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by serge2k 10y ago
> We've already seen accusations of misogyny and supporting violence against women levelled at them by people like J. K. Rowling (because apparently suggesting voters will consider politicians responsible for their votes is a call f
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by serge2k 10y ago
> It's pretty hypocritical to attempt to stop what you think is bigotry and exclusion by doing the exact same thing to the people you don't like. Fighting bigotry and exclusion by refusing to do business with people and calling
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by serge2k 10y ago
> While everyone has a right to express his or her political opinion We'll just try to blackmail your company into stifling political thought. On the other hand, who would want to work with a company lead by a racist? > "I a
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by serge2k 10y ago
Can we agree as a community to stop comparing every company that is losing money year after year to Amazon. Amazon was pouring money into infrastructure while growing a massive retail business. Worlds different than some company that's
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by serge2k 10y ago
And yet they still can't make money. They aren't growing either.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> We will attempt to do the impossible Oh well. Waste of time then.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> it would be bad for USA strategically Why? it would be bad the US ego.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> IMHO the pendulum has swung too far. I don't think it's gone far enough.
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by serge2k 10y ago
Isn't verifying that the math is correct the really easy part of making sure crypto code is safe?
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by serge2k 10y ago
> I am increasingly bothered by the "not invented here" syndrome I'm bothered by the increasing prevalence of "never invent here". FOSS is great, but if it's not meeting your needs then writing your own is p
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by serge2k 10y ago
> Contrary to their rep as job-hoppers, only a quarter of those surveyed saw switching jobs frequently as the road to success useless without a baseline.
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by serge2k 10y ago
I will never understand why people find this or "cloud to butt" funny.
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by serge2k 10y ago
A lot of the podcasts and youtube shows I watch have patreon or sponsors. Works fine if you are transparent about it. 30 seconds spent with the host saying "<thing> is sponsored by <product>. <product blurb>" is
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by serge2k 10y ago
That should count as ironic though right?
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by serge2k 10y ago
> politics are a disaster If things go the way of the old white people we'll probably get one last gift of a trump presidency.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> In the real world In the real world, arrogant people act like condescending jerks for no apparent reason.
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by serge2k 10y ago
ahahaha I did. :)
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by serge2k 10y ago
> I don't know what the solution is. Not being greedy and selfish and complaining because other people got something. That would help at least.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> largest item sold was his infant car seat watch the expiration dates on those.
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by serge2k 10y ago
Never hear of hyperbole?
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by serge2k 10y ago
> If beating AWS on price is trivial, why is nobody doing that to beat them? They have a huge suite of offerings, good reputation, huge amount of third party tooling, and the services themselves are somewhat sticky. By that I mean, I cou
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by serge2k 10y ago
Don't know him very well, we were only on the same team for a couple months and didn't really keep in touch or anything.
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by serge2k 10y ago
I'm gonna assume that poster knew that and was being a smartass.
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by serge2k 10y ago
That's why AWS has https://aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/
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by serge2k 10y ago
> Amazon has a much higher bar for hiring talent, than Oracle does. Do they? Isn't it all just rolling the dice on algorithm trivia at this point? > Amazon is internally use to being frugal, and so pricing wars are not going to h
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by serge2k 10y ago
Is Aliyun that big?
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by serge2k 10y ago
They just picked up a guy I know who has no cloud experience for a bundle of money. Seems like a bunch of people around seattle are getting the mounds of cash.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> IDC program director Al Hilwa wrote in an email that he had little doubt Oracle would be a major force in the cloud, and is building momentum. The quote they use doesn't sound like he has "little doubt" > "In ter
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by serge2k 10y ago
Cheaper in Seattle too. They are still losing billions a year.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> I still roll my eyes when a early 20's try to sells me idea of marketing Why should I hire someone who would treat other employees this way?

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