padobson

24 ms·

241.
by padobson 9y ago
I wonder if another dimension is useful. YouTube's UI prominently features search. So if my interests change and I search for something I've never been interested before, YouTube can show me a pretty good selection of videos and t
242.
by padobson 9y ago
I scrolled through the list of artists, and I was perplexed that there weren't any Japanese nationals or companies. NEC, Sony, Nintendo and others all made substantial contributions to the craft of computing design in the specified 30
243.
by padobson 9y ago
Lenin, Stalin etc. did a terrible job. I'm open to being wrong, but I don't think anyone can do a good job. No one has yet invented a way of distributing resources more efficiently than markets. I'm not sure if socialism ca
244.
by padobson 9y ago
This is what I was hoping to see when I clicked on the comments thread. If you can find a valuable use for the waste, then you can make it profitable (or at least less expensive) for the farmers to keep the sewage out of the water table. On
245.
by padobson 9y ago
Are there any possible holes in the making you see now? I was curious for a while if crypto was going to pose a systemic risk, but the total market cap[0] was never really high enough. [0] https://coinmarketcap.com/
246.
by padobson 9y ago
This feels more like an over-correction to the prevailing cultural wisdom that everyone needs a post-secondary education. Contrary thesis to the prevailing wisdom is where a lot of startup fortunes have been made. Hopefully we're about
247.
by padobson 9y ago
The author praises Snapchat and Instagram and makes a compelling point for their anti-shareable features. I myself have begun to think that a higher standard of friendship is needed in social media. Something like Twitter, where you can fol
248.
by padobson 9y ago
This comment is a milder version of this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
249.
by padobson 9y ago
He was referring to the way digital currencies like Bitcoin are used to buy drugs like synthetic opioid fentanyl. anonymity of digital currencies meant they were linked to terrorist funding and money laundering It sounds like he means d
250.
by padobson 9y ago
My advice to teenagers remains: you're not going to be one of them This is not usually very hard to check, depending on the sport. Professional athletes at specific positions have fairly specific body types that enable them to succee
251.
by padobson 9y ago
You might think that if you had enough strength of mind to do great things, you'd be able to transcend your environment. Where you live should make at most a couple percent difference. This is exactly what I thought out of college. &
252.
by padobson 9y ago
I think one of the opportunities Dropbox missed was being unwilling to replace FTP. I've built dozens of HTML/Flash/Java uploaders on dozens of different infrastructures, and there's always a host of issues that need to
253.
by padobson 9y ago
Detroit engineer here. There may be a lot of openings around here as Detroit industry continues to modernize and the startup scene matures, but salaries are still lagging. Some of the large companies (autos, insurance, etc) will occasionall
254.
by padobson 9y ago
I wouldn't mind seeing an auction site with a far more limited scope, and a limited number of auctions. Say, like, a site for old video games. Anyone who wants to sell Street Fighter II for the SNES submits it to the Street Fighter II
255.
by padobson 9y ago
At the opposite end of the spectrum – which we call ‘strong linkage’ – it’s possible that productivity growth translates fully into increases in typical workers’ pay, but even as productivity growth has been acting to raise pay, other fact
256.
by padobson 9y ago
Good engineering managers (preferably someone who knows how to write code) are going to be able to break tasks down effectively. So yes, it always starts with people. And I agree with you: talented people, be they managers or developers or
257.
by padobson 9y ago
In reality, management breaking anything down into smaller tasks, instead of people who will actually do the work, breaking things down, is going to lead to ZERO architecture and a shit codebase, 100% of the time. This is just another way
258.
by padobson 9y ago
It's actually not micromanagement. It's micro-documentation, which provides more autonomy to the developer, not less. The micro-tasks I'm describing go into a project management system. They are either assigned to or picked
259.
by padobson 9y ago
I've seen this at the most basic level of contracting. To me, a lot of these problems come down to cost. I've contracted with a dozen startups and small businesses. Most of these companies will find a young developer charging betw
260.
by padobson 9y ago
My solution to this has always been to break down the units of work into smaller pieces. Super small. Painfully small. It requires more project management, but it's much easier to quarantine problems and explain them to stakeholders. M
261.
by padobson 9y ago
Or I can drive to the city whenever I feel like. Imagine how open the highways would be if this was how everyone worked/lived. Clear the highways. Save the planet. Work from home.
262.
by padobson 9y ago
I don't think the threat of Amazon becoming abusive The idea of regulating on a hypothetical is insane to me. If Amazon becomes abusive, the US Government will still be able to take them. Let's not start prosecuting pre-crime be
263.
by padobson 9y ago
The HomePod is a redux of the Apple HiFi from 2006–2007 There's a lot more people in that walled garden now.
264.
by padobson 9y ago
The leaders will care a great deal if the three devs are well trained and capable.
265.
by padobson 9y ago
One pragmatic response is to avoid roles that feed into the stereotype. You make a good point, and I agree with the pragmatism of the choice, but I also believe mentorship can be a means of advancement. The point of my original comment wa
266.
by padobson 9y ago
If its about pay and promotion Pay and promotion is about making yourself valuable. If you mentor engineers and gain a reputation for doing so, you're effectively shaping the culture of the organization, not to mention gives you a to
267.
by padobson 9y ago
> Being perceived by management as delivering results rather than being the one behind the scenes enabling others to be perceived that way. This is essentially a synonym of the sentence you quoted > careerwise respect of developers in
268.
by padobson 9y ago
I love that you pointed out the need for political strength within organizations. I agree, and I think it directly conflicts with this line from the post: Yeah, I’m gonna bring gender into it, because I’m a woman and when women take on rol
269.
by padobson 9y ago
This book seems to strike a tone of unobtrusive enablement much like what I received I think this works because of the unobtrusive part. Obtrusive enablement, or the protection from natural consequences, can stunt growth just as much as
270.
by padobson 9y ago
But neo-Marxist class warfare (most commonly referred to as identity politics in the zeitgeist) is absolutely about diminishing the value of the individual in favor of elevating historically oppressed groups. Better to recognize that subjec

More ›