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by la_barba 7y ago
What sort of sequencing data are you planning to process? Are you planning to re-implement algorithms used by bwa/samtools or come up with something on your own? NGS is a very specialized field, so its very easy to get stuck in the wee
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by la_barba 7y ago
>But his point was developers could focus on a single api rather than having to deal with quirks in directx, opengl, vulkan, webgl, etc. That is really an imagined scenario. An extremely tiny minority of games are targeted for such a wid
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by la_barba 7y ago
Sorry, how is it disingenuous? I didn't consider the example relevant to the policy itself, and I provided a link to the source material for anyone to read. Giving a benign example is meant to downplay the fact that Google can do any
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by la_barba 7y ago
Pre-Disclaimer: I don't mean to only pick on Google here, it applies to any company that collects such a vast amount of personal data on users. Also.. nothing personal :) >Actually, Google has. In extremely vague terms, yes. I want
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by la_barba 7y ago
Thanks for linking to the policy document. They have this convenient line that allows them to do anything. "We provide personal information to our affiliates and other trusted businesses or persons to process it for us, based on our in
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by la_barba 7y ago
> Imagine how much better performance you could expect from games if they could spend their time optimizing for one API, and not making compromises to target a half dozen. That is not really an accurate statement. Graphics performance is
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by la_barba 7y ago
Can you explain how its not a lock-in? It seems to require a Google account and is limited to games that are blessed by google. AFAIK, I don't think I can download Stadia and run it on a home server and stream games to multiple PCs in
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by la_barba 7y ago
> I know where my data actually ends up And how do you know what Google does with it? AFAIK Google has never officially stated in specific detail what data they collect, what they do with it, who can access it, etc. Their Privacy Policy
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by la_barba 7y ago
Has Google ever disclosed exactly what data they collect, what they do with it, who can look at it, etc? We "know" that Google takes privacy "seriously", but that is a faith based position.
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by la_barba 7y ago
Thanks for your comment.
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by la_barba 7y ago
I still don't see how applying for a job is abuse.
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by la_barba 7y ago
The OP mentioned that this interview questioned worked for them. So, at face value, seems to work? The thing is all these weird interview strategies work at some level. Its very self-reinforcing. If a company kept hiring duds, they would ch
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by la_barba 7y ago
That is devaluing the word abuse. A voluntary optional task which you can decline at any time, is not "abuse" no matter how you spin it.
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by la_barba 7y ago
>I'm not asking for "free unlimited labour", I just want software that 1) works and 2) doesn't need replacing at the cost of millions of dollars every few years. I don't think that's an especially ridiculous
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by la_barba 7y ago
Which internet company isn't perma-storing any and all 'valuable' bits that happen to be routed through their network?
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by la_barba 7y ago
Agree. Its just a reflection of society. You cannot legislate behavior or morality from top-down.
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by la_barba 7y ago
All companies become 'slow and lumbering' once they pass a certain size. I cant think of any exception off the top of my head. Once you have the welfare of thousands of people in your hand, you tend to not take any risks. Seems li
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by la_barba 7y ago
Its a natural consequence of wanting to inflate your position when you have little to no personal authority on the matter, and essentially stealing 'authority' by supporting what amounts to an angry mob on the internet. "One
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by la_barba 7y ago
Well, you almost had a point, but then you lost me. You are conflating two things, they sold you "a license" not "a license with free unlimited labour". It sounds like what you're saying is that a company has no &qu
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by la_barba 7y ago
> "Whats the point, it still works" And you're claiming that, it working, is not a legitimate reason to keep using it?
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by la_barba 7y ago
We need to take this to its logical conclusion. If the claim is that these kinds of interviews don't work, then what should we be seeing out there? Are companies that employ these techniques less successful, or less productive, or less
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by la_barba 7y ago
I see. Thanks!
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by la_barba 7y ago
> At the same time, doesn't this feel a little like the advertisers are extorting us for some $$? Lest they jam more ads down your throat. They wouldn't have succeeded in this extortion (online) if it wasn't for companies
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by la_barba 7y ago
> and most of Google's current users favor a small number of major outlets. With what level of certainty do we actually know this? Sounds like an assumption to me.
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by la_barba 7y ago
That's interesting. I can empathize with most of what you said. How do you see self-reflection fitting into this? I spend way too much time self-reflecting on all the stuff I said and did throughout the day or the week. I try to think
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by la_barba 7y ago
Hmm, but for a one-two person freelancing gig, how complex of a site can you realistically build though? How much time do you spend on marketing & sales vs actual development?
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by la_barba 7y ago
Nah, we're way ahead of the curve. People are actually using the unix command line for productive stuff in 2019! That's so crazy!
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by la_barba 7y ago
Yeah.. hopefully Desktop UIs don't get dumbed down in the future. They hastily abandoned the metro UI which was a disaster for non-touch use cases.
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by la_barba 7y ago
>IOS is significantly easier and more intuitive than any PC ever was, including the Mac. How so? One of the key points of the article is that the the perceived intuitiveness, especially among expert users, doesn't extend to people u
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by la_barba 7y ago
>Since when has "needs internet access to function" become a selling point? That is a good question. I don't know. But I'd say it became a selling point after the internet became ubiquitous and reliable enough in the

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