tallgiraffe

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by tallgiraffe 5y ago
Got downvoted for this comment by a mob. How very on brand.
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by tallgiraffe 5y ago
Dude, you forget it is 2021 and facts don't matter. Outrage is up to 11, and nothing else matters. Good for you. You got vaccinated, got a few people vaccinated, and the world is safer at large. Ignore the haters~!
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Experimentation Kept Us Shipping Code and Growing Through a Pandemic(backerkit.com)
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by tallgiraffe 5y ago
You can't really ban "them," because you cannot objectively and factually verify they are bad actors. Check out how many startup pitch groups there are on Clubhouse. Some of those folks are actual investors, and some are just
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by tallgiraffe 5y ago
True, although it is not exclusive to Clubhouse. These actors are everywhere on the internet: newsletters, videos, tweets ... This just gives them an easy option to take money directly, instead of first funneling those funds through other p
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
Could you help me understand two fundamental issues? (1) Why would I use Mojeek over Google and (2) how do you make money? Key constraint: you cannot answer "because privacy" for #1, unless you can explain what that means. Fundame
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
"Most people who haven't experienced that kind of failure can't appreciate how much it hurts." - tld. Yeah, most people who are not in startups think you just got a bad quarter or launched an underwhelming project. They
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Company uses YouTube video to mock Amazon for copying their product(geekwire.com)
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
Same. I just said I was no longer using WhatsApp. Sure, it puts the pressure on them to switch, and makes you the bad guy for a while, but it works. I mean, they are not going to stop using it for other people, but at least your communicati
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
Prolog is a wonderful language to dabble into, if for nothing else but to learn how to think more logically.
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
The iPhone itself? I mean, I am more than happy to be proven wrong. But can we know, for 100% that while I am simply using my phone, Apple isn't actually collecting its location via their own APIs, or those of my cell carrier?
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
Right. I think what I am trying to say is that by focusing on illusion of privacy, Apple can take a long view on abusing the said privacy. They are all trying to murder the other guy with whatever tools they've got. FB is using ads and
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
They tried it circa 2012/13. It was a partnership with Microsoft/Nokia, meant to get people in developing countries hooked on Facebook at a very low price. The phone was crap though, even by dev county standards. I remember testin
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
I understand why people are upset with Facebook. I find it interesting that same people don't seem to be upset with Apple, while Apple is largely playing the same game. Forget all you know about Facebook ad practices for a second, and
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
It is shocking to me that some people actually prefer to rely on "fact checkers," as if those people are somehow more intelligent, and less biased than the readers themselves. In fact, the idea that someone could check these facts
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
He's got a place to live, and food to eat, and he spends 200% of his time at work. At that point money is really just a thing that idles in the bank.
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How to Visualize a Matrix [pdf](nsa.gov)
2 points by tallgiraffe 6y ago|0 comments
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Methodology for building SaaS apps that scale(12factor.net)
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Using radio trackers, scientists locate ‘murder hornet’ nest(geekwire.com)
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
Sounds like a few engineers found out that Apple was looking into their company and knowing Apple was interested they took a new gig, meanwhile the CEO got upset and decided to fire the last remaining defecting engineer, who out of goodness
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
Charge by the ability to pay, based on your value proposition. For example, if your service or product can help the customer save $10k/month for the next three years, that's 360k that you will be saving them. It doesn't make
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Online Regex Tester(regex101.com)
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
Free speech is when anyone can say anything they want, but if you've followed the trends in Silicon Valley for the last couple of years, there is no more free speech. One cannot for example say they are pro-Republicans, or against hous
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
In my opinion the difference is whether you have the discussion from your free will or because it is being imposed on you. The stance of the loud is: "This is an important issue and we should all talk about this until the society is be
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
p.s. It's very likely that this response will get instantly down-voted because it doesn't align with current socio-political stance prevalent on the forum. That in itself is however a prime example of what Zuck is trying to avoid
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
Free speech advocates should be celebrating this decision, rather than trying to portray it as something evil. "Employees shouldn’t have to confront social issues in their day-to-day work unless they want to." - What part of that
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Bill Gates Sr Helped Howard Schultz Buy Starbucks(geekwire.com)
3 points by tallgiraffe 6y ago|0 comments
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4 Years of Next.js Lessons Learned by Guillermo Rauch [video](youtube.com)
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Figure Out Your Story Already(betterstory.co)
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by tallgiraffe 6y ago
There are some good pro's and con's to this strategy, but given market forces I can imagine the future where everyone "works" from the same address in the Bay Area, while being based elsewhere. Maybe I am hoping to see t

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