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by tlianza 4y ago
Seems like a useful app idea. Probably not something that would get much repeat use though.
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by tlianza 6y ago
> and “for sale” became Facebook Marketplace. Ummmm... 1. Does the data suggest that is true? 2. If it were true, would it support the "unbundling" narrative given that it would be a case of something being part of another bund
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by tlianza 6y ago
The "small codebase" claim hinges on the fact that you're not counting the lines of code in nginx, leveldb, and other external software that are glued together to make this system. Those systems may reflect the years of battl
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Fellow Engineering Managers: This is what your job is(lianza.org)
5 points by tlianza 7y ago|0 comments
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Using a Raspberry Pi to help you sleep better(lianza.org)
2 points by tlianza 7y ago|0 comments
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I wanted to stop sleeping next to my phone(lianza.org)
2 points by tlianza 7y ago|0 comments
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by tlianza 8y ago
> It definitely beats OnePlus. Vs. a OnePlus 6 it has a smaller screen, worse camera, one fewer sim slot, lacks a headphone jack, half the RAM, a slower processor, no face recognition, and a smaller battery. In what way is it superior? J
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Fellow Engineers: This is where your money comes from(lianza.org)
341 points by tlianza 9y ago|144 comments
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by tlianza 10y ago
I'm not sure where the optimism comes from. I too have been surprised at how mediocre most conferencing software is, and concluded that it's probably harder than it seems. What would great videoconferencing software look like, and
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Facebook: It's chilly in here(lianza.org)
3 points by tlianza 10y ago|1 comments
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by tlianza 11y ago
FYI (and disclaimer I work here) CloudFlare provides SSL as a service for free and you can host your site anywhere: https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/
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by tlianza 11y ago
I did something similar, but on a few legs spent the extra money for a sleeper. For those who are interested: http://lianza.org/blog/2015/05/15/on-traveling-cross-country...
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by tlianza 11y ago
I think it's more like they're part of the "Android ecosystem" where you have a lot of choice around fundamental components, as compared to the iOS ecosystem. I get your point that Android, broadly, is a competitor to Ap
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by tlianza 11y ago
Biggest downside is the FireOS, Amazon store instead of Google Play, etc. If you want to do basic web surfing stuff, this is a phenomenal deal. I doubt you'll find a better one. If you want to experience all that modern Android tablets
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by tlianza 11y ago
> The ASP->PHP conversion was extremely low-hanging fruit (the conversion involved almost no logic). This is where I'm curious that they didn't just start writing PHP from that point forward. It was already a cross-platform
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by tlianza 11y ago
There are so many delivery services... there should really be an inverse. "We'll pick things up for you." I bet Shyp could branch out into this, though it's clearly not their target scenario http://www.shyp.c
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by tlianza 11y ago
Yes, people are trying. The problem is hard. https://www.rivetandcuff.com/find-your-fit
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by tlianza 11y ago
You think this is illegal in China? I can't think of anything the government would approve of more than a giant database of creds at their disposal...
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by tlianza 11y ago
embraced and extended? [ducks]
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by tlianza 11y ago
"Mandarin, despite being excruciatingly hard to learn for most Westerners..." Mandarin is hard to learn, period. Even if you're born and raised in China and it's the only language you know, it still takes a long time to
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by tlianza 12y ago
One thing I was surprised to run into is how basic CRUD operations don't have an out-of-the-box solution, like they did even with Rails many years ago. When I read the "Discover Meteor" guide and they got to the part about ha
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by tlianza 12y ago
I appreciate that people are upset at the USG and I think the comparison to China helps the argument, to be clear they're asking for a lot more than the USG. China is way, way, beyond the NSA. They block huge swaths of the internet and
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by tlianza 12y ago
I believe "adding backdoors" is exactly what they meant. In the context of China, I think you can interpret "controllable" as more than just controllable by the companies that operate the systems, but the government as w
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by tlianza 12y ago
There's some poetic justice to feeling deceived by a book with that title.
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by tlianza 12y ago
#2 isn't solved with a CDN since you'd always hotlink a specific version - the version you tested your code with. The main reason I think isn't even really #1 (cost) but a general assumption that CDNs are faster than your ser
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by tlianza 13y ago
If you're interested in hosted solutions that try to do automatic identification of pages, diffbot is worth a look. We've had some good experiences: http://diffbot.com/
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by tlianza 13y ago
I've seen this happen myself as well, in 3 cases at 2 different companies we wound up firing a person due to those sorts of issues. But in my opinion it should not be (and it was not) a big hassle to fire someone. I've also hire
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by tlianza 14y ago
Or how about "Psy Makes ONLY $8.1 Million..." Is this a lot of money for the most viewed video in the history of the Internet and the most popular song worldwide?
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by tlianza 14y ago
Because owning 93% of a company that's even 2x more successful than it'd otherwise be is still a good deal for you.
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by tlianza 14y ago
The USA has these things, don't they? They're just not popular options. BoostMobile, AT&T's "GoPhones", Verizon PrePaid, etc. You can either get a cheap phone, or bring your own phone, without a contract. Is it that different?

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