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by freyr 4y ago
They can, and they do.
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by freyr 4y ago
And right around the time they laid off recruiters. It seems like they want to downsize their workforce.
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by freyr 4y ago
These hands are so memorable and well-known not because they’re great reads, but simply because it’s so unlikely to win back to back championships with the same lousy cards. Whether those particular hands are examples of great poker doesn’t
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by freyr 4y ago
PhD in EE. Moved to software for better pay and more job openings. Now I optimize button colors.
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by freyr 4y ago
> I didn't not find this book useful. Somehow it managed to confuse me more. And now you’re carrying on the tradition.
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by freyr 4y ago
The rate of unsolved murders is about 5%.
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by freyr 4y ago
Do people miss the Google of old, or the Web of old? The Web used to be very information dense. It was built from the ground up by specialists and enthusiasts, educational and governmental institutions, and groups of like-minded individuals
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by freyr 4y ago
I’m supporting of privacy, but it’s amazing how heavy-handed European regulation can be, and how difficult it can make understanding even basic metrics about our business and how those metrics have shifted over time. I suppose their intenti
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by freyr 4y ago
For me, it’s two days of productivity and three days of non-stop distractions. It’s hard to think that we were doing this five days a week. Maybe I just need a bit more time to adjust, but so far it’s an unequivocal downgrade in getting wor
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by freyr 4y ago
Reminds of a CEO’s tweet yesterday that software engineers making $400k+ are the real problem, and it got lots of likes. Today we day a billion is too much. Where do you draw the line (obviously, start with the billionaires and not with the
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by freyr 4y ago
> Uber has adopted Golang (Go for short) Uber has adopted Go (Golang for long)
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by freyr 4y ago
That’s not true at all. Papers come from industry all the time. I know of independent researchers who make up an LLC name and use that as their affiliation. Most people who publish in journals are affiliated with academia simply because tha
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by freyr 4y ago
It’s like Swish because it’s the solution backed by the banks and you can pay someone using just their phone number.
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by freyr 4y ago
So instead of selecting people who can do algorithmic problem solving well (under pressure), you’re selecting people who can bullshit well (under pressure). I’m not convinced it’s really an improvement. I’ve worked with too many people who
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by freyr 4y ago
We have something like that in the US and it’s called Zelle. I’ve used it to transfer money to family, but friends sometimes use Venmo, Cash App, or others. I don’t think it ever gained critical mass.
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by freyr 4y ago
Guessing finance. People in finance make a lot money and fantasize about having another job. People in medicine make a lot of money and play golf.
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by freyr 4y ago
I’d be more impressed if they could predict market conditions 3+ years from now, when the bulk of the Amazon employees’ shares are actually vesting. Maybe they can, but I think that’s a very generous assumption.
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by freyr 4y ago
Netflix pays cash so engineer comp is fairly insulated from market fluctuations. In the past few years, that may have seemed like a negative, but right now it’s a blessing.
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by freyr 4y ago
So is it time for Hastings and Sarandos to get cut from the team? They’re clearly not achieving dream team results lately, and it has nothing to do with the worker bees.
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by freyr 4y ago
Google is currently building its largest non-US office in Hyderabad. https://m.economictimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/go...
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by freyr 4y ago
Down 71% from the recent peak, still up 264% in the past 2.5 years.
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by freyr 4y ago
Probably an adherent of modern monetary theory.
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by freyr 4y ago
Also, the author grew up in the Bay Area (early exposure to how the SV ecosystem works), went to an Ivy league school (opens doors to top internships), landed those internships, and got a masters. All those things, but especially the intern
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by freyr 4y ago
> there are plenty of locations with very few people that might be an hour from a city like Boston. Boxborough, MA is an hour from Boston while covered in forest. I'd think of it as "suburban", but it might the rural/
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by freyr 4y ago
You’re right, Seattle is much more livable for families. My perspective is from SF, and it adopts similar policies as Seattle (which is why I unfairly lumped the two together) but SF has implemented them with much worse effect. I think it’s
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by freyr 4y ago
> Would you send your 5 year old self down the streets of San Francisco or Seattle No. And I would avoid raising my kids there to begin with. Those two cities in particular have done everything within their means to alienate families. I
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by freyr 4y ago
I was referring more to the CWV thing mentioned in the footnote. It sounds like it doesn’t require AMP.
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by freyr 4y ago
Does Brave Search not rank slow and bloated sites lower for mobile users? If you do introduce such signals into your search ranking in the future, should we assume you have bad intent?
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by freyr 4y ago
Not a fan of AMP in general, but if the data is signed, is this much different than, say, static assets being cached and served by Cloudflare?
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by freyr 4y ago
I’m currently subscribed to a bunch of streamers. I usually turn first to HBO or Hulu, then YouTube or Amazon Prime, then Apple TV+ (which has less content overall but really good shows lately), and finally Netflix as a last resort. In fact

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