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InterestBazinga··on WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency
Anyone know what APIs is the map hooked onto?
InterestBazinga··on Threads Are a Bad Idea for Most Purposes (1995) [pdf]
I'm all for getting rid of threads, but what are you going to replace them with? Traditional functional languages may be the most obvious solution, but they're also among the most impractical of solutions. Is there anything else out there that can replace threading needs, without throwing out the book on programming? It seems like what we need hasn't been invented yet.
InterestBazinga··on The Art of Storytelling – Pixar in a Box
For anyone on the fence: These were fun to watch, but there wasn't much substance to them. You'd probably get a lot more out of a random 15 minute blog post on the subject.
InterestBazinga··on Microsoft Application Inspector
One thing I'm not a fan of C# is how often library usually lack bundled code source, while other similar language(eg. Java), you can use "Go to to Definition" on pretty much any third-party library/anything without hassle.
InterestBazinga··on Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results
Isnt Apple financing available for Macs?
InterestBazinga··on Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results
Tim Cook has added $1 trillion dollars to Apple's market cap since he took over.

Apple's ability to sell a new IPhone every year is honestly the stuff of legends, it almost defies logic but they keep on executing it.

It is a bit interesting to see misses from Macs, IPads and services. Which tells you Apple is still very much an iphone story.

InterestBazinga··on Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish? (2017)
That is such a narrow reply. What channel? Is that channel being shown in my current TV cable package? What country? How accurate is the show?
InterestBazinga··on Open-sourcing Clusterman, a cluster autoscaler for Kubernetes and Mesos
I feel like this is an intricate argument.

Why are german soldiers held in a negative light even though the war decisions were by its commanders?

InterestBazinga··on Billionaire’s Guide to Buying Your Kids a Better Shot at Elite Colleges
I believe the reason it became a huge scandal was because, the money that was used for the purchase wasnt given to the university rather than accomplice's pocket. Thus, not providing further opporunities for the needy. And for you to legally purchase a seat in those universities, it was gonna cost them much higher price tag.
InterestBazinga··on What If Planet 9 Is a Primordial Black Hole?
Are there any sources on this? Would love to read more on this theoretical scenario.
InterestBazinga··on Former Tesla employee admits uploading Autopilot source code to his iCloud
At what point do you just not hire Chinese nationals (aka, those who maintain current Chinese citizenship.)?
InterestBazinga··on India Plans to Launch Moon Mission in July
Why is there so much hostility against an achievement that is still pretty rare? How many countries out of all the countries can boast about their space program?

Why does everything have to be so political. People are ready to take a Jab at Modi's govt at every single opportunity.

InterestBazinga··on AirPods
why does anything Apple releases come with an expensive price tag? I know the quality is supposed to be high. But, come on.

I can literally get a Audio Technica Headset for that price tag.

InterestBazinga··on Patreon ups its revenue cut, but grandfathers in old creators
What is stopping someone like Twitch to have their own "Patreon" service that allows donations?
InterestBazinga··on An Open Letter to Elena Ferrante, Whoever You Are
The Neapolitan Novels were quite well recieved. Eventhough they are widely loved, it never felt like the story was simplified in order to reach a large audience. Ferrante wove together the culture and politics of Naples over the decades with the intimate personal lives of the characters. I look forward to revisiting these books when I'm older, since I'm sure my perspective on main character’s various life stages will change as my own life changes (I'm 28 now).
InterestBazinga··on The cold start problem: how to build your machine learning portfolio
Playing Devil's advocate: The other side is they hire a false positive, and suffer through the different sad state of affairs?
InterestBazinga··on American Entrepreneurs Who Flocked to China Are Heading Home, Disillusioned
There is a difference between asking people's or parent's origin, and concentration camps over person's religion / ethnicity.
InterestBazinga··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2018)
What was your nationality / age, if I may ask.
InterestBazinga··on We are Google employees – Google must drop Dragonfly
Was this always the case, or is this the face of 21st century? I used to see so many Mom-And-Pop shops that are now being replaced by the bigger power seeking companies.

If this is the way we are heading, then I am kinda scared and feel like the only way for me to not be in the chopping block is to join them.

InterestBazinga··on The Robinhood High-Frequency Trading Scandal: The Plot Thickens
My opinion on HFTs with Robinhood It honestly doesn't matter. Every brokerage has some kind of deal with HFTs. Retail investors already have many disadvantages compared to institutions and this small "disadvantages" won't outweigh the benefit of free commissions.

I have seen many articles across other social platforms chastising Robinhood with its dealings with HFTs. I realized that there's no free lunch man. we need to realize that fast markets aren't our enemy.

InterestBazinga··on 310 Bitcoin challenge has been solved
According to the author, there will be one after someone solves the 0.31 BTC puzzle.

"I will most certainly do so <provide a solution> but at this moment the 0.31 BTC wallet is still unsolved. I'm surprised because I thought the solution to the 310 BTC wallet was the most complex one." - author

InterestBazinga··on Equifax IT staff had to rerun hackers' queries to work out what was nicked
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." - H. L. Mencken
InterestBazinga··on SurveyMonkey S-1
Interesting. I thought start ups are commonly not in profit
InterestBazinga··on As Barnes and Noble Struggles to Find Footing, Founder Takes Heat
There is no regional loyalty when dealing with Industrial Profit growth.
InterestBazinga··on FCC admits it was never actually hacked
Are there going to be any consequences for this? If no, then it is such a betrayal of trust.
InterestBazinga··on Ask HN: Books you should have read when you start a career in SE / CS?
I always started and stopped reading Code complete book. The most recent strategy that really worked for me was. I googled summary notes for that book to recognize the topics that I wanted to learn and ditched the ones that are redundant.

This rejuvinated my interest and productivity for reading that book.

InterestBazinga··on Ask HN: What are topics that you want to learn but haven't gotten around to?
In what ways did it open your eyes?
InterestBazinga··on Ask HN: What are some amazing open source projects that you have found recently?
I quite enjoy using/assisting this -

https://github.com/Netflix/conductor

InterestBazinga··on Ask HN: Anyone making money through algorithmic trading?
Why does a programming language matter in terms of algorithms? Can you elaborate on that?
InterestBazinga··on Ask HN: What are the smartest people you know working on?
I always wondered the definition of "smart" in context of these questions. Am I considered a smart person if I work hard on a subject and succeed at it, or if I am a naturally talented prodigy, and excel on that same topic?
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