Dan Milstein (@danmil) profile picture

Geek/Director/Writer/Runner/New Dad. Co-founder at @Hut8Labs

Boston, MA
Joined April 2007
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The best developers have an iron clad grip on the economics of their business.
MayDay.us/ is getting close. If all who already pledged just did another $25 each, @MayOneUS would successfully hit $5M. Do it.
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In the moments after it's thrown, David Ortiz sees the ball as it truly is, understands its fundamental sadness, before crushing it.
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Most medieval castles were made of wood. We think most were made of stone because of survivor bias.
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Had a lovely lunch sitting outside! J/K my fingers were numb to the bone, this world is a hideous joke.
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The engineers at Twitter. Awesome job.
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"Make sure they register an account before they can order something from us"-in Hell, many people will see film of themselves thinking this
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Hey, @SendGrid, are you trying to signal that you'll capitulate to DDOS, think misogyny is A-OK, or just generally bad at running a company?
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the more imp. it is to have fast response, the more slack needed in the system. yet, some ppl act as if slack is a moral failing. #mgmt
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Is there any mechanism in the US Atty's career path that would have rewarded a prosecutor for restraint in Aaron's case? #seriousquestion
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The trick to reading math is to read it very very slowly.
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No don't bother to understand it, just add yet another layer of caching, what could possibly go wrong.
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while debugging some code, @bde - "Shit like this is why I don't worry about a take over by robots."
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Facebook down 40%. "It was as if suddenly, a million millionaires cried out at once in terror and were suddenly silenced."
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Still, I am very keen on the image of Joss Whedon standing on his roof this morning, shouting "WHO'S CANCELING FIREFLY NOW, ASSHOLES?"
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Dear PaxEast Attendee: Welcome! As a proud Bostonian I am thrilled you are here. That said, please get your little elf ass out of my way.
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"Mistakes? Made a lot of mistakes. Don't let your engineers tell you need a new database." - @8en – at Austin, TX
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Hey HBO, not trying to do your job or anything, but ... Tim Wakefield and Jamie Moyer solving crime in the Old West. Title: "Pitch & Toss"
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When you say "human error", I hear "I'm too lazy to look into the details."
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(See though, it's funny because they wouldn't be able to signal penalties with their tiny arms.)
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