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by sdfghswe 2y ago
This is also the reason why I avoid using analogies when making an argument. Usually, instead of talking about the argument itself we end up discussing under what circumstances the analogy works and when it doesn't.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
What are you reading at the moment?
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
> When I was a younger developer I thought tooling solved all problems. As I grew more experience I slowly changed my mind that some problem spaces require not only tooling but process change. Lets take it one step further. You start out
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
You mean those fleets that Musk claimed would have a 100% yield?
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
If they fire him, that will tank the value of the snake oil.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
He posted an apology because he failed. If he had succeeded we would've said "it was very difficult but it was the right thing to do"
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
HN loves telling everyone how HN is just for high quality content... ... unless people from SV are involved, in which case HN is flooded with gossip and drama.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
Isn't ego the enemy of growth or whatever? Projection...
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
I would event go as far as say that the main reason behind the tweet is not to show regret, but to plant the idea that he didn't orchestrate but only participate.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
Pay me tickets to watch my ads. I want a business like that.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
How is it even supposed to make money, now that you mention it?
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
Whole foods
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
In that phrase when I said "you" I didn't mean the person I was responding to. I mean the "general you" - a hypothetical person. I didn't occur to me it could be interpreted differently. I've edited it.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
> tekla 10 minutes ago https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tekla > Only on HN will you see a recounting of a massive achievement of humankind dismissed offhandedly like this. I'm not dismissing an achievement of
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
I found it very not worth watching. It seemed just Deepmind PR. Very little substance, it was just soap opera grade material. If a person likes soap operas, they could enjoy the movie.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
I work in a domain where performance is very important, and I'm surprised that such a simple heuristic can be so good.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
> Him and his colleague Charles Munger fawn over China exactly as the grandparent post said I've noticed the same thing. At least since the BYD investment they do. And it's not just not criticizing, some times they actually pra
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
That was amazing, thank you.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
> When I get tripped up on jargon such as "transformer" or "smart contracts" or anything Marc Andreessen blogs, Kyle is my Google Translate for tech speak. These people are hype merchants.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
ELI5 please?
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
I'm in the UK, I don't know anyone that doesn't have WhatsApp.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
*American teenagers.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
I believe that I could, but I never did. So I have faith that the people who say they did are telling the truth. Best I've actually done is evaluate their credibility.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
> The intro did strike me as pretty questionable though: > > For the great majority of people, believing in the truths of science is unavoidably an act of faith. I largely agree with the statement you quote. I have a PhD in physics
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
I believe what's holding google back isn't lack of cash, but lack of innovation. It's full to the brim with highly paid engineers that aren't really invested in change.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
Maybe stupid question, but..... Would/could this be seen from google's financial statements? My naive understanding is that if the answer is no, then google must've made a conscious effort in financial engineering to hide it.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
I believe there's been life on earth for at least 4 billion years.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
> An estimated 1 in 4 end up incarcerated. Shocking.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
Don't rebase ESPECIALLY stuff that people are collaborating on.
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by sdfghswe 3y ago
Ok that's very reasonable in abstract, but how do you define what "most needed" means?

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