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Interesting to see the competitive analysis with Fivetran in the article but then see almost identical copies of infographics used between their site and Fivetran's.

Airbyte: https://airbyte.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Airbyte-Seed-D...

Fivetran: https://images.cms.fivetran.com/mgtdf72hs0mx/6qYtmEEotXqScar...

Thanks for this answer - this is what I was looking for. I think you make a great point that the regulator needs to constantly adapt to the changing market, and this may be the case with Big Tech if it becomes more heavily regulated it seems. Otherwise companies may become regulated into bankruptcy maybe because the regular cannot keep up with the pace of change in the industry.

Does anyone have any insights into how the railroad industry fared after it was broken up? I'm curious what the impact of the overall industry was as a result of the Sherman Act.

Do we think that had the railroad industry remained monopolized that the US today would have more high speed railways or more advanced rail services?

The author seems to draw a comparison between railroads and Big Tech, and I wonder if we can make the same guesses about what the outcome of the tech industry will be after more antitrust regulation?

I wish they kept their Mailbox app as well - I really enjoyed using it (https://www.theverge.com/2015/12/8/9873268/why-dropbox-mailb...)

I often find myself responding with "interesting" when I haven't yet formulated an opinion - to me it's an indication that I'll have to get back to you on how I feel about it. I haven't found another synonym to use as a response, and I often catch myself constantly saying "interesting" over and over. It's interesting.

I heard this phrase in Shanghai and never knew it may be a curse - thanks for sharing this - I usually say this every once in a while but maybe shouldn't

I found this blog to be very helpful for understanding lockfree algorithms: http://www.1024cores.net/home/lock-free-algorithms

I always had a hard time remembering the regex syntax and form until I learned about scanners/lexers/tokenizers and finite state machines. Then it really clicked and made a lot of sense.

Thanks for sharing those tips!

Which tool do you use to follow users on HN?

Sowell's "Controversial Essays" was helpful for me to understand the conservative mindset a little more. He comes from the Chicago School and Milton Friedman.

It depends on the courses you pick. With your Math MS, you might actually do really well in the Machine Learning/AI courses that they offer. The projects are mostly in Python and a lot of students do not have a CS undergrad, so you won't be alone there. https://omscentral.com/ is a good resource if you want to see per-course reviews on what the courses are like or how much programming you do. The systems engineering courses (compilers, distributed systems, operating systems) are heavy in C/C++, but the machine learning courses are heavy in Python (AI for robotics for example, which is a great course). You can go to Udacity or Youtube and check out the videos if you want to try it out.

It heavily depends on the courses you pick. I'm a full time employee (9-5 job) but no family and I usually dedicate a hour or two of my mornings and early evenings to the course as well as a couple hours every weekend, but I pick what others consider to be the more intense courses (compilers, distributed systems, operating systems). I also go all in on these courses since you get out of it what you put in.

This site is very accurate when it comes to the hours per week breakdown on courses: https://omscentral.com/ You'll see that some courses are drastically easier than others, the more intense ones being more rewarding. In all, you can make it as hard or as easy as you want and pick your courses that way. Having the BS in CS (I do) helps since you may recognize some of these topics from undergrad.

I second this - I'm 3 semesters into the online MS in CS program at GATech and it's been a huge level up for me. I highly recommend the investment IF you have the time - it is a large time commitment.

This is an interesting paper - thanks for linking!

"If you roll 2 six-sided dice, what are the chances you roll at least one dice above 5 (5 or 6)?"

A nice trick to visually solve this in your head I heard once is:

If you think of rolling two dice as a square. X and Y are each dice. You get a 36 square board. Getting 1 six is just the upper boarder. 6 on the top, 6 on the right (6 and 6 overlap). So 11 out of the 36 squares.

Doesn't golang not support `a < b < c` and chaining of comparisons? I don't see why they make that argument in their specification if it's not already legal Golang syntax

specification: https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/refs/heads/master/des...

I'd love to read more about the golang team's comments about generic syntax - the only thing I could find was this: https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/refs/heads/master/des...

Was that what you were referring to?

The VIM ones are my favorite - I'm always blown away with the simple keyboard shortcuts that could have saved me hours had I known them 2 years ago.

TIL just typing "=" in Vim fixes all my indentation

Just subscribed to his newsletter so I can get these and not forget about this cool repo!

Have you read it? Just curious if you found it to be good because the only review for it wasn't very hopeful.

Gmail gives you the capability to automatically give access to a list of emails if you're inactive on your Gmail for x amount of time: https://www.google.com/settings/account/inactive

You can just send the master password to your password manager in that email as well.

I kind of like to look at these kinds of posts as if it were a very attractive person complaining that so many people are hitting on them. There are a lot of people who would do anything to be in your position having recruiters constantly offering them interviews.

Thank you for the recommendation - I will add it to my reading list since I've been curious to learn from other's experiences trying the same thing.

I'd like to propose a different yet slightly related stream of thought.

One month last year, I decided to restrict my usage of lights (house lights, digital screens, ect.). What I would do when I came home from work around 6pm was do one last clense of my emails and then shut everything off. I would turn off all the lights in my house and light candles instead.

It was amazing how my sleep patterns changed. By just having candle light in the house from 6pm to 7am, I was able to easily and calmly fall asleep by 9pm after spending a few hours cooking dinner and reading books. My sleep changed to a point where I would slightly wake up at 4am and then gently fall back asleep for another couple of hours.

My productivity levels during the day were better thanks to the deep sleep I got.

Just thought I would share that experience here for those who don't have the luxury of shutting off the internet for a month, but can do a retreat every night to bring yourself back to a natural, calm state of mind.

Are there job postings for the software engineering positions? Can't seem to find them on your Jobs page

Are all your software engineering positions at the senior level? It's hard to tell what (Sr./Staff/Principal) means by the job title

I don't see an entry for Software Engineer position - could you provide more information about that one?

Side note, the 4th edition is exactly the same as the 5th, so it's much cheaper to get that on Amazon if anyone's looking to get it.

Great book that explains the major concepts concisely.

Resilience - Eric Greitens

Pretty much changed a lot of things about how I view my motivation and self discipline. You'd think it's just another "Navy SEAL" book, but it's actually very philosophical and motivates you in different ways.

https://www.amazon.com/Resilience-Hard-Won-Wisdom-Living-Bet...

Oh wow, this is why I love Hacker News - thank you for helping me overcome my mathematical anxieties in college as I was working on my Computer Science major. Your site really helped me gain an appreciation for math since I had terrible teachers as a kid and led me to believe that I could never 'get it'. Would love to see some more linear algebra materials as well