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by gxs 9y ago
IRC was such an interesting place - vast with a ton of different niches. I spent a whole summer downloading and burning dreamcast games - to a 14 year old it felt like I'd won the lottery. All of my gaming friends hung out on IRC as we
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by gxs 9y ago
When I was in college, there was a retired guy that would come in to tutor students as a way to stay busy. He was your stereotypical brainiac type dude - quiet, lanky, glasses, soft spoken, and razor sharp. He must have been in his 50s, but
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by gxs 9y ago
Not agreeing or disagreeing - just curious, why is that?
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by gxs 9y ago
It's been mentioned that what Google pays apple to keep Google as the default search in Safari is included in this figure. Not sure what percentage that is, but I've seen it mentioned several times. Not sure about what else is inc
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by gxs 9y ago
Queue comments about what a travesty it is that US cities were built to accommodate the automobile. To be honest, I think it's one of the coolest things that we take for granted. I can step outside, hop into my car right now, and drive
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by gxs 9y ago
What an insightful comment. Not sure if that’s your idea or not but the bit about enough data being indistinguishable from surveillance is very interesting and if evolved properly may one day make a great argument for constitutional protect
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by gxs 9y ago
The reason you have a hard time with it is because often the skills acquired through disciplines in the arts are less tangible then something technical. If nothing else, you might be more interesting to work with, have a clearer communicati
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by gxs 9y ago
Have to agree - also adding the bit about needing a lot of test subjects that isn't always feasible if you're doing more targeted analysis - otherwise looking at entire populations over time does offer value. For me personally, nu
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by gxs 9y ago
Exactly, my path was similar and I follow similar principles- lean meats, lots of vegetables, some fat, little to no sugar or processed carbs. Seems like a lot of peopl end up settling into something like this.
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by gxs 9y ago
Once you start getting into this type of thinking it's really easy to go down a rabbit hole. I'd love to see the same research, but if you start digging into this subject you will be disappointed in the answers you get. After rese
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by gxs 9y ago
Agree - I think there is a perception that if you build an awesome product it sells itself. There is so much work to running a successful business, especially at that scale. Marketing, Sales, Implementation, Support, on top of G&A, and
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by gxs 9y ago
These companies generate billions of dollars a year in profit. They, quite literally, have nothing better to do with their money than invest. Interestingly, this is what will make these companies so entrenched for decades to come - anything
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by gxs 9y ago
FYI this is a dangerous line of reasoning - it can be used to support whatever outcome one desires. If we can provide good research and complete facts, we should go out of our way to do it, rather than do some hand waving and accept all r
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by gxs 9y ago
Agreed - surprisingly it's more frustrating as a consumer to get variable quality vs always high quality or always crap. If I always get crap I can plan around it - sometimes I do need just crap as a stop gap. If it's unreliable a
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by gxs 9y ago
I just came to terms with the fact that I work 100 times better with external motivation. Worked in school, works at the job, needed to find a way to make it work in personal life. That's been a lot harder - still not good at it. Best
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by gxs 9y ago
This prompted me to log in and check out reviews for the company where I work. Some observations: - Reviews are more or less accurate, but in the context that it's a big company and most of the reviews apply to their immediate team - M
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by gxs 9y ago
You'd be surprised - depending on the type of employer, many will not indulge any questions about any hiring decisions. Granted, if they are providing reasoning already up front (we think you may be bored), it's fair game to ask,
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by gxs 9y ago
Agree - in this case I don't think it would be hard to find some study somewhere that supports the idea that experienced workers attrition at a higher rate than average when placed in junior positions. You might question the validity o
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by gxs 9y ago
Your experience is probably atypical. Documentation is one of those concepts that can be the answer to any problem, but seldom is. I've yet to work at an organization where everything is documented, the documentation is up to date, and
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by gxs 9y ago
Shake my head every time I see this as well. The amount of work that goes into creating and selling a brand, running the actual business (selling, implementing, supporting), on top G&A, is way more than people realize. On top of that, t
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Any tips for migrating off of gmail? Have over 40 accounts tied to it
3 points by gxs 9y ago|2 comments
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by gxs 9y ago
HN can be a fickle beast - glad you haven't been downvoted. The hate on the new macbook pro's was especially interesting - they are solid machines and my company had no issues as they started provisioning over the old ones for new
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by gxs 9y ago
Price is $159, same as air pods. Presentation mirrors an apple keynote. Marketing on page mirrors apple's websites. I understand competition is a normal part of doing business, but blatant copying really rubs the wrong way.
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by gxs 9y ago
I recently switched from Android phones to an iPhone in July of this year. This after having used android since the G1 (first android phone). I think your sentiments are the most fair and realistic I've come across in a while (FYI for
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by gxs 9y ago
It's uncanny how Google's decided that it can't beat apple, so it's joining it. At least in terms of product and marketing. If only they'd do the same for privacy.
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by gxs 9y ago
This is an interesting problem, not just in this case, but going forward. Fast forward 100 years. I imagine we'll still be having these disputes then when these artifacts are even more fragile. It's a very real possibility that th
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by gxs 9y ago
Interesting. A quick search in the bay area seems to confirm, at least to some extent, the article's findings. https://imgur.com/a/PwABV I searched the east bay for Safeways. Rockridge, Piedmont, Montclair, Alamed
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by gxs 9y ago
This is definitely the use case I meant - those notifications are based on analytics across different systems. Not sure given the context of the conversation why you'd think I meant adding yourself to an email list when a case get crea
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by gxs 9y ago
It completely depends on your domain IMO. If you're running case management for a large corporation with tight SLA's - you by definition need real time analytics. Similarly for if you're tracking outages, downtime, etc. All t
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by gxs 9y ago
Would you mind giving examples of some of these metrics? Curious too see exactly what they are.

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