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by snarf 10y ago
Intel desktop 10nm won't actually arrive until late 2018/early 2019 with Icelake. Due to yield issues, those first 10nm Cannonlake parts are only for low power/mobile applications. To compensate, they are adding another 14nm
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by snarf 10y ago
Affirm was initially supposed to be an alternative credit rating system based on social signals, and I believe credit ratings are highly regulated, so they pivoted to money lending, which is not as nice of a business. Levchin seems pretty d
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by snarf 10y ago
I had a wireless Logitech mouse that had a failing scroll wheel. It was probably somewhat out of warranty but I did not use it much during the time I owned it, so I tried calling Logitech. After initially stating that they would replace it,
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by snarf 10y ago
This was partially his mess as well since he was COO before becoming CEO, no? And he has a very significant investment in Zenefits which he made when becoming COO, so while he does not draw a cash salary, it's hard to say he is under-c
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by snarf 10y ago
Arq also supports Amazon Cloud Drive as a target, and if you're in the US, it's a flat $60 per year for unlimited storage.
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by snarf 10y ago
Chrome still has the option, though they're not disabled by default. I disable them and also set up another person/profile in Chrome that allows 3rd party cookies but deletes all cookies when quitting. If I encounter a site that d
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by snarf 10y ago
Does anyone know the specifics of Google's privacy practices for G Suite (formerly Google Apps for business)? They claim no advertising, but do they use your data for anything else, and do they still build shadow profiles? If you'
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by snarf 10y ago
While I respect that they claim not to be about accumulating wealth (and it does feel as if this is genuinely true compared to more traditional VCs), this looks a bit like the Google X of VC. I suspect that they have generated enough return
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by snarf 10y ago
Doesn't this sort of stuff happen at every big company? Or is Apple in a different league?
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by snarf 10y ago
Wow, can you elaborate? These guys typically paint themselves to be very founder and employee friendly.
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by snarf 10y ago
Thanks for sharing an above average scenario and congrats. Genuinely curious, where did the offers initially start out (I'm assuming based on your previous comp) and how much were you able to negotiate up? And were the offers from star
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by snarf 10y ago
I was going to make a similar comment on another thread. Google X is mainly about the PR value around its image and recruiting/locking up talent. Google would rather have smart people locked up inside the company working on projects wi
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by snarf 10y ago
A better/more up to date article on this from the same blog as this item: http://dtrace.org/blogs/ahl/2016/06/15/apple_and_zfs/
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by snarf 10y ago
Do you honestly think that state sponsored hackers care about the legal ramifications of being discovered?
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by snarf 11y ago
Not programming related, but a great one: https://i.imgur.com/JRzMTR7.jpg
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by snarf 11y ago
The lack of disclosure that the scouts are agents acting on behalf of Sequoia is definitely wrong, though it is unclear if it's the norm or the exception. However, the shell company that disguises the source of the investment from othe
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by snarf 11y ago
I have a similar experience with caffeine. I really enjoy the boost that I get from coffee and chocolate, but then the buzz wears off and I crash, feeling irritable, tense, and on edge. It's the withdrawal effects of the caffeine, and
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by snarf 11y ago
I had the same observation about Google Play Music Radio's audio quality and came on here searching for the bit rate and codec thinking it must be lower for the free radio product in order to segment and further differentiate the paid
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by snarf 12y ago
Also, the comparison of Android to Windows breaks down when you look at smartphone profit share. Unlike Windows, OEMs don't pay to license AOSP or GMS. While Google monetizes GMS through mobile advertising in their apps, the majority
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by snarf 13y ago
I'd be really surprised if they do a whole lot with it. My impressions was that the main reason they bought Waze was to keep Facebook from acquiring it.
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by snarf 13y ago
If it's an object that's still floating, it's more likely to be some sort of lightweight composite than metal. And if they are using this radar system in such a way, then they would presumably be able to use it to direct the
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by snarf 13y ago
They have a list of approved modems for the both the residential and business services, with the business one being a small subset of the residential one. But I was able to get a modem approved only for the residential service on my busines
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by snarf 13y ago
I think the auto-expanding pictures have more to do with advertising than improved discoverability.
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by snarf 13y ago
I found the original comment relevant. Facebook and the way people use it has changed dramatically from its early days. It is quite a bit spammier, and the signal to noise ratio has gone down.
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by snarf 13y ago
The update you quoted above has conveniently been deleted from the source now that the AP has done some real reporting and identified the Russian suspects.
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by snarf 14y ago
I was thinking the same thing. I once worked at a Silicon Valley company where the CEO spun his firing by the board as a resignation due to a serious personal illness (complete with public tears and hugging the founders during an all-hands
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by snarf 14y ago
I can't believe someone at Kleiner funded this. Although I am not in the target demographic for Martha Stewart meets tech, the quality of the video content being put out by her "production company" is truly awful.
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by snarf 14y ago
This "op-ed" completely ignores the negative aspects of working on enterprise software. Much of the work isn't very interesting to tech/design aficionados since a lot of the problems being solved are more about capturing and making busines
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by snarf 15y ago
16,500 PSI was just what it was tested at, and it could apparently withstand significantly greater pressure than that. From the Deep Sea Challenge website: "The hull, complete with its hatch and viewport, was tested twice in a pressure cha
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by snarf 15y ago
That's interesting. It contradicts GigaOm's reporting that Rubin was brought late into the talks between Page and Jha: http://gigaom.com/2011/08/15/guess-who-else-wanted-to-buy-mo...

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