maxaf

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   by maxaf 9y ago

   The bargain-basement nature of BountySource is probably also the reason why the founding team couldn't make the financials work out.
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   by maxaf 9y ago

   Having worked for a flailing IoT startup before, I can tell you that it's not uncommon for products to ship with TLS certificates, but without any notion of a PKI or cert management infrastructure that would enable these devices to kee
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   by maxaf 9y ago

   Especially considering that their sensor suites must be orders of magnitude more powerful than commercially available civilian equipment.
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   by maxaf 9y ago

   They do say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, which holds up almost as well as the "imitate then innovate" mantra.
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   by maxaf 9y ago

   I'm afraid it's too late.
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   by maxaf 9y ago

   Why would I spend $700+ on a phone with a dubious fate when I can spend $230 on a Moto G5 Plus and have Lineage OS running on it in no time, for a long time?
7. 247.▲
   by maxaf 9y ago

   I agree with you. I always wonder who these engineers are who have tons of offers. I always wonder how come everyone's competing for talent, yet landing a job is so damn difficult.
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   by maxaf 9y ago

   No flaming skulls. closes tab
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   by maxaf 9y ago

   +1 (insightful) for an apt application of the universal explanation of everything.
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    by maxaf 9y ago

    I've worked for an IoT company once where random old Android phones were sometimes called "best Raspberry Pi ever made".
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    by maxaf 9y ago

    While the paint canisters are definitely a doozy, I've successfully disposed of "weird" things by offering them to the masses via FreeCycle and Craigslist's "free" section. Someone is guaranteed to show up at y
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    by maxaf 9y ago

    The IBM VGA8 sent me into a funk of nostalgia not only for the early 90s, when a trusty 386 was my best and only friend, but also for 99+, when my first forays into Linux forever cemented the default console font in my visual memory. This i
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    by maxaf 9y ago

    I think they're just working up to a business model whereby the company will sell bespoke artisanal hand-made organic gluten-free electrons.
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    by maxaf 9y ago

    There are VC-funded startups that fulfill a semi-real need, but lack any potential to become a real business. "Advertising" isn't a business model; it's a crutch one reaches for when an existing business isn't finan
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    by maxaf 9y ago

    Dealing with finicky buyers - let alone fraudulent ones - is what drove me away from selling stuff online. The system is set up to cater to the oversensitive mindsets of entitled online shoppers, which is the same setup that gives fraudulen
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    by maxaf 9y ago

    Look into setting up a PPA on launchpad.net, or use Bintray. Both are easier to operate than reprepro, especially if you don't care to become an expert in Debian package hosting.
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    by maxaf 9y ago

    "Type-Driven Development with Idris" is the best Haskell book I've ever read.
18. 258.▲
    by maxaf 9y ago

    Speak the truth. I'd hire you again, man. <3
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    by maxaf 9y ago

    I have no complaints about Blue Apron's food, which is usually delicious and almost always challenges us to learn techniques we wouldn't otherwise try. Where it falls down is shipping: they use LaserShip, which loses multiple pack
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    by maxaf 10y ago

    You have a point. To be fair, I don't really care what happens to advertising at large as long as advertising is kept as far away as possible from me and mine.
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    by maxaf 10y ago

    I'm opposed to all advertising and marketing on ethical grounds. In my book human attention isn't for sale, and all attempts to sell my attention will be dealt with by technical means with extreme prejudice. It's true that co
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    by maxaf 10y ago

    I'm notorious for leaving behind gems such as this. For example: https://twitter.com/noahlz/status/767851284930199557
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    by maxaf 10y ago

    Your stereotypes aren't funny. Please check them at the door.
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    by maxaf 10y ago

    Moreover, even if you had gone to the trouble of building such an API, S3 still doesn't offer bulk operations, so you'd have to operate on each matching object... one object at a time.
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    by maxaf 10y ago

    Awesome! So we can stop copy-pasting this: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2008/Aug-26.html
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    by maxaf 10y ago

    Passionate engineers can be a total drag to work with and lead. Imagine having to fight through squalls of passion in a business setting. "Passionate" has become in my mind another bullshit word that people use without understandi
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    by maxaf 10y ago

    A faulty implementation doesn't necessarily invalidate the idea. I also strongly suggest looking into statically typed languages. Python is very poorly suited to working with data.
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    by maxaf 10y ago

    > Early on, I gained experience, built confidence, and secured offers from companies that had less intensive interviews. I hate being used for interview practice. Don't apply to work for me unless you're intending to accept an
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    by maxaf 10y ago

    For those of us who have positioned their residences underneath rocks: is there a link to this?
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    by maxaf 10y ago

    The touch bar will be what finally compels Bloomberg to build a Mac-native Terminal. Mark my words.