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by rqebmm 10y ago
Some combination of wearables, AR/VR, IoT, and consumer 3D printing. The thing is a) those are all a few years out, b) they're interconnected. VR will happen first because it's got an obvious path to a large consumer base. Th
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by rqebmm 10y ago
To me its real problem is that it's almost indistinct from long-press. Combine that with Apple's poor UX discoverability (I'm looking at you, swipe-from-the-side-to-see-iMessage-timestamps!) and 3D Touch is basically useless.
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by rqebmm 10y ago
My favorite reason is: By definition nobody builds software that's ever existed before.
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by rqebmm 10y ago
My father-in-law is a project manager for a gigantic construction company, so it was interesting talking about estimation for him. Estimates are much more predicatble in his field, even when working on multi-million dollar projects with tim
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by rqebmm 11y ago
I was brushing up on Zache Lowe yesterday and came across this (extremly HN-friendly) gem from a few years ago[0] about the Raptors' program for mapping ideal defensive positions, and I couldn't get over the part where the analyti
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by rqebmm 11y ago
I assume it's based on this report, which has the same numbers: http://get.hired.com/rs/348-IPO-044/images/Hired-State-of-Sa...
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by rqebmm 11y ago
"Just wait for what happens next" https://twitter.com/georgikantchev/status/716771770636898304...
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by rqebmm 11y ago
Not if the sovereign state of Applestan starts offering attractive lease options
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by rqebmm 11y ago
On the bright side, it's how you find people you want to work for.
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by rqebmm 11y ago
> "Freedom isn't free": Is the suggested donation a buck oh five?
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by rqebmm 11y ago
> I prefer to pour that extra time into open source work, since at the least it benefits others As someone who pushed his company to adopt a "take home" assignment for our interview process, it should be perfectly reasonable to
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by rqebmm 11y ago
1) I don't think they mean "scale your projects elegantly" in a "distribute your project to millions of customers" sense, but rather in a "add lots of libraries and not have it be a hassle" sense. 2) It ma
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by rqebmm 11y ago
Isn't it a bit early for April Fools? In all seriousness, our team had a discussion about respecting "Do Not Disturb" mode, and it works very well since it a) notifies everyone that you're ignoring them because you'
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by rqebmm 11y ago
That's all well and good until that rich person/corporation has applied some creative accounting to create a net loss on the books, thus negating their fine.
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by rqebmm 11y ago
That's true. Re-reading OP I'm honestly not clear which they were looking for, so I've added that to the sheet as well.
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by rqebmm 11y ago
Oh man, the Law of Leaky Abstractions is an amazing read, and an incredibly useful general theory. It's so applicable that I've taught my non-technical friends and family as it related to university structures, the insurance indus
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by rqebmm 11y ago
If anyone is curious, I created a google doc with the pay gap for each occupation based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for 2015: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15vJGu8IMbvrVz6FqCg3r... source: http:&#x
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by rqebmm 11y ago
I was able to do a quick analysis of US government data about a year ago when the 77% thing was at it's height, and the industries with the largest raw discrepancy were Business and legal services. Tech was ~94% if I recall. I'll
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by rqebmm 11y ago
Of course that's their incentive. And because it benefits a few and distorts the market, collusion was made against the law.
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by rqebmm 11y ago
> cultural differences outside of strict drug laws It's also worth noting that a culture that discourages drug use would likely be more accepting of strict drug control laws.
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by rqebmm 11y ago
> This is, unfortunately, not a clear-cut partisan issue. I think that's great, because it means there's a chance it actually gets addressed.
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by rqebmm 11y ago
Exactly. Instead of the game being "who communicates fastest" it would be "who can time the sample rate the best"
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by rqebmm 11y ago
According to the author communication of information to a 3rd party, either another person, or a smartphone, or a pad of paper, is all an "extension of the mind". This premise equivocates the contents of a device, to the contents
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by rqebmm 11y ago
I could do without the originalism. His argument that The FBI's "preferred reading of the law ... would transform the AWA from a limited gap-filling statute ... into a mechanism for upending the separation of powers" is more
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by rqebmm 11y ago
You're right that there's significant legal and regulatory hurdles that have to be cleared, but I think they're more of an issue for broad adoption. SF will have a driverless taxi service probably within the next 5 years. Onc
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by rqebmm 11y ago
> Lot of snow and can't see the lane markers? Millions of people adapt every day to this during winter. This could not be less true among people driving in unfamiliar conditions. ( http://legacy.wusa9.com/story/n
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by rqebmm 11y ago
I think the point is that it's easier to spoof a trusted cert than to crack the encryption
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by rqebmm 11y ago
No critique of these programs is fair without taking into account the benefits, like all the terrorits they caught: https://www.newamerica.org/international-security/do-nsas-bu...
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by rqebmm 11y ago
Agreed. The difference this time around is that basic needs are no longer scarce in areas advanced enought to decide what robots are doing. It's just a coincidence, but people conflate them First world economies been in (or close to) a
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by rqebmm 11y ago
It might be more accurate to say "being required to be employed is bad" since 'unemployment' is a loaded word. But then again, that's OP's point.

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