hunterjrj

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Comment · 4 months ago

I think you underestimate just how entrenched Oracle’s database offering is in the enterprise.

Comment · 11 months ago

> Steve truly understood the virtue and value of that cultural component to not just attract but _retain_ that kind of world-class talent, and _that's_ what he attributes Pixar's success to.

Both Jobs and Pixar’s Ed Catmull believed this so strongly that they took illegal measures to protect it:

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/ed-catmull-on-wage-...

Comment · 2 years ago

Unfortunately there was one in the Buffalo area in 2009:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgan_Air_Flight_3407

Comment · 2 years ago

Microsoft uses AKS for their production workloads, but only for “minor” projects like “Office 365” which only has a “few” (200 million) users.

https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/1536483517282553...

Comment · 3 years ago

Plug for Dave Plummer's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DavesGarage

Dave was an engineer on NT and creator of Task Manager and zip folders. Lots of interesting stories and anecdotes from that period on that channel.

Comment · 3 years ago

The Zones of Thought series by Vernor Vinge, and A Deepness in the Sky in particular.

If you check the series out, and I highly recommend you do, read it in order. Which would mean starting with A Fire Upon the Deep, which is excellent.

Comment · 3 years ago

For more information on the technique the parent describes in point #1, I recommend the book "Moonwalking With Einstein" by Joshua Foer.

Comment · 4 years ago

While your concern is certainly very personal, and a deeply rooted preference over which you have little control, I have to point out that body shaming can have disastrous effects on the recipient[1].

Aging spares no one. Worth reflecting on.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_shaming

Comment · 4 years ago

Canada is a net exporter of food and agriculture commodities.

https://www.fcc-fac.ca/en/knowledge/economics/canada-food-an...

The Probability of Collisions with Earth www2.jpl.nasa.gov

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Comment · 6 years ago

> I fairly frequently post to provide a female point of view backed up by data and personal first-hand experience...

Please continue. It’s sorely needed here.

Comment · 7 years ago

How about “wrote the Doom engine, then the Quake engine”. Good start?

Comment · 7 years ago

Actually, this was implemented by Dave Taylor: https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1189567625631883265...