shin_lao

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by shin_lao 8y ago
I personally think that mental illness is the #1 challenge of western societies. It's not just about personality disorders, mood disorders, psychosis, and other illnesses, but also milder conditions that have a very high, hidden cost a
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by shin_lao 8y ago
We are heavy Slack users. We tried Zulip. No one in the team liked the ergonomics of Zulip and how difficult it was to integrate. Just for threaded discussions we felt the switch was not worth it. It didn't stick and we stayed in Slack
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by shin_lao 8y ago
Good luck with the source code of a database you didn't write...
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by shin_lao 8y ago
Additionally 128 GB is just about 20 minutes worth of data.
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by shin_lao 8y ago
I don't understand the high frequency use case they describe. High frequency trading is something very different from "12,000 transactions a minute". What is exactly the use case? Pre-deal checks? Post-deal checks? Book repla
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by shin_lao 8y ago
| It's effectively impossible to write bug free code. What does that even mean? It's impossible to have bug free code in any language. Bug in the libraries, the compiler, in the OS, in the hardware...
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Rockset launches out of stealth with $21.5 M investment(techcrunch.com)
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by shin_lao 8y ago
I think you need to define perfectly fit. Can you do 10 pullups?
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by shin_lao 8y ago
I have a lot of issues with this blog post: - Compiler, c++ library, compilation options, and platform are missing - The author doesn't benchmark vector and unordered_map insertions with reserve() - If I read correctly, the author benc
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by shin_lao 8y ago
I also reacted to this line, because there is no security without trust, would it be only trust in the security system.
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by shin_lao 8y ago
On point. It can happen if your company has great IP, or you managed to capture a niche market. When that happens it's a no brainer: sell. You can still build another company while having a cushion for you and your family. An exception
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by shin_lao 8y ago
And you learned a lot of things while doing that... So is it really time wasted?
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MemSQL raises $30M Series D round for its real-time database(techcrunch.com)
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by shin_lao 8y ago
There is a niche of people willing to pay extra to go faster and a number of startups are looking at providing supersonic (Mach 2) commercial flights (Boom is the most famous).
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by shin_lao 8y ago
In the US we pay more for less. Our system is nonsensical. Whether it's tax or premiums, doesn't matter, the overall cost is crazy, the system is unfair, and the final quality is low. Just look at life expectancy.
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by shin_lao 8y ago
Isn't the #1 reason for startup failure disagreement between cofounders? Although solo-founder companies are harder to build (in the beginning), there is a power structure that makes taking decision easier, and reduces the odds of long
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by shin_lao 8y ago
As a healthy wealthy individual, more than happy to pay for sick people that cannot afford healthcare to become healthy. It is in my direct interest to have as little sick people as possible in the country where I live.
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by shin_lao 8y ago
Headaches may come from poor sleep position or lack of caffeine. If you get your sleep in order, you should sleep the same amount every day and wake up without an alarm clock.
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by shin_lao 9y ago
Did you read the article? In the beginning: "I empower you to conduct your own analysis and make your own decision, based on your own circumstances, rooted in logic and math." And later "Your Special Snowflake circumstance
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by shin_lao 9y ago
It's interesting to have a non-LSM based persistent engine (If I read correctly). Although BTrees are slower when it comes to writing, they don't have compaction issues and are generally better are reading data from disk. I also l
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by shin_lao 9y ago
I have exactly the same rule, unless I can got to my appointment by foot.
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Good bye Giroptic(medium.com)
1 points by shin_lao 9y ago|0 comments
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by shin_lao 9y ago
>I applied for EB-1. Did you use an immigration lawyer for that?
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InfluxData scores $35M Series C to expand time series database business(techcrunch.com)
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Apple apologizes for slowing down iPhones, offers $29 battery replacements(venturebeat.com)
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by shin_lao 9y ago
Exactly this. There are ways to do mitigate this problem without going through a post-nup though.
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by shin_lao 9y ago
His move makes sense if he plans to quit his wife. He knows she will get half of what he has, so before he makes a move, he tries to see if she would accept to sign a post-nup. What's the risk? Another explanation is that we have an in
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How is Uber still even in business at this point?(venturebeat.com)
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Sleep is More Important than Food (2013)(hbr.org)
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by shin_lao 9y ago
>the database market is one of the biggest software markets out there, if not the biggest They only address a very small subset of the database market.

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