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Palantir acquires Kimono
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Re: Palantir acquires Kimono
#122"Why? As a team, we’re very proud of the product we built, now used by over 125k developers, data scientists and businesses" ... from FAQ: "service will shut down Feb 29, 2016" In fact, they are so proud, they're giving all but ~2 weeks notice to said 125K developers, data scientists, and businesses to migrate off the platform? That is an abysmally small amount of time and if I was a paying customer, i'd be furious.…
We've had enterprises that depended on Kimono come to us; which isn't surprising anymore :) Hope others will give Grepsr a try as well! - https://www.grepsr.com/
Re: Palantir acquires Kimono
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is no mystery algorithm. It's just cheap college labor working obscene hours to pump out "data analysis" scripts. The sad thing is that it actually works. The places that hire palantir are so mired in bureaucracy and process that whatever palantir builds seems to be better. Of course, just like SAP and Accenture you're now kinda locked in with support contracts. Modern tools like spark and mesos in theory let y…
Is it cheap college labour? They pay pretty well.
For interns maybe. But average salary across the board is not high at all.
Re: Palantir acquires Kimono
#124"Why? As a team, we’re very proud of the product we built, now used by over 125k developers, data scientists and businesses" ... from FAQ: "service will shut down Feb 29, 2016" In fact, they are so proud, they're giving all but ~2 weeks notice to said 125K developers, data scientists, and businesses to migrate off the platform? That is an abysmally small amount of time and if I was a paying customer, i'd be furious.…
Calling all (almost) Kimono Labs developers to migrate to Webhose.io
http://blog.webhose.io/2016/02/16/calling-all-almost-kimono-...
Re: Palantir acquires Kimono
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damn. I was gonna say this means it's time to actually launch my version of this I built 3 of 4 years ago, but it looks like apifier is almost the exact same thing.....
Re: Palantir acquires Kimono
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it cheap college labour? They pay pretty well.
For interns maybe. But average salary across the board is not high at all.
Maybe it tops out early, but I'm given to understand junior salaries are also very competitive. (Maybe this is less true by comparison in the States -- it's fairly true here in the UK.)
Re: Palantir acquires Kimono
#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
They have one of the worst work/balances in the valley, fratty/kool aid culture, claim to be "making a difference" but really what they actually work on would be a major downside for most normal people. For example, they make targeting software and are very likely responsible for assassinations by the US and when we disappear people. They're also working on big brother tech if that's your thing.
What is targeting software? How are they responsible for assassinations and disappearing people? What is this big brother tech?
"Targetting software" (as in, software that actually points a weapon at a target) most likely isn't something that Palantir is involved in.
However, data mining for target leads (e.g. through cell phone, financial, social network + other data) would be much more up their alley.
Re: Palantir acquires Kimono
#128Anyone offering a GUI solution that can export to an RSS feed like Kimono did? I know RSS is old but I have no clue how to display the other formats in wordpress. Thanks!
Re: Palantir acquires Kimono
#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interning at Apple or Uber has much more stiff competition though. The barrier to entry for Palantir is remarkably low considering their pay, it's not surprising that college students apply for Palantir. (Source: am college senior)
Will they hire you if you smoke pot? I hear college students sometimes do that.
Thiel has an entire cannabis investment club.
Just rail on the hypocrisy if confronted.
Re: Palantir acquires Kimono
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