phlowbieuq
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Comment · 4 years ago
i wish we lived in the same area and could have an OTR conversation about this. believe it or not, the new "strategy" now that ZO is all shut down is even less well-defined and more pie-in-the-sky than ZO ever was.
Comment · 6 years ago
I'm working on IP cameras sending their video to Surveillance Station on my Synology NAS. Totally local recording, and was super easy to setup with some random IP cam I had laying around.
My plan is to run cable for PoE cameras soon. Will have 24/7 recording, but accessible only locally.
Comment · 7 years ago
"Qantas. Qantas never crashed."
Comment · 7 years ago
Firebase is probably a bit of an edge case on this one, because it was a paradigm-shifting developer product before dev products were cool.
If you were a top-tier developer, there was a >0% chance that you would be super excited about the product because you realized the pain point that it would solve for you if you were building a real-time product at another company. And that excitement or lack thereof was a useful litmus test for Firebase specifically.
I agree that "excited about our company" is not something you get up front if you are interviewing at a company that is building an on-demand AI marketplace for ML-optimized scooter rental office spaces.
Comment · 7 years ago
As of now, Amazon appears to still be selling their "IOT button" (which is basically a programmable dash button)
Comment · 7 years ago
McKesson has not yet determined what changes it will make as a result of the findings, but has considered adopting a more open office plan to encourage more discussion between employees.
LOL, way to be super creepy AND learn exactly the wrong lesson from this.
Comment · 7 years ago
I feel like another unstated risk here is that if someone can get his plate number through the DMV registration, they could buy tracking on it from one of the large ALPR firms and deduce his home location.
Comment · 8 years ago
I'm interested to know what you run on this server...plex? torrent client? file server? on-prem file backups (if so, which software you use)?
I have a small Intel NUC running windows that runs always-on and does some of these things just fine, but I'm always looking for some excuses to upgrade a gadget.
Comment · 8 years ago
From a former Amazon employee's blog:
"New Amazon Tier One employees receive a small number of restricted stock units (RSUs) within the first month of hire. These shares are set to vest after two years of continuous service. For every year of continuous service, an employee receives another small number of shares of restricted stock, always vesting two years of service later. For example, I received four shares on 8/27/14 set to vest on 8/31/16. I received four more shares on 4/2/15 set to vest on 7/1/17. I received three shares on 4/7/16 set to vest on 6/16/18."
Comment · 8 years ago
How do you see these two sentences resolving into a single company that you would fund?
> A normal first check from me ranges from $50k to $250k.
> I’m very bullish on a capital-heavy, asset-full future for startups.
Comment · 8 years ago
If anyone was curious about Inovalon's $70M customer, it appears to be Anthem. It isn't explicitly called out that way, but from page 23 of that report:
Our largest client, Anthem (formerly known as WellPoint), represented approximately
17% of our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2016, while no other clients
represented greater than 10% of our revenue.