nspiegelberg

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by nspiegelberg 12y ago
1. I added an extra brace after FBFatal in a final revision :( I'll ask for a revision 2. FBFatal has the same semantics as assert(), so that's correct. 3. The 'rebind_symbols' line truncates and is missing a horizontal
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by nspiegelberg 12y ago
There are some technical inaccuracies that make it hard to look past as a coder (mixing up POSIX and UNIX, talking about unexpected behavior as a bug). However, I think the author did an accurate job on the high-level tenor of the article
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by nspiegelberg 12y ago
I chatted with Wired about just this concept: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/facebook_bug/
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by nspiegelberg 12y ago
SPDY (pre-Apple's version) + Open Source SSL Library + Perf Mods
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by nspiegelberg 12y ago
Although fixing a bug requires analyzing the offending code, we weren't able to effectively narrow down the area of inspection through manual means (diff analysis, stack trace, git bisect). We instead narrowed down the area of code us
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Debugging file corruption on iOS(code.facebook.com)
90 points by nspiegelberg 12y ago|21 comments
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by nspiegelberg 12y ago
As someone who worked in a flyover state for 5 years and then moved to SF (then NY)... YES! The comment about the 20% discretionary income and resulting impact is also true.
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by nspiegelberg 13y ago
"I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man." - Al Capone I think NSA leaders would do well to read Dale Carnegi
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by nspiegelberg 14y ago
FYI: If you fast-forward to 2013, Philip Su is now heading the Engineering office at Facebook London. He's a really nice guy and great culture fit for the company. Source: I work at FB. Also, just use the Googles...
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by nspiegelberg 16y ago
You can learn that the decision was very complex with a lot of benefits and detriments for both stores. In the end, we thought that HBase gave us more initial benefits, reduced time to market, and a community with similar long-term goals.
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by nspiegelberg 16y ago
Facebook is rated higher for a number of reasons: 1) High impact. Most team sizes are 5 people or less. Those 5 people are handling big systems like photos or memcache. You know you're doing important things. 2) Move fast. Example: Face
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by nspiegelberg 16y ago
I am currently working on the HBase project at Facebook. It's extremely fun! We try to sync up with the OS branch on a weekly basis. Additionally, FB actually has an Open Source team whose primary job is to find out how we can use curren
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by nspiegelberg 16y ago
Despite the facade of University Avenue, Palo Alto is a pretty tame suburban atmosphere. I tend to drive or Caltrain out to San Fran if I want to do something on the weekend. Then again, if you have someone to hang with, all these awesome
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by nspiegelberg 16y ago
Good thing Google took a hard stance on data protectionism! Wait, where have I heard about data protectionism again? http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/09/facebook-slaps-google-openn...
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by nspiegelberg 16y ago
Where is that open-source MapReduce stack? Facebook even gives their HPHP, Hadoop, and other code back to the community for free. The fact is, Facebook cares about Data & Google cares about technology. Google has just perfected makin
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by nspiegelberg 16y ago
This. I moved to Silicon Valley from Huntsville, AL (< 1hr drive from KKK birthplace, snake handlers, and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'). I've heard more racist and sexist comments from educated people in SV than I did living in AL. Sure,
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by nspiegelberg 16y ago
The government made a smart and forward-thinking decision? Do not believe!
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by nspiegelberg 16y ago
So... this is basically scribe? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribe_(log_server)
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by nspiegelberg 16y ago
Maybe the UK experience is different than US, but this sounds like 'no child left behind'. Let's make 50% of the students do inane coursework for a year so the other 50% don't feel bad about requiring an extra year to finish university. W