RAM / 8GB eMMC / WiFi model - Pre-flashed
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Got it. I just wanted to make sure I didn't misunderstand you. This type of dialog is really valuable to me. As I stated elsewhere, something has happened in general that makes rational discussion difficult.
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I am not sure I understand your point about intent. I do agree that the OP did not intend to offend. My input to the Show HN is that I found the term juvenile and offensive. The OP may choose to accept my advice or disregard it. I am not ju
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One may choose to participate in normalizing terms that have origins that may offend. This happens frequently and often times we are unaware of the offensive origins of terms until it is pointed out. You may decide to continue to use the te
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Funding has changed, I agree. I hope that some entity could provide some type of crowd-funded solution for a general purpose desktop environment, but am more than pessimistic. My opinion of Chrome OS is that it is a cancer and I don't
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Tens of thousands. Probably more. Subscription models are customer kryptonite. They run screaming with pain when you propose them, and only grudgingly accept them when no other option exists. Providing a subscription model for a desktop env
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> Ultimately it's a lack of resources. A company could produce a polished Linux desktop but nobody will pay for it so it won't happen. Sadly, I have to agree with you. I am more than willing to be convinced otherwise, and I wis
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This is helpful, and I agree with you. There are some "data scientists" who are able to use PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc. and modify code in a Jupyter Notebook without knowing the larger ramifications of the work they are doing.
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Have you been in interview loops or worked with bread and butter data scientists performing common tasks? I am curious what your view of what most data scientists do day in and day out?
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My variation on this theme has been "Willingness to be Curious".
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Kindness does indeed seem to be lacking. I constantly remind myself that all work is noble and aspire to extend empathy, compassion and sympathy to others.
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Don't underestimate ones ability to adapt and change their circumstances. I am a sample size of one, but I grew up busy farming and raising siblings. It is true that I was exposed to computers in the 80s, but didn't own one. In my
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Thanks for the information and the pointers to the text in the Quran. Time to do some reading!
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This is a tangent, but I don't have many opportunities to speak to people knowledgeable of Islam. Is there a concept of original sin in Islam? Do we need to seek forgiveness or salvation?
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I was raised in the evangelical Christian tradition and have since had my views broken down and rebuilt numerous times. I am still seeking. I am ignorant about Islam, other than the way it is represented in popular media and from some basic
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Lot's of people can get rich from their salary alone. I know many Silicon Valley workers who chose to live more frugally, invest in properties like duplexes, town homes, etc. and then rent and improve them and increase their net worth
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Are you talking about hiring a remote team and managing them? The answer may very well be yes for organizations that don't know how to properly communicate and utilize tools and methods to manage them. There is an entire middle managem
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If you have a family that loves you, manageable stress levels and a purpose in life, I think you are doing a lot of things right. I am sure you are worth more! There are probably ways to increase your compensation and maintain your quality
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A very good question, thanks for asking! I think about that a lot. This answer is going to get a little bit deep (for me) so please forgive me. My career later took me to Los Angeles in 2009 and then to Seattle in 2018. Both my wife and I g
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These compensation amounts reflect what I am seeing in the market. Whenever I see these amounts, like many others, I am somewhat amazed, but then I stop, look at my own history and reflect on the environment that supports paying a Staff eng
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I agree with you and I would really like to buy VR hardware from a good actor, but they are few and far between. This is great for now for rescuing hardware that might be going straight to the landfill or for those who finally understand th
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Do you know if the Bedouins are still living the traditional nomadic lifestyle that was once common? Can you share more about where your parents ended up after they were forced out our Haifa? We are way off topic now, but I really wonder if

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