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by tfigueroa 5y ago
I’ve heard something similar as a “Helicopter”. Can’t find a source, but it was relayed to me as a technique in negotiating a contract for videography. You would put together a contract that includes normal shots and one extraneous, really
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by tfigueroa 5y ago
Yes. The odds of someone climbing without supplemental oxygen vs achieving and maintaining weight loss are comparably low, presumably because they are very difficult, and cannot “just” be chosen so simply.
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by tfigueroa 5y ago
I’d guess that taking the time to deep-dive a problem takes away from time to design large systems.
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by tfigueroa 5y ago
In their wisdom, they decided to leave the conquest to these curious bipeds, so they could relax in the sun and watch time drift by…
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by tfigueroa 5y ago
“Ducking” refers to lowering volume so that other audio can play on top of it. When an announcer speaks over a song in the radio, or when Siri lowers your music so she can talk over it - that kind of thing.
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by tfigueroa 6y ago
What does “the feminine approach” mean? How is she supposed to employ “it”? What if a manager advised to use “manly ruggedness” to fix an algorithm from O(n^2) to O(n)? It employ “Irish Luck”?
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by tfigueroa 6y ago
As we learn more about all of the factors that affect shelter-in-place, those goalposts are going to change. There’s nothing disturbing about it.
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by tfigueroa 10y ago
Having a kid. That did it for me. I've always been an empathic person, but some chemicals changed when I had a child, and now a crappy movie trailer with the right cuts and a soaring soundtrack can get me teary.
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
"Slaps" is a funny way to put it. The rates are for anyone, and were up for negotiation; it's not like they would have gone down, given the growth in streaming. The market reacted well (eventually) to the slap, in any case.
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
Agreed. Few children are going to get to the point where the commutative property is a concern, anyway. If we're going to be pedantic, use this as a learning opportunity. "Actually, 5x3 is slightly different than 3x5. Multiplicati
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
Large efforts have a momentum that few people can singlehandedly overcome. And at that level, the kinds of effect you can have are of a different order.
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
Listen. Pandora is two blocks away, so I can say it: this is a bad move for Uber. * Oakland isn't cool anymore. We were here before it was cool. And we are barely cool. * Attrition is terrible. Coworkers either get shot or are poached
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
> I don't want to get into a discussion about titles because they are mostly meaningless; ... Quite untrue, except at the fringes of corporate hierarchy. It's hard to take the rest of the article seriously after that.
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
Well, what could they do? Surely we can't expect them to contact us in a timely manner via email, SMS, and/or push notification.
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
That's the Japanese style of exceptionalism. We Americans have our own flavor. What's interesting is how friendly cultures take exceptionalism at face value. Watch how Japanese posts on HN get upvoted.
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
If these companies are going to flout regulation anyway, what's the point of making regulation more permissive?
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
It's kind of cute watching the web optimize itself. In contrast, the stuff they pulled off in the 80s on an NES is like powerful, ancient magic.
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
That's apples to oranges. Pandora and Spotify pay artists per spin; the more you play, the more you're paid. Apple paying a percentage of revenues is an entirely different method, and it doesn't explain how that money is dist
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
Typically royalties aren't tied to revenue; they're tied to plays. Play a song, pay out. That's how the system tends to work. Apple wasn't planning on doing that much, and now they are. So I think "nothing here to s
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
The Pandora guy, Tom Conrad, retired from Pandora; though I'd guess he still holds shares, I wouldn't say he's "trying to make money too". He's ex-Apple, pro-Apple, and was CTO of a tenacious music streaming co
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
"Pay artists" has a lot of room for interpretation. What does that mean? (I work at Pandora, so I see this as an overly simple response.)
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
I don't expect interviewees to "ace" whiteboard coding exercises, because the point of my questions isn't to answer the question: it's to see how you solve problems. Do you ask smart questions before writing anythin
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
I've seen this, anecdotally, in trying to buy a house in the bay area. I've lost two serious bids to "foreign investors" who pay 10% above asking price, 100% cash, with no contingencies. I've heard stories of these
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
Proper weight training, to be specific. Learn the movements and be patient, or you really will herniate a disc.
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
That idea has only ever been true during brief, unusually stable times.
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
That's a sad story, but a very interesting case I hadn't considered. The techniques are useful here in software, too: build a report, don't always go head-to-head, bring in an outside authority, etc. Technical types tend to a
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
You have permission to enjoy life simply because you are alive. You do not need to be qualified. Anyone telling you otherwise is selling something.
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by tfigueroa 11y ago
It's not that deep. As a father, most of these points are obvious.
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by tfigueroa 12y ago
So now it's just a job - it pays the bills, and you get fulfillment elsewhere. You're not alone at all. It's a quirk that we look to our jobs to be fulfilling. (A noble one, I'll note.) Or you can go hunting for a more f
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by tfigueroa 12y ago
You're completely correct, but when the software is just a band-aid for the fact that work is hard and planning it is harder - well, you can sell all kinds of band-aids.

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