Thoughts on Bitcoin (part 2)
Here is a summary of things that have happened since I wrote the previous Bitcoin blog post.
Internet activists, the advent of snap judgement and Internet’s permanence
In 2013, we saw how internet activists’ snap judgments about the interpretation (or misinterpretation?) of jokes at pycon destroyed the professional career of two individuals (Source: A Dongle Joke That Spiraled Way Out Of Control). The internet activism first sympathized […]
Thoughts on fixing tech recruiting
Enough articles have been written about engineering crunch in the valley while some solutions like increasing equity grants to engineers have been suggested, the bigger issue of the broken recruiting pipeline has not gained the attention it deserves. Its a job of recruiters to source […]
Mac OS X Primer (Part 2): Migrating from GNU/Linux to Mac for software engineers
Booting process The bootloader loads the kernel stored in /mach_kernel. Tip: Use rEFIt as a bootloader for dual booting into GNU/Linux. Kernel launches the launchd process which is equivalent of init in GNU/Linux. launchd loads startup processes from several directories (/System/Library/LaunchAgents, /System/Library/LaunchDeamons, […]
How to compile android emulator on ubuntu 13.10
I was trying to make some modifications to android emulator and was unable to find good set of instructions for the compiling the same. Here are mine. # Get the source code. git clone https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/qemu cd qemu # Install required […]
Three reasons why Intel might lose server market even faster than consumer
One of the biggest challenges to Intel’s x86 hegemony in the consumer market has been the emergence of smartphones where ARM-based processors have 90% market share. The PC market where Intel has a stronghold is declining at (estimated) 10% annual rate. […]
Random Thoughts: Android launchers (home screens)
I have used Cover and Aviate but could not stay with either and am back to Nova (which offer static screen of apps).
Thoughts on Bitcoin
A short summary of bitcoin Electronic money is all about ledger (transactions) which tells who sent money to whom, in standard financial system, central/federal/reserve bank (different nations have different names for these) and by extension, financial institutions are “trusted” to […]
Thoughts on Snapchat’s snafu
Background A security company reverse engineered Snapchat’s android client and found all the api endpoints (source). Bigger issue: The published proof of concept of using “find friends” feature to find whether a phone number is registered on Snapchat or not, […]
Book Summary: Winners Take All (The 9 fundamental rules of high tech strategy)
The book Winners take all is a collection of interesting insights into how companies in the high tech sector succeed and fail. The book was written in 2006 (pre-iPhone era) so it’s interesting to see how some companies mentioned by the author […]