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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
> How is this model of liability compatible with large open source codebases? Yes, like in other fields. Obviously people are not chased out of town for as small error. It's when people conspire together to hide big problems that li
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
> I simply never understood why someone would give so much of themselves for free in the pursuit of someone else's goals without a substantial slice of the pie. They believe what they are told - that hard work will be rewarded by sa
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
Most Linux distributions are not going to have enough hardware to rebuild large fractions of their packages when a vulnerability is found in a popular library in a reasonable time. Also, many users will be unhappy to download gigabytes of u
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
Meaning: "nimble" Estonia allows sweatshops "without bureaucracy" that employ only people on trial period.
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
Not really. It's very verbose compared to Python, almost like Java.
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
> ignorant over-confidence Believe me or not, Node and PHP are the laughing stock across many Googlers and Amazonians I know. Not just the languages but the behavior of the communities. I think you just summarized the problem in few word
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We Shouldn’t Wait Another 15 Years for a Conversation About Government Hacking(eff.org)
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The modern phenomenon of bullshit jobs(canberratimes.com.au)
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
Really spot on - recommended! "You are a bunch of Node.js hipsters that just HAVE to install everything you read on Hacker News!" By the way, why all the downvotes to the parent?
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
Not at all. This are governments attacking citizens, both in the same and other countries. Secretly, and without a declaration of war. Targeting activists, political targets, financial institutions to exploit them, not to win a war. And the
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
I'm talking about uploading your private key. Obviously, it's required if you want keybase to sign on your behalf.
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
...with the added security benefit of not uploading your private key on Keybase!
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
1,2,3,4) You target a specific version of Debian during development and your software will be easily deployable for 5 years without requiring Python-specific knowledge and its dependencies will receive security updates from the distributi
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
Quite a few strawmen here. > If I don't know how to interpret and write code, the first thing is meaningless to me. No. Knowledge like, for example, mathematics is unencumbered by patents and accessible to everybody. All humanity, d
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
The tone in "Many people" and "go out of their way to make sure" makes it sounds quite different. Almost as if the majority of developers were actively refusing to touch GPL code. I've been working with many develop
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
By receiving GPLed software (with sources), compared to closed-down software that contains non-copyleft code? - No lock-in, no artificial obsolescence. This is huge. - Better security: Much lesser risk of backdoors, homecalling "teleme
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
> If you have to have as many pages of stipulations as the GPL has, I can't see it as freedom. Mad Max definition of freedom? Freedom from slavery, freedom of association and freedom of speech require quite complex legal framework t
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
This. Also, users are often unaware of what Open Source components are used in a software or a device they use. Organization reselling MIT/BSD products with some rebranding and marketing can mislead the users into thinking their produc
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
> Many people in the Open Source community go out of their way to make sure they are not thrown into the free software bucket. Citation needed.
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
Most frequently, good security is the absence of vulnerabilities. When vulnerabilities are bugs, security is software quality. A lot of other techniques are just mitigation, and the "endless billions on cybersecurity" is often sec
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
Ex amzn here: most of my ex colleagues agree that claims regarding opportunities for growth and so on are massively exaggerated by managers and HR.
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
Ex amzn here: survivor bias is a huge. You hear very different stories when talking to the few (starry-eyed) employees and the many ex employees.
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
The attrition problem is well known.
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
The company has a pattern of bruteforcing through problems using lots of sweat instead of thinking and planning more. Almost ironically, Amazon has a principle called "Bias for Action".
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by ex_amazon_sde 10y ago
> Everyone's mileage may vary. In Amazon it can vary quite a lot across countries, cities, teams. > I love it, and I don't know anyone that left disgruntled or unhappy due to being burnt out. I met plenty. Heavy on-call rota
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Ex Amazon here: that's not supposed to happen.