wayne-li2

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by wayne-li2 2y ago
TIL ratfucker actually means something relevant to the context of the article. I think you worded my feelings much better than I did. This is a fiery op-ed from a personal blog and not polished journalism, so I should expect some individual
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by wayne-li2 2y ago
Whoa, I had no idea it was an actual term that’s applicable here. I thought the author was just creatively insulting the guy.
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by wayne-li2 2y ago
Even though I agree with what the author is saying, the tone of this article is off putting to me. There are ways to call out people for being bad at their job without resorting to “class traitor” and “ratfucker”. That being said, Google se
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by wayne-li2 3y ago
Huh, I would have thought the opposite. Companies at Figma size are easily able to hire talent to maintain a core part of their engineering stack. On the other hand, they retain no control of Citus decision making. Those tailwinds could eas
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by wayne-li2 3y ago
I don’t really think this is true anymore. When a doctor messes up, their patient gets hurt. When we mess up, millions get inconvenienced. You can’t really say one is worse than the other. Take Twitter for example. You could say “so what, p
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by wayne-li2 3y ago
I strongly disagree. First of all, in normal situations, you can't "threaten" a billion dollar company as an individual. The power balance there is so asymmetrical that any logical person's first thought shouldn't b
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by wayne-li2 3y ago
No worries, I was just trying to be humorous!
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by wayne-li2 3y ago
That’s really cool! Thanks for sharing. Living here definitely is a bubble, and in a good way. I feel 99% safe walking my dog late at night, and I’m generally not on edge here. And I’m still able to enjoy everything SF offers.
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by wayne-li2 3y ago
That’s fair. I don’t think our 61B is optimized for public consumption nor is it designed to do so. I would not recommend learning DS by just watching the lectures posted on this website. But making this website public gives people at least
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by wayne-li2 3y ago
Do you have more info on how Mission Bay privatized their services? I live there and AFAIK I don’t pay anything extra for living in that neighborhood. Is it baked into my (high) rent and apartments pay out?
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by wayne-li2 3y ago
Yes? Are we surprised at the boys’ lack of ethics here?
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by wayne-li2 3y ago
I would say yes. The students are learning about lists, sets, and maps. These are so common that misusing this stuff can lead to big consequences during engineering design.
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by wayne-li2 3y ago
Hi, I used to TA for 61B. This isn’t an online course though. You’ll notice a small detail at the top “245 Li Ka Shing” which is the lecture hall used. Granted most students don’t attend because the lectures are diligently posted online on
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
This is the ugly side of HN in my opinion. Discussions here are usually very reasonable, except for a few subjects such as telemetry. I guess to the hacker heads of HN, telemetry is as political as religion for regular people.
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YouTube Copyright Trolls Strike Again(youtube.com)
2 points by wayne-li2 4y ago|1 comments
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
Once again, YouTube’s copyright system is harming creators, this time one of my favorite channels — EckhartsLadder. Can someone at YouTube please fix this insanity?
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
All the problems you listed can be solved though. In fact, HN is a good demonstration of it. Its policy decisions have largely led to one of the last bastions on the internet that still seem sane. The issue is how a social media product can
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
I’m confused, why would you be jealous here? Aren’t you and your wife “life partners” so to speak? That means understanding what money means to each person, understanding your partner’s money goals, and working towards shared financial goal
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
You’ve presented two extremes here. With no indication of timescale either. For example, starter projects in general should lean towards option 2 for obvious reasons. But as they grow, naturally you’re going to become distributed. You’re ri
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
Great post! One quibble with your last point — your guide is probably most helpful to the devs that are too direct and blunt, and expect others to be that way to them.
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
It’s a different type of “coming”. In the 90s, people imagined it was a few years away. But it was conceptual, like how we think about asteroid mining or Mars settlements. Today, these concepts are proven. Waymo has been doing self driving
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
I feel like half the comments here didn’t read the article and are basing their comments on a few top level comments. After the reading the article in its entirety it is clear the author acknowledges their own faults. In the “passive aggres
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
Can someone help me understand this copy-paste issue? I heavily rely on StackOverflow like most devs but I’ve never been able to straight rip something from SO that didn’t fall under the following categories: - Extremely simple, but I misse
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
Correct, PAC another 5k, Super PAC unlimited or some amount too high for me to care.
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
It’s a great course if you’re into that. We even have a major for it — EECS, which is electrical engineering and computer science. For pure CS majors, it should be an elective. But it was made mandatory until recently. The main complaint is
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
I can confirm. After donating a similar amount, I regularly field calls from candidates (directly, not from their staff). Granted it’s usually just asking for more money, although I’ve had some interesting chats to say the least. 10k is not
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
Could I posit that your limiting factor is actually money, which prevents you from hiring more skilled people?
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
I agree with all of your points. I also choose to avoid companies that have an outsized negative impact on the world. Intrinsic motivations is important too. Totally get all of that. At the end of the day, it’s all about what you want. I do
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
If you want to work at positive impact companies, Khan Academy is one that comes up in my head. But take it from me, someone who has volunteered for civic tech organizations and have participated in ground work for political campaigns. The
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by wayne-li2 4y ago
It was gone for a while but came back as CS 10 and it’s fantastic. See my earlier comment but I believe CS 10 should be made mandatory as a CS 101 course for all incoming CS/EECS majors.

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