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New comment by zacharyz in "Tech job relocation market is recovering. The competition is growing faster"

zacharyz — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:45:06 +0000

I don't disagree. My observation of at least one major large company is that rather than rely on h1bs they are instead building out offices in other countries and dramatically increasing hiring there. I doubt they are the only company doing that, but I don't see anyone talking about it.

New comment by zacharyz in "Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline"

zacharyz — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:00:47 +0000

The justices seem to have argued that eliminating a platform for speech does not inhibit your ability to voice that speech on another platform, so is not a violation of the first amendment. I think this is an important outcome and really goes against what many so called "free speech absolutists" would argue.

New comment by zacharyz in "Reading on smartphone affects sigh generation, brain activity, and comprehension"

zacharyz — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:39:40 +0000

I have been doing a lot of kindle reading lately and have noticed that I sleep easier when I transition to the actual e-ink device versus reading on my phone. I suspect it is due to the backlight (blue light, which has been shown to effect sleep and intensity).

New comment by zacharyz in "Comma.ai, self-driving cars and indefinite optimism"

zacharyz — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:39:34 +0000

Still one of my favorite raps of all time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iUvuaChDEg&ab_channel=geoho...

New comment by zacharyz in "DoorDash from Application to IPO"

zacharyz — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 18:54:04 +0000

They did something similar to where I live. When I found out just how much of the cost goes to them rather than the business I stopped using them. It is better to support local businesses by just ordering pick up and and tipping them directly.

New comment by zacharyz in "DeepMind – StarCraft II Demonstration"

zacharyz — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:39:44 +0000

What makes it flawed? It is a legit strategy that occasionally works at the pro level.

New comment by zacharyz in "Deeplearning.ai: Announcing New Deep Learning Courses on Coursera"

zacharyz — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 17:08:51 +0000

That unfortunately doesn't apply to all their NDs. Some of their newer ones (like the self driving car ND) doesn't offer any sort of tuition back.

New comment by zacharyz in "Acme Klein Bottle"

zacharyz — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 03:57:10 +0000

Or read some of his books like The Cuckoo's Egg. He was honestly one of the reasons why I got into computers as a kid.

New comment by zacharyz in "4-Day Fast"

zacharyz — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 03:53:09 +0000

Yep - in the intermittent fasting community, BCAAs (which the author was probably taking) are known to kick you out of the fasting state.

New comment by zacharyz in "Pebble CEO explains why he sold to Fitbit"

zacharyz — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 23:06:54 +0000

You can get by with wearing an apple watch while you sleep. It charges mostly to full in about the time it takes for a morning shower.

New comment by zacharyz in "Unity raises $181M round at a reported $1.5B valuation"

zacharyz — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:02:11 +0000

For what its worth, Unity is a pretty global company. They have marketing based in SF but also have an office out of Bellevue. The majority of development though is still based out of Copenhagen and other European companies.

New comment by zacharyz in "CurrentC Ends Beta Tests, Will Deactivate Accounts"

zacharyz — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 18:38:59 +0000

I have no problem using it every where NFC POS terminals are here in Portland. If more places that use square had NFC reader I would be using apple pay well over 80% of the time.

New comment by zacharyz in "How Old Do I Look?"

zacharyz — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:30:29 +0000

Just going by the test images it seems to rate everything about 5 years younger than what I would guess (people and their kids, kids being the same age and obviously not twins).

With that said, it guessed my age nearly spot on. When I get carded most people think I am far younger.

New comment by zacharyz in "Graph of Foursquare's Popularity After Removing Check-Ins"

zacharyz — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 18:11:05 +0000

I think you are confusing the initial statement. Foursquare perceived users as "frustrated" before Swarm because of the conflation of reviews and check-ins with in a single app. The pivot was to create a new app and separate the concerns.

New comment by zacharyz in "What D3.js is Not"

zacharyz — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:26:29 +0000

D3.js may not itself be a charting library but there are numerous adaptions that make it easy to work with - especially with angular: http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/ http://nvd3.org/

New comment by zacharyz in "The Truth About Google X: A Look Behind The Secretive Lab's Closed Doors"

zacharyz — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:19:12 +0000

It is a bit annoying. Arthur C Clark suggested using nano tubes in a space elevator over 20 years ago - so what exactly did google x bring to the discussion?

New comment by zacharyz in "Facebook acquires Oculus VR"

zacharyz — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 22:58:31 +0000

This was more a recent development and not covered in MoD and is the reason he left id. He wanted id to focus on VR but he couldn't get bethesada to buy in to the idea.

New comment by zacharyz in "Apple CarPlay"

zacharyz — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:49:13 +0000

You don't even need to look that far back. Cars being released as new today have horrible speech recognition compared to what you can get with siri/google now.

New comment by zacharyz in "Introducing Paper"

zacharyz — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:38:24 +0000

It looks beautiful - which is what I have come to expect from the designers over there at facebook. I love how Mike and Sharon's trips are used in their marketing materials, it is a nice personal touch.

The facebook timeline is starting to feel extremely stale - if facebook can make it so its users can tell better stories then I am all for it.

New comment by zacharyz in "Amazon Drones - 60 Minutes [video]"

zacharyz — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 02:07:46 +0000

I never saw that '99 special on Bezos. I was surprised to see how cheerful he was at the time. He always seems so stern and serious these days - a man to be feared and respected rather than mocked for being playful.