jmrobertson

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by jmrobertson 7y ago
yup it's all about that empathy, and having a constructive, vs. destructive approach to candid criticism and conversation. SO somehow swung far in the destructive direction. Candid discussion does not have to be toxic to be direct, n
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by jmrobertson 7y ago
I have it just for the small form factor. Luckily bought it 2 months before it got killed. Good news is though based on a recent screen crack replacement, Apple still supports fixing it.
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
You can do your own Big Short by buying deep OTM puts. Easy enough to research/google from there, but it can be CDS for the layman.
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
on-boarding new devs from the bootcamps, transitioning them to AWS + Lambda is as if starting from square one in terms of what they were expecting to work on. Very much a challenge, especially related to getting them to think about how to l
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
yeah I wonder
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
>the harm isn't consumer oriented, since it's somewhat diffuse, it's about concentration of market power in the industry. That's true, but that's not how anti-trust law works in the US unfortunately. It's co
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
I don't disagree with you so not sure your point, see my original point. I'm stating that the Tesla comparison doesn't apply to what Apple's specific situation is, and therefore what policy proposals/considerations
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
I obviously have the view that the walled garden benefits consumers, so my bias shows. And, I think there's a lot of wiggle room on the cost to host in the App store. However, US monopoly law is based on consumer harm, so... I think on
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
Well, Intel and AMD have had the run of the marketplace (and ARM indirectly) since the beginning, but there's reasons for that both security and other so not exactly a good comparison.
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
To be fair, that's inaccurately reframing the argument. Apple with an Apple store for Apple Apps is the equivalent to what you're saying. Tesla doesn't sell Teslas _and_ BMWs.
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
that gets into interesting Human-Comp Interaction discussions, but a good place to start is that the HCI dynamic of mobile/tablet platforms is totally different (deliberately) from that traditional approach to browsers. So I guess it c
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
Right, so imagine separating Apple/Google totally from its current oversight position, and having a totally open app store. Like the world _just_ got past learning not to click 'download here!' on a browser, and that was afte
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
Reading her stuff, it seems like proposals to separate Apple from the App store indicate a total lack of awareness about InfoSec, and at best a poorly researched policy proposal from a technical standpoint. The only reason the App Store isn
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
That's a great point. I agree that this will sort of resolve itself, until MIT puts out some new Cat 8 ethernet or some major hardware jumps, the returns start plateauing quickly. When there's such a large barrier to entry, and wi
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
Yes, not shady, but it totally unravels the argument concerning HFTs helping price discovery. I know the "hey retirement and index funds are doing it, think of the pensioners!" argument is common defense of it, but that's not
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
Ehhhhh. yes. But that glosses over dark pools, some of the shadier exchange infrastructure arbs that go on, etc. To be candid, I'm fully on the same page as you: what's going on here is no different than what a really good pit tra
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
The issues with any algo trading strategy, is if it becomes known, then the trade gets crowded out and priced away. The logic really holds that if you know a shortcut to work that saves 60 minutes on a 2 hr commute, and then everyone else f
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
Yeah it's always worth remembering how heavily fundamental engineering work processes come into play. Knight Capital went down for a manual deployment error, of all things
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
https://meanderful.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-accidental-hft-f... My all time favorite article related to this topic, I always try to promote it Guys like the author started this whole rodeo through some really inge
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
Well yes, those instances would be companies that aren't on the train quite yet of understanding what a toxic worker actually is. Which is the whole point of these sorts of studies: education In areas where "toxic working" is
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
That takes some faith that being an unselfish team player will in fact get you somewhere. From a mgmt perspective, assuming a good manager, it does. If your team/org doesn't approach it that way, the solution is find a high perfor
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
False, there is a very distinct line b/t descriptions of "toxic worker" and "achiever," assuming "achiever" is something to be emulated, is positive, and is good for the company. That's why literature
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
"toxic worker" is a pretty textbook definition now: -horrible team player -Unfortunately hugely effective at getting results -plays for the spotlight, claims credit in the spotlight, does little work privately -if in mgmt, verball
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
Couldn't disagree more w/ the 9/10 part. That's the sort of thinking self-identified "rebellious workers" who are worried about others (mgmt) perceiving themselves as. "toxic worker" is a pretty textb
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
The mil caught onto this in a serious way somewhat recently, the commissioning sources really lean into preventing this. Great to see this catching on in the business world
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
Power to charge them. Those rechargers are slaved into m1097s (vehicles), generators, and the like. That's a logistical non-starter, even assuming an acceptable consumption rate if you're out for ~24 hr missions, or 24 hrs as a pl
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
Fight w/o a weapon slinged for a ton of reasons, 'locking' a cable set into a rifle usage creates many problems w/o going into specifics
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
And integrating power into the vest? Those already weigh an intense amount for a ~200 # male w/ full combat load and plates, and are bulky as it is...
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
ruck = very large hiking backpack that's made out of pretty durable non-rip waxed type of fabric with a large frame. Great for carrying a lot of heavy stuff a long distance. Issue is, w/ a load that means your really seriously hea
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by jmrobertson 8y ago
have to think about what the power source for those would be, in turn. It's more of an issue of consumption rate

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