acroback's comments

acroback | 5 years ago | on: America is giving up on the pandemic?

So no one is going to talk about how the Model is a mathematical model which follows Bayes Theorem in it's core. It updates it's priors based on new evidence presented every day.

The whole point of the Model is to detect things which are uncertain by nature. Being wrong is not bad, it's good TBH.

CMIIW.

acroback | 5 years ago | on: Why is the dropout rate so high for Computer Science?

CS requires a lot of practice. Both in terms of theory and practical aspect.

Without it is difficult to make connection between theory and actual stuff you can run on computers.

And the subject is vast, making it difficult.

acroback | 6 years ago | on: Every Google result now looks like an ad

Did some Program Manager needed a promotion at Google? Looks like it.

I personally dislike such changes, which no one asks for. Either people are just pushing their BS through Google higher ranks or they have no clue how their users actually feel and use their core product.

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acroback | 6 years ago | on: EU beckons Indian tech talent

Hey man, why you have to burn someone so hard that they curl up in their bed crying tears of agony like a little pussy?

Slow clap

acroback | 6 years ago | on: Returned online purchases often sent to landfill

The amount of wastage I see in online store returns is mind boggling.

I recently ordered something from a manufacturer on Amazon. After couple of days, they dropped price on product by $20. So I called up Amazon for price adjustment. I was politely asked to return it to manufacturer and order a new one.

Seriously, Amazon cannot work with manufacturers to just refund price difference instead of returning the product and ordering it again. It is wasteful at so many levels.

acroback | 6 years ago | on: Jeff Bezos warns US military it risks losing tech supremacy

Not sure why are you correlating unrelated reasoning with MS deal with US Military.

You seem to suggest that MS is poor at Cloud game, which is not exactly true. They are cost effective compared to AWS and catching up.

Maybe military wanted to save money. May be this is all about a better deal after all.

acroback | 6 years ago | on: Go Turns 10

For you it isn't. But for a lot of us it is cumbersome and just plain complex.

acroback | 6 years ago | on: Startup options are better than they look (2017)

Well it does makes sense because this is the ground reality, not all startups make it. Engineers never get preferred shares no matter how hard we try to think so.

Class shares are a thing to protect investor money not engineer interest.

acroback | 6 years ago | on: Startup options are better than they look (2017)

No they are not, speaking from experience.

One debt financing round and your golden stocks lose 90% of its value. It's worse when you have exercised your options.

Plus you won't get class A stocks, class B or worse, which means you won't make much unless company goes public and goes big like FB or Google.

acroback | 6 years ago | on: What Is Good About Haskell?

This article reminds of my coworker, touts Haskell all the time, ends up writing shitty Java code which is difficult to understand and performs like molasses.

Real world is not perfect, it is immutable with plenty of side effects. Using Haskell for day to day messy work is not trivial and should not be considered IMO, u nless you have Haskell gurus all around.

I would rather take a dumb language like Go or Java over Haskell for work code.

acroback | 6 years ago | on: Apple Is Listening

Stockholm syndrome is strong with this one.

On a serious note, problem seems to be extremely long product cycles for Apple Hardware products with "my way or highway attitude" from Apple.

These 2 make for a disaster recipe. Putting form before function is a fallacy which is bound to boomerang sooner or later.

E.g The monitor stand fiasco speaks volumes of either a disconnect or ridicule raised by wrong audience.

The latest MacBook pro is a bad and good design both depending on audience.

Last Mac Pro was laughably form before function for a fortune.

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