arjunrc

You seem pretty knowledgeable about this stuff. Any book or other material recommendations detailing the history of both brands? The rivalry is legendary, but seeing results across decades trying to outdo each other and the market is pretty interesting I’m sure.

This is incredible to see all in one place. I’m preaching SQL to my Org. and it’s only getting preachier over the years, as I see new technologies come and go (OLAP, NoSQL and it’s many variations including Hadoop, Azure Cosmos DB).

For an Org. of our size, I’m not sure if these new fads make it any easier. Even if they helped with data streaming, we still are having to move it to a SQL warehouse where we can combine it with other Org. data to answer business questions. Not sure if anyone has built out a fully operational reporting architecture without using SQL on HN. Long live SQL!

I am interested in this as well. The regular media can be monotonous or driven by agendas. Would be great to find content created by folks paid to write unbiased, say it like it is.

OP shows up to comment! Love your article! I echo the first comment in your article, about writing a book. There can be never be too many books about 90s era Jobs.

I just slammed the phone down after a difficult conversation with a difficult person. And then opened Hacker News to see this article.

Its prescient and even though may seem antithetical to me, back in my 20s, gives a good view of what is expected to be in Management going forward.

Are you serious, defending Facebook here?

There can't be a single repository of online data, which by design gives the repository owner too much power and control. Blaming the users for falling for it is like saying we can't have regulation because markets can self-regulate themselves.

After the last 3 years, anyone who defends Facebook comes across as disingenuous, naive or for a lack of a better word, a shill in my book.

Saying Facebook wants to protects your personal information is the most hypocritical statement, I've heard yet.

I’m tied to Windows at work. I’ve tried to start a few conversations about offering MacBooks as an option, but that never goes anywhere due to the additional upfront cost.

Given that constraint, I picked up Vim and have used it for the past 6 years. Tried Emacs at first, but it didn’t play well on Windows (not sure if user error!)

So I definitely encourage “reinventing the wheel” on multiple platforms, as long as the platform is popular enough. Competition doesn’t hurt.

I'm holding on to this single strand of hope that Tom Hanks is above these recent allegations.

If it comes out that he was also a sleaze bag along with Charlie Rose, Al Franken, Jeffrey Tambor, (along with an incredible family movie director in the rumor circles) I don't know what to think of Hollywood and my childhood heroes anymore.

Tom Hanks, if you have to say anything, do so now rather than later!

Can you post some of these reddit links?

I'd imagine several small businesses these days would opt for the "vote manipulation" marketing since its easy. (The Silicon Valley TV show had a similar plot point).

Do you have a link for the comment from Bezos?

It would be good to get some context on what he said.

This first paragraph applies exactly to us! We're the offshoot now because of a bloated central IT system and now that we have a good thing going, there's a corporate push to modernize IT and bring back all our offshoots to one place.

Loved the vampire/garlic analogy!

Do you have the link to the FT series? I can't find anything on Google.

I believe the goal here is an electric car with autonomous features, branded similar to the S-Class or the new E-Class (instead of going all the way like Tesla's AutoPilot).

Do you have a source to this?

I haven't seen any news regarding this in any of the auto websites or related sub-reddits