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by freyr 10y ago
It's tough because academic disciplines are so provincial; each has its own short list of (typically closed) journals that garner respect. To get people to switch to an upstart open access journal takes momentum out of the gate. You ne
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by freyr 10y ago
> That's such an easily solvable problem that I wonder why people even bring it up. Edit: initially, I didn't think your first plan works, but then I realized people need water to survive. You can charge anyone an arbitrary a
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by freyr 10y ago
Depth estimation from cameras is challenging. I've seen recent research in generating depth maps using camera arrays, and even with precision camera calibration and state-of-the-art techniques, there are typically many glaring artifact
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by freyr 10y ago
> some people perceive similarities in Apple's approach to what you just described re: "Cults sell [a lifestyle usually based on lies and manipulation]" Marketing involves manipulation. Despite being good at marketing, I
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by freyr 10y ago
I agree that the current photos icon is awful, and I actually find myself unable to quickly locate the photos app on iOS. Game Center is pretty bad too, but I never open Game Center. The rest of the aticle's arguments seem like persona
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by freyr 10y ago
According to the FAA's latest regulations published in June, every commercial drone needs its own remote operator, the operator needs to maintain a visual line of sight with the drone at all times, and the drone cannot fly over people
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by freyr 10y ago
> I think the React team needs to take a little more responsibility for the eco-system it created. You can't call it just a view library when most use cases use it to develop entire applications. This is the reason I've embra
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by freyr 10y ago
Except his net worth far exceeds that which is required to move from PayPal phase to Great Human Projects phase. I think you're giving him way too much credit. He wants to spread a platform across the globe that "connects" pe
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by freyr 10y ago
This article wasn't written by Fowler.
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by freyr 10y ago
> So it is about how the user perceives the application The user here is the developer. Here's an explanation from the article: > "some amount of server-side logic is still written by the application developer but unlike
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by freyr 10y ago
> if you actually tried to abuse this to a substantial level I am 100% confident that it would be detected and blocked. Yes, Facebook sounded quite confident that such attempts would be detected and blocked. It seemed like they gave hi
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by freyr 10y ago
Now it's "your house doesn't matter, because you'll be spending nights and weekends in the office. But it's OK, we have free meals and beanbag chairs."
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by freyr 10y ago
As a white male who grew up in the U.S., I also struggle with cash register small talk. I typically just say "Fine, thanks" and the conversation ends abruptly. I struggle with small talk in general, so I guess the cash register gi
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by freyr 10y ago
> [why] are cabs so much more inefficient than Uber...? Few drivers depend completely on Uber for their income Also, few cab companies subsidize rides with borrowed money in the name of growth.
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by freyr 10y ago
To those replying with anecdotes about how you managed to hire or train an Erlang developer, you missed this part of the presentation: "Go is an answer to problems of scale at Google."
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by freyr 10y ago
When you want to hire developers.
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by freyr 10y ago
Just click the right or left edge of the slide. Bad UI, but it works.
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by freyr 10y ago
> Her company's tech didn't pan out. That's about the most generous way of possibly framing it. She apparently deceived investors, the media, and the public, potentially putting people's health at risk in the process.
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by freyr 10y ago
Now this is just getting silly. Comparing a lightweight laptop to a modern tablet with a peripheral keyboard, the primary difference is a mechanical hinge.
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by freyr 10y ago
Interesting that the video of the crash has since been made private.
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by freyr 10y ago
> with AWS and the like, building software is so cheap. Yes and no. Developers aren't cheap. Lobbyists and lawyers (e.g., Uber) even less so. AWS makes it cheap to get started, but it's not so cheap once people actually start
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by freyr 10y ago
All this effort to create a single page app that likely doesn't need to be a single page app in the first place. If you're jumping through hoops to build an app that looks and feels like a traditional web site, you're doing i
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by freyr 10y ago
Modern web development is a bit of a mess. My advice is to start small, and introduce new technology gradually. You should be familiar the foundation (HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript) first, if you're not already. Be able to manipula
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by freyr 10y ago
I've inadvertently purchased a lot of low quality junk from Amazon lately propped up by fake reviews and shady third-party dealers peddling counterfeit goods. If they want to sell me vitamins and food, they need to fix their brand. Are
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by freyr 10y ago
> for a straightforward web app, you'll likely spend at least twice as long to get something working For a straightforward web app, Rails is probably a fine fit. For something less straightforward, it can shackle you down the road
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by freyr 10y ago
You hear quite a bit about Bay Area companies paying top dollar for fresh CS graduates from top ranked schools. I wonder what compels a Stanford CS grad to take a job doing non-exciting work with a company that prides itself on paying below
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by freyr 10y ago
> Ethan Bond > Palantir, Product Designer; Starting June 2016, New York City, NY I realize you're not technically a Palantir employee quite yet, but there's definitely the opportunity for bias here.
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by freyr 10y ago
The U.S. markets reflect the U.S. ascending to become the dominant world power over the course of a century. Naturally, the markets grew during this period of tremendous economic growth. The investment industry likes to extrapolate from thi
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by freyr 10y ago
The standard library.
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by freyr 10y ago
There's still opportunity here (in terms of good experience and good salary) but it's not guaranteed. There are also plenty of startups will try to convince you work for $100k/year plus a lottery ticket (equivalent to $54k in

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