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by wdewind 12y ago
Why isn't a build tool a dependency? Seems arbitrary to me.
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by wdewind 12y ago
I think maybe don't advertise it as dependency free. The modifications to get it to native js aren't massive, but it's not dependency free. For one thing if I make those modifications I then lose all future updates (or the
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by wdewind 12y ago
Right, so when he says dependency free...
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by wdewind 12y ago
I'm a bit confused, how are we supposed to use this without node? Definitely interested in the standalone version.
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by wdewind 12y ago
> They sometimes encourage me take a step back and understand the things that truly bring me joy. Not only that, most businesses (certainly most startups) would be far better served early on by having someone who was a good programmer bu
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by wdewind 12y ago
How about this: instead of flat out accusing the author of causing technical debt (essentially an ad-hominem attack), why not disagree with the substance of her argument. That is: that one does not truly need to be passionate about this ind
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by wdewind 12y ago
Actually, I worked with Garann at Etsy, and she's great. In fact I can think of numerous occasions in which she paid down organizational technical debt. She says this in the article: > I made a very successful career of programming
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by wdewind 12y ago
Yeah, I am convinced. Thanks for a great conversation.
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by wdewind 12y ago
Yeah that all makes sense, but if we aren't going to prevent commercial banks from buying high risk securities, it also seems like the FDIC shouldn't be insuring them.
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by wdewind 12y ago
> No law prevents a cement making company from leveraging itself like crazy and invest it all in high risk / high reward biotech research. And yet you don't see that happening. And yet we did see commercial banks taking massive
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by wdewind 12y ago
The goal is not to make it so commercial banks cannot buy certain securities. The goal is to make it so they don't feel like they have to just to keep up with the Joneses. If they decide independently that they want to run their banks
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by wdewind 12y ago
Yep, I think that's totally fair. European banking infrastructure is definitely superior. I work in payments, believe me I know about the short comings of the ACH system :) A lot of my main comment was more about how the Fed/Gov
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by wdewind 12y ago
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by commercial banks issuing paper, and deposit banks buying. I think you mean investment banks issuing securities and commercial banks buying? The reason Glass Steagall is important is because it sto
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by wdewind 12y ago
You're right, but I think they are, unfortunately, part of the capital T capital G, scare quotes "The Goverment" when talking about regulating fiat currency.
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by wdewind 12y ago
> It would be like your home being broken into and so you decide that you are better of leaving your door unlocked. Couldn't agree more. TLDR: bring back Glass Steagall.
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by wdewind 12y ago
> They've done (and continue to do) enough harm regulating their fiat currency. It is extraordinarily easy to point out how shitty a job the Fed has been doing from a society that completely depends on it. When you compare how the
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by wdewind 12y ago
> They also offered to change their entire distribution model to P2P as-to keep the traffic burden inside the consumer isp's network (which effectively costs them nothing, it's ingress traffic that is the major costs). Why woul
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by wdewind 12y ago
Netflix could do something differently, the question is really whose responsibility is it? The fact that the data gets to the edge of Verizon's network uncontested means the congestion is on Verizon's network. The fact that the
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by wdewind 12y ago
You shouldn't be downvoted for this. It's a reasonable question, it's just not what's happening. The traffic is reaching Verizon (or Comcast etc's) network at reasonable speed, and then congesting.
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by wdewind 12y ago
This was a super interesting article, Tom. The two graphs you have really tell a clear story, and I really enjoyed how you laid out different strategies for different market types. This makes it very obvious what customer acquisition leve
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by wdewind 12y ago
> to the ludicrous idea that super carriers have survivability in a world of submarines and drones. Can you expand on that? Super carriers seem to be a central part of our ability to exert influence globally. Correct me if I'm wr
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by wdewind 12y ago
Genuinely curious as to why this was submitted: "There is no reliable confirmation on the documentation of the Goddard coin, and much circumstantial evidence suggests that someone was deliberately trying to manipulate or obfuscate the
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by wdewind 12y ago
Not only is the video disingenuous in implying that the standard Airbnb host is someone who simply rents a room (which would not be subletting and would not be subject to nearly as many concerns), the other facts they have on the site suppo
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by wdewind 12y ago
I agree with your larger analysis, and wish that Airbnb would essentially pack up and go home. But I don't think you're correct in assuming that rental rates and short term vacation rental rates are in the same economic bucket.
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by wdewind 12y ago
Flash banging children nearly to death is fortunately rare. Unfortunately no-knock warrants are less so: 50,000 in 2005 and rising. In a community that is hugely concerned with virtual privacy rights re: the NSA, we don't seem to spe
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by wdewind 12y ago
You know, I was about to type a kind of snarky reply along the lines of "Ukraine is still in Europe, no?" and then I realized I had to pick the country in Europe that is literally in the midst of a civil war to get to a comparable
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by wdewind 12y ago
Just because you learn from certain businesses doesn't mean you need to start off selling to them. Many businesses start by meeting the needs of smaller businesses and work up to larger ones.
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by wdewind 12y ago
Again, try working for a larger company and see what they spend a lot of time/frustration on. It's the same skill you'd use to spot consumer level opportunities. I'd say it's much easier, in fact.
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by wdewind 12y ago
> the ability to pivot quickly in the face of consumer feedback is a feature, not a bug. I couldn't agree more, but I'm not sure you're right about the feedback cycle. We did a ton of "lean startup"-ish stuff in
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by wdewind 12y ago
> Feels decidedly light-side. Possibly, but doesn't quite have the ring to it :)

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