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by firasd 11y ago
I know what you mean and there's surprisingly good content on youtube along those lines. Some examples: (1) How to Start a Startup (by Sam Altman et al): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxIJaCMEptJjxmmQgGFsnCg (2
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by firasd 11y ago
Well, why isn’t he interested in pontificating about the business environment? It’s probably because he doesn’t consider it worthwhile. I would just say that: I don’t pontificate on trends when I don’t see concrete value in reasoning about
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by firasd 11y ago
Yes but anytime you are engineering “financials” instead of engineering sales and customer satisfaction you are headed down a path that warps things. In the case of unicorn valuations it’s your term sheet: investors who are getting in at hi
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by firasd 11y ago
Great quote about ‘Unicorns’ (lightly edited from verbal form): “I looked through the list of companies that have an over a billion dollar valuation recently, and more than half, I think, were valued between like a billion and 1.5 billion,
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by firasd 11y ago
Absolutely. Once the govt takes an interest in keeping follower counts "accurate" it's going to meddle with all sorts of other metrics in your app too.
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by firasd 11y ago
React will render HTML on the server side using the same code and data structures you use for dynamic components on the client side. https://facebook.github.io/react/
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by firasd 11y ago
As someone who got into web development, and thus my career, through the WordPress community, I was definitely aware of Alex and followed his work. I recall that he once mentioned using a plugin I wrote and that just shows how interconnecte
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by firasd 11y ago
The issue is not so much about whether React components themselves are rendered on the client or server, it's about the network: all the JS and other data that has to be loaded in general before the browser can begin rendering. With Re
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by firasd 11y ago
I suppose, as far as the web platform is concerned, we aren't really going to replace HTML/CSS/JS so increasing the speed and memory management of javascript rendering is the clear way forward, e.g. with Servo https:/&#
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by firasd 11y ago
This trend of Firefox increasingly bundling more services and features is an interesting paradox considering that Firefox started as a quiet project to make a slimmed down, no frills browser in comparison to the main Mozilla browser. I’ve r
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by firasd 11y ago
This is a great essay (and shows that even if it’s predictable, it’s always good to balance criticism with praise, support, and a sense of a positive path forward.) As for Sacca’s suggestions, I have mixed feelings on the specific features
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by firasd 11y ago
Well I think sending subpoenas to everyone behind the site and their mentors, and then fining them, is a bit disproportionate as a first step. I think (from the Medium writeup) part of the issue was that the site broadcast itself as more pr
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by firasd 11y ago
As the author points out, the path into tech in India is seen as a lot more broadly applicable; it's a pathway into middle-class job like being a doctor. It's also a good base on which you can move overseas to work in the Middle E
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by firasd 12y ago
The difficulty in analogies like this (and other arguments against net neutrality, such as saying partnerships between Facebook and network companies are the equivalent of promotional marketing or bundling) is that controlling the availabil
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by firasd 12y ago
Good article. I’m planning to write about conflicts in product choices soon and will reference this. Given that it’s a common and important issue, I tend to see relatively few articles on contention in teams about code and features (Michael
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by firasd 12y ago
This is a good article but I think the focus on “the IP-based product playbook” vs “the ecosystem-based services playbook” exposes an issue without making it explicit: that these are very different kinds of businesses. Maybe the swing-f
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by firasd 12y ago
Related: I signed up but saw all the web projects are dependent on Angular or React. I understand that these technologies are good to be familiar with for making a portfolio these days but they're not for me; not what I want to spend m
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by firasd 12y ago
I converted this talk to mp3 audio to listen to it more conveniently: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cr388hk0uarg90j/DevCore%20Boston%2...
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by firasd 12y ago
I believe the strategy of FedEx (and indeed other major shipping companies) is to ‘get inside’ the companies they serve and help with various sorts of logistics and processes. They don’t just want to be on the outside carrying your packages
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by firasd 12y ago
In terms of court evidence, I believe internet companies are responsive to warrants (although some fight requests they consider unreasonable with more vigor than others.) My reading of the article suggests this is more about active and ongo
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by firasd 12y ago
A couple differences that I believe are relevant: a) Bank balances are a more controlled system from the beginning. They 'know' how much is in your account and when you transfer it they 'know' how much and to whom. Meanw
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by firasd 12y ago
Yeah they were a colony. And that's sort of my point; they weren't hopeless and desperate--in fact my understanding is that the average American (not counting slaves) back then was better off than the average person in England--bu
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by firasd 12y ago
Ah ok. Well, the founding fathers did their founding after a pretty momentous revolutionary war as you may know. And the British subjects settled in America weren't doing so badly that they had to rise up in desperation for hope or a f
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by firasd 12y ago
You don't see how George Washington is relevant to analysis of motivations behind conflicts and revolutions?
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by firasd 12y ago
This is very facile I'm afraid. Did George Washington not have anything to lose? Osama bin Laden, born to an incredibly rich family? No, sometimes people actually risk losing what they have to struggle for what they believe in.
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by firasd 12y ago
I’ve been doing Paleo and low-carb for about an year. It’s been unquestionably effective. However, in the course of trying various adjustments over this time, I’ve basically concluded that any sort of “eliminationist” diet — Paleo, low car
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by firasd 13y ago
The fruit has fiber and a lot of other ingredients that slow down absorption of sugar. Not to mention, you wouldn't eat as much fruit in one sitting as the number of fruits you've extracted into a cup. So you're consuming (1)
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by firasd 13y ago
It's loss of water weight. Low carb dieters shed initial water weight very quickly. If I understand correctly, it's because some carbs are stored in the liver compounded with water as glycogen. When you start low carbing, the glyc