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by fizwhiz 8y ago
Without getting too pedantic, it can be difficult to define what encompasses "expertise". You could have worked on some backend payment system for years and conclude that you're a payment "expert". But that means di
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
> I was merely suggesting that if a candidate has domain expertise and it is well known, that they may not subjected to the same leetcode hoop jumping as the bulk. To put in bluntly, if you are such a candidate you are expected to know y
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
As someone who conducts interviews frequently on behalf of Google, I'm in a position to categorically reject your claim that someone with {PRESTIGIOUS_COMPANY_X || INDUSTRY_REPUTATION} is given an easier path. Please note that I haven&
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
For some of us who aren't OS enthusiasts: can anyone provide an ELI5 or deeper context links?
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
Tail call optimization in functional programming languages comes to mind.
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
upvoted for the vivid imagery.
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
That stock tho.
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
downvoters, please explain. The statement makes sense when you look at it in tech where there are more men than women. So it may appear that more men are getting promoted compared to their women counterparts. But that doesn't mean men
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
citation needed
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
Is this anecdotal? Are you insinuating that women have an upper hand now for reasons beyond their skillset?
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
Came to the comments section for this. Cheers!
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
cough siraj raval cough
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
Not trying to pick sides here, but the abstract seems to resonate with James Damore's hypothesis [1]. [1] https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/Googles-I...
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
don't all endangered species matter though?
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
Ssshh, it's 2018.
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
Not sure why you're being downvoted; he actually did do a pretty good job in that movie
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
> The fact that Shopfy is crushing it in an era where Ebay and Amazon should be able to take that space is really interesting. Um, source?
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
Are you memory conscious because you're downloading this to some embedded device? Serious question.
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
GP didn't specify timezone though ;)
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
From GP's "about me" on HN: > most of my comments are designed to provoke a response Nothing to see here. It's likely a bs story.
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
Is there a paper or talk you could link to that describes their system?
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Ask HN: Most effective path to become a solid systems practitioner?
16 points by fizwhiz 8y ago|6 comments
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
Also relevant: http://www.bailis.org/blog/how-to-make-fossils-productive-ag... Choice quote from there: > Kill the reference architecture and rethink our conception of “database.” The article titled “Architecture of
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by fizwhiz 8y ago
but it isn't considered a sign of youth; it just happens to be a "palatable" shot that's available for cheap which is why people reminisce the drink because it was one of the more affordable shooters that you'd poun
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by fizwhiz 9y ago
you do realize that trade secrets are a thing, right?
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by fizwhiz 9y ago
Your statement regarding the "real world" being equated to "mobile payments" is confusing. FWIW, PayPal cleared $155B in pure mobile payments volume in 2017. Apple Pay on the other hand hasn't published any numbers
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by fizwhiz 9y ago
I can't say much about the Compact Merkle Tree, but Merkle Trees generally have had widespread uses in databases[1] and filesystems[2] [1] http://distributeddatastore.blogspot.com/2013/07/cassandra-u... [2]
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by fizwhiz 9y ago
"most popular mobile wallet" Citation? PayPal/Venmo seem far, far ahead.
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by fizwhiz 9y ago
4 of these guys are Google employees right now: - Brad Fitzpatrick - Joshua Bloch - Peter Norvig - Ken Thompson

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