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by kemiller 11y ago
Scrum is supposed to be about regular feedback and sustainable pace, not motivation.
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by kemiller 11y ago
I think QA has been misaligned all this time. They're not part of engineering, they're part of product management. They're the low-level eyes and ears for the product team. Automating checks for the issues they uncover is
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by kemiller 11y ago
I look at all the little motors in those doors, and other robotic gadgets, and just see reliability issues. Their 8-year warranty on the drivetrain is great, but you are still stuck if the rest of the car doesn't work. I guess it&#x2
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by kemiller 11y ago
That's not what he's saying. He's saying they have disliked both from the beginning, but anti-govt sentiment predominates now. Which seems true as far as it goes.
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by kemiller 11y ago
I think the point is that Apple's in the same league or better, and it doesn't have to compete with Intel in a fair fight. Intel has to work with every x86 program ever made (more or less) and in dozens of different environments.
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by kemiller 11y ago
The idea is that transparency would mean that companies have to keep things more equitable and/or be able to clearly articulate why some people make more than others. That seems like less social anxiety to me. But I don't see an
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Ask HN: Is there a theory of unit testing?
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by kemiller 11y ago
I don't buy that Android is less than iOS for development, unless it's reflecting some shared work.
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by kemiller 11y ago
We've seen some legitimate posts consistently reported and removed. There are definitely fishy dynamics.
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by kemiller 11y ago
10x in this context usually refers strictly to their programming ability. I've certainly known people I'd consider 10x programmers, who I'd never hire without a specific difficult task that doesn't require collaboration
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by kemiller 12y ago
I suspect it doesn't work as well when you're a marginal player (as they are in mobile today) as when you're the 800-lb gorilla. Edit: I suppose this is a case of them trying to pull the conversation back to the place where t
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by kemiller 12y ago
The article specifically said it would be symmetrical. I'll wait and see on the pricing though. Sonic does 1Gbps for $50 in Sebastopol. Pretty limited, but still.
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by kemiller 12y ago
I don't mean literally exporting water, I mean growing water-intensive crops and then exporting those. Same effect.
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by kemiller 12y ago
Oregon is in drought too, actually, though it is not nearly as bad as California. The trouble with Oregon is that there are mountains in the way — the very same mountains that keep all the rain in Oregon, as a matter of fact. So to sell t
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by kemiller 12y ago
We do need food, but much of what California farms produce is exported, often to places with plenty of water. It doesn't make sense to export water from an arid state in a drought. If the water's real economic value were priced
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by kemiller 12y ago
Do you really mean cal/gal? Corn has fewer calories per gallon of water than watermelon? It's not gal/cal?
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by kemiller 12y ago
8k is useful for vr headsets where you are just a few cm from the display, yet need a wide field of view.
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by kemiller 12y ago
On strictly economic terms, I agree with you. The trouble with the plan you describe is that essentially guts neighborhoods. The very vibrant, interesting neighborhoods that draw people to San Francisco in the first place. By the time t
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by kemiller 12y ago
I think folks are taking issue with the notion that it must be comparable to be viable on a large scale. If you can charge at home, then you don't routinely need to "fill up" because you have more than enough range for your
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by kemiller 12y ago
I think Tesla has already done a great job of making electric cars cool. They've gone from being dismissed as golf carts for kooks and granola-eaters to being derided as overpowered playthings for the rich. That's a huge change!
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by kemiller 12y ago
He was asked in an interview not too long ago if he'd recommend to Apple that they get into the car business, and he said, "Yes, they should!" Odd response if he's expecting competition. I think an acquisition is much
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by kemiller 12y ago
Small teams generally not looking to pay someone to spend a long time configuring their tools. Configurability is good, but I'd rather have sensible defaults if I can only have one.
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by kemiller 12y ago
How does this work for foreign shareholders?
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by kemiller 12y ago
You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
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by kemiller 12y ago
I'm talking about malicious hackers. They're a tiny minority, but it only takes a few.
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by kemiller 12y ago
I have mixed feelings about these sorts of utopian dreams of universal programming. On the one hand, yes, that would be amazing! On the other, whenever you make a system that open, inevitably malicious strong programmers will find a way t
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by kemiller 12y ago
Well, they do have that right, but Zoe also has the right to expose those terms to public scrutiny. Google and other monetization networks tend to promote the fact that buy paying them you're also supporting the artists, and if that&#
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by kemiller 12y ago
Not saying it can't work out. Some people are tougher than others. But not a great plan.
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by kemiller 12y ago
What about the impact of walls and other objects in between? Signal can drop or jump sharply as you move in and out of shadows.
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by kemiller 12y ago
When I did it, there was a guy in my dorm who left halfway through. I learned later that he had taken the retreat as an opportunity to quit smoking. Terrible, terrible idea.

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