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by zild3d 7y ago
The idea that visual programming languages get too hard to read as programs get larger doesn't really resonate with me. Just like written code, you need to create higher level abstractions. In simulink for example, you might have 1 top
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by zild3d 7y ago
Tacking the would-be stipend onto base pay can remove the feeling of the benefit being provided at all. e.g. A: You get a salary and we also cover your gym membership B: Your salary of $100k already includes a baked-in $50 a month for a gym
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by zild3d 7y ago
Ouch. This page [0] hurts a little bit to read now. Feel free to grab their free ebook though! You'll learn how advanced analytics can help IT identify user behaviors, determine risk profiles, and assess and address potential threats [
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by zild3d 7y ago
don't need more than a single instance, or 1-2 lambdas
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by zild3d 8y ago
> when you say antique, that means mid 19th century Where is that coming from? I don't see any definitions that constrains antique to a specific time window, some definitions/laws include "at least 100 years old" Anti
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by zild3d 8y ago
ah :) yes in that case it is just a different viewpoint engineers choosing the non-exlodey designs leads to users feeling capacity-limited
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by zild3d 8y ago
The current user-facing gotcha isn't fire, it's capacity. Consumers aren't walking around worrying that their headphones, watch, or phone might explode (except for the brief galaxy note stint). They are worried their phone is
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by zild3d 8y ago
> They know all about my buttons The point the article makes is that your response is what teaches them How do you respond when a kid pushes your button? It's only a button to push if there is a reaction
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by zild3d 8y ago
> I would suggest that YC is becoming more risk-averse as it grows YC Startup School shows the opposite
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by zild3d 8y ago
Agreed, "Personal knowledge" needs to also include personal knowledge like self-generated notes, journals, and such
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by zild3d 8y ago
maybe it only costs a cent if the receiver does not accept it
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by zild3d 8y ago
> You cannot write a small MVP of a browser, an operating system, a search engine, a game engine, a 3D modeling suite "MVP" tends to wind up meaning vastly different things to different people who says you can't leverage w
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by zild3d 8y ago
Agreed, these two metrics are just as arbitrary as any other life-defining metric, "the number of healthy grand children you had", "the number of phish concerts you went to", "the number of Free AOL hours CDs you co
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by zild3d 8y ago
Shannon came up much more than Turing during undergrad for electrical engineering. Can't learn signal processing, information theory, discrete math, etc without mentioning him. Perhaps he falls in the EE/ECE realm more than CS
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by zild3d 8y ago
on chrome: right click -> View page source
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by zild3d 8y ago
I actually thought there was something really enjoyable about not have it super obvious and shoving pointers and instructions at you. It felt fun to explore and learn what it is
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by zild3d 8y ago
don't forget the tasty light blue boxes
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by zild3d 8y ago
> Unless there is some reason to believe that making individual accounts free will somehow also reduce costs in a material way It's misleading because it ignores user acquisition & conversion. Freemium often means you "tak
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by zild3d 8y ago
"Hi, I'm Clippy! I noticed you used a lot of negative and absolute words in your paper, here are some recommended psychiatrists near you... "
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by zild3d 8y ago
> The way most people use Facebook is more of an RSS feed For many it's become more of an address book
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by zild3d 8y ago
most serverless frameworks take care of cold starts, no? zappa by default will just keep your functions warm
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by zild3d 8y ago
I'm not going to try to change your mind, was simply raising the point that it isn't as black and white as "HR is never your friend". I'm aware there are large swaths of companies where HR is simply there to protec
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by zild3d 8y ago
Agree on PIP, but HR is often your friend actually, it's just a pretty broad field that tends to be behind the scenes. A significant amount of HR is aimed at making a company great to work at - pay, benefits, culture, recognition, care
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by zild3d 8y ago
how many lunches do you eat in a work week? that sounds like a lot more than 5 1-on-1s each week
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by zild3d 8y ago
Hm very cool, I've used f.lux for a while now and can definitely see the use case for a nightstand lamp. Also like that there's no awkward app to deal with, just replace the bulb and forget about it.
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by zild3d 8y ago
> A rectangle by definition has width and height independent of each other. That's not really true though. Definition is a quadrilateral w/ 4 right angles. Width and height can be dependent or not
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by zild3d 8y ago
> 95% of American's went into walmart. That seems very hard to believe. Trying to find more info on where those numbers came from, appears the NPD Group looked at 4 million receipts? How do the segments that would avoid walmart not
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by zild3d 8y ago
> Social networks fulfill all needs. not physiological needs... food, shelter, water, sleep, etc > That is why the ultimate form of punishment in our society is to isolate the individual from all human contact. it is a severe punishme
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by zild3d 8y ago
There is a well known arms race in ECM and ECCM [0]. The military (US at least) is not relying on GPS alone for this type of thing, and uses various types of jamming detection, jamming protection, and counter measures [0] https:/&#x2F
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by zild3d 8y ago
I read it in the "we have now gotten it up to X" sense, such as "I'm now up to my 5th beer"

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