redditmigrant

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by redditmigrant 10y ago
Obviously Java didn't succeed as a desktop application development language, but the JVM and the java eco system has succeeded by any objective measure. I see your point that what matters is what does a person say "NO" to.
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by redditmigrant 10y ago
Its likely that someone who says "NO" all the time is right some of the time and its fair that they get credit for being right. At the same time, they need to be held accountable when something they said "NO" to turns ou
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by redditmigrant 10y ago
A fundamental limitation of the peer to peer setup for messaging is the lack of a reliable way to send a message while your contact is offline. If your answer to that is to have intermediaries that are always available and can store and for
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by redditmigrant 10y ago
If you are interested in learning more about CRISPR checkout this article - http://gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-crispr-... . This podcast by Radiolab also breaks down the idea really well - http:/&#x2
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by redditmigrant 10y ago
You talk as if culture is some constant. Culture has throughout history been shaped by change. So why should SF somehow try to hold on to the good old times, whatever that is? Why shouldn't SF change to accommodate a revolution that wi
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by redditmigrant 10y ago
As someone who uses the Caltrain every week 3-4 times , I can say the ridership at commute times is very healthy. The housing prices in SF and the concentration of a decent number of large companies (AirBnB, Pinterest, Atlassian) in the SoM
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Instagram starts blocking ‘add me’ deeplinking for Snapchat, Telegram(techcrunch.com)
3 points by redditmigrant 11y ago|0 comments
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by redditmigrant 11y ago
I stopped using mint a while ago since there was no way to get it to work with my Bank's two factor authentication. read only password would make things a lot easier.
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The problem with the Twitter follow model(medium.com)
1 points by redditmigrant 11y ago|0 comments
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by redditmigrant 11y ago
To everyone here whose response to the 16GB model is that they are trying to push icloud, how do you transparently and painlessly free up storage on your device for photos/videos that are already backed up on icloud?
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by redditmigrant 12y ago
If it is so necessary and expected just include it in the price of the food. Why leave it to my whims at all? In what other situations(excluding restaurants/cabs) do you routinely part with more money than is legally owed?
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by redditmigrant 12y ago
This doesnt even begin to address the countless ways in which messages on the laptop falls out of sync with the messages on my iphone sitting next to the laptop. Im not even talking about 2 second delays, Im talking about 10-15 minutes of t
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Developer Rules for HealthKit,HomeKit,TestFlight,and Extensions(9to5mac.com)
3 points by redditmigrant 12y ago|0 comments
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by redditmigrant 13y ago
I like the simplified dedicated device for creating a low friction experience, however one downside of having this as a separate device rather than an app on your phone is that you are more likely to loose it, forget where you kept it, etc.
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by redditmigrant 13y ago
I have lived in the bay area, south bay specifically, for 2 years now and I dont remember the last stranger who spoke to me beyond the general politeness. I meet people through a common activity, like playing a sport, tech meetups etc. but
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by redditmigrant 13y ago
Hindi is the native language of 180 million people ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi ), most of who live in India. While Hindi being the national language might have been the decision of a committee, the language itse
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by redditmigrant 14y ago
I havent done pairing interviews but I have tried giving candidates some started code and having them develop a solution based on that. One piece of logistical advice here: keep different kinds of keyboards/IDEs available. I use a mac and I
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by redditmigrant 14y ago
I think aws uses drbd ( http://www.drbd.org/ ) for replicating the writes to the standby. Among the replication modes of drbd suggested here: http://www.drbd.org/users-guide-emb/s-replication-protocols.... I suspect they probably use B an
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by redditmigrant 14y ago
Im curious, what is the point of the job listing on the website at all then?
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by redditmigrant 14y ago
I wonder if the power outage here has anything to do with this - http://www.dom.com/storm-center/dominion-electric-outage-map...
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by redditmigrant 14y ago
You are completely missing the point. They do charge a commission. The problematic part here is that this $2.58 is called "delivery fee". Im sure all the ecosystem costs a lot of money, and they are free to charge whatever they think the ec
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by redditmigrant 14y ago
I think you are ignoring the fact that Silicon valley is an ecosystem of engineers/product managers/sysadmins etc. all of which a growing startup needs. Hence, while a remote area might have people with ideas, it most likely will not have t
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Microsoft details how iPad app development compares to Windows 8(zdnet.com)
2 points by redditmigrant 15y ago|0 comments
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Amazon to Launch Cloud Search Service, Possibly Tomorrow(pandodaily.com)
99 points by redditmigrant 15y ago|25 comments
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by redditmigrant 15y ago
How is this bullshit? >"We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business. " If anything thats being upfront that Amazon is a bus
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by redditmigrant 15y ago
I dont think my experience is at a similar scale, but it sure is immoral. I interviewed with a SF based YC startup recently. I already had plans of being in the area during the time they wanted to "fly me in" and I asked them if they could
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by redditmigrant 15y ago
One that I have noticed is that "Continue search on server" doesnt work.
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by redditmigrant 15y ago
I dont know if this is naive, but wouldnt the data model/storage strategy of the index be influenced by the ranking algorithms that use it? If thats the case, then I would presume google's index tries to store the data in a form thats effic