freyr

85 ms·

841.
by freyr 13y ago
Perhaps to you. To others, monogamy in a romantic relationship is a requirement and a reasonable expectation. Couples should figure out where they stand on that, before they resort to kicking.
842.
by freyr 13y ago
After getting a PhD in (non-CS) engineering and a boring office job, I became somewhat enamored with the idea of Google's 20% time allowance and its apparent spirit of innovation. It led me recently to begin investing my free time in l
843.
by freyr 13y ago
"The anatomy of the perfect technical interview from a former Amazon VP" And more recently, a former Zynga VP. Surprising that such an expert at evaluating people chose to work for Zynga, of all places.
844.
by freyr 13y ago
Yesterday I needed to look at source code on GitHub using my iPhone. Horizontal scrolling AND pinch-to-zoom were disabled, making it impossible to read lines of code wider than my phone screen. Github . Why is this so hard?
845.
by freyr 13y ago
According to the description in the article, it's essentially a prerequisite.
846.
by freyr 13y ago
You can give yourself to others and contribute to the world at large without physically being around other people.
847.
by freyr 13y ago
She's probably very charming, but on a very superficial level. I've met many people like this, and some of my friends date women like this. They can be fun and exciting at first. But their charm usually wears off very quickly, onc
848.
by freyr 13y ago
I disagree that everybody knows this. Cloud services are marketed as extremely scalable solutions that grow with your business. I doubt that everybody starting out realizes that the costs can grow at a much faster rate than your revenue.
849.
by freyr 13y ago
My eyes flicked across the word "Steam." I assumed it referred to Valve's Steam, and my interest was piqued. Then my eyes settled on the word "Blender," and my interest grew stronger as I thought about 3D modeling.
850.
by freyr 13y ago
> it depends on how people value the way you're making your livelihood So if someone doesn't value how you make your livelihood, he's free to stomp on you? You do realize, writing/music/film/art and other
851.
by freyr 13y ago
But they have a "batphone", that let's their employees make anonymous to report ethical abuses. Haha, batphone, isn't that quirky and cool and something we can get onboard with?
852.
by freyr 13y ago
Don't forget "Krameresque brown curls", which is a little different than just the two.
853.
by freyr 13y ago
Your original comment: > They seem to be making a concerted effort to make Go Chinese friendly https://code.google.com/p/go-zh/ The Chinese fork seems to be a project started by Minux. Minux (Shenghou Ma) is
854.
by freyr 13y ago
> Only if freeing information is less ethical than respecting copyright More reductionist arguments and false dichotomies. This is not work funded by the public. It was created through the time and effort an author put into creating th
855.
by freyr 13y ago
> Good essays generally do not make good presentations, and good presentations are almost universally terrible essays. Perhaps that's true, but I wonder about the great timeless speeches that also hold there own as essays. The Get
856.
by freyr 13y ago
I do believe that all healthy human beings do have the same potential for the amount of knowledge they can consume Nope. There are a lot of non-intelligent people out there. No matter how hard they try, they're not going to be theore
857.
by freyr 13y ago
Years ago, a local pizza restaurant named Sweet Tomatoes opened to rave reviews. The owner hired a recent college grad named Josh, and over the new few months, she mentored Josh, introduced him to her business contacts, and shared her plans
858.
by freyr 13y ago
> How does that work, then? I mean, if I'm managing tens of millions of dollars in someone else's money, I'm going to want some compensation for that. When somebody invests in your fledgling company, it's typically
859.
by freyr 13y ago
"Go's Rising popularity is false assumption. Comparing to popularity of only modern languages..." #1. I'm not comparing popularity, but the trend in popularity. Of the three languages you're comparing against,
860.
by freyr 13y ago
I wasn't aware such a proof existed, that's very cool. But it's certainly marketing material. They're selling UCLA's engineering department to potential students, potential sponsors, and the general public. That&#x2
861.
by freyr 13y ago
Exactly. It's promo material to raise the profile of UCLA and its engineering department. Which is fine, but it shouldn't be considered objective, unbiased news. Often, these releases will play up exciting potential applications,
862.
by freyr 13y ago
"there is no way to de-obfuscate the code, not even in a million years." Perhaps you're just being hyperbolic, but can you qualify this statement? Is it not possible in a million years given today's technology (this se
863.
by freyr 13y ago
"why does it matter what it's written in?" As jpalomaki pointed out, it matters since it's open source. If the user chooses Hugo and wants to modify or extend it down the line, he or she will be writing Go. And it migh
864.
by freyr 13y ago
Maybe I'm giving him too much credit, but I think the author's emphasizing that the term itself sounds like damning evidence to anyone who doesn't know better, since subversion means "a systematic attempt to overthrow or
865.
by freyr 13y ago
I read it closely the first time, thanks. If you'd like to directly address something I said, feel free. Although, I only said two things, (1) he acknowledges the audience is self-selected (direct quote from the review), and (2) some p
866.
by freyr 13y ago
His analogy is that some people want to know exactly how their car works, but most people just want to drive. I don't think that's an attack on everybody who's not an automotive engineer. Also, he is flawed when saying that
867.
by freyr 13y ago
Peter Norvig (Director of Research at Google, among other things) also left a review, with his explanation of all the negative reviews: http://www.amazon.com/review/R403HR4VL71K8/ref=cm_cr_dp_titl...
868.
by freyr 13y ago
A common theme in Go is "Do important things the correct way," even if that equates to slightly more work for the developer. People will inevitably argue about (a) what's really important, and (b) what's really the corre
869.
by freyr 13y ago
> And that it would not be "unfair" to pin his death on them, since they, as you say, " unfairly targeted Aaron to serve their personal motives". Surely, you've heard the old aphorism "two wrongs don'
870.
by freyr 13y ago
Also, you can use the arrow keys to go back and forth through the slides.

More ›