timfrietas

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by timfrietas 12y ago
I'm not sure why anyways would set a funding goal of $10k for a project they already spent $15k on if they actually expected profit. Kickstarter campaign contributors have an auction mentality. eBay listings that start
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by timfrietas 12y ago
Fulfilled by Amazon has disincentives for heavy/large objects, pulling inventory back to mail it back to you and for not prepping your item correctly when shipping it in.
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by timfrietas 12y ago
Glacier is significantly cheaper than S3 Yes, as long as you put something in and almost never take it out. They charge for deletions in the first 3 months What if this is just disincentive to pull content out and treat G
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by timfrietas 12y ago
Generally science and industry are negative factors for Macondo. Throughout the book Macondo grows to be a darker place after a brief initial boost from scientific method; however science when paired with capitalism can be dangerous (unhea
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by timfrietas 13y ago
It's apparently coming, but not part of launch: http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/02/hbo-go-sho-anytime-amazon...
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by timfrietas 13y ago
They were working on one, he was building it.
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by timfrietas 13y ago
Suddenly the recent announcement of a Seattle Oculus office makes perfect sense...
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by timfrietas 13y ago
Only the first few engineers get that kind of equity nowadays.
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by timfrietas 13y ago
Long-time Amazon employee here. I have to say that I despise with every fabric of my soul the lunch interview. I wish we didn't do it to people and I decline as many of the lunch interviews I have to give as possible--I don't thi
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by timfrietas 13y ago
Can you explain in more detail? I am actually curious, because as a customer I hate the watermarks. Do you think they help with brand awareness, or driving traffic to your own site?
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by timfrietas 13y ago
This does not take into account an important factor that is somewhat intangible, but real to the psychology of the game: point swings. If you go for it on 4th and 1 at your own 1 and lose you are definitely down 3 points and probably 7. T
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by timfrietas 13y ago
There's a great Jeff Bezos quote about never being asked what isn't going to change in the next ten years, and that those are really the things you should build businesses around and optimize. Cars, for example, aren't real
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by timfrietas 13y ago
My American card has a chip. It is rolling out here.
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by timfrietas 13y ago
I'll take a stab at the "let it be natural" question: It means not placing content customers don't want in equal or more prominent positions than content that is important to them. I don't want highlighted ads inli
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by timfrietas 13y ago
Ah, this is close to my heart, and I have worked in video and streaming video for ten years, for many companies. Which is why I am so surprised the author does not realize that Netflix is not making this decision--video is supplied by thir
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by timfrietas 13y ago
This has it's own set of problems, namely, it is more difficult to do this over email than it is to just talk face-to-face; that is, it is slower. Yes, what the author offers here is asynchronous and most developers love that idea. However
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by timfrietas 13y ago
Does Google Glass have stereo cameras? The specs suggest no: https://support.google.com/glass/answer/3064128?hl=en I have to feel v2 will, given the possibilities of applications as demoed here.
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by timfrietas 13y ago
This problem has been solved 100 different ways; offline with plenty of clients throughout the years and even online with Google chat and Facebook messenger. What is your "different way"? What makes your solution more valuable? There is n
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by timfrietas 13y ago
My advice: tell your manager. Maybe you take on more responsibility, perhaps change roles to stretch your skills. don't suffer in silence. I was a non-tech employee in a startup just like you. Seven years later I have a highly technical
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by timfrietas 14y ago
If you're interested in what modern day philosophers think of signatures (spoiler: they also think they are strange) check out Limited, Inc. by Jacques Derrida.
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by timfrietas 14y ago
Actually, the entire point of this article is that what you said is not true. Yes, you wll be given more and more responsibility to a point. But you can never attain a leadership position by doing everything for everyone--your efforts are
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by timfrietas 14y ago
English major here. Leader of a tech team at a leading company. Derrida and David Foster Wallace were technically more challenging to my intelligence than what I do now. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, and it is not easy! But it is
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by timfrietas 14y ago
I disagree. I am in a major metropolitan area, and not only is the data worse but more importantly, usability is worse with Apple Maps.
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by timfrietas 14y ago
So why didn't Google just buy data from them?
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by timfrietas 14y ago
Cool but indexing is off and different fron Google results, strangely. In Seattle, where streets are mapped by compass rose I tyoed in # N. # St., which should mean North, got the results for NE. Great concept, just wish it mirrored Googl
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by timfrietas 14y ago
Amazon sells a lot of Kindle books on the iOS application I am sure. This is a similar strategy.
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by timfrietas 14y ago
Android holy war is the popular theory.
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by timfrietas 14y ago
Looping is in there already, i believe.
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by timfrietas 14y ago
How so? You can still fail a drug test for weed, same as you can for alcohol, and employers like MS can still fire you.
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by timfrietas 14y ago
As someone who does a fair amount of hiring, I would never hire someone off the strength of their (supposed) work alone. The ability to problem solve under pressure and their ability to communicate effectively with others are really import

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