slykat

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by slykat 7y ago
I agree that noise can impact change, but the problem here is we've already got this noise within the Blue states. In order to get a policy change you need to have majority of Congress which means the noise needs to be felt on the Red
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by slykat 7y ago
I actually don't think this is a short term action. I think of this as a non-action. If Github pulls the ICE contract they will just use a competitor (Gitlab has already gone on record saying they will not restrict customers based on m
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by slykat 7y ago
What bothers me the most is how myopic people are about this. Does anyone not see how dangerous it will be if we have the world's largest companies choosing to do business based on their internal moral grounds? Do we really want tech c
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by slykat 7y ago
I just wanted to see if dunstad would support such a ban. And they did, as you can see by their agreement. This shows how real that slippery slope is for many people...
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by slykat 7y ago
You are right - I always forget that political affiliation is not a protected class within our legal system. However, I think it should be, because we've seen the whole ugly side of persecution and discrimination that came about during
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by slykat 7y ago
Ok so would you ok with a restaurant not serving republicans because the party currently supports ICE's actions?
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by slykat 7y ago
Do you not see the negative repercussions for businesses serving the public to be allowed to make a moral judgement on who they do business with?
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by slykat 7y ago
But how is Github's product enabling human rights violations? I can understand if Github employees were protesting a product that created human rights violations (for example if Github offered a security service for ICE detention cente
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by slykat 7y ago
I find it ironic that the same people protesting the contract would also protest a bakery that refuses to sell a product for say a same sex couple (or if you were in the 60s, restaurants that refused to serve blacks). You either have a view
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by slykat 7y ago
> While what you say is true, does pushing the start time of class back 30 minutes or 1 hour make any difference? I'm skeptical. Did you read the article? They have done several studies to show a significance difference in academic
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by slykat 7y ago
Lol, there's literally no way for transport to work if they blocked the whole street. Market cuts through the middle of most of SF. And yes it will make a huge difference. I have through market for several years and most of the problem
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by slykat 7y ago
Do you think top down strategy and control is important for large organizations? Most people idealize organizations that are grassroots drive so it's interesting to see how it didn't work in this case. Also it sounds like Uber nee
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by slykat 7y ago
Different substances are regulated differently because they have different risks for the population. Nicotine is significantly more addictive and harmful than marijuana which is why it is regulated differently than marijuana: https:/&
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by slykat 7y ago
While that's the marketing view of most of the e-cig companies, we don't actually know if either of these claims are true. #1 e-cigs are not as harmful as normal cigarettes It will take several decades to prove or disprove this po
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by slykat 10y ago
I'm going to have to disagree that you are "a paid a little less" at startups. In my experience working for a startup is a 20-30% drop in compensation. When startups say they are near market, they mean base salaries. They neg
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by slykat 10y ago
There's no definite answer. For example, if you want a site that functions without javascript (i.e. degrades gracefully) you need cookies. Localstorage requires JS while cookies do not. It really depends what kind of web app you are de
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by slykat 10y ago
The distinction you are making doesn't exist. localStorage and cookies both persist after the browser is closed so if you want that use case you won't get it from either.
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Ask HN: What communication tools have you seen work well in distributed teams?
2 points by slykat 11y ago|3 comments
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by slykat 11y ago
This depends significantly by program but at AppAcademy the attrition rate was around ~6%.
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by slykat 11y ago
A coding bootcamp is basically a vocational program. Grads are looking to get placed in web developer roles so that's what their metric of success - can graduates get junior web roles?
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by slykat 11y ago
I think you are buying into the marketing/PR hype. The majority of headcount actually works on core products like advertising & search. The headcount in fringe areas like things like X is a very small % of total engineers. This bas
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by slykat 11y ago
are you hiring for junior engineers? can you talk a little about your engineering culture, size of team, etc.?
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by slykat 11y ago
I attempted the switch to Atom in December and had lots of performance issues. Specifically, the startup time for the program very slow, and opening large text files was very difficult. For me that was enough to switch back to ST3.
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by slykat 11y ago
If you ask any architect or urban planner, you'd realize that San Francisco has plenty of room for further development. This isn't Manhattan island.
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by slykat 11y ago
It's definitely going up, but not at any rate close to actual population growth: http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2015/04/14/sad_chart_confirms_... There is additional issue that even if units are goin
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by slykat 11y ago
I think it'd be more productive if the city was more focused on improving regulation to build more housing in the city for actual residents rather than trying to stem the loss of units to permanent Airbnb'ing. It seems like every
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by slykat 12y ago
Technically, I should be really interested in this app as I've been spending the last few months trying to hack my diet. However, I tuned out after a few minutes. Specifically: * There is a huge wall of text. Most users (or at least me
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by slykat 12y ago
Yea I guess I'm still getting used to the new MSFT (partnerships, open source, ec.)
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by slykat 12y ago
Anyone concerned they will pull gCal support to drive customers towards MSFT products?
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How Wealthfront Uses Misleading Charts to Make a 2% Improvement Look Like 100%(saikatbhadra.tumblr.com)
10 points by slykat 12y ago|0 comments

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