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away2017throwon AMD, which lost over $2.8B in 5 years, takes a hit after new report

The last thing to do is adding a bunch of pro-SJW topics and you got another Verge/Vox/Polygon.

away2017throwon Why the Soviet Union did not build a nationwide computer network (2008) [pdf]

You will not find someone neutral and middle-aged enough here. Also quite boring to read the whole thing.

away2017throwon Forget iPhone X–Apple's Best Product Is Its Privacy Stance

It helps when you don't have an ads business branch.

away2017throwon 'We can't compete': why universities are losing their best AI scientists

Up to him whether to marry and get divorced! Jokes aside in 2017 I should use he/she/they/it and I am just not brain damaged enough to do that every time.

away2017throwon 'We can't compete': why universities are losing their best AI scientists

Always puts a smile on my face when a smart person gets the money he deserves!

away2017throwon Why Most Unit Testing Is Waste [pdf]

Are you immortal or do you have a time machine? New people with new opinions mature every day. Pay gap was debunked long ago yet the dead horse gets beaten every month.

away2017throwon Write tests. Not too many. Mostly integration

Rifle is the new pistol? You can shoot yourself with both?

away2017throwon Write tests. Not too many. Mostly integration

Oh yeah, some are extremely vulnerable to predatory TDD evangelists. You won't find many functional programming ones though.

away2017throwon Write tests. Not too many. Mostly integration

No offence, but you work in a bubble of sorts. In enterprise we are absolutely expected to run against a wall - preferably fast.

away2017throwon Anti-aging stem cell treatment proves successful in early human trials

More interested in no pensions but 3 day work weeks and 2 months vacation.

away2017throwon Anti-aging stem cell treatment proves successful in early human trials

Silicon Valley already has blood boys.

away2017throwon Bitcoin Pioneer Says New Coin to Work on Multiple Blockchains

1. Promote.

2. Convert 20% into assets at the peak.

3. Hide in Uruguay.

away2017throwon Freedom of Information Release on Nikola Tesla (2011)

Definitely incomplete, questionable whether intact.

away2017throwon Italy referendums: Lombardy and Veneto 'back greater autonomy'

I think letting in a few million of net consuming random people from outside of EU played its part.

away2017throwon Ask HN: Why hasn’t Google killed Google Plus?

Yeah, but this one G+ is useless so they will not kill it.

away2017throwon Ask HN: Why hasn’t Google killed Google Plus?

Few years is eons in this field.

away2017throwon Becoming Foolish

Don't learn languages - learn pure paradigms. I can write C# three different ways - imperative procedural, functional, imperative OOP.

away2017throwon Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing States

From straw man straight to ad hominem.

away2017throwon Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing States

Bizarre how only one political opinion is assumed to be appropriate and correct.

away2017throwon Ask HN: Why does FaceBook insist on attaching business account to personal one?

I think an actual person looks at photo matching result. Good to know I will be able to post every 72 hours at least - better than nothing!

away2017throwon Ask HN: Why does FaceBook insist on attaching business account to personal one?

Not allowed to have more than one per their rules? Obliged to provide a photo to confirm a new account these days?

away2017throwon Ask HN: Why does FaceBook insist on attaching business account to personal one?

But I don't want to see a bunch of wedding / travel photos etc. when posting an update for customers :(. Three separate things: employment, hustle and personal life.

away2017throwon My Google job was tedious and pointless

Why not, like, test refactoring skills? Mind blown!

away2017throwon The scale of tech winners

The dude has interesting thoughts but hates MS and loves Apple to the point of blindness.