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amaks··on Note from Mark Zuckerberg
Exactly what Larry Page and Sergey Brin did with GOOG and GOOGL.
amaks··on What's the Best Cloud? Probably GCP
Azure is also slower in block device speeds: http://www.cbronline.com/news/cloud/public/aws-vs-google-clo...
amaks··on Google translated Russia to 'Mordor' in 'automated' error
Deservingly.
amaks··on What happened to Microsoft's Midori operating system project?
Except that this is not true. Almost everyone working on Midori were (very) high level engineers.
amaks··on DMTK: Distributed Machine Learning Toolkit from Microsoft
Here Jeff Dean explains why there is no central parameter server in Tensorflow: https://youtu.be/90-S1M7Ny_o?t=28m59s
amaks··on Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices
Fuck you, Amazon. I guess it's time to start online shopping elsewhere.
amaks··on Google Cloud Platform
- better support

Need to prove this with some data

- more services - more options

Sure, because of earlier start.

- and is easier to use

How do you measure the ease of use? APIs? Documentation? Management UI?

amaks··on Amazon Curtails Development of Consumer Devices
Except that Jobs knew what customers would need, and Besos doesn't have a clue, he builds what mini me would want.
amaks··on Amazon Curtails Development of Consumer Devices
It should be called "Amazon Bad News"
amaks··on Amazon Curtails Development of Consumer Devices
I might be missing something, but why lay off engineers as opposed to moving them to other divisions/groups? As a punishment for a screwed up product?
amaks··on What does it take to make Google work at scale?
There is a simple reason why it's needed - in distributed transaction you need to establish the causality of changes. That's why truetime is needed.
amaks··on Four RCE Zero-Day Flaws Plague Internet Explorer
"Microsoft was initially given a May 12, 2015 deadline, but this deadline was extended to July 19 at the vendor’s request. Since the company failed to meet this deadline, ZDI has decided to inform users of the existence of this flaw."

I would expect Microsoft to handle security vulnerabilities with a higher priority. Not sure why they are dropping this on the floor.

amaks··on Microsoft to Cut Jobs, Take $7.6B Nokia Writedown
Android doesn't have only grids of icons. Clearly, you haven't used it much if at all.
amaks··on Microsoft to Cut Jobs, Take $7.6B Nokia Writedown
Is Xbox even out of the red already?
amaks··on Microsoft to Cut Jobs, Take $7.6B Nokia Writedown
Are you sure Windows 10 will be compatible with your devices? Prior history of new Windows Phone OS releases proves otherwise.
amaks··on Project Jacquard
Just watch the ATAP keynote on Google IO 2015 web site.
amaks··on Category Theory for Programmers
I use Clearly for Chrome (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clearly/iooicodkii...)
amaks··on Project Fi by Google
Yes, but 2g data is barely if at all usable.
amaks··on Remote Kernel Code Execution Via HTTP Request In IIS On Windows
Presumably the original idea was IIS performance.
amaks··on The Heart-Stopping Climbs of Alex Honnold
Interesting, the article seems to have inaccuracy: Alex has actually free-soloed University Wall: http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web14x/newswire-alex-honnold-uni...
amaks··on 2015 Chromebook Pixel
Think of them as Chrome OS version of "Modern apps".
amaks··on Code.nasa.gov
This is truly awesome.
amaks··on NewSQL overview
It's strange he doesn't mention Google's Spanner, or references a paper (http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.co...).
amaks··on When Children with Autism Grow Up
What a great article. My son was diagnosed when he was 2, now he's 10. He doesn't talk, but he can read, do simple math, write a little. There is a lot in common with his behavior and Scooter's - outbreaks of aggression, biting, hitting. It's extremely difficult to expose him to the external world. There is a lot of great support from our school district though, and other kids at school seem to acknowledge the ASD and get along with them. I think society will get there, with proper school district support. At some point we won't be able to support our son (when he'll be teenager and then adult), and external help is extremely important in situations like ours.
amaks··on Windows 10: The Next Chapter [video]
Nice, looks like some folks got offended by this comment. Wonder why:-)
amaks··on Windows 10: The Next Chapter [video]
Wow, they added background images to Windows Phone.
amaks··on Windows 10: The Next Chapter [video]
Impossible to watch, video stream always stutters
amaks··on Google discloses another Windows security issue after deadline exceeded
What is it, 1999? Welcome to the real world, Neo
amaks··on Google discloses another Windows security issue after deadline exceeded
Yeah, Google really should not really worry about discovering all those endless Windows vulnerabilities and let all those hacks (such as Sony's) to continue. Security by obscurity.
amaks··on Google discloses another Windows security issue after deadline exceeded
Whatever time frame Google would come up with Microsoft would still find a reason to delay past it and publicly cry out loud.
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