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stephengillie

8,873 karma · joined January 10, 2012

My day job is to download random programs suggested by people I haven't met before, and post "hot takes" about them on the Internet.

Opinions are those of Gilgamech Technologies.

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stephengillie··on Three hundred and sixty years of United States caselaw
Coleslaw caselaw could go on Bob Loblaw's law blog.
stephengillie··on How an outsider bucked prevailing Alzheimer's theory, clawed for validation
The article is littered with references to beer. As though the target demographic alcoholics who enjoy PopSci.
stephengillie··on How an outsider bucked prevailing Alzheimer's theory, clawed for validation
From a previous discussion, beta-ameloyd isn't well studied, but it appears to be a viral catch-all, attaching to many viruses. The reason herpes is so significant is because it uses time-release capsules to continually reinfect a host user, and continually caught in the beta-ameloid. So herpes sufferers have more beta-ameloid to clear away most nights.
stephengillie··on Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
The aged anecdote doesn't cover a typical use case.
stephengillie··on Headquarter Locations of Top 101 Y Combinator Companies
Until suddenly it does and we see Sorry, we can't serve your requests this fast.
stephengillie··on Tech giants face 2% UK digital services tax
They'll probably back down when companies threaten to leave. Like Amazon did when threatened with the Head Tax. Or how Dole left Hawaii.
stephengillie··on Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
That's the sad truth - this is just reporting the method of use. Other posters in this thread reported uninstalling the app to save phone resources, and instead use Facebook from a browser on their phone.
stephengillie··on Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
This is about uninstalling the app, not deleting your account.
stephengillie··on Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
This isn't about deleting your account. It's about uninstalling the app.
stephengillie··on The Surprising Power of the Long Game
I chose the family life, but the family life did not choose me.
stephengillie··on Headquarter Locations of Top 101 Y Combinator Companies
YC funds HN so poorly that they can barely afford a single core to run this web forum.
stephengillie··on Headquarter Locations of Top 101 Y Combinator Companies
> While it is true that there are many people all around the world with the skills necessary for working at a startup, many of them congregate in SF.

It seems odd that this doesn't appear to scale with population size. One would expect many multiples of people with these skills in cities with higher populations.

stephengillie··on Headquarter Locations of Top 101 Y Combinator Companies
> I can't tell if this shows a terrible bias towards NA or if people who aren't from NA don't even bother applying for X reason(s) or get rejected.

Why not both?

There's a probably at least a bias to English fluency, if not a blanket rejection of non-English applications.

There's been a long-standing bias towards teams, which mandates a level of charisma and social skills that many talented engineers struggle with. For a long time, YC completely excluded solo founders.

And I believe being on-site is another requirement, which is classist. People from other states and countries who don't already have affluence probably don't even bother.

stephengillie··on Why Netflix Rolled Its Own Node.js Functions-As-a-Service Runtime
While the article focuses on the Why, the article isn't thick with implementation details about the How. From the image, it looks like they wrote a Node.js program and have it running inside Docker. The article mentions their custom IDE (NeWT - Netflix Workflow Toolkit) that connects to the Docker instance.

The lower half of the article covers their development toolchain:

- Repo: Github?

- CI/CD: Spinnaker

- Testing: ???

- Container orchestration: Titus

- Dashboards and metrics: Atlas

- Alerts and notifications: Pagerduty

stephengillie··on Why Netflix Rolled Its Own Node.js Functions-As-a-Service Runtime
Really it should be called Serverless as a Service.
stephengillie··on Ask HN: Are any remote desktop solutions good enough for full-time use?
Were Windows involved at both ends, you could start with RDP. It has many low bandwidth solutions. It uses local assets on the client to reduce data sent by the server. It's been the primary method of remotely administrating Windows servers for over 20 years. And some distros support the protocol now too.
stephengillie··on US election system reveals frightening vulnerabilities at almost every level
Yes, those 3 Mideastern states are east of the Mississippi.

They're in the middle of the continent, and east of my state, so they are mideast to me. Not to be confused with Arabia, east Mediterranean, and Persian gulf.

stephengillie··on Introducing Navigate on Autopilot
I'm surprised regulators don't force Tesla to rebrand the driver assistance package to a name that doesn't deceive drivers.
stephengillie··on Uber’s Restaurant Empire
Seattle, actually.
stephengillie··on The Waiting Time Paradox, Or, Why Is My Bus Always Late?
Seattle - Google Maps often suggests taking 2 buses for a 1 bus trip - to goto Tacoma on the 594, instead of going down the hill and taking the 594, it recommends going to the bus tunnel and taking another bus for about a mile, then transferring to the 594.

But it shows stop locations and plans routes quite effectively. Using the 2 apps in tandem creates a workable solution.

stephengillie··on The Waiting Time Paradox, Or, Why Is My Bus Always Late?
Every bus does have sensors - it's where the data in the post came from. OneBusAway shows the live location of your bus too.

The issue here is the deviation between empirical expected time and actual arrival time. Unhandled exceptions abound.

stephengillie··on Money can buy happiness, but not unconditionally
Since Q is already a component of T, this would cause both to decline even faster. The more you value your off-time, and the less you have, the less happier you'll be.

What you're looking for is W, the happiness you get from your work. To modify the equation again:

  M + T*Q + W = H
stephengillie··on The Conspiratorial Hate We See Online Is Increasingly Appearing in Real Life
It's important to remind people that hateful speech is not protected by the First Amendment in America.
stephengillie··on The Conspiratorial Hate We See Online Is Increasingly Appearing in Real Life
The the drop in violent crime correlates strongly with the drop in leaded gasoline.
stephengillie··on Introducing Navigate on Autopilot
The linked forum post doesn't have any more information than your post, other than confirming the pop culture reference.
stephengillie··on Unslacking Tideways Company
How much planning, training, and other efforts does your company put into mainlining group DMs and team channels?
stephengillie··on US election system reveals frightening vulnerabilities at almost every level
> Bad ideas directly impact only ~2% of the country.

If only populations were so evenly distributed. 1/2 of Americans live east of the Mississippi, on 1/3 of the Continental US, and about 1/2 of the rest live on the West Coast. The mideastern states have very few residents.

stephengillie··on Money can buy happiness, but not unconditionally
This is a great argument against working unpaid overtime. Unpaid overtime work holds M constant while reducing T - recomputing your M and T cause M to reduce at a rate of 2.5% per hour worked past 40. And your Q might reduce as well.
stephengillie··on Your DNA Is Out There. Do You Want Law Enforcement Using It?
Yes, and? Do you expect police to come to your house because you're a carrier for Cystic Fibrosis?

Please state your argument in full. Statements like this are just further FUD.

stephengillie··on Introducing Navigate on Autopilot
The stereo only goes to 11? The stereo in my previous car went to 60.

What's with all the pop culture references in this car? Is this the Ready Tesla One trim package?

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