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dvddgld

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dvddgld··on Studies suggest that many inventors do their best work at later stages
Agreed on all points, I meant "innovation" in the context of the study, which is certainly different to...well, actual innovation.
dvddgld··on Amazon, Facebook and Google can all be beaten
Thanks for the tips! I need to try bing more often
dvddgld··on Amazon, Facebook and Google can all be beaten
Oh wow, thanks for the tip!
dvddgld··on NoScript – The Week Is Not Over Yet
It always makes me stop to think a little when I realise just how many great software projects are largely developed and maintained by one person.
dvddgld··on Studies suggest that many inventors do their best work at later stages
I would have assumed that innovation increases with experiences, knowledge and resources.

One of the reasons startups target the young is surely naivety, e.g. stock options, altruistic work, and so on. While older workers are happy to take their stable, high wage senior jobs. Only branching out into innovation when its under their own terms and they have a solid plan.

What does everybody else think?

dvddgld··on Amazon, Facebook and Google can all be beaten
I use the same kind of search for most of my searching. Does anyone have any tips to add to this?

e.g specific sites for any particular demands, or any other tricks

dvddgld··on “Last Mile” Barriers to Removing Legacy BIOS [pdf]
I assume that if this was on the cards at all they would've done it earlier. Let's keep our fingers crossed though, it could make a big difference in the direction of technology (and thus the world) from here on out.
dvddgld··on Tesla Roadster
There’s certainly chances for failure, but I’m inspired by the fact they try anyway.

I see at least one Model S everyday. Tesla have objectively made an impact, and in my books that’s a good thing.

dvddgld··on Tesla Roadster
The economy version is the ultimate goal, along with industrial applications like the Semi. But high end cars make headlines, make people believe and make people excited about the future. That’s more important than you’d think in getting the economy version to be a reality.

Though I do understand the concerns about constant hype and not fully delivering on it, I think that’s infinitely better than the alternative where nothing happens at all.

dvddgld··on “Ask HN:”Am i too old to start a career in programming at 26?
The one piece of advice I can give you is that self doubt is the enemy. Identify a goal, come up with a viable method of acquiring it and then try your hardest. Every time you get overwhelmed give yourself a short break and remember everyone hits these walls, don’t beat yourself up, just keep going.

Best of luck in your journey, wherever it leads!

dvddgld··on Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web: 'The system is failing'
Tim’s on point, as usual. How can we make tech work for us and not against us in the age of the attention economy?
dvddgld··on Schneier: It's Time to Regulate IoT to Improve Cyber-Security
Last year I wrote a report on IoT for an info sec and crypto undergrad class, where I covered the usual flaws and explained why that’s a worrying standard for an industry that’s about to scale up massively.

The professor‘s response “this is just like all of those internet hit pieces”. Hmmmmm.

dvddgld··on WebAssembly support now shipping in all major browsers
Agreed, it'd likely be one of the largest shares
dvddgld··on Go: It Mostly Doesn't Suck
I always enjoy content of this style, entertaining and effective. There’s no unnecessary filler and I get to laugh along the way.

I’ve briefly used golang before and the experience was very smooth. Will find out soon whether it continues to be painless in a more complex context.

dvddgld··on First Digital Pill Approved to Worries About Biomedical ‘Big Brother’
Definitely not just you, it’s an awkward phrase with an awkward cadence
dvddgld··on Boston Dynamics has a new creepy dog-like robot called SpotMini
Most people haven’t seen many robots with life-like movement before, except for maybe a few gifs of past boston dynamics projects on facebook. Seeing a machine move fluidly is always going to feel a little weird at first and its not a stretch to associate those products with the last dystopian sci fi movie you’ve seen.
dvddgld··on How Firefox Got Fast Again
You can just run uBlock in medium or hard mode...
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