95_JL_OK

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by 95_JL_OK 6y ago
Typewriters are wonderful. When I was in High School, was into buying any typewriter that an antique shop owner would say was 'completely broken and worthless' and getting it back to a functional state. A typewriter is both a very
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by 95_JL_OK 6y ago
In the context of a lot of Reddit alternatives, the argument of 'not literally illegal' isn't always what is being made. Sometimes it's more along the lines of 'stop interfering with our law breaking' or '
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by 95_JL_OK 6y ago
Some can, Selenium or other browser automation is sometimes used in bots. Really, any headless browser can be paired up with some automated QA toolkit and turned into a rather effective bot. All that has to happen is for the bot to load the
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by 95_JL_OK 6y ago
Quite possibly. I do know it's common to the point of being a trope that some graduate students are just in graduate school to defer having to enter the work-force. Some see it as a way to put off having to make major decisions or proc
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by 95_JL_OK 6y ago
Another thing with a PhD is that it is no guarantee that you'll even be hireable. I know of a number of PhD candidates who have trouble interacting in a professional setting outside of the of 'I deserve deference because I have a
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by 95_JL_OK 6y ago
A very good point, and one which makes the mentioned attitude even more silly.
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by 95_JL_OK 6y ago
Performance under pressure can be better at times, but there's diminishing returns. Applying pressure is good, but if the pressure is too great, then you start to get the reverse effect. When the pressure leads to anxiety rather than f
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by 95_JL_OK 6y ago
Interesting take that self-directed development is a 'heresy' of academia, even more so, it's considered hokey and invalid. I've noticed that's somewhat the case, there's an attitude that Formal Education is th
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by 95_JL_OK 6y ago
Absolutely... in the situation where the systems are actually legacy systems and not new installations or adoptions of obsolete technology. What I was trying to get at, and realize I expressed poorly, was that they are sometimes looking at
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by 95_JL_OK 6y ago
I'd tack onto the first point: obsolete technology everywhere. Worked in the public sector for a short while and the amount of outdated tech being used is astounding. Some of the solutions being discussed as "new" have been o
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by 95_JL_OK 6y ago
>> A good critical comment teaches us something. I thought the take-away would be something along the lines of "it is difficult to focus on the content with distracting material jammed in". Like I said, not dismissing this,
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by 95_JL_OK 6y ago
This has nothing to do with being anti-furry. If this were full of MCU characters, it would be just as difficult to take seriously.