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by xiaoma 10y ago
> "Your average programmer or techie on HN is horrified when prompted to sign up via a pop-up, but many regular users will just comply." ... especially if you shame them into it!
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by xiaoma 10y ago
How does needlessly soldering ram in make a device slimmer?
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by xiaoma 10y ago
This is definitely true today. It wasn't true when MS was a startup and Bill Gates was particularly harsh and it certainly wasn't true when Steve Jobs returned to Apple. At that point they were only a few months away from bankrupt
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by xiaoma 10y ago
It's interesting how different this advice is from what some of the greatest engineering cultures have done. At Microsoft during its heyday in the 90s, it was common for people to say things like, "That's the dumbest fucking
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Woah. Your professor requires students to have whatsapp? That's messed up.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Yahoo is still dominant in Taiwan and has always been strong in Japan as well.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
It would be really interesting to see this for the "Freelancer? Seeking Freelancers?" posts. From what I've seen, people seeking work outnumber those seeking freelancers by something like 10 to 1. As a result it would take so
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by xiaoma 10y ago
It looks to me like this is for getting started quickly at hackathons.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
I am being intellectually honest. Going back generations and claiming historical territory doesn't work peacefully in the long run.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
If it worked that way, most of Russia would belong to Mongolia.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
I wonder if a 6 month Soylent-only diet would help with this.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
This reminds me of Realm of Racket.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
> "I utterly fail at any sympathy" agreed
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Xiaomi and Huawei aren't Android competitors. They run Android on their phones!
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Another 100 klocs of code before my first 100 klocs of code? That wouldn't have been possible...
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Over 90% of the first 100k LOC I wrote was ES5 JavaScript or CoffeeScript. I don't actually recall even a single instance when I was bitten by a bug related to lexical scope on the job. Maybe the problem is people expecting JavaScript
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by xiaoma 10y ago
No. The mature thing would be for you to part ways when in situations you disapprove of, not try to derail others' conversations about unrelated topics simply because you disagree with their politics. You have a problem with Theil? D
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Isn't the author of this post the primary villain from the big #rubydrama article on HN over the past couple of days?
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by xiaoma 10y ago
> "If you don't like what facebook does, you can personally regulate it by deactivating your account." Likewise if someone didn't like the way AT&T's monopoly operated in the 70s, they could simply deactiva
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by xiaoma 10y ago
I have to say I'm pretty disappointed. While Facebook is legally allowed to censor what they please (at least in the US), they present themselves as a neutral platform. Their CEO was just speaking with political pundits concerned abo
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Was Russia really drawing many foreigners to begin with?
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Is 4 lots?
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by xiaoma 10y ago
One thing I've found useful is following specific reviewers . For example, Peter Norvig reviews many, many programming and CS texts. He has both glowing reviews such as this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/review&#x
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by xiaoma 10y ago
I never would have believed it a few years ago, but Buzzfeed has become a force in investigative journalism.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
It would result in funneling government resources through gullible or cynical citizens into the test prep industry. Only a depressingly small portion would go towards actual education.
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by xiaoma 10y ago
From your comment it's not quite clear if you feel it would be ideal to have fewer scientists or for the CEO to be a scientist, but I'm guessing the later. A couple of years ago while promoting his book in the south bay, Peter Thi
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by xiaoma 10y ago
Yes and the future for Apple in China is looking pretty grim since the government has recently just shut down the iTunes movies and books stores. It's only a matter of time before music and apps get similar treatment. A government will
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by xiaoma 10y ago
My comment was not a guide on how you can "rule the world", in your words. I was simply pointing out that those at the very top are "self-learning". The examples I gave should make it incredibly clear that people can and
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by xiaoma 10y ago
It already does rule the world. The greatest writers, actors, musicians, engineers, salespeople, marketers and entrepreneurs nearly all mastered their craft outside of brick an mortar institutions You have a PHD in drama? Good for you. I&#x
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by xiaoma 10y ago
I studied Japanese in school too. Being young and having free time helped a lot, as did having a Japanese roommate who invited all his buddies over to drink in my room until 3am every weekend. Nonetheless, I have achieved a level of fluency

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