DuncanIdaho

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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
> Are you sure it's a good idea to systematically reward a lack of ambition? > You proposed design will become a self-fulfilling prophesy. Putting people on a permanent wage because they will "probably never work again" will signal
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
Abuse is not about physical damage and/or risk to life. If it were, it doesn't take a bodybuilder to kill or hurt someone with an axe or a knife. But that's completely besides the point. The point is that in marital abuse - getting hurt (ph
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
When you face real and significant discrimination you don't go and try to make a "stand" in a room full of perpetrators.
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
Honestly, I don't mind. I like people saying whatever they want to say. If they say stupid shit - then that reflects on them and only on them. Ok, so the guy doing the presentation and uttering a cleanly well thought out joke is whatever he
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
>One in five (18 percent) of men have been victims of domestic violence by a wife or female partner as opposed to 13 percent of women by a man. >One in nine women admit to having used physical aggression against a husband or male pa
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
How do you propose a world will look, where we have gone so far, that offending other people is made taboo? I honestly propose that some people should realize, that life is not all unicorns and cute puppies. Or as it goes: If you think that
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
Making fun of/uttering/referencing prejudices targeting women == Sexist. Using prejudices targeting men == Witty and Feminist. I am a man. I am not a rapist looking for victim. I am not a bumbling buffoon who can't change a light bulb witho
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
I really don't know why or how. But to me it seems like an inverted 1984 scenario, where instead of "kids" turning in "parents", in current western society parents are trying to beat down on the kids as much as possible.
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
I don't know what VIPR squad is doing, but it seem pretty much as European customs officers under Schengen region. Since there are no border customs checks any more in Schengen area, the customs officers have authority to stop any vehicle a
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
Oh, I didn't mean to imply that its not good keyboard. I love Thinkpad keyboards I even profess my love publicly ( http://www.janezstupar.com/the-best-keyboard-for-programmers ). There are two major beefs with Thinkpad keyboards. First the
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
Regarding your complaint of rocking keyboards. I went and checked my ol' T60 and by god, do T60's keys rock like a drunk sailor. But it's universally regarded as one of the best laptop keyboards available.
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
I would be hard pressed to not believe it. From my own experience. I don't know Yuri - you do. He may as well be the only honest Russian oligarch (or a front for the only honest Russian oligarch). But what GP posted is the state of affairs
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
You (e.g. the government and its cronies) start screaming - we need more control for your security! They are coming for your beer! These hackers are trying to take away your refrigerator! And Joe Sixpack will gladly turn over any liberties
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
Not sure if serious... SOAP, WSDL and everything else XML and XML Schema related is overkill for simple interfaces. For complex interfaces it is just - well too complex. If the time spent creating XML based web services that kinda but not r
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
I didn't mean 100% commitment on programming or whatever. I meant 100% commitment to a project. So if I'm working for the man - I'm 100% committed to working for the man. If I'm doing a startup then I'm doing that 100%. Hustling vs hacking
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
Some of us are unable to do anything "on the side". When I do something I commit 100% - so if I feel like working after hours - I would just do my regular work.
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
How about training a replacement? On the other hand - if you are lucky enough to run into people who are better at executing than you are - then funding them seems like the smartest thing to do, should they want to work with you that is.
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
Indeed - in relation to my other comment. Since I do have (too many) ideas, but didn't like any of them enough to commit myself to it - the plan was to build a dream team (I have a knack for leading people - The Right Way(tm)) - and just pr
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by DuncanIdaho 15y ago
That was my strategy exactly after quitting my former job (I was working as developer in a consulting company). My plan was to start consulting on my own, get the deal flow running, bootstrap the consulting company and offload my work to th
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by DuncanIdaho 16y ago
That's why some of use prefer a bottle of good wine.
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by DuncanIdaho 16y ago
The fact that producing stuff is difficult is enough to create an opportunity. If you produce better stuff (price,quality,marketing) you get to sell more and earn more. This gives you an opportunity to invest more in to the system. So you g
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by DuncanIdaho 16y ago
I find it quite surprising how little users pinboard actually got overall. But on the other hand - most of them are premium customers. Maciej I'm curious is this endeavour profitable for you? I understand the point of an itch that needs to
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by DuncanIdaho 16y ago
My mother has borreliosis. She got ill 10 years before it was known to be a disease. She is also a workaholic and for 10 years she was told that she ain't nothing wrong with her and that she's lazy by her very own doctor. And her response w
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by DuncanIdaho 16y ago
Its easy for an able bodied person to call person in a wheelchair lazy.
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by DuncanIdaho 16y ago
Ahhh so only people who are single minded have the luxury to have their condition called burn out? Have you been burned out? I have and I'm still recovering. And my condition ain't that bad either. But discord between what I have come to ex
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by DuncanIdaho 16y ago
Why are you and iqster twisting words? How is becoming incapable of doing what you trained your whole life for, due to too much of it not burnout? He even lists symptoms he experienced. Jacques was lucky that he had funds to start something
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by DuncanIdaho 16y ago
J. Edgar Hoover was gay. He was so gay in fact that he had to organize a massive scale anti gay witch hunt. Don't underestimate lengths people will go, to cover their inner feelings. I really wonder what Zuckenberg's daddy and mommy issues
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by DuncanIdaho 16y ago
Is this so? I was under impression that you can easily start a business in US without residence, you just cannot work for it in US. So could one start a company in US and do international work (teh interwebz) with possible US hires to take
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by DuncanIdaho 16y ago
Then its not an university any more is it? You could always go and start an independent R&D company. Fucking around with uni's to employ people that nobody wants to employ is just fucked up. Correct me if I'm wrong - but with PhD's its
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by DuncanIdaho 16y ago
If I got a dime for every time NASA scientist has found alien life...

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