mcnichol

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by mcnichol 8y ago
Man I really enjoyed your writing style. Got a huge kick out of that.
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by mcnichol 8y ago
This was mesmerizing. Well done, thoroughly enjoyed it.
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by mcnichol 8y ago
Ballmer was famously quoted in an interview laughing at it claiming it wouldn't appeal to customers due to not having a keyboard. Hell, back in the 40's even Thomas Watson of IBM claimed there was only enough market for 5 computer
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by mcnichol 8y ago
Top Programming Languages.....bit of a title there eh
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by mcnichol 8y ago
What a fantastic talk. I think there would be a lot of value in capturing a "History of..." type series from Rob Pike (Alongside other greats). There is one similar to what I am referring called Web of Stories where they did this
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by mcnichol 8y ago
This seems less linking and more dependency resolution. What was wrong with > ./gradlew dependencies and then sorting out your duplicate dependencies with improper version issues. I have spent a lot of time down this road myself and
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by mcnichol 8y ago
I really appreciate the amount of data and what felt like an objective view on both sides of the issue, some folks greatly benefited whereas it was problematic for others. Ultimately it landed in needing more data, immense respect for that
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by mcnichol 8y ago
Oorah Devil, I think tech is a good world for us. Pure logic separating the emotion. My hard-headedness and willingness to sit in front of the problem longer than most civilian team members has given me a ladder to climb and respect without
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by mcnichol 8y ago
I think the correct spin would be to say: Apple Devices are Helium Detection Canaries.
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by mcnichol 8y ago
Seriously incredible...I know nothing about basketball but he has a way with words that made the whole story unfold in full color. Heartbreaking in parts, glad to see something like this on HN.
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by mcnichol 8y ago
Not off base at all. Their description of the perverse incentives was very accurate. I had worked as an engineer and was closely aligned to the fraud division for one of the larger insurers some time ago.
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by mcnichol 8y ago
>Being myself a remarkably stupid fellow, I have had to unteach myself the difficulties, and now beg to present to my fellow fools the parts that are not hard. Master these thoroughly, and the rest will follow. What one fool can do, anot
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by mcnichol 8y ago
Hyperbolic argument. If you only posted content to Google+ you placed all of your eggs in a single basket. Being successful in innovation is admitting when things are not taking off and letting products die, no matter how big they are. With