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by typingduck 8y ago
Next time I'm building out observability again I will definitely do that :)
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by typingduck 8y ago
A great article (unfortunately I think medium screwed it up with the title). I love working with people who "give a sh*t" ^TM. Sadly, I observed they almost always seem to end up disillusioned and leave large companies. Over the l
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by typingduck 8y ago
Looked into it in the past. The work required would not be trivial so for funding would be required. Funding can be difficult - especially in Europe - to get for taking on a pure technical project (would have to add blockchain right now). I
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by typingduck 8y ago
It comes across that you're not a PG fan :) but I think that clouds your response here a little. CERN (thankfully) is not a company, let alone a big company. I don't think it's fair to counter argue on this point. I've
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by typingduck 8y ago
I have worked for the government (research, not much unlike cern) and I concur that it's completely different than working for what I believe anyone would refer to as 'a big company'. I'm pretty sure it doesn't even
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by typingduck 8y ago
I am a very pro-EU member of the Union and I definitely think the EU is on a roll with regulation lately (e.g. timely arrival of GDPR, reduction is subsidies for less democratic members). However I am one of those pro people who think it&#x
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by typingduck 8y ago
As a EU citizen after watching all of Zuckerberg talking to Congress I was really amazed. I do not think any country in Europe would have such open discussions. Most articles I've seen have unfortunately picked soundbites to make a poi
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Apple employees arrested for selling private user data in China(theguardian.com)
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by typingduck 10y ago
I agree with both of you and tensor :) Having dedicated people understanding what users want, what competitors are doing and what are the future directions of the market is probably necessary and worth dedicating serious time to. It is just
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by typingduck 11y ago
Oh please! Can someone go ask Jeff Dean to create a CMS in some semi-serious way and video the result.
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by typingduck 12y ago
I always ask this. Doesn't even require an honest answer, the length of pause is sufficient. (although now it's been on HN interviewers will probably be better prepared)
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by typingduck 12y ago
Great article. Very well articulated. If you haven't seen it already, there's a BBC series called "The Trap" which raises interesting questions too around game theory reflecting human behaviour versus game theory driving