doctorcroc

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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Awesome story and takeaways. What happened to your product and what did you learn you could not keep up with or grow into?
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
What is going on with this post?
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Bourdain is an OG. I've always admired his candor and ability to reflect on the things most important in life (and he knows it first-hand, having traveled nearly every where) -- time, lack of stress, and the enjoyment of good food with
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
> It's still pretty standard to compile es6 down to at least es2015 ...aren't ES6 and ES2015 the same thing?
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
It sounds like you guys are on the right track, but small input -- the coffee bit is somewhat campy. I think it's kind of unnecessary burden on your mechanics that will be tough to uphold as you scale. Additionally, speaking from perso
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
While subjective, there is a difference between breaking laws / fighting authority for moral reasons, and breaking laws for financial gain. Yeah, maybe you as an engineer would feel morally righteous for "fighting the man", b
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
You also incidentally hit upon the reason why it's been marginalized by industry for so long -- it represents a huge dent in profits. Whenever something seems awry, a good question to ask is, cui bono (who benefits)?
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Not related to the article, but a meta question about HN -- how has this stayed on the front page all day? It has 1 comment (before I posted this), and ~50 upvotes. I've seen much popular posts be buried much earlier. Again, not dispar
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Butter isn't a chemical mixture. It's a food made from a living animal. As with all things in nature, it will vary depending on the animal and its health. This kind of reductionist and industrial attitude towards food is detriment
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Any recommendations?
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Do you happen to remember the teacher? Looking for a good ashtanga class in socal
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Did you read the article? It explicitly discusses using 'voice' or 'contributing positively to the country' as option #1, and 'exit' as the backup in case the former is ineffective. If you think their vision o
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
I think it's because people are tired of "but what about ML applied to [OP topic]?" It's quite frankly tiresome to keep seeing the world from the same lens, as if software trends are applicable to all other scientific ad
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Agreed, generally if its on bloomberg/TC, etc, it's gonna be simplified for the catchy headline
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
I'm all for the healthy skepticism of inflated valuations and the valley's tendency to forget that most venture funded startup wealth is illiquid, but c'mon -- what does this comment add to the discussion? Snark is not needed
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
My mistake -- thanks for pointing that out. I think I was in shock, and didn't take a closer look.
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Google Cloud Vision API is very expensive though -- if you can sacrifice some amount of quality, it might make sense to go with the open source alternative. At $2.50/unit the cost is absurd, and even the free trial expires after 90 da
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Hey there, sent you an email a couple weeks ago -- never heard back. What's the best way to get in touch?
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
The big question then is what replaces laissez faire economics and how? How do we take the best of the free market while ensuring that governments and public sectors are also robust? I feel like software and technology must have a huge role
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
The dog filter was a nice touch P.S. followed you on snapchat because of this thread. Your stories are endearing, and agree with you getting the message out through whatever medium. HN and snapchat may be orthogonal though
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Not sure -- I was asking in earnest (although competing cc's like ethereum come to mind). Just wondering if there is not a way to hook up payments to APIs using existing infrastructure and currencies.
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Do you think this business model has to necessarily use bitcoin as the vehicle?
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Every popular website will go through Eternal September at some point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September The challenge is how to enforce quality despite the surge in users.
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by doctorcroc 10y ago
Unfortunate that Theranos didn't live up to expectations. Bill Gurley writes that the expose on Theranos may have been the seminal moment causing reality to kick in for this tech cycle: http://abovethecrowd.com/2016&#x2
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Worst practices should be hard(haskellforall.com)
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Why composition is superior to inheritance as a way of sharing code(blinkingcaret.com)
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by doctorcroc 11y ago
I love that science is catching up to the intuitive understanding of "you are what you eat". The western diet often takes a reductionist mentality that food can be reduced into macronutrients and micronutrients, and recombined in
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by doctorcroc 11y ago
I am a fan of Tesla and am excited for the Model 3, but some of the hype around the car is a bit much. I think this is a good counter-perspective: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/31/tesla-s-
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by doctorcroc 11y ago
This is an important point. In large part the california drought was exacerbated by how much water the livestock industry consumed: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-04-13/cows-suck-u...
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by doctorcroc 11y ago
Buzzfeed has really improved its content lately. If not for the tacky social media badges, I wouldn't have guessed it was BF.

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