mikek

Hector was on my thesis committee. In addition to being one of the most cited authors in Computer Science (http://lintool.github.io/scholar-scraper/index-stratosphere....), he was a kind soul.

mikek··on Ask HN: I need ideas to impress fifth graders with technology

Google Teachable Machine is fun for kids of that age. You can for example have the kids train Google to learn what pictures of dabbing are.

https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/

mikek··on $500k a Year yet Struggling? Let's Do a Double Take

Mortgage payments: $60,000

$60K / year isn't going to pay for the mortgage on even a small house in Silicon Valley.

mikek··on ECG app and irregular rhythm notification on Apple Watch

Presumably due to regulatory hurdles

mikek··on Ask HN: Company is firing all employees – should I still exercise my options?

It really depends on your financial situation and what $13K means to you. I would probably hedge my bet in case the company does succeed and you end up kicking yourself. Maybe exercise some part of it, not the full $13K.

mikek··on Ask HN: Did offering a money-back guarantee help your business?

Consumer Packaged Goods

mikek··on Ask HN: What's the most important piece of code you've written?

I added support for the middle finger emoji to the WhatsApp iPhone app.

Unlike other messaging platforms, WhatsApp provides their own emoji graphics to ensure backwards compatibility even on old versions of the OS that don’t support that emoji natively.

mikek··on ‘Oumuamua, Thin Films and Lightsails

Betteridge's law of headlines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...

mikek··on The Dirty Secret of ‘Secret Family Recipes’

Obligatory Onion article: https://local.theonion.com/italian-grandmother-doesn-t-have-...

mikek··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)

San Francisco, CA | Tophatter (https://www.tophatter.com/careers) | Full Stack (Rails) | Senior Android | Android Lead

Tophatter is like eBay, but auctions last 90 seconds.

mikek··on Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start

This says more about the iPhone X than it does about the iPhone 8. Unlike problems with the Pixel, this bodes well for Apple's bottom line.

mikek··on These problems were designed to prevent Jewish people from passing (2011)

Asians are accepted to colleges. The point of these problems is to prevent any undesirable groups from passing the exam ever.

mikek··on A Solution of the P versus NP Problem?

The author's other publications:

http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/blum/PubBlum.var

mikek··on [dead]

This is a link to the comment in a Reddit thread, as opposed to the article the thread is discussing.

mikek··on McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual misconduct investigation

Did you not read the article?

mikek··on Older fathers have 'geekier sons'

Older fathers correlate with an increased risk of autism.

https://www.autismspeaks.org/science/science-news/study-ties...

mikek··on Snap's share price sinks, trades just above IPO price

There is large downward pressure on the stock due to an impending lockup period expiry.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/snap-short-sellers-bet-on-a...

mikek··on Lessons I’ve Learned from Three Million App Downloads

He could always put out a new app. Or add some new features enabled via in app purchases.

mikek··on Apple Dylan IDE (2014)

Command-E for Execute!

mikek··on Ask HN: Why does SNAP need 1,859 employees?

Instagram and WhatsApp show this to be false.

mikek··on AWS EC2 FPGA Hardware and Software Development Kit

Can someone ELI5 this to me? I am not a hardware expert but am a programmer.

mikek··on Xcode 8.3 produces binaries 3x larger than Xcode 8.2.1

I'm seeing a 3x increase in on-device binary sizes. 20MB to 60MB.

mikek··on Whither Swift?

I think the plan has always been that Swift is the future, but Objective C will be around for a long time. Think a 30-year horizon.

mikek··on Why Our Super Bowl Ad Failed

Here is the ad:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gcWW-pN_niE

mikek··on Ask HN: Is a master degree in CS worth it

You will learn a lot about programming and it will change your perspective on it. It will give you a deeper understanding of how things work than you would otherwise get. It will make getting that first job easier. That said, it is expensive and you may be able to get a job without it.

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