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Jian-Yang··on Facebook lured advertisers by inflating video ad-watch times: lawsuit
I no longer use the app, open the website in a browser with an ad blocker, and its is almost usable again.
Jian-Yang··on Jack Dorsey runs two multibillion-dollar companies without using a computer
To be fair, he did also wear jeans. Nobody will take you seriously hanging out in only turtle necks!
Jian-Yang··on Python is becoming the world’s most popular programming language
Java is just as bad as python. For maintainability, header files make life a lot easier.
Jian-Yang··on Sony Finally Admits It Doesn’t Own Bach
Thanks, that made my day!
Jian-Yang··on How Teachers Came to Be So Underpaid in America
>To catch up with what is common in Western Europe, the pay needs to at least double to 80k USD and more for teachers of upper secondary classes.

What do you mean by this? It seems that the USA pays very similar to what Western Europe pays their teachers (ignoring outliers)? https://www.businessinsider.com/teacher-salaries-by-country-...

Jian-Yang··on Sony Finally Admits It Doesn’t Own Bach
But will they give Bach all the lost revenue due to takedowns?
Jian-Yang··on Ask HN: How important is it to be with peers you can learn from?
You are the mean of the 5 people you spend the most time with. So always try to surround yourself with people you can learn from, especially in the first years of your career. I personally find that the best growth comes from people that challenge you and make you challenge yourself.
Jian-Yang··on Ask HN: How can I prepare for a coding interview in a week?
It's what the culture has turned into. You are expected to do a white board test. It is more of a test to filter out those who are passionate enough to study for weeks before an interview than anything else. But it's part of the game.
Jian-Yang··on Reasons You Should Put the Mouse on the Left If You’re Right-Handed
I agree. Copy and paste is on the left hand for QWERTY. That gets a lot more use compared to select-delete. Besides, select and delete with the mouse is seldom the most optimal (and you could just cut the text with ctrl-x)
Jian-Yang··on Ask HN: Anyone designs financial engineering tools as a hobby?
This sounds interesting, do you have any examples of your projects?