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gvd··on Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf]
One thing gets overlooked here and it's America's sickening love with elite universities (and other elite institutions). Put some effort in raising the baseline.
gvd··on Ask HN: Do you miss 90s simplicity?
The 90s simpler? You try learning a new technology on YouTube in the 90s or reading blogs etc. Students have it so easy these days
gvd··on Oh shit, git (2016)
git reflog
gvd··on Is Conference Room Air Making Us Dumber?
We are ending up being to stupid to solve climate issues
gvd··on On Perks
The obligatory part is the good part. In the Netherlands it is obligatory and costs are lower than in the US.
gvd··on Python at Netflix
"(yet)", but then it's still a dynamic language (no typing, not dynamic as in hip). The reason for python is mainly:

- it's easy to learn - we've go numpy

If I were to pick a language to build significant infrastructure with, I wouldn't choose python.

gvd··on Python at Netflix
I fail to understand the use of python in a distributed environment while the language has such poor concurrency support (on top of the lack of a type system). You can make your application HA, but they are obviously not trying to squeeze out every CPU cycle.
gvd··on How DOOM fire was done
Iguana! omg I still remember their hearthquake demo. It inspired me to become a developer
gvd··on Countries that have preoccupied Americans the most since 1900
I think you get the US plus a bunch of other countries that you hear much less about in the US.
gvd··on Can Crows Make Mental Pictures of Tools?
Of course we can
gvd··on Steve Yegge Quits, Saying Google Is 100% Competitor Focused
It's probably easier to innovate when you don't have the intellectual baggage Google has. You are more likely to think outside the box
gvd··on The Netherlands has become an agricultural giant
You obviously never had boerenkool. Probably the reason they don't grow beyond 5f5
gvd··on A backlash against the herbicide Dicamba
But they might be pushing the actual cost of growing that food into the future.
gvd··on Dangers of Sitting
Anybody can drive, not everybody can go hike up the mountain and experience nature's full beauty. If you think sitting on your ass is quality of life, you are missing out.
gvd··on Opioid makers made payments to one in 12 U.S. doctors
I'm not saying this happens everywhere, but there are plenty of odd cases where medication is given way to easy. They should create some central registry to monitor these prescriptions.
gvd··on Opioid makers made payments to one in 12 U.S. doctors
When I was living in Europe and had my wisdom-tooth removed I only got a local anesthetic so I wouldn't feel the cutting. Recently I heard a friend of mine (here in the US) say she was given vicodin afterwards. To me that's just insane. Sure I was a little uncomfortable for half a day but I'm not going to take bloody opioids because of that. It might also be the case that people just don't ask for it as easily as in the US (I mean, it's much more common to hear Americas place food orders with a bunch of custom stuff, Europeans usually just order what's on the menu).
gvd··on A CEO Who Pays Employees to De-Locate from the Bay
Schools in the Bay Area can become pretty poor once you are in a more affordable area. If you want a decent school the rent/mortgage will reflect that.
gvd··on A CEO Who Pays Employees to De-Locate from the Bay
I never understood a real-estate fee of 6-7%. Real estate agent is what you become if you don't like work and have no other way to be productive to society in my opinion.
gvd··on A CEO Who Pays Employees to De-Locate from the Bay
WA will has higher property taxes. Or at least they get re-evaluated each year (unlike in CA)
gvd··on A CEO Who Pays Employees to De-Locate from the Bay
Most comments here don't even mention kids. Childcare is very expensive on top of your rent/mortgage.

It's highly likely that by the time you are 35-40 you will be paying for rent/mortgage AND childcare.

gvd··on A CEO Who Pays Employees to De-Locate from the Bay
And freeze your eggs
gvd··on 2016 was third consecutive year of record global warmth
I always have to think about Louis CK's "Indians, White People and God's Earth" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWZkwuILn_s

It's both hilarious and sad at the same time

gvd··on Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for talent
What do you work on now?
gvd··on Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for talent
You do know there are other languages out there where such a comparison doesn't hold?
gvd··on Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive
Let's not kid ourselves. This is Google trying to fill up your account so you will purchase extra space sooner.
gvd··on Berkeley’s Attack on Housing
Thanks for telling it like it is. This is pretty much what has happend all over the Bay Area. Goodluck to the homeowners in getting to see their grand-children grow up when their kids can't afford to live here anymore.
gvd··on Oldest Fossils of Homo Sapiens Found in Morocco
It's called post docs
gvd··on Mark Zuckerberg should try living in the real world
Did you open your eyes the last 100 days? Fuck yeah it matters. We have one of those fuckers pulling the levers right now.
gvd··on Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font
So far this font has worked really well for me for Haskell, C++, Python. I find it very readable
gvd··on Apple drops to fifth place in laptop brand survey
You know what happens in nature when you don't adapt quick enough to change...
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