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What was the problem and how did it get diagnosed and fixed?

30+ interviews suggest poor interviewing skills. Feel free to pm me and I'd be happy to help.

Why would someone enjoy coding if he/she were terrible at it? Do you have a specific example in mind?

Not glib, just personal experience :)

Why do you feel Windows a PITA to program in?

Registering a developer account is free.

Personally, what I'd like to discuss is if there is any moral value that Facebook provides. Does Facebook actually benefit society? (Maybe more precisely we can ask whether Facebook fulfills an aspect of Maslow's hierarchy of needs).

I just keep hearing the word 'value' used over and over here and it frustrates me that it is so often only associated with 'business value' rather than something more morally significant.

Totally agree. What she needs is guidance and he could have provided it to her with an honest opinion. Why not speak your mind?

Agreed. Definitely did not see what the author was talking about there, which leads me to suspect he started watching the video with a strong bias in mind.

To be fair he qualified the questions with "When the ball is in your court..." So the assumption here is that the founder has leverage.

Tasteless? I don't think you're getting it. He risked his life completely unnecessarily while he needed to be a father. What he has done is categorically selfish. Your defense of his actions is that "It was his lifelong ambition." If you believe that then you already acknowledge that his action is selfish; <i>his</i> ambition caused him to abandon his responsibilities as a father and husband.

I don't see it as much as criticism as it is a simple fact. I posted not because I wanted to make a change so much as because I was utterly surprised by someone defending this person. Furthermore, my comments are in reply to your post and not directed at any members of the family, but I would hope that at least the wife realizes the moral implications of her husband's decision at this point.

Ok this is kind of ridiculous. Really? Really? No I'm quite sure in this case it's definitely selfish, independent of what his wife thinks. And not passing judgement on the dead? Cmon man you have to be trolling.

This is just what happens when you have a lot of money. Money is spent inefficiently because its all relative to the revenue you're taking in.

I really don't think perfect speech recognition is that far away. 10 years and we're gonna have something that can work. 10 years and we'll have an advanced Google Goggles that can help with diagnosis. Ask the question "What are the limits of human input?" Nothing besides touch, taste, hear, see and smell, and we're getting closer and closer to being able to input that data and process it as humans would.

I'm sure most people wouldn't expect doctors to be replaceable. But look at the process to become an MD and think about the amount of pure memorization involved. Then it all makes sense.

There's (going to be) an app for that! Input data -> output diagnoses!

Ah, but you can. :) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bbkfcamiocfccgmcjn...

Can't we make distinctions between the guy's philosophy and his writing? I for one do not feel the book (or any book) is diminished by my perception of the author as a person.

Hmm I was under the impression my email was public. Here it is: jczhang@ucla.edu

There's actually quite a lot of little details that get speculated on in SEM. The fact is, until you test it yourself, you won't know for sure. One interesting thing about QS for phrase and broad is that the QS you see is not the real QS; it is only the QS for queries that match exactly to your keyword. The real QS is weighted appropriately, based on impression distribution.

Hey something on HN I can actually help with haha. Now I won't build entire campaigns for you, but if you have specific questions, send me a pm or email and i'll try to help. I've been working in SEM for almost two years now since college, so I feel like I have a pretty good handle on it.

Harmful to productivity maybe...and only in the absolute sense... because humans aren't machines and balance must be pursued.

Yeah, Zite is my favorite app on the ipad. I wish they made it for the desktop and iphone. The one thing they can improve upon in their rec. engine is removing dupe articles. It'll definitely be interesting to see if Zite can find a good way around this.

I agree with that, because thats what it takes to internalize something, however the quote says understanding never comes. What I wanted to opine on is the idea that you shouldn't be satisfied with not understanding something just because someone tells you so.

I was just reading this section yesterday!

How is that reassuring? If I'm learning something I don't want to just "get used" to it. I want a fundamental understanding.

Yeah seriously, how do you justify contract-to-perm basis to the employee?

How did you decide what type of projects to work on (ie how did you come up with your man-rodent game / what was the inspiration)? How much time did you spend every day programming?

A line of thought such that everything happens deserves to happen?