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Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
If I was working with someone who had been working in the organization for 18 years and was also the CTO, and they replied promptly with a better communication channel to use, I would personally really appreciate that.
Comment · 3 years ago
Is Jerry killing independent George? And does he even care?
Comment · 3 years ago
The devil has enough advocates, Keanu.
Comment · 4 years ago
Matt Levine has an excellent overview of the liquidity / solvency question: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-11-10/ftx-is...
Comment · 4 years ago
Yeup.
Comment · 6 years ago
I think you might find this seminal paper interesting and relevant: https://amturing.acm.org/p558-lamport.pdf
From the abstract:
> The concept of one event happening before another in a distributed system is examined, and is shown to define a partial ordering of the events. A distributed algorithm is given for synchronizing a system of logical clocks which can be used to totally order the events. The use of the total ordering is illustrated with a method for solving synchronization problems. The algorithm is then specializedfor synchronizing physical clocks, and a bound is derived on how far out of synchrony the clocks can become.
Comment · 8 years ago
Hi, I'm an engineer at Thorn. You're right, it is unusual. It's also a big part of our strategy to attract, and keep, top talent. And that goes for talent across the organization: our fundraising, our marketing, our product managers, and our engineers. We're lucky to have such an amazing team, and a fundraising strategy that attracts brilliant investors and donors alike to fund the technology that we need to move the needle on this issue.
Comment · 9 years ago
And they say romance is dead.
Comment · 9 years ago
Very true. It's also an almost unbelievably basic design error to make in a distributed system.
Comment · 9 years ago
Did anyone else find this disturbing: "Chapar used UDP, but did not handle packet drops because it assumed the network layer was reliable."?
This is a serious case of missing the forest for the trees.
Comment · 10 years ago
I’m a software engineer at Thorn. I don’t work directly on the research or data science side of things, but I work closely with those who do and they take it very seriously. Here’s some more detail from our website: https://www.wearethorn.org/child-sexual-exploitation-and-tec...
Comment · 10 years ago
If you're interested in getting involved you can fill out a survey here: https://www.wearethorn.org/digital-defender-survey/
I'm a software engineer at Thorn, and I can assure you this is not just PR. We are committed to helping children in both the short and long term.
Comment · 10 years ago
I wonder if the fact that you can restore a removed app (via the App Store) means that Apple will be able to update built-in apps independent of iOS updates.
Comment · 10 years ago
You should read more Hemingway.
> To adhere with the requisite language outlined, any food products with a date label — with the exception of infant formula, eggs, beer, and malt beverages — must state “Best if Used By” to indicate peak quality, and “Use By” to designate food safety.