wsmith
Joined 10 years ago
Karma
85
Submissions
39
Member since
Nov 9
Recent submissions
Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
>Things still felt very new then, like Christmas. The excitement and freshness was like that.
> I had hit a ceiling in terms of what I was learning and I got bored, to be totally honest.
I wish more companies understood how common this is.
I also liked how you didn't investigate the idea of Kickstarter that much. I've heard other people say this too about good work they've done, that they fell into things. It makes me wonder if we're paying attention to the right signs before making decisions.
Which signs do you pay attention to now?
Comment · 10 years ago
You may want to try using an ML algorithm called association rules, which produces rules automatically. Though acccounting for the sequence of events would be harder.
Comment · 10 years ago
I once reduced the running time of a report from 45 minutes to 3 seconds (900x improvement) by moving the code inside the database.
If a programming language wants to stay fast it must eventually become a database. I realize this is an unpopular opinion but popularity is the wrong metric to judge by.
Comment · 10 years ago
A friend proposed another theory, inappropriate as it may seem. That it's a way to draw attention to Reddit needing to make money, and Steve, being the CEO, has to find a way to do it and take blame for it.
If so, he deserves to be applauded. There are things a founder/CEO has to do you can't say.
Comment · 10 years ago
I don't see a Twitter clone getting enough users any time soon.
Comment · 10 years ago
I want to get a job within 3 days, not 3 months.
Sometimes I feel there's an inverse correlation between the strength of claims for the future and the end result.