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I think the general problem with "No code" as you describe it is that if you want to only offer the lego building blocks then you can't support corner cases. If you want to elimina…

To shine a different light here in these comments, I think the recent resurgence of jazz is interesting and very special. A lot of different forces combined to make this happen, th…

The actual recordings are the most valuable data for modeling purposes so I actually assume they try to store it to improve the system

Did you read the about page of the website? "Despite these amazing gains, women still only receive 2-6% of venture capital funding" I feel like that makes it pretty clear why this …

Infinite setup time: In the vacuum of space, as t -> infinity, eventually random quantum fluctuations will spontaneously create a 747 full of ping pong balls.

Almost all the ivy leagues have in person interviews... Also are people supposed to fake their names?

The origins of Silicon Valley being a technological hub go back all the way to WWII and the economy of the early computer industry. So, I feel the USA being an economic and militar…

I don't follow TDD strictly, but I still think testing is important. I mostly see tests as help for future programmers (which includes the original authors), kind of like documenta…

Sadly, ever since Java 8 added default methods to interfaces this distinction is even murkier. I'll add the reasons why I prefer interfaces though. 1. Interfaces can be used by any…

How do you account for low end pizza delivery chains? I assume the pizza hut and dominoes market would overlap heavily with a McDonald's ordering market.

Exactly. I would go one farther and say that if there is no competition for 'an old idea' you are most likely in a lot of trouble. It's a common trope that engineers google ideas a…

How can we combat woo-woo of this type on a local level? When I moved out to the bay area from Arkansas, I thought I would be escaping this type of garbage but it is still rampant …

Just so people don't get confused. Hashicorp is the company behind Vagrant, but they are not affiliated with Docker.

And this guy drinks cyanide: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bWNpO5vvhpk My point is that being able to drink one glass of the stuff doesn't really tell me much.

Honestly there is not enough information given for us to give a lot of useful advice. Here is some information we would need to give more helpful information: - What type of positi…

You are your 'current' feelings and your past memories. The reason for the downvotes is that from your logic mabbo is every person who has ever existed in the history of the human …

Gliffy - San Francisco, CA (SOMA) Sr Software Engineer I'm a software engineer at Gliffy working on the SaaS diagramming application. I found out about Gliffy from the 'HN: Who is …