Weihan Wang

Senior Staff Engineer at Google. YC founder. Former startup exec. Distributed systems.

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Text that draw us closer to truths illuminate; works through which we perceive the world more keenly last. Nature offers more than a living environment. She also governs the workings of every particle of matter and every flash of thought. Nature embraces those who return.

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The immortal sources of consolation, other than nature, are text from the wise and works from the dead.

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This is more of an interpretation than an expansion of my former definition of Law of Detachment, which says: “love no man but nature, for nature is the only immutable source of comfort and care.”

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Dashlane's rebranding is great https://t.co/uSDjVvZ2Oo

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Thinking of global-scale, transactional data engines? Come to this Cloud Spanner meetup hosted by Google: https://t.co/igSzLSlz8W

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Cloud Storage requests create data art and usage insights @google https://t.co/20KwP8G7zX

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@martinkl Congrats!!

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“The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding.” — Will & Ariel Durant

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Everyone can create complexity. Not all can reduce it. Only few can turn it into elegance.

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Evolutionary algorithms? Fascinating. Their results should also be easier for humans to interpret than deep-learning. https://t.co/CHGKiPMoqD

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Cross-org data sharing API is a great step forward. Next would be unified write API, bi-directional syncing, and ... blockchain? Oops https://t.co/GbcdM9VMvk

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How I approach life systemically: The Life Support Framework https://t.co/u4fSEBri0F

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5 Lessons in Attracting and Hiring Candidates (learned from my own job search experience):
https://t.co/VtFH25yWh5

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The state of cyber is still bone-chilling. https://t.co/R5oSPtrGuk

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I'd recommend @IngramSpark to my fellow self-publishers for its support of International characters, a large selection of book types and trims, and great customer services so far.

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Jepsen now offers an explorable version of @pbailis et al's map of consistency models, with detailed explanations and links to relevant papers: https://t.co/GLAz8VaAA6

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Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for IaaS: Not many left on the map

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Distributed Systems: Theory vs. Reality

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Develop quantum resistant ledgers before it’s too late

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Read less news but be more informed https://t.co/nhgyQv9nvY