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by ryanobjc 13y ago
Thanks for the reply! I feel bad even pointing this stuff out, because I know that startups have to do what they have to do to make the bread as it were. I am very glad there is a data export tool, I'm sure that will alleviate some pe
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
Great blog article! Good discussion, but there was one element I would like to see discussed more about these 'store your data as a service' is the hidden vendor lock-in! I can understand that when you are pushing for a solution,
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
> 1. The VC ecosystem, as it stands, is almost completely unbiased and fair-minded with regards to gender and race. The massive disparities in terms of funding and founder backgrounds reflect that. So I'm a little confused here, sin
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
Interesting, I said 'solve the problem' but nothing really about capturing or fighting. Define the problem and solution broadly, and better ideas start coming out of the woodwork.
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
To follow up, I think the project could be defined as 'the civilizing of Afghanistan". Reduce the chance of it nurturing terrorism, helping calm relations between neighbors, reducing the rates of violence. Of course, in the UN fr
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
When the US invaded Afghanistan, I (and some of my friends) smartassedly noted that where the British and Russians failed, so would the US. Ultimately the US has failed to tame Afghanistan - as expected - but really the world isn't bet
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
That's the problem with mtgox - there was a divorce of BTC and mtgoxBTC account values, and that divergence, due to poor accounting/theft/whatever ultimately lead to a situation where mtgox is now acting like a fractional res
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
The parallels are more apt than it first seems... both people have their lives threatened by powerful vested interests. Both have threatened the legitimacy of the vested interests. Yes, proximately Snowden broke the law (and so did Galileo
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
So credentials aside, surely the story of Snowden has a public interest element, and is an interesting tale regardless of 'authoritative.' Besides which, in a democracy, anyone can be credentialed enough to serve in government. I&
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
Well, google ended up being forced to give 10% across the board raises when Facebook refused to a non poaching agreement.
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
Ah the best comment buryed the deepest. So true you are.
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
The article is ok, and unsurprisingly did well on hn, but it's still the easy first level technical analysis. I learned nothing here. I'd love to see a deeper analysis, but it probably can't come from a computer scientist.
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
You must be new here... I have seen PLENTY of situations where internal controls are weak, NO people dont cross compare assets and liabilities.
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
Bitcoin exchanges will have a run - they resemble fractional reserve banking, because all exchanges dont have enough USD (or other currency) to cover every bitcoin that people might want to trade thru the exchanges (that could be every sing
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
I believe the proper honorific is to reference the highest office, so it's the Vice President Al Gore.
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
It's an odd claim that is way wrong. Was it a typo? A braino? Or just wrong? I guess that this article got voted up so much is a strong indication as to how young this site really is. Nothing she said was very insightful, and any of
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
It's pretty obvious that she does live in a very rarified world, but the advice is solid. Why? Because in the 'normal' world, no one has beauty, intelligence nor money. So you have to judge people absent those things.
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
Interesting article, sounds like the author has really taken charge of their career and managed to do well. Now, what about an alternative world where he did not "get oo" or perhaps a lifestyle where he had children and no time at
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
this is why, as a Canadian i prefer to live in the USA. Why put up with little brother, and being a client state, when you can go for the real deal?
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
Using the coveredca/ACA terminology the Google's healthcare would be classified as "platinum" - covers 90%+ of the costs. It's really great coverage, and good for people with, or planning on starting families. Desp
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
This is what the future looks like people!
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
At first I was annoyed by this comment, but then I realized, I was taken by a very clever joke! Hats off to you sir!
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
I find it interesting how the SF's rent control seems to not be well understood by many. For example, people quote the ellis act as a frequent way in which people are evicted, and hold it up as proof that long time renters have no secu
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
This talk from Paul Phillips is really interesting: http://parleys.com/play/528cbfc3e4b084eb60ac78f2/about With slides: http://www.slideshare.net/extempore/keynote-pnw-scala-2013 The main tak
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
Interesting article, although right when I thought we were going to get to some interesting suggestions, the article ends. So let me finish it for him, what we need is more dynamic and realistic competition in the last-mile ISP business. I
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
If there was any doubt that the patent system was literally a game, this headline is it: "IBM _Wins Most US Patents..." So did they earn them? File for them? Play some kind of hunger-games-alike game to win them? it's a fun
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
This comment reminded me of a book called "Large Scale C++ Software Design" which is essentially about techniques to speed up your build time. My short handed criticism about Scala is this: It's the C++ of the JVM. Specifical
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
I was going to give this a shot, but 20% off a hot commodity such as Macbook Air was too much for me, so abandoned it.
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
While true, you only need 1% of the history, the problem is WHICH 1% and when? Tracking down bugs in the history is a huge deal, and its often absolutely critical. And yes, regressions go past 1 year.
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
max-flow is used to model a large variety of supply-chain type problems. a much faster variant - this is a big deal!

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