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rf1331··on For Static Sites, There’s No Excuse Not to Use a CDN
Any site that cares about SEO should definitely use one.
rf1331··on Ask HN: Does LinkedIn have a very strong network effect?
Yes
rf1331··on Ask HN: What blog engine to use for startup?
Wordpress on a subfolder (not subdomain).
rf1331··on Ask HN: Non-technical readers of HN, why are you here?
I'm a big fan of HN's moderation - stopping flamewars, rules against clickbait titles, ect
rf1331··on How I Sold My Company to Twitter, Went to Facebook, and Screwed My Co-Founders
In the book, it explains that the pre-ipo stock he was granted at FB was approximately equivalent to what he would have gotten from the Twitter acquisition.
rf1331··on Marketing automation is getting out-of-hand
The emails work, it's how business gets done. Live with it or don't use email.
rf1331··on Show HN: Medical Research Summarizer – Complex research as simple summaries
Do you not worry that people who are not researchers, who are providing essentially the "TL;DR" of a disease, will provide incomplete or potentially misleading advice?
rf1331··on On the “Learn to Code” Movement and Its Lies
Computer Science alongside other subjects is a hell of a lot more impactful than most liberal arts classes. I rarely meet non-engineers (or people with some sort of technical training) who know how to think analytically worth a damn. Introducing CS would certainly help this.

And this argument is basically decrying the semantics of "Learn to code". Yes, the term is ambiguous. That's not the point. I believe it's called using layman's terms.

rf1331··on What to tell noobs who want to "learn coding"?
I'm interested in this as I have never heard of developer bootcamps. What was your experience like? How does it differ from a CS curriculum?
rf1331··on Rap Genius Traffic Has Dropped By Over 80%
aren't we overthinking this a little much?
rf1331··on Ask HN:What are your thoughts on Dogecoin?
Why do you think it's more viable than Bitcoin? I'm curious to know.
rf1331··on Ask HN: I can't seem to find any hardware hackers
Most that I know seem to be trapped in academia. Are you yourself a hardware hacker, or a business guy with an idea?
rf1331··on The Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming (2006)
Number 7 is why I like programming so much
rf1331··on Ask HN: How to increase self-discipline as a self-employed person?
Brain drugs
rf1331··on Bitcoin drops 50% overnight as China’s Biggest BTC exchange stops Yuan deposits
Can we finally stop listening to the Winklevoss twins now?