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by bsdpython 9y ago
Being able to correctly identify logical fallacies is an important skill in and of itself. Persuading someone that they are wrong is a totally separate exercise.
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by bsdpython 10y ago
Sequoia has 40 years worth of outliers. For almost any other fund I would agree but it's fairly typical for them.
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by bsdpython 10y ago
There's simply not enough time to do all those things yourself. Find someone "good enough" in one of those areas and have them take over main responsibility.
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by bsdpython 10y ago
I have a long list of features that I want to implement at some point. When I get feedback from users for those same features I move them up somewhat in my priority list. If it's something that's not on my list I add it to the bot
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by bsdpython 10y ago
People over process every time. It's really hard to build a team of good people though so instead companies try to tweak their process. Process can matter e.g. a good team can be wrecked by a bad process but a bad team is bad no matter
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by bsdpython 11y ago
I read the article why do you feel the need to summarize a part of it? Geez.
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by bsdpython 11y ago
I don't like it but I do understand it from the employers perspective. Most hiring is done to avoid risk. Went to a top school, working at a popular company and already using the tech we use? Come in for an interview. Missing one of th
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by bsdpython 11y ago
It probably has little to do with anti-China propaganda. Financial news has always reported junk like this with clickbait headlines and a few cherry picked numbers to make a story from nothing.
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by bsdpython 11y ago
There are going to be a lot of mobile "full stack developers" that are going to have to scramble now to find another way to avoid learning how to build a simple API server and database. I only used Parse for one small project a fe
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by bsdpython 11y ago
I've been on both sides and I think it goes both ways. I won't take coding tests ever again because of the wasted time involved. And I've had cases where even existing consulting clients thought it was OK to try and cut my ra
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by bsdpython 11y ago
A few years ago I got publicity (TechCrunch among others) for a side project I developed. For at least 6 months I got non-stop solicitation emails for outsourcing and 30 second promotional videos. I can only imagine if I got that same publi
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by bsdpython 11y ago
A lot of these anecdotes are the frustration with dealing with people that waste your time. I guess it's not limited to just the startup space but one thing I've learned is that there is an unlimited number of people that are will
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by bsdpython 11y ago
At it's core, a search engine is high tech while a social networking website is low tech. Before you want to argue, I know Facebook is nowadays damn high tech but that's not the point. Techies will always have more respect for a b
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by bsdpython 11y ago
The article is overly critical and does not acknowledge either the technical debt nor the complexity inherent in doing even simple changes to something as complex as iOS at this point. Still, lots of points are valid, especially about non-o
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by bsdpython 11y ago
I wonder if Tom Herman (Kaleil's partner at GovWorks and partner at KIT) is going to get wrapped up in this too. I hope not since Tom came across as a nice enough guy in the film. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomher
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by bsdpython 11y ago
That's exactly what Marc Lore did to start his previous company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diapers.com
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by bsdpython 11y ago
There must be a heavy price difference depending on location because for me I was able to find many things that were 10% or more cheaper than Amazon. I ordered a blender for nearly half the price of the same model on Amazon for example.
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by bsdpython 11y ago
Everyone is a minority in some context was part of my point. In this particular case, by vanity I meant the admission officers, politicians and other people pushing an agenda to help "underrepresented" groups ABC at the expense of
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by bsdpython 11y ago
I'll be very happy when everyone can just stop worrying about what race everyone else is. I understand the issue, but at what point does it sound ridiculous to even use the term minority when there are 1B+ Chinese and not much less Ind
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by bsdpython 11y ago
tl;dr Software engineering at extreme edge cases of performance and scalability can look very different than your typical use cases. Don't do this at home (until you have to). Interesting none-the-less.
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by bsdpython 11y ago
Between AWS, Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter and like I doubt I am alone in spending a ton of my time working around their various issues to run my tech stack.
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by bsdpython 11y ago
You want to gather the most talented and hardest working individuals with the combined skills that you need that can also work well together as a group. Sometimes skill trumps group dynamic and sometimes group dynamic trumps skill. Your job
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by bsdpython 11y ago
The title is correct but the URL is misspelled. I assume they fixed the title after publishing so in that case the URL won't change. Clearly a typo in the original.
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by bsdpython 11y ago
I am far from knowledgeable regarding diet and nutrition but I recently switched from drinking a good amount of fruit juice and an occasional soda to drinking 100% water. I wasn't really even overweight but I shed 10 lbs within a month
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by bsdpython 11y ago
How can you entirely discount marketplace dynamics? If Uber has all of the drivers signed up then the users try switching to Lyft but no drivers are available then they will go right back to Uber. Uber has raised billions and are seemingly
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by bsdpython 11y ago
A lot of the NYC area financial firms use Microsoft technologies. If you are a developer at one of these firms and looking to leave to join a startup then there's your chance to jump. At least that is the way they've explained it
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by bsdpython 11y ago
In the short term maybe but what about long term reputation? These kinds of projects damage the Kickstarter brand.
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by bsdpython 11y ago
- Steve Jobs' biographer wrote a book last year called "Innovators" which I found to be one of the best works I have read: http://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Hackers-Geniuses-Created-Re... - Robert X. Cringely&
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by bsdpython 11y ago
Constantly. Even when I know exactly what to code I like to view alternative examples to see if there is a better way to do it. Even if I know my code is rock solid I like to also filter search results for the past year just to make sure th
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by bsdpython 11y ago
Look at the YOY change - if the trend continues Postgresql will be right up there in 3-4 years

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