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miheermunjal··on Amazon CodeGuru – Preview
Assuming trust in the AWS code reviews (I mean, that dataset is huge), I suspect this has use in the review portion even without considering profiling. Hoping there is more detail on the ML used, as it appears more adaptable than current rule based code reviewing solutions... here come more and more Dev-focused integrations coming to the code level
miheermunjal··on Update on the Twitter Archive at the Library of Congress
I feel I'm not the only one thinking that "select few" to archive will exclude a certain public figure. The benefit to the "full dump" is that it includes everything, without any bias or removals.
miheermunjal··on Magic Leap One
I just find it hard to see how this is different / competes against the Hololens. They already have a couple years of market presence and after all the marketing/campaigns by Magic Leap, the product is the same (with the same qualms like FOV).

I will say that creator studio piece looks great, given Weta and other studio parternships.

miheermunjal··on Uber’s board wants Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to be its next CEO
this. It's not even transport, its the logistics piece. That original vision of "the car is in continuous motion, delivering ____". That fill in the blank is what gives Uber it's high valuation, not necessarily its dominance of ridesharing.
miheermunjal··on Uber’s board wants Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to be its next CEO
But... Uber isn't travel. It's logistics. Expedia isn't logistics.

I mean, seems like a good CEO overall (in the vein of the "any CEO for Uber is better than none"), but I can't see what he specifically brings to the table to uniquely bring them to market. That said, it's not like Kalanick had something special either, it's just as the founder he has different cache.

miheermunjal··on List of Core ML Models for iOS 11
This is great! Just starting out to work with iOS with the ML and ARkit changes, so looking forward to working with some of these soon.

I'm thinking Apple might officially release a ML "search" at some point. I can imagine a life where they sell a variety of models (price determined by model complexity/size)... not sure if that's better or worse.

miheermunjal··on Making Visible Watermarks More Effective
Could we transform the watermark in randomized distances (X and Y) to avoid the subtraction? If the training on the pattern itself isn't as robust, the method starts to fall apart a bit more.
miheermunjal··on Essential Phone, available now
Anyone else remember that magnetic accessory connection port? Seems like a killer feature if done correctly. Or just another "Moto Mod" style feature that went wrong...
miheermunjal··on Why I am moving to Cleveland
wow! didn't expect to see this - same reaction I and my gf had moving to Cleveland (here since July!). Surprisingly fun and plenty to do, not to mention the abundance of restaurants. Coming from a bigger city I didn't know what to expect, but this has been a great summer so far!
miheermunjal··on Show/Ask HN: Anonymous Global Product Manager Salary List
that buzzfeed salary... Someone should run a correlation of the "prefix" for Product Manager and how that correlates to stock/salary.
miheermunjal··on APIs as infrastructure: future-proofing Stripe with versioning
I wish every company would be this open on their strategies. Between this and netflix, its great to see the cutting edge in action
miheermunjal··on Benefits of a Lifestyle Business
at some point, its a cost equation. top of salary, benefits, inconsistent working hours = potentially unreliable delivery to clients // not complex solutions. custom dev isn't that groundbreaking, its just a game of balancing levers at play. Something always slips, its a fact of the game. This just seems too good to be true (though if it is, happy for them!)
miheermunjal··on Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netflix content
Separate from the "cable2.0" comments... I would say that nurturing/developing the content is harder than the tech side. Not putting down the amazing achievements netflix has made, but if you are trying to show a family a kids movie, it won't matter how the quality is vs. "wow that was a terrible movie". Pixar/LucasFilm/etc. properties that Disney owns are critical, and a streaming/digital footprint is the logical next step.
miheermunjal··on Benefits of a Lifestyle Business
I... I feel I can't believe the company has 1) top salary, 2) top benefits 3) unlimited travel 4) work remote 5) top enterprise clients 6) small teams 7) work as much as you want?

either someone is ridiculous at managing at all of this (kudos!) or something is slipping somewhere. Even in custom-dev it can be cutthroat, especially with large-scale projects and demanding clients.

miheermunjal··on Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions
wonder how the influx of "corporate wellness" plans affect this. It seems more and more that your lifestyle can be adjusted/improved via your workplace rather than personal drive.

Could that be an input into insurance? potentially...

miheermunjal··on Cruise is running an autonomous ride hailing service for employees in SF
100 times over, but by 100 different silo-ed datastores... so its hard to equivalent draw conclusions needed for AV's in a city.

not to mention the biggest complexity is still understanding deviations from said-detailed environments.

miheermunjal··on Cruise is running an autonomous ride hailing service for employees in SF
Can't believe I'm saying this... but what an acquisition for GM. Masterful potential future pivot
miheermunjal··on Apple MacBook Pro lasts 135 minutes longer on battery in full screen mode
forgive my ignorance here (new to Mac), but which setting is this specifically?
miheermunjal··on The Dutch Have Solutions to Rising Seas
separate from the content, can we all take a moment to appreciate the NYT visuals? Definitely a pro to non-paper journalism is the ability to use complex graphics. Not saying this is their best work but its subtlety great.
miheermunjal··on Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you most excited about?
yep - have been using Vuforia since it came out. Fantastic for scanning in models and the usability is great. That said, I keep coming back to the fact that the install base of iOS11 is what intrigues me the most. By no means is ARkit the magic bullet, but its enough and it can tempt developers the same.
miheermunjal··on Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you most excited about?
not that I've seen, though with some logical combination of object dimensions, env variables (depth of field, etc), and a decent image recognition/ML then you could probably get decent OCR. Note that this is for visual recognition, feel text is decently solved (exhibitA, Google Translate).
miheermunjal··on Apple has proven me wrong about HomeKit
spot on - I feel they could have used more of that cash hoard to actually sponsor more consumer products. Frankly surprised they didn't go after more hardware partners from the initial launch date. Despite being a "kit" its almost a second tier one compared to others.

Just part of "apple needs to connect more with its (3rd party) devs" I guess.

miheermunjal··on Email Storm
O365 (commonly used at large enterprises) makes this dead simple too. You can even have it be self-service, where individuals can empower themselves to have access to a list-serv (its not just "CEOs").
miheermunjal··on Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you most excited about?
ARkit finally pushing AR to the masses. From a developer perspective, having an SDK that simplifies "environment detection/reasoning" is huge. Previously required pretty deep hardware requirements and now is turning into an AI/ML/software problem.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/arkit/building_a_b...

miheermunjal··on Lack of cohesion in Uber's search for a new CEO
worst part is, the BoD can't seem to decide on enough strategy to sustain the momentum Uber has built up. It's more in their incentive to pick someone short-term to get through IPO-ing to some degree, than you can be sustained by the public market if nothing else.
miheermunjal··on Hacking Voting Machines at Defcon
this just re-stresses the point to COMPETITION in the electronic voting space. If you had a monopoly over the systems, what encouragement would you have to upgrade them? There are all sorts of ways to innovate "e-voting", and all of them are objectively improved over the current US methods
miheermunjal··on CEO says iRobot will never sell your data
Seems like we've seen this story before... 1) We don't sell your data 2) unless you give us permission 3) but to be convenient we will default it on for you 4) and sell it preemptively to "enhance" your experience 5) but don't worry someone hacked us and took it for free anyways.
miheermunjal··on SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately Held Companies
as an engineer doing non-hardware engineering, it is always satisfying to watch SpaceX succeed from afar.
miheermunjal··on Jeff Bezos’ Annual Letter
this is exactly the CON of the burndown chart. it's a guide, nothing more. I wouldn't say its bad to learn from what the chart gives you, except if its trying to get a linear burn. In fact.... one may argue there is value in underfilling sprints (from a capacity standpoint) and then overdelivering, every time. otherwise known as... momentum or GTD
miheermunjal··on Ask HN: What are your impressions of the HoloLens so far?
Have done significant work for it (source: work in consulting) and its feeling like a new paradigm much more than VR or anything else. Biggest thing is the "layer on the virtual world" onto what you are looking at.

I would say info isn't that sparse (as it used to be). Search the Holographic Academy, watch their youtube channel, and subscribe to the Windows MR blog/newsletter.

Have demos of stuff I built, feel free to DM if you want to see.

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