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by idlewords 3550 days ago
I'm the guy who gave this talk. To add to the funny, LiveJournal hired me to rewrite their ad engine in 2007. I did a horrible job at it, but turned my ineptitude into a principled and lucrative ideological stance that I have milked ever since.

Don't be afraid to pivot.

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I enjoyed reading it a lot, thank you. I think about these issues a lot and you gave me new things to think about / crystallized some nice perspectives.
Was this recorded? Link?
There's a YouTube link at the top of the page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gcu2GQf7PI&feature=youtu.be...