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   by ismail 9y ago

   Is this the case for every company doing scrum? I find some benefits in scrum: 1. Having regular scheduled meetings reduces distractions. For example, someone coming along to chat about something while you are in the zone. 2. The important
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   by ismail 9y ago

   Curious why would one think agile is micromanaging?
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   by ismail 9y ago

   Hey man we do quite a bit of work in telecoms. Languages: ruby, java, c. Working with tech like Hadoop, Kafka, nifi. Send me a mail will keep your details and profile. can pull you in on projects. Where are you based ? Email is in profile
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   by ismail 9y ago

   1. Anyone have an idea of the algorithm used for ranking? Page rank? 2. Anyone know where to get my hands on a data set of papers with citations in an easy to parse format? Would like to do some analysis
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   by ismail 9y ago

   Great post. What I am struggling with is the following: These processes of deep work seem to be much easier to implement if you are doing remote work, coding, reasearch and more solitary work. Anyone successfully implement this in a busines
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   by ismail 9y ago

   I would say that part of the reason of FB popularity are the features that are addictive and disruptive. Same with IG. They design for addiction. The question then becomes if you do not design for addiction can you achieve success on the le
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   by ismail 9y ago

   It seems my comment was not precise enough. The result is the following assumptions being made: 1. The thinking/insight/ideas is in pursuit of proving my own special nature 2. The thinking/insights/ideas are purely theor
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   by ismail 9y ago

   Same here, you constantly wonder if what your thinking is truly unique. I believe the key is figuring out when your view is unique. What I have been doing is asking people questions on their view of a problem or something I am thinking abou
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   by ismail 9y ago

   Only slightly related but there is a great book for your children: "What to do you do with an idea" https://www.amazon.com/What-Do-You-Idea/dp/1938298071
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    by ismail 9y ago

    Have been reading and researching for my postgrad and in some cases "Perspective" & "Mental models" are used interchangeably. However i like to think of it in this way: Perspective: The point of view from which somet
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    by ismail 9y ago

    If you are American/British/European... have a look at one of the South African universities. Your dollars/euros/pounds will go a long way. MBA UCT GSB [0], GIBS[1] or stellenbosh[2] MSc Wits[3], UCT[4], UPE[5] Some spec
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    by ismail 9y ago

    Let me rephrase rather. a scale out architecture with commodity machines (using Hadoop, kube, mesos etc.) versus an engineered system in hardware. A client purchased a an HP super dome (another highly engineered system) the cost per CPU cor
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    by ismail 9y ago

    This falls into a scale up type (vertical) architecture, in what scenarios would you need tin like this? Versus A more scale out/distributed (horizontal) architecture
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    by ismail 9y ago

    Yes they are hard coded on the home operator/carrier. Though this does not mean it will not route. What country are you in? The way I have seen them configured is they work from off-net if you prefix with correct codes. Remember the fo
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    by ismail 9y ago

    What I really really want is: a fitness tracker that does not look like a watch and can be worn with a normal watch. I prefer wearing classic watches, surely I cannot be the only one out there with this need? Do not care about notifications
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    by ismail 9y ago

    Curious to understand why there has been a sudden jump in the last few weeks.
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    by ismail 9y ago

    "And SMS is also frustratingly non-universal. After years of having cell service with one of the large providers" .. "Each SMS shortcode is only supported on a provider-by-provider basis." Yes, each provider does support
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    by ismail 9y ago

    I attended a conference where a speaker was someone from FB. One of the slides that stood out for me was a pic of 3 teens sitting in the most picturesque environment on a picnic blanket. All of them with their noses stuck in phones. This is
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    by ismail 9y ago

    The problem with SS7 is that trust is assumed. Mobile carriers that have roaming agreements will have either a direct link or via a hub. So what happened here was the network of the foreign roaming partner was used to redirect the SMS traff
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    by ismail 10y ago

    Previously commented on some issues regarding oracle products in general: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13726012 Oracle DB has some of the best tech. For e.g Partitioning of tables works great. DB can be seriously tu
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    The Airline Industry – The Past(finance.yahoo.com)

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    by ismail 10y ago

    Yep. Great analogy. There's a book: Where good ideas come from. The thesis is that most of nature is fractral and in it The author draws parallels to innovation. https://www.amazon.com/Where-Good-Ideas-Come-From/dp
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    by ismail 10y ago

    Interesting that a study was reported on the exact same site, but in 2014. https://m.phys.org/news/2014-12-gut-bacteria-worm-degrade-pl...
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    by ismail 10y ago

    Stories of your life and others has got to be one of my favorite collections of science fiction short stories. Any other recommendations?
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    by ismail 10y ago

    What could NASA achieve with 1.5 trillion?
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    by ismail 10y ago

    having to integrate with oracle software on a pretty regular basis I have come to realize: Oracle software is extremely complex, simple things take more effort than they should. Oracle tools are not optimized for developers of today. A key
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    by ismail 10y ago

    ZyeLabs.net | Senior Business Analyst | Johannesburg, South Africa | ONSITE http://www.zyelabs.net ZyeLabs is a boutique consultancy where we are focus on creating exponential value for customers using Software, data and Design
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    by ismail 10y ago

    ZyeLabs.net | Senior UX Specialist | Johannesburg, South Africa | ONSITE http://www.zyelabs.net ZyeLabs is a boutique consultancy where we are focus on creating exponential value for customers using Software, data and Design thi
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    by ismail 10y ago

    ZyeLabs.net | Senior Front End Developer | Johannesburg, South Africa | ONSITE http://www.zyelabs.net ZyeLabs is a boutique consultancy where we are focus on creating exponential value for customers using Software, data and Desi
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    by ismail 10y ago

    ZyeLabs.net | Senior Mobile Developer | Johannesburg, South Africa | ONSITE http://www.zyelabs.net ZyeLabs is a boutique consultancy where we are focus on creating exponential value for customers using Software, data and Design