khazhou

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by khazhou 7y ago
Well, I don't have all the data points, but it seems to me that snakeoiler should stand out as an anti-pattern. Maybe VCs see it differently. Maybe they'd inform me that the snakeoil CEOs are sometimes frauds, but the non-snak
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by khazhou 7y ago
There's a lot of discussion here of how this was predictable given the absence of a visible prototype for so long, and the over-the-top secrecy of the project. However, for me this was a predetermined failure when I first read an inte
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by khazhou 7y ago
Ironically, I knew you knew. Does that make me a super-pedant?
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by khazhou 7y ago
Did anyone else smell poop while reading this? (there's gotta be a word for that effect)
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by khazhou 7y ago
Pretty sure he knows that.
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by khazhou 7y ago
No one is saying a company should operate without a leader. And also, no one is claiming that just anyone can be a good CEO. Some competence in the unique CEO skillset is required. Every CEO is expected to keep their organization from de
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by khazhou 7y ago
I don't remember reading anything to that effect.
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by khazhou 7y ago
I could easily be wrong but I didn't think he meant the engineer literally worked 48 hours without sleep or rest, then literally slept for 48 hours. I took it as: the engineer regularly shut out everyone for ~2 days straight and did l
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by khazhou 7y ago
All CEO bios like to begin by noting how early they wake up, and how the work out every morning at 6am at the very latest . I used to think this was a form of self-aggrandizement. "I'm a powerful CEO because I have superhuman d
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by khazhou 7y ago
I can't tell if you mean "part of the furniture" is good or bad. I've been at several places, usually in the 3-5 year range. But at this exact moment, I'm a bit envious of people who have been at the same company f
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by khazhou 7y ago
I suspect your starting point was different than OP's. He is describing (I think) a crippling nervousness. This is very different from just tensing or run-of-the-mill nervousness. All your advice is great, but (from personal experi
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by khazhou 7y ago
I always say: Analogies are like raccoons.
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by khazhou 7y ago
I would suggest, if this is at phobia-level for you, it's worth thinking about why you're getting so nervous. I went from enjoying public speaking to absolutely dreading it (feeling like I'm falling off a cliff, trembling v
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by khazhou 7y ago
When the first web browser came out, for me (and, I've heard, very many others) it was a "where were you the day of..?" moment. I literally remember the afternoon X-Mosaic came out. Computer lab, 1993, a group of grad stude
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by khazhou 7y ago
It is better when you can decide, yourself, to exit to another company, rather than being pushed out and then having to find a new job. Certainly, a competent engineer SV will land on their feet, but you lose significant negotiating power
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by khazhou 7y ago
Is this still state of the art for ultra-fast exposures, or is there newer better technology?
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by khazhou 7y ago
Gender non-conforming is a much wider net. This study you link of 9th and 11th graders, it is not surprising that a large percent (2.7% as you said) reported as trans or GNC. The original comment above stated "trans", though, n
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by khazhou 7y ago
That was me. I am you. I'm welcome.
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by khazhou 7y ago
Yeah, that part kinda frustrated me. The boxes highlight, e.g., that Simone Biles and Michael Phelps has world records in their teens... so what exactly is the takeaway? I'm happy for them, I'm not sad about myself for it -- it&
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by khazhou 7y ago
A random article from 5 years ago doesn't own this concept.
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by khazhou 7y ago
1-3% does not pass the sniff test. Way too high. A quick search gives the number 0.6% according to a 2016 study.
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by khazhou 7y ago
Sounds better than the alternative, which I'm all too familiar with. "Did everyone get a chance to read the doc I added to the calendar entry last night? No? Ok, I'll just review the main points. So for starters, let'
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by khazhou 7y ago
I know your question was likely rhetorical and you know this, but I'll say it anyway... He is actively looking for ways to antagonize California. This issue and homelessness, he couldn't give two craps about. He is just looking
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by khazhou 7y ago
Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Nietzsche (esp. Walter Kaufmann preface edition). It's an energetic, angry, poetic, and often rambling tour de force on mankind overcoming its smallness. Halfway through you'll start wondering if Nietzsc
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by khazhou 7y ago
The medical examiner officially ruled it a suicide, so that's where it stands today.
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by khazhou 7y ago
HN users are a varied bunch. There is no reason to not believe him.
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by khazhou 7y ago
> Not long ago Saudi Arabian money and PRC money was just fine Wait, did something change this morning? AFAIK it's still fine and dandy to take Saudi money (esp. if you're the US government) and Chinese too.
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by khazhou 7y ago
Oh I know, me neither. But I've been denied headcount several times. I don't want 2000, but envy the magical ability to get at least a bigger number. Unfortunately, time and again I've seen that the person who grows that bi
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by khazhou 7y ago
I am going to admit out loud something that I suspect many people here also feel: I am envious of Anthony Levandowski Not his unscrupulous behavior, theft, and all that. But rather the fact that his confidence, swagger, and the ability t
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by khazhou 7y ago
Prometheus... now there's a name I've not heard in years. "App Engine", to non-googlers.

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