j_baker

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by j_baker 14y ago
Just because they've "lost" search doesn't mean they can't make money off of it. Opera "lost" the browser market a long time ago and is still making money.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I think the problem at Yahoo has traditionally been too much of a focus on superstar CEOs, and Mayer isn't much different. What Mayer really needs to do is remove some of the focus from her and put it onto the people on the front lines d
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by j_baker 14y ago
I wish this post had a little bit less dramatic headline. It makes this post sound much more inflammatory than it actually is.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I think you missed the nuance in #2. Yes, you can write esoteric code in any language, but few languages actively encourage it like PHP.
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by j_baker 14y ago
It's not clear that he wasn't getting paid: On the last day of the canceled project, Avitzur’s manager called him into her office to say goodbye. He hadn’t completed the length of his contract, but the company would pay it in full anyway
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by j_baker 14y ago
Is it just me, or does this come off as incredibly cynical? We’re petty, emotional and vindictive We can’t think properly We don’t do due diligence or reasonable research about anything We’re poorly educated We lack empathy, and have a dee
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by j_baker 14y ago
Whether I agree with you depends upon your definition of "you people". HN certainly has its fair share of startup circle jerkery and idealization, but the grandparent didn't come off as being a part of that. Rather, it sounds like they we
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by j_baker 14y ago
...and it makes you wonder what they will do to not do something.
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by j_baker 14y ago
This isn't lazy so much as efficient, you are swapping manual effort for mental effort. Unfortunately, not everyone sees that distinction.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I'm assuming you don't have any arguments left because you're needling me on my wikipedia link rather than addressing anything I actually said. If that's the case, you're really not adding anything constructive to this conversation.
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by j_baker 14y ago
Just try something . I don't doubt that PHP has its good points, but how can you appreciate them without having something to measure them against? Ruby or Python would probably be the best choices if you don't have anything else in mind.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I would actually argue the exact opposite. Django is good for getting small, simple apps up and running quickly. It all gets overly complex very quickly when you need anything more than that. For a big app, it's better to start with somet
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by j_baker 14y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy Just because a technology is "cool" doesn't mean that you're acting like a high schooler for using it. Nor does using non-"cool" technology make you an adult.
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by j_baker 14y ago
Flask is not built for smaller web apps. The idea of Flask is to build a good foundation for all applications. Everything else is up to you or extensions. http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/design/#what-flask-is-what-flask... There's even an e
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by j_baker 14y ago
For someone looking to develop for the web, ruby is pretty clearly a better choice. For someone looking to troll while looking smart and insightful, this comment is pretty clearly a better choice. Python has a ton of web tools and lots
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by j_baker 14y ago
Isn't saying that Google doesn't have a good track record with 'cloud' a bit like saying that Toyota doesn't have a good track record with 'automobiles'? I mean, Google's business is built upon the cloud. Like Google's services or not, th
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by j_baker 14y ago
Virtualization works wonders. You can take a big machine an divide it up into a lot of smaller machines.
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Carl Sagan papers donated by 'Family Guy' creator(sfgate.com)
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by j_baker 14y ago
...or it makes him post the letter on the internet and makes the company look bad. Amicable solutions frequently make more practical sense than confrontational ones.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I don't doubt that they were productive. It's just that such long hours are frequently a way to cover up lack of productivity rather than increasing your productivity.
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by j_baker 14y ago
You know, frequently such a person is the type to make others think they're contributing merely by being at the office for such a long time. "Marissa must be getting things done. She works here 130 hours a week!" Yet if you look, they pr
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by j_baker 14y ago
Responding to inconsistency with more changes seems like trying to regain your balance by making wilder and wilder swings of your arms. A better solution? Don't make arbitrary changes that will make months of unnecessary work for people
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by j_baker 14y ago
Does it? Entrepreneurs have to satisfy: investors, customers, employees, co-founders, and probably more people I'm not thinking about. I'm not against entrepreneurship, but it certainly comes off as though you're positioning it as some ki
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by j_baker 14y ago
Careers can be changed. Why does that career change need to be to entrepreneur? There are plenty of other careers where you can develop an array of new ideas and knowledge and meet many interesting people. Think of how many new ideas, kn
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by j_baker 14y ago
Nothing says i have to go along with it, I can do my own thing. Capitalism just means resources (capital) is privately owned, how we deal with the other folks that also own capital is purely up to us. No rules around that. I'm sorry, bu
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by j_baker 14y ago
I get this line of thinking, I really do. It's just not what our system was built for. The fundamental idea behind capitalism is that competition is good and cooperation is bad between businesses. We can agree or disagree with that idea,
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by j_baker 14y ago
I think open sourcing drivers makes pragmatic sense to the Linux community more than it does with Bitkeeper. Without open source drivers, how can the Linux community make Nvidia's drivers a better citizen of their ecosystem?
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by j_baker 14y ago
I'm not at liberty to go into much detail here, but there are a number of things that are in the KG that aren't in freebase. The process giveth and the process taketh away.
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by j_baker 14y ago
Does your team list cooking skills as a requirement to be hired? It would seem difficult to ensure that there's a good lunch to be had everyday otherwise.
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The thing you have to be careful about is artificially creating this kind of bonding. If a company gives you opportunity to bond with your colleagues, that's a great thing. However, some people feel as though a team just isn't a team un

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