Blackstrat

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by Blackstrat 3y ago
Agreed. Nate Silver did a great job when he stuck to data/statistics. However, in the last few election cycles, 538 seemed to allow its analysis to be colored by their editorial position.
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
Minimize meetings, status reports, etc., recognize performance, reward commitment, e.g. extra time off, bonuses, etc., don’t punish success, e.g. don’t assign more work to fast finishers, engage the team in project selection and planning, r
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
I worked for an IBM subsidiary in the early 90s while they were building and releasing HPTS. Our sub did ancillary products for HPTS and 3890 sorters, all in “c”, assembler, and running on OS/2. The OS/2 API was, IMO, more logic
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
Sorry to see they settled. I wanted FoxNews and Dominion’s dirty laundry aired in court. There’s a lot there.
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
In my view, computer magazines have been in decline since the demise of Byte and Doctor Dobbs. Most current magazines are hardly more than advertising slicks. Publications by ACM, IEEE, etc. are still generally good.
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
That Obamacare accelerated the trends may be true. However, I can’t think of too many government reforms that actually improved healthcare generally. For instance, W’s prescription drug program increased drug costs for a lot of seniors.
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
Spare me AP fact checkers. Folks here need to be far more skeptical of “authorities”. It doesn’t matter if she recanted. It is a factual statement that her law firm released the letter. Nor are any of the others inaccurate. As I sa
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
I find it humorous how a simple list of factual statements can be down voted by some people here.
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
I managed developers for a long time, prior to retiring. Generally, except when I worked for a company filled with PMPs, I asked developers when they would complete an assignment if things went well and if they didn't when. I didn&#x
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
1. The FEC/DOJ elected not to pursue the case in 2018. 2. Cohen's attorneys produced a letter saying Cohen was not reimbursed for the $130K 3. Stormy Daniels attorneys produced a letter denying that an affair ever occurred. 4
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
You guys are as predictable as sunrise. This ploy failed against Edwards. Clinton paid Paula Jones $850k. Are you really that willing to burn the house down to eradicate one fly?
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
The fall of the Republic continues. Purely political without foundation as the DOJ, previous prosecutors, and innumerable legal experts have declared. Hating Trump is one thing. Warping the system to persecute political enemies is someth
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
Guard those delicate feelings snowflake. Someone calling Thomas Sowell brilliant is clearly a trigger event. Or is it a micro aggression? It’s so hard to keep up with these things.
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
Thomas Sowell is unequivocally a brilliant man. I’ve read several of his books, including “The Quest for Cosmic Justice”. His writings will definitely change/influence one’s world view. I can’t recommend him enough.
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
Nuclear has the smallest land area per megawatt of any energy source. Those numbers are easily available to anyone that looks. IEEE has published information on the grid’s inability to meet the demand of EVs. Your proposal exacerbates
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
And the land area required to produce even the current power levels, which is unequivocally insufficient to eliminate gasoline powered cars and stoves?
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
And your evidence of that?
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
Oliver Stone? As the old saying goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day. That nuclear energy is a practical way forward may be true. That solar and wind will never meet the world’s energy requirements is also true. But when a w
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
Optimally, I think. the best series tend to be 5 seasons or less, more frequently probably 3 or less. British TV usually seems less agenda oriented and more character driven than the typical American series.
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
A surprisingly good program, although it probably went a bit long.
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
I’m still fundamentally an optimist. The worldwide cabal of elites is going to be rudely awakened at some point. Just have to be patient.
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
Wouldn’t it be more effective to identify achievements by non-whites as opposed to eradicating achievements by whites. The former elevates everyone while the latter diminishes everyone. At some point, the world has to recognize that non-w
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
In 1980, the average life expectancy of a man in Russia was 62.5 years. Women about 10 years longer. In other words, less than the average life expectancy of each gender in the US. According to the journal "Alcohol and Alcoholism&qu
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
No. Without capacity and grid improvements, it will fail. At this point, it’s at best a pipe dream. https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-ev-transition-explained-265846...
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
There is absolutely no reason to ever revise any books this way. If your delicate sensibilities are offended by the language, don't read the books. Wokeness is a long walk down a short plank. It leads to tyranny. Read Fahrenheit 45
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
Inflation is not caused by profits or wages. Read Friedman. No one has yet made a convincing argument that he was wrong. Inflation is a monetary phenomena, not a function of normal supply & demand. In other words, it's precipit
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
This is what poorly run companies do. In the process of evaluating people to support an agenda, whether layoffs, top ranking, salary/bonus allocations, etc., it destroys any credibility that performance reviews may have had. Granted,
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
From decades ago, IBM’s API documentation for OS/2.
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
No jobs are meaningless, whether you’re writing software, pumping gas, or flipping hamburgers. Yes, we’d all like to have gone to the moon, cure cancer, or whatever. It’s not how the world works. The question is, does the money or the wo
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by Blackstrat 4y ago
I’ve seen numerous threads on HK about the FAANG and other tech layoffs. My question is why the assumption that such companies are or should be immune to layoffs? Most of us in corporate America have experienced it for decades.

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