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AngeloAnolin

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AngeloAnolin··on WSJ Ends Google Users' Free Ride, Then Fades in Search Results
I think WSJ is wrong in saying that they are being punished by Google for their paywalled articles appearing last in search results.

Google has algorithms that would need to actually crawl the entire content, to ensure that it will provide the most relevant result. If it is unable to crawl the entire content, then it becomes just as hard to rank the same in the result.

Changing the algorithms to rank simply on the title and the first few (free introductory) paragraphs of articles behind paid subscription can lead to more bogus results. Google knows that invalid search results in turn disengages their users from perusing their search engine.

AngeloAnolin··on Ask HN: How do you become productive in a new project as a senior developer?
Have the mentality and an unparalleled drive to execute and continuously ship and deliver tangible business value.
AngeloAnolin··on Better Form Design: One Thing per Page
The article could have been better if concrete end to end example was provided (or references where people could clearly see) that they could apply to their own scenarios.
AngeloAnolin··on The Excuse – When You Need to Get Out of Work
Not sure, but doesn't this tantamount to lying at your employer? For example, I see the Doctor's Note option there. In places where health practice is heavily regulated, this could haunt you back as your employer could trace that doctor's note and they could easily dismiss you for misleading information.

I am also a bit worried about the other notes as a fraudulent in nature, which in some countries constitute a higher penalty.

AngeloAnolin··on What’s Happening with Me
My top focus will be to guide the company culture, that energy, that feeling.

I wish he would have elaborated further on how he plans on doing this, given how fragile Twitter seems to be.

AngeloAnolin··on Vue HN 2.0
One thing that caught my eye on this is the (perceived?) speed of how fast it was able to grab a screenshot of the website and display it on the image placeholder. Likely I'd be spending some time looking at the implementation and how the developers were able to do that.
AngeloAnolin··on Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party
Did I read that correctly?

Isn’t this sweet? I am searching for a dialling application for my smartphone. A DIALLING application.

Does this mean he can't practically call someone outside his contacts list as there's no way to key in phone numbers? Or would he still be able to make regular voice calls?

AngeloAnolin··on Introducing Surface Laptop
Available for pre-order today, Surface Laptop brings the superior performance and security of Windows 10 S to a laptop that college students will love.

with a price tag of:

Surface Laptop starts at $999 USD and will be available beginning on June 15th.

Are they really focused only for students? Is price tag reasonable for the student in this case?

AngeloAnolin··on International Travel Guide for Basecamp employees
Kind of disheartening to read that (most) of the comments here diverted away from the topic of Basecamp's travel guide, which shows a lot of character from this company.

A company composed of a lot of remote workers outside US that definitely goes out of their way to have their employees come into the US for their business meetings is a keeper.

On a side note, I am a bit confused on a questionnaire asked at the Customs:

Here to do work? Nope! Here on business, meeting with Basecamp.

Wouldn't this be under the discretion of the customs officer to determine whether business meeting qualifies as work? I suppose that being on a business meeting with your company still predisposes the fact that you are technically still paid on those days that you are meeting with your company?

AngeloAnolin··on A response to “Why you can't be a good .NET developer” (2016)
Progressing to become a good developer, I believe requires for one to go through some StackOverflow questions and postings. Oh, tell those who say that you cannot be a good .NET developer that StackOverflow is built on the .NET platform. <><
AngeloAnolin··on Ask HN: What do you do while your code compiles?
Being here in HN!
AngeloAnolin··on Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do
Lots of To-Do apps paraded here.

I'd plug this in. Very well made [0].

[0] https://teuxdeux.com/

AngeloAnolin··on I Stopped Attending Programming Meet-ups
But the low to zero cost of meet-ups means there’s little incentive to produce quality presentations.

If in any case you did attend a meetup and you found the presentation lacking, is it right to think that the presenter / organizer would definitely appreciate if you provide an honest feedback that would make the next meetup better? I know most meetups are free and the value that it provides for everyone can be increased by the participants adding value on how to make it better.

AngeloAnolin··on A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he was dragged off
Maybe you were referring to this:

2. Boarding Priorities - If a flight is Oversold, no one may be denied boarding against his/her will until UA or other carrier personnel first ask for volunteers who will give up their reservations WILLINGLY in exchange for compensation as determined by UA. If there are not enough volunteers, other Passengers may be denied boarding involuntarily in accordance with UA’s boarding priority:

+ Passengers who are Qualified Individuals with Disabilities, unaccompanied minors under the age of 18 years, or minors between the ages of 5 to 15 years who use the unaccompanied minor service, will be the last to be involuntarily denied boarding if it is determined by UA that such denial would constitute a hardship. + The priority of all other confirmed passengers may be determined based on a passenger’s fare class, itinerary, status of frequent flyer program membership, and the time in which the passenger presents him/herself for check-in without advanced seat assignment.

Some relevant points:

>> no one may be denied boarding against his/her will until UA or other carrier personnel first ask for volunteers who will give up their reservations WILLINGLY in exchange for compensation as determined by UA

>> If there are not enough volunteers, other Passengers may be denied boarding involuntarily in accordance with UA’s boarding priority

Note that after the phrase UA's boarding priority, it explicitly stated that: the time in which the passenger presents him/herself for check-in without advanced seat assignment. This is very clear that their IDB clause is solely focused on a person not yet physically inside the plane, with a seat allocated to him/her.

Again, contracts and clauses are always open to different (mis)interpretations and the bias goes down to which entity one would want it favorable to.

Update: Capitalized the word Willingly as it is implied in this contract.

AngeloAnolin··on A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he was dragged off
That technical definition should be explicitly stated on their contract, otherwise, it does not and would not hold up in any court of law. Ambiguity on contract clauses becomes the burden on those who wrote and enforces it, and that by itself is a concern because United cannot simply state that their supposed clause also magically enforces such other circumstances.

They can definitely remove any person from a flight, but the context here is that they made an error from the get go all the way to how they handled the situation.

AngeloAnolin··on A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he was dragged off
It has been mentioned a lot in the comments that United was correct as per their Contract of Carriage - Involuntary Deny Boarding.

But what's being missed here is that, the person who was dragged wasn't denied to board the plane in the first place. He was already seated, a seat number assigned to him, he is on the plane and by all means and precedents, he has already boarded. You cannot anymore deny boarding for someone whom you have already allowed passage inside the plane and seated. I assume this will be a feast day for the lawyers of the person removed forcibly, as they have all the angles working certainly in their favor.

AngeloAnolin··on Which is the best resource for great, free, high quality images for backgrounds?
Unsplash https://unsplash.com/
AngeloAnolin··on [dead]
The most deadly text-related sin I guess in any presentation, is where the text displayed moves the focus of your audience away from you and the topic. I've seen enough presentations where the speaker is usually just re-reading the text on the display. That to me is not presentation, but rather becomes a reading class.
AngeloAnolin··on Many famous scientists have something in common: they didn’t work long hours
"The rest of the time, they were hiking mountains, taking naps, going on walks with friends, or just sitting and thinking"

I think in most likelihood that the creative mindset of these people ticked when they were doing these stuff, hence, once they get back to work, their focus is so sharp and intent on finishing.

AngeloAnolin··on Ask HN: Hacker News users reading habits
Usually would read topics that are of interest to me (i.e. technology, software development, frameworks, etc.).

For the others, I would usually skim through the article and also read the comments.

I am finding that there's a lot of value reading the comments, as some folks have that deep seated knowledge, as well as providing relevant links that will help you further grasp what's on the article.

AngeloAnolin··on Ask HN: Should I sell my SaaS (400k rev)?
Two things that stood out for me when reading your question:

1. I'm quite bothered by the fact that I can't fix churn Maybe you have already done, but I would suggest that you can be more transparent with your employees, who may have some ideas on how to resuscitate the business and make good returns again. This statement seems to imply that you are solely trying to fix whatever is broken with your current business model.

2. My broker believes we can get a good payout for the business Do you believe that your broker is acting on your best interest or the interest of the company? There's a fine line between those two. A payout at this stage of the company seems to be a scenario where you are simply abandoning ship while the rest of the crew is still paddling towards shore.

Hope you find what's best for you, the company and everyone that may be affected.

AngeloAnolin··on Why drug prices in America are so high (2016)
Answered practically in the first two paragraph of the article:

Despite the furor, drug companies continue to charge exorbitant prices in America. Why?

THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS BECAUSE THEY CAN

There's no quick fix to the insatiable greed on all the parties involved. Profit over people's well-being.

AngeloAnolin··on Ask HN: Which non-technology book has influenced you the most and why?
The Little Prince

Always have had a profound impact on how I view and understand things.

Read it with an open mind like a child and see the wonders.

AngeloAnolin··on FedEx will give you $5 to reinstall Flash
This is such a band-aid fix when what they have is a gaping wound caused by a chainsaw.

I reckon, can they be held liable if for example, someone installed Flash and the machine got hacked or infected? It was their recommendation in the first place?

AngeloAnolin··on Angular 4.0.0 Now Available
At some point, I will take a look at what Angular 4.0 has to offer.

My criteria to adopting a framework:

* Makes me more productive

* Allow me to ship apps / solutions better and faster

* Minimal time doing some head scratching on how to implement stuff

* Integration with other frameworks

* Uncomplicated setup and build process

* Community support (hey, we can't possibly know every inch of a framework unless we are the author)

AngeloAnolin··on I built a profitable business with a $100 budget
Thanks for the lengthy article. It was a good read.

Although I would have probably titled this:

"Building a Profitable Business with 100$ and XX Hours"

People only see the $ amount but never take factor the time actually spent (which is the highest cost I reckon).

AngeloAnolin··on Ask HN: Better pay vs no work weekend?
This really depends more on your current lifestyle and status.

Some people are driven during their young age to work more (while the energy is there and personal commitments are less) and try to save up for the years ahead. Others have a more laid-back lifestyle where they value their personal time off than just being able to earn a lot more.

In the end, you are going to make your decision based on the circumstances surrounding yourself, whether it is really worth it to sacrifice that extra day of possible rest and recreation time with a somewhat generous pay to beef up your bank account.

AngeloAnolin··on 'Healthiest hearts in the world' found
The article did not point out to other details of their research like: 1. Do the Tsimane people consume or have access to processed foods? 2. Vaccinations? 3. Any access to pharmaceutical products?

It also mentioned on the article:

"The scientists scanned 705 people's hearts in a CT scanner after teaming up with a research group scanning mummified bodies."

If they performed the test on mummified bodies, how were they able to determine the amount of CAC at the age of 45 and again at the age of 75?

I wonder if they also performed some tests for those people who are still alive?

AngeloAnolin··on Elixir Deep Dive: Evercam, a 10K LOC Phoenix App
Correct url: https://medium.com/@dlite/elixir-deep-dive-evercam-a-10k-loc...
AngeloAnolin··on Why Trello Failed to Build a $1B Business
Initial question that set me off upon reading the article is this: Was Trello actually aiming to get $1B off of it? I know more money makes sense for them and their investors, but the amount it already sold for is astounding to say the least.
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