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ojbyrne

Joined 19 years ago

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20 years or so screwing around with technology and business, in complete obscurity until fall 2004, when I became the "I built digg.com for $10/hour" guy. http://owenbyrne.com twitter: owenbyrne Was a key part of the team that built http://tripadvisor.com/flights.
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Comment · 13 hours ago
Stopped in traffic on an incline, you have to learn how to not roll backwards. Presumably that’s what was meant.
Comment · 17 days ago
Drunk driving laws (plus the way cities are built obviously).
Comment · 24 days ago
I would hazard a guess that Microsoft follows this process exactly, and this probably won't hold up in court. But it looks like good midterm fodder!
Comment · 1 month ago
Currently, “Football” by Chuck Klosterman. Basically about the cultural impact of (American) Football. Pretty good.
Comment · 1 month ago
Isn't it also a possibility that he gave notice and it wasn't announced to the world until his last day?
Comment · 1 month ago
I see answers.
Comment · 1 month ago
"years ago" seems like the wrong criticism. Today's rate is lower than the rates from December 2022-October 2025. That seems like years ago.
Comment · 1 month ago
One word: Ottawa. There's a lot of engineers, most of them underemployed.
Comment · 1 month ago
Wikipedia says “It was initially developed by Bombardier Aviation with the program launched on 13 July 2008 and had two years in-service as the Bombardier CSeries.”

Hence 18 years.

Comment · 2 months ago
I’m Canadian and have hired non-Canadians. I have also have been hired by Jews and Indians, and, to be fair, Canadians (though almost entirely in Canada).
Comment · 3 months ago
This article has several passages repeated verbatim. Either bad AI or bad editing, not really a great advertisement for the product (“Brilliant”) it seems to be selling.

Example: “The construction of the Aswan High Dam, completed in 1970, brought clear benefits. It provided a steady supply of hydroelectric power and allowed water to be regulated for year-round irrigation.” appears twice, word for word.

Comment · 3 months ago
I immediately thought this was like something from a Carl Hiaasen novel, then read “He was tracking and chasing a woman that he met and harassed on the set of the AppleTV+ show Bad Monkey.” Bad Monkey is based on a Carl Hiaasen novel.
Comment · 4 months ago
Similarly the man who hoped he’d die before he got old, did not.

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