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I feel like go-kit is quite antithetical to the Go mindset...it presents a lossy abstraction as a means of future-proofing against eventualities that will almost certainly never be…

Meanwhile in the US we spend $50k a year to send our kids to something similar

If a "guidebook" is all that results from this, the world will be profoundly disappointed Fixing healthcare in the US will require new vertical integrations, not just tools to navi…

Why do people talk about the F35 program like it is in question? the US is committed, many NATO countries are committed...one way or another the F35 is going to play a major role i…

If I am going to consider using something other than Slack, probably the only thing I would consider is a self-hosted open source solution to keep communication private (just havin…

I often try to get my interviewer to offer comments about standard libs etc...when it is clear that they also have never read the standard sort routine, they will usually want to m…

Currently I see a lot of companies that are hiring but few that really need people. This might sound contradictory but most large tech companies seem to have a policy of constantly…

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No, but combine cloud APIs, AI, and market consolidation and you will indeed see a reduction in the demand for code. I write much less code than I did ten years ago. I spend more t…

"Stock" Android and iOS aren't much better these days...both come with non-essential apps you cannot uninstall.

Sequioa's timeframe is far beyond that of stock cycles. They have been around since 1972 and have been investing in tech for decades.

frankly the fact that Google boils your entire resume down to one quiz question is reflected in their product lineup...boring utilities and absolutely nothing new of value to me cr…

unlikely. what is the daily projected carrying capacity of HSR? 10k people? Fresno has 500k already

WALL-E

Assuming this construction has also not resulted in reduction of quality-of-life for the community, then this is a good for homeowners as well; it is introducing more potential buy…

for many people on H1B the deal just seems worse they aren't on a path to citizenship...and more often than not they are not on a path to wealth they are gaining some useful experi…

the movie sucked but at least this satire review was funny

exactly. it is a mall, not a town do you really want to live in a mall? outside of santana row is winchester blvd and steven's creek blvd...aka nothing

santana row is a plastic disney downtown but with no real public amenities (library, community hall, park) it is a mall with residential units, that is it a very tacky pointlessly …

has he seriously not left this building in that many years?

he isn't doing this to fix Google, he is doing this to raise his profile on the political speaking circuit

Google has become their own worst nightmare: Yahoo Google has optimized its hiring process almost uniformly for raw intelligence and it shows...they have very little common or "str…

the people who were dumb enough to give him $25 million deserved to be scammed

This has become a tired, stupid theme on HN, can people just stop submitting these? Facebook is not the water supply, it is a source of entertainment. If you don't find yourself en…

America? No. HN? Definitely yes.