billsimpson

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by billsimpson 12y ago
> health issues such as balding Thanks, doc. Though I agree most men would prefer to avoid it, I never really regarded my balding as a health issue before now (and especially not the one I'd lead with over cancer and heart disease
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by billsimpson 12y ago
Accidentally creating sentient AI with today's technology would be like accidentally creating a nuclear explosion by rubbing two sticks together.
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by billsimpson 12y ago
Boston cabs do this now (I assume it's happening all over) by playing a short ad reel that loops over and over. It's pretty horrible. If that's their end game here, I'd be disappointed.
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by billsimpson 12y ago
This doesn't represent an immediate threat to Uber's drivers, and I doubt most Uber drivers see themselves as Uber drivers in 3-5 years.
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by billsimpson 12y ago
Many people here are suggesting that Google views Uber as a threat or a competitor. My take is that (a) Google wants to follow through on its self-driving car experiment, (b) public transportation would be a natural fit this product, and (c
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by billsimpson 12y ago
Facebook was viewed as a threat to Google for two primary reasons: - Facebook had access to tremendous amounts of personal information, and it was assumed they could leverage this data to improve ads and search and beat Google at their own
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by billsimpson 12y ago
That does sound fun. Let me know if you find it.
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by billsimpson 12y ago
> I never, ever want to write any OS-specific code With Go, you never, ever have to write any OS-specific code. From a single source , you can build executables compiled for different operating systems. In any case, you're right
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by billsimpson 12y ago
Maybe you don't like programming? Or you did once, but you've grown bored with it now that it's not as challenging? In my opinion, a programming language is good if it enables the programmer to move from a concept to correct
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by billsimpson 12y ago
In that case, must you create one or more separate bundles to contain your vendor libraries? I suppose there's no way to directly integrate a jQuery library hosted on a public CDN.
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by billsimpson 12y ago
I loved reading "Masters of Doom." It's an easy read, and a fascinating story about a handful of people of had a remarkable influence on an entire industry. Also, I learned by reading it that Carmack and Romero created Comman
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by billsimpson 12y ago
Yes. The issue for me has been that I bundle my libraries with my app using, for instance, Browserify. So whenever I update the app (which is fairly often), the entire bundle needs to be redownloaded by all clients. I guess the obvious solu
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by billsimpson 12y ago
> they can't think their way out of a paper bag Can you elaborate on this? Is this based on first-hand experience, media coverage, or some other source?
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by billsimpson 12y ago
This is a bit off topic, but whenever I'm tempted to add React to a page or incorporate it into my single page app, I keep asking: is it worth roughly doubling the size of my javascript payload (130 kB React + 96 kB jQuery for AJAX + X