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by fancyfish 6y ago
I use Blendle for this very reason. I read from a variety of sources and don't want to pay subscriptions to all of them, since I don't read all of each paper and wouldn't get my money's worth. Happy to a few dollars for
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by fancyfish 6y ago
This. The US has an abnormally high social mobility, even compared to the EU. You have a better chance of moving to the top 1% here than anywhere else. I'm a Tier 1 FAANG engineer and worked very hard to get here, coming from a middle
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by fancyfish 6y ago
This, I’m convinced UX is the main source of trust for a software business, and managing the solution’s complexity is a core part of that. My team at FAANG uses reclaim.ai pretty heavily to protect our calendars from corporate bs. We find
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by fancyfish 6y ago
Happy Axiom customer here. Its main selling point: absolute ease of use. Like a point-and-click selenium. Our analysts , who are doing quick analytics or analytics without the need for a long-term engineered solution, are very satisfied wit
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by fancyfish 6y ago
Agreed. Shoutout to AirBnB management who made the best of the tough situation and did the right thing.
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by fancyfish 6y ago
This. You need to be able to constantly and quickly cull the weakest from your team. After a while you’ll recognize the best ones and run a Tier 1 top-talent team supported by metrics, and the weak will move on. The strong will have room to
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by fancyfish 6y ago
For new grads you are probably best off being a generalist in some broad area you’re most interested in (web, data, mobile, low-latency/systems, games) as 1) most places you’ll interview will just ask you the standard DS/algo ques
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by fancyfish 6y ago
For mobile users: The web sucks. It is a mighty dismal kludge built out of a thousand tiny dismal kludges all band-aided together, and now these bottom-line clueless pinheads who never heard of "TCP handshake" want to run commerc
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by fancyfish 6y ago
I agree, as a Tier-1 dev. I went to a Tier-1 university and wouldn’t discount universities in Tiers 1-2 for the research, lectures, and resources they provide, in addition to the serendipitous environment where you will bump into other top-
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by fancyfish 6y ago
This. Before I had kids I was always just living in the moment, looking for ways to entertain myself. Not concerned with the climate, retirement, and other long-term ideas at all. Now, with three kids, I’ve really started thinking about the
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by fancyfish 7y ago
Yeah this is dumb but it’s actually par for the course for firms I’ve worked at. Build up all the garbage during trading hours (and on days like this hope you don’t hit resource limits) then start collecting it and rebooting at the end of t
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by fancyfish 7y ago
Thank you. I find Slapdash a great way to navigate our wikis by app, incorporating Google Docs, GitHub repos and other resources. By lowering the friction to making and using good docs, our docs have improved by a wide margin. The search is
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Avast Antivirus Is Shutting Down Its Data Collection Arm, Effective Immediately(vice.com)
11 points by fancyfish 7y ago|0 comments
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AFF3CT: A Fast Forward Error Correction Toolbox(aff3ct.github.io)
1 points by fancyfish 7y ago|1 comments
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by fancyfish 7y ago
We have enough of the endless wars AND endless sanctions. Framing it as a dichotomy between the two unnecessarily constrains the debate. Framing and constraining the realm of options is a very successful political strategy.
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by fancyfish 7y ago
You’re not alone, I have trouble keeping earbuds in also. If I keep my head still, they will slowly slip out after about a half hour. Doing any sort of exercise will make them fall out. I have tried many different tip types and sizes for th
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by fancyfish 7y ago
Yes, it is like a physical book where the library has a given number of books to lend at any time, and you get to borrow it for a specified time window. Likewise for audiobooks and videos. You have to use the Overdrive app (US users can als
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by fancyfish 7y ago
I live in NYC and have had so much frustration with the MTA being constantly delayed, very dirty, and with beggars abound. I'm talking a 40 minute commute just to get from Williamsburg to Midtown. Being stopped in tunnels due to trains
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by fancyfish 7y ago
I'm torn because unbundling also allows for niche publications to get the readers who are interested in reading a few articles but not enough to pay for a full subscription to a publication they may or may not like. I guess another sol
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by fancyfish 7y ago
My most memorable policy as an end user was as a consulting client for a huge bank. On top of the usual length, character type, and password changing requirements, the password could not use substrings of 3+ characters from any of your prio
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Bandit opens a ‘mobile-only’ coffee shop in New York(techcrunch.com)
3 points by fancyfish 7y ago|0 comments
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by fancyfish 7y ago
They're real, unless all of their portfolio companies[1] and Bloomberg profiles[2] are also part of the satire. Hey, you never know, it's 2019. [1] https://collaborativeaggregates.com/about-collaborative-aggr...
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by fancyfish 7y ago
Most people have no productive obsessive interests. They might obsess over Entertainment Tonight, if anything. That produces nothing of value for broader society. You might even say it halts growth as a society, corrupting our cultural fabr
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by fancyfish 7y ago
I felt likewise and enjoy the key travel. I do type faster on it and find it overall pleasant. Then again I’m wary of getting anything under the keys and worried for the day one or more keys stop working properly. Hard to tell what the actu
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by fancyfish 7y ago
For those interested in the world of non-GAAP accounting, there are a wealth of resources (particularly from the Big 4 accountancies who are eager to consult on such matters). Broadly, the use of non-GAAP has grown to a point where the SEC
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by fancyfish 7y ago
If the noise cancelling and sound quality on these is great, I may actually go from the Sony cans to these, mainly due to Bluetooth pairing woes. With the Sony headphones, if I want to switch from iPhone to Macbook I have to do the dance of
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by fancyfish 7y ago
How did you approach your role as PM, aware of the tech debt but also reporting to an unaware CEO? Power through with new features at half the speed, or try to convince the CEO to allow refactoring/maintenance?
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by fancyfish 7y ago
Don’t block the box! http://austintexas.gov/DontBlockTheBox
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by fancyfish 7y ago
The Dell XPS 15 is a remarkable piece of hardware and at least on par with the MBP. A nice smooth trackpad, crystal clear display that plays well with Linux drivers, and a reliable keyboard. I, too, was fed up with Apple’s rising MBP prices
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by fancyfish 7y ago
I am in a restaurant now, a midsize place doing brunch, and my Apple Watch is recording 80 decibels. It would be louder if I were at a table but I’m off to the side at the bar. I enjoyed this article, albeit it’s from 2012: “Working or Play

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