DavidHm

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by DavidHm 6y ago
It's a pretty typical mistake. We are just as smart as our predecessors. We just have a much higher population, a higher % of them are well educated, and we have an enormous body of historical knowledge (as well as easy ways for anyone
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by DavidHm 6y ago
I am sure that's at least part of the thinking. And judging from comments here on HN, it seems to be working. Just two post above yours there's a comment stating that any government solution cannot fix the tracking issue, and it c
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by DavidHm 6y ago
I work in the industry (yes, the whole debacle has been fairly entertaining). From what I've heard, Neumann was 100% convinced that the 16Bn financing round was a sure thing (and the rapid growth was how he positioned himself for it)
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by DavidHm 6y ago
A well executed Excel model is much easier to explain to a non-technical person. To be frank, for all the snobbery towards Excel, it has done a marvelous job at getting millions of people to think in more quantitative ways instead of "
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by DavidHm 7y ago
No, but the Ireland government would surely object, because their cozy and soft relationship / taxes agreement with the tech giants is the only thing that's keeping them in Ireland.
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by DavidHm 7y ago
And yet private organizations so often want to sit on the moral perch and pet themselves about all the non-profit oriented actions they take.
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by DavidHm 7y ago
This is such a peculiar, and I have to say, snobby, criticism - especially towards the last part of the article. The Gioconda is too famous and doesn't deserve the crowd it gets? Maybe. Sounds like a subjective judgement. People are le
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by DavidHm 7y ago
How come?
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by DavidHm 7y ago
Not trying to be snarky, but my experience is almost exactly the opposite. I can't comment on voting patterns, but while GDPR was being prepared, and after it was released, there was an endless barrage of posts claiming how it was flaw
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by DavidHm 7y ago
19 backbenchers. Probably not suffient to swing the vote, but more people might come out. https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labou...
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by DavidHm 7y ago
This was extremely fascinating. Thanks for posting.
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by DavidHm 7y ago
So this is interesting; assuming that this doesn't go to the Supreme Court or is otherwise unchanged by it, it could mean that after some states implement their own laws (and fight off the inevitable lobby/lawsuits attempts to sto
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by DavidHm 7y ago
This might be a personal impression, but there seems to be a reflexive (negative) response from many posters here regarding any new regulation that the EU produces. I've been trying to wrap my head about whether that's different t
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by DavidHm 7y ago
See, I wasn't sure whether that's a typo or the way an AI would refer to us.
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by DavidHm 7y ago
Do you by any chance have a link to that video, or remember the name? I'd very very curious to see it.
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by DavidHm 7y ago
That's 100% been the case - I am familiar with the industry and they have been more than willing to not make any margin in order to get the clients they want (big names, or poach from the competition) That strategy works great, so long
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by DavidHm 7y ago
A bit cynical, but not unfair. Many people in the US persistently cling to the idea that solution implemented and working (albeit imperfectly) in other parts of the world will not work in the US due to XYZ. Which in a way, is a self-fulfill
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by DavidHm 7y ago
Indeed. This is completely unrelated to the details of the case - it is simply unacceptable that a higher court can effectively gag a lower court from referring to the EU court. The brazen contempt for the spirit of the law that Facebook (a
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by DavidHm 7y ago
Buying (a product) off the shelf is the right answer in many situations. But not when you are not actually buying a product.
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by DavidHm 7y ago
There's a bit of longer-term reputation damage which is significant in an industry dominated by companies who tend to think over the span of decades rather than quarters. One fairly big serviced offices company pulled the "separat
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by DavidHm 7y ago
I would argue that's still a win. Discord and Telegram are more difficult to track because they are less public and visible. The move has therefore managed to reduce the exposure that non-active participants have to toxic behaviour, an
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by DavidHm 7y ago
I am not sure whether anyone being a military titan can be defined as "righteous", but its definitely been something that was going to happen sooner rather than later.
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by DavidHm 7y ago
Pre-experience business school (BSc) doesn't launch you straight into leadership positions. Post-experience business school (MBA) can do that (that's usually leadership of 1-2 kids straight out of school), however to get an MBA yo
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by DavidHm 7y ago
I guess Oracle's desperate attempts (to the point of suing the government) to ensure a cash cow for the next decade despite clear tech inferiority were not successful in the end
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by DavidHm 8y ago
If the company is utterly reliant on a single person, that person is either an equity owner, or should be, and the owner is taking advantage of them. If you own in part the business, then imho you take as much or little parental leave as yo
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by DavidHm 8y ago
Surprisingly not that much research on this topic on the American side, but here's one. [0] Conclusion: there's a small negative impact on the hiring of women, but it's more than compensated by women being less likely to leav
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by DavidHm 8y ago
I find myself somewhat unimpressed by arguments like "Facebook / Google" should not be deciding what is false. They already are - or rather, they are deciding what is visible and prominent, and what isn't. When you share
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by DavidHm 8y ago
Strongly disagree. What you get from MOOCs is directly proportional to how seriously you approach them. Yes, MOOCs do less handholding (aka: forcing adults to behave like adults) than traditional university courses. But they are also 100x c
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by DavidHm 8y ago
Not me personally, but the amount of complex workflow that I've seen relying on tortured Excel and VBA is mind-boggling. In the hands of someone who knows how to use it, Excel is incredibly powerful. Though at some point it crosses the
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by DavidHm 8y ago
If there's a cunning plan behind all of this, I cannot spot it. If there isn't...honestly this is a sad sight.

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