alfredallan

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by alfredallan 8y ago
Good that you raised the point of language. This is already a problem in the area of chip (IC) manufacturing. A very large number of newly designed chips now have their specifications published only in Chinese.
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by alfredallan 8y ago
The Chinese language does not lend itself to easy translation to English. It always gets "easier", but not quite good enough. At least not for sophisticated purposes like research.
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by alfredallan 8y ago
1. Reddit on the topic of Donald Trump is an example. 2. Forcing social media firms to delete specific kinds of content is another (albeit controversial) example. 3. Redacting all info about Saudi involvement in the 9-11 reports is a great
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by alfredallan 9y ago
Please don't misunderstand when I say this: your own tech team is best positioned to help you with this. Be humble/open throughout the whole process. Maybe start with the junior most dev and move on/up. Pretend you're a
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by alfredallan 9y ago
Do your own thing - you seem to have the right mix of skills: dev + some sales exp. Don't bother with an actual dev job.
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by alfredallan 9y ago
Why do you think this is a likely outcome? Considering that nothing of the sort has happened with airlines or network tv.
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by alfredallan 9y ago
So, in order to preserve NN, it is the USA, and not sub Saharan Africa that really needs a project Loon (not run by google, ideally).
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by alfredallan 9y ago
Really nice indeed, but I think it'd have been much nicer with actual examples/equations.
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by alfredallan 9y ago
> "I'm just not sure how we should address those issues" Neither is anyone else imo but I do think a good starting point might be creating actual awareness about said issues. And I don't mean issuing out public memos
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by alfredallan 9y ago
Could you please clarify what you base this premise on?
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by alfredallan 9y ago
Step 1: Try and see things from the other person's perspective. Step 0: Try and learn about the other person's background - appreciate where they're coming from, etc. Step -1: Understand that your own views, beliefs, assumpti
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by alfredallan 9y ago
Minor point: a rational person who can afford only a Mazda Miata oughtn't take a Ferrari for the same price for the simple reason they can ill afford it's running costs (fuel, maintenance, etc.).
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by alfredallan 9y ago
I have a pack of dogs. And they all hunt opportunistically. There're plenty of (mostly eaten) prey corpses strewn over the acreage. Anecdotal I know but I'm sure you can read up on prey drive in numerous dog breeds.
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by alfredallan 9y ago
You/we ARE a part of nature. If 100% of people care about doing certain things (that they actually have control over) in a certain way, that's the same as nature doing it that way. When it's a smaller percentage, that's
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by alfredallan 9y ago
Rephrasing the above post, sans adjectives: "building up foreign markets" - isn't that how globalization happens?
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by alfredallan 9y ago
This is why I usually use just lynx.
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by alfredallan 9y ago
We already have legal advice. While advice from random strangers ought to be take with a pack of salt, random strangers have little vested interest in the topic and nothing to lose plus a very fresh perspective. Hence there's a likelih
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by alfredallan 9y ago
A fight there'll be. Too many in favor. Any clues where I could get info on past instances like this or examples of underbelly tactics would be much appreciated...
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by alfredallan 9y ago
Reason I posted here (with a throwaway account) was I hoped (based on the crowd here, and certain comments I'd seen in the past alluding to related first/second hand experiences) to hear from someone who had encountered this sort
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by alfredallan 9y ago
That's also what the founder instinctively suggests. I don't disagree. But my posting here stems from certain concerns: 1. BigCo can easily outlawyer us 2. Tangentially related to 1, BigCo is likely to own a classic 'portfo
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Ask HN: Much bigger competitor infringing startup's pending patents
5 points by alfredallan 9y ago|7 comments