Hacker News: jeffjose

New comment by jeffjose in "Ask HN: Does Google “20% time” still exist?"

jeffjose — Mon, 13 May 2019 18:34:48 +0000

I take it you are a SWE. There's plenty of non-SWE folks at Google FWIW.

New comment by jeffjose in "Ask HN: Does Google “20% time” still exist?"

jeffjose — Mon, 13 May 2019 01:57:02 +0000

I'll second this comment.

20% are a great way to a) pursue your own passion b) try out a new product area c) try out a new type of job

Note that 20% is not a reason to do "nothing". Based on your goals, most people use 20% to build upto something. (a) can lead to a new product, (b) can lead you to gain knowledge of a new domain (c) can help set you up for a different role if you want to switch.

New comment by jeffjose in "Google Takes Its First Steps Toward Killing the URL"

jeffjose — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 02:05:11 +0000

Didnt read past the first section since that appears outdated already. AMP Project is run similar to nodejs by adopting an open-governance model. This was first announced here - https://amphtml.wordpress.com/2018/09/18/governance/ and the went live later that year.

https://amphtml.wordpress.com/2018/11/30/amp-projects-new-go...

In the link above you can see non-Google decision makers that drive strategy and vision of the project.

New comment by jeffjose in "Google Takes Its First Steps Toward Killing the URL"

jeffjose — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 01:49:39 +0000

The AMP team is working on the exact opposite, which is adopting Web Packaging [1] that fixes the URL issue you are describing.

https://amphtml.wordpress.com/2018/11/13/developer-preview-o...

[1] - https://github.com/WICG/webpackage

New comment by jeffjose in "Layoffs at Watson Health Reveal IBM’s Problem with AI"

jeffjose — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 03:31:55 +0000

As an engineer who has an MBA from HSW, I'm even more torn.

New comment by jeffjose in "Twitter, Reddit and Pinterest should be worried"

jeffjose — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:29:21 +0000

Provocative title. I guess that's what you were going for :)

I see no evidence why this isnt another also-ran social network.

New comment by jeffjose in "Xray – An experimental next-generation Electron-based text editor"

jeffjose — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 02:32:16 +0000

Have you tried vscode?

New comment by jeffjose in "All shared Google Photos are open to the public"

jeffjose — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 02:21:33 +0000

The article is riddled with typos. Coupled with the exaggerated claims that "All shared photos are public" leads me to believe this was written purely to get internet points.

New comment by jeffjose in "Apple Introduces Search Ads Basic"

jeffjose — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 03:30:49 +0000

Advertisers love segmenting and targeting their audience. With Apple's stance on privacy, how effective will these days be?

In other words - I thought it was widely understood that Apple made excellent products and was poor in services that required personalization.

New comment by jeffjose in "How to Measure Retention"

jeffjose — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:55:07 +0000

Took a course from Fader himself (author of the linked paper) and it changed how I look at things. https://marketing.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/faderp/

New comment by jeffjose in "John Lasseter taking a leave of absence amid reports of inappropriate behavior"

jeffjose — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:15:13 +0000

> Someone who can't tolerate the "stress" of being hugged is never going to be able to pull together Toy Story. As someone who worked in Hollywood, you cannot be farther from the truth.

Movies are not produced by aliens. They are done by people like you and I. Similar to people who work at Uber, or Google, or Goldman Sachs. Or at your employer. There isnt a "hollywood" type.

New comment by jeffjose in "John Lasseter taking a leave of absence amid reports of inappropriate behavior"

jeffjose — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 23:35:49 +0000

This is an easy trap to fall into. Try to think from the victim's perspective. Countless women had to suffer mental and emotional distress due to Lasseter. Who knows, without such stress, some of these women could have been even bigger than Lasseter himself.

The ends never justify the means.

New comment by jeffjose in "Using Vue.js and Rails"

jeffjose — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 17:24:09 +0000

vue.js supports SSR out of the box, AFAI-can tell. Isnt that what you're asking?

New comment by jeffjose in "Technology news aggregrator of aggregrators"

jeffjose — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 07:54:38 +0000

Neat idea, but that font isn't suitable for any serious webpage. While we're at it, the design could be much better. You/They have the right ideas with quick switches in the form of tabs, but the whole thing could be polished a lot more while retaining the original simplicity.

New comment by jeffjose in "GE’s Jeffrey Immelt Is on Uber's CEO Shortlist"

jeffjose — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 13:27:58 +0000

Unfortunately, that's the definition of ageist.

If you cant see what's wrong, try finishing this sentence in your head "I don't want to be sexist, but women .."

New comment by jeffjose in "Dave McClure resigns as general partner of 500 Startups"

jeffjose — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 19:47:24 +0000

The story was discussed heavily few days back and arguably has been one of the biggest news that broke in the tech industry in a while. That's the reason why the article seems to have assumed a whole bunch of stuff.

New comment by jeffjose in "A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Hardbound Update"

jeffjose — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:55:42 +0000

VC's are only interested in high growth startups. That means they'll have to pass up on a lot of good ideas such as OP's. The whole thing boils down to power law that guides investment. VCs are hoping that out of 10, at least 1 would be a super-duper hit (think facebook, google) that'll offset the losses of the other 9.

In short - go with "disrupting" world-changing ideas to the VCs. If your idea is good, but not great, you're better off finding money on your own and growing it organically.

New comment by jeffjose in "How Browsers Work: Behind the scenes of modern web browsers"

jeffjose — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 19:27:40 +0000

This is from 2011. I'm not an expert, but things might have changed since the publication of the article.

That said, I remember reading this when it came out and it was very enlightening.

New comment by jeffjose in "Uber Board to Discuss CEO Absence, Policy Changes: Source"

jeffjose — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 09:54:14 +0000

> What have you done lately which is anything close to what Travis built vs. just commenting on a tech forum at his incompetence? At the risk of going on a tangent - isn't this ad hominem? Imagine for a second, someone profoundly successful made the statement OP made. Does your outlook change then?

New comment by jeffjose in "Uber Board to Discuss CEO Absence, Policy Changes: Source"

jeffjose — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 09:16:43 +0000

Both actually. When the long-term prospects of the company are dragged down because of the CEO, its time for some changes.