The Startup Industry explained by someone who doesn’t understand it
When I was asked to write about startups as an outsider, I thought about how well the premise fit me. Unfortunately, it fit me too well, I realized as I scratched my head and wondered what a startup was and how I would go about writing an article titled “Startup Industry Explained”. With the iro...
Hasnain says:
This was the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time - and still very informative at the same time
Posted on 2018-10-06T20:15:35+0000
stuffwithstuff
This is the personal domain of me, Bob Nystrom. Here’s a bit about me, or at least the subset of me that exists on the web:
Hasnain says:
Watching a talk on game design and architecture from someone who has:
* written a pretty definitive book on game programming patterns
* is writing a book on writing languages
* has a bunch of code up as open source
* works on programming languages for their day job
Cue impostor syndrome in... too late, already happened
Posted on 2018-10-06T19:21:19+0000
The Coders Programming Themselves Out of a Job
When workers automate their own duties, who should reap the benefits?
Hasnain says:
“In 1932, Bertrand Russell wrote that “a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by the belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work.” In 2018, that might mean self-automators reclaiming parts of their work day; tomorrow, it could mean working to secure automated gains for the masses. “I worry quite a bit that there really isn’t enough work to go around for everyone to work full-time,” Todd Hilehoffer said. “Why is earning money for stockholders more important than employee quality of life?” Gary, the early-’90s self-automator, asked me. “The system shouldn't be more important than the individuals who helped make that system relevant.””
Posted on 2018-10-03T04:31:51+0000
Infinitroid - Did I just waste 3 years? - Dev Blog
My mind was circling around some staggering recent game industry stats, and some foreboding writings from prominent indie developers. And around the fact that, for the 3 years I've invested on this project, only 4 copies have sold so far.
Hasnain says:
“Like most gamers, I have a backlog of dozens of purchased-but-never-played Steam games picked up at ridiculously low prices from Humble Bundles, Steam sales, etc. Does the world need any more games at this point?”
Posted on 2018-10-01T05:02:59+0000
The Child-Abuse Contrarian
Michael Holick, a renowned scientist turned expert witness, relies on his own controversial theory about a condition called hypermobile EDS to help alleged abusers avoid prison and regain custody of the babies they were accused of harming.
The Eternal Life of the Instant Noodle
How instant noodles, now 60 years old, went from a shed in Japan to global success.
Hasnain says:
"Michael Gibson-Light has heard this many times before. He stumbled across the importance of instant noodles when he was researching prison jobs. His resulting research on instant noodles made headlines when it emerged last year. He’s the one who declared something that US prisoners have known for ages - in the past few years, instant noodles have come to replace cigarettes as the most traded item in US prisons."
Posted on 2018-09-29T06:14:18+0000
The Observation Deck » The relative performance of C and Rust
My blog post on falling in love with Rust got quite a bit of attention — with many being surprised by what had surprised me as well: the high performance of my naive Rust versus my (putatively less naive?) C. However, others viewed it as irresponsible to report these performance differences, belie...
Hasnain says:
This was a great read on benchmarking, data structures, and caches
Posted on 2018-09-29T05:53:17+0000
American Bar Association: Delay Kavanaugh until FBI investigates allegations
The American Bar Association is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to halt the consideration of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh until an FBI investigation is completed into the sexual assault allegations that have roiled his nomination.
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2018-09-28T05:42:14+0000
Instagram’s CEO
The surprising resignation of Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger should not, in fact, be surprising: this became inevitable the moment they sold Instagram to Facebook.
Hasnain says:
Interesting read / take on the recent departure announcement of instagram’s CEO and CTO.
I only got to meet Mike once but he’s always been an inspiration
Posted on 2018-09-25T14:31:11+0000
Computers can solve your problem. You may not like the answer.
What happened when Boston Public Schools tried for equity with an algorithm.
Hasnain says:
“They couldn’t help but notice, though, that most of the critics hailed from wealthier sections of the city. The MIT team had built a formula that promised racial equity — distributing the best school start times more evenly across white, black, and brown neighborhoods. And here were the most active, politically connected families in the city trying to spike it.”
Posted on 2018-09-25T03:50:40+0000