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I made this site to see if people are interested in finding people to talk to. Right now, it seems like most engineers are preparing for interviews in their own little silo. It would be nice to match people with others in a similar situation, and open up a communication channel. Curious to know what folks on HN think about this.
Re:The art and science of naming prescription drugs (2016) on Thursday June 25, 2020 @06:01AM (#23638830)
Some other interesting names:

Uroxatral Hyzaar Astepro Exforge Evoxac Voltaren Maxzide

Source: https://www.rxassist.org/pap-info/generic-drug-list-print

It's funny how Microsoft is becoming more developer friendly than Apple nowadays.
Re:On Cultures That Build on Friday June 19, 2020 @09:49AM (#23574492)
I believe it might just be that we are used to safe incremental building now.

For example, building a feature on top of a successful product will get 5% gain with 80% certainty.

Building something completely new will give 10x gain with 2% certainty.

Management is more likely to favor the 5% gain because it gives safe returns and they can explain it well to whoever they are reporting to.

Also, I believe the same applies to startups. A founder has to explain crazy bets to investors, employees and everyone in the company. That's notnas easy as it sounds.