ErrantX

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by ErrantX 15y ago
It's hardly the most complex of designs; looking at this and comparing it to yours, he inherits the basic layout (which isn't really revolutionary) but doesn't have the complexity and flashiness - which seems to me the critical portion of t
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by ErrantX 15y ago
I've been thinking about this, and to be honest that could equally be seen as sexist, and also backfire. Things like But you may be in a better strategic position than Amy to negotiate the necessary change could certainly be considered
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by ErrantX 15y ago
Creeps are a part of every industry; they are more aptly described as "Bullies" - and can be both male and female (though I admit the male, sexist, bully is very prevalent in our industry). These people tend not to just be sexist; they bull
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by ErrantX 15y ago
We discussed it in depth after, because we are close friends (which helped). It wasn't so much exposing her as being offended; she was put out by the treatment, but had gotten used to it over time. To the extent it didn't bother her any mor
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by ErrantX 15y ago
You have to be careful how you do it as well. Because I offered to do a task like that (it wasn't note taking, I think it was making tea) saying something like [names changed] "Chris, I'm not sure why Amy is always asked to make the tea! I'
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by ErrantX 15y ago
As a 17 year old lad, in an office full of women, average age ~30? That's a very difficult sort of scenario to cope with. You're fresh from school where you adapt, rather than complain, to the environment. You have no experience of work, of
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by ErrantX 15y ago
> Making a specific comment about a colleague's sex appeal is inappropriate. I don't see how you can't see that someone might be offended by it. Absolutely. One of the first jobs I worked was doing admin & tech support in a small of
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by ErrantX 15y ago
This one is my favourite question/answer so far: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/r62jp/iama_nasa_astron...
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by ErrantX 15y ago
Hmmmm. I think there is an important set of ideas here, I don't necessarily think pg expresses them well (which might be ironic, given the topic...). I love to speak. I regularly give talks to my old school, and another school I went to bri
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by ErrantX 15y ago
Absolutely; I hope the judge rules the seizure invalid for exactly that reason.
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by ErrantX 15y ago
Given that it is the prosecution who raised the problem, I am not 100% sure I'd agree with you. This looks an awful lot like another examples of "incompetence, not malice".
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by ErrantX 15y ago
So he's taking on two huge challenges at once. I mean, I hope it works out, but I seriously doubt it.
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by ErrantX 15y ago
Umm; so if I read that PS right (and they haven't changed it since your note) they are saying that they caught the wife of one of the owners of WP ordering TryOn's... to get samples of the product. How is that personal information? :) Peopl
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by ErrantX 15y ago
Agreed; this is not a gender thing at all. I suffer quite continual pain in my back, and have a bad habit of working through an illness to the point of exhaustion. I know plenty of friends who do the same, rarely complaining. A girl and her
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by ErrantX 15y ago
It mentions he was involved with a game - but no one has actually said the role was as a programmer. Given his military background it might have been as, say, a consultant etc. (not to break balls or anything - just pointing it out :)).
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by ErrantX 15y ago
That's cool - a reference would be good as well. I've always used RegExr[1] which combines such documentation really neatly. 1. http://gskinner.com/RegExr/
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by ErrantX 15y ago
In short, imagine if a runaway mega-corporation or government gains control of these earbuds. Not only could the intelligence-destroying blasts from Harrison Bergeron come to pass, but with Delayed Auditory Feedback it would be possible to
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by ErrantX 15y ago
A friend of mine has a restaurant and constantly gripes about the poor usability computer reservation system. However he also pointed out one thing this blog misses (r.e. the reasons restaurants use them) and that is that it lets them autom
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by ErrantX 15y ago
According to sods law, some helpful post office worker will very soon knock on your door holding a thousand or so of them :)
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by ErrantX 15y ago
Sounds like the classic "but what I would have done..." defence (unless they have backed it up with clear evidence, of course, I didn't check).
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by ErrantX 15y ago
This is excellent advice. The cop that arrests you and pulls you in for questioning is confident and in a position of control. The cop that stops you on the street or in your car is dealing with an unknown potentially dangerous situation. B
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by ErrantX 15y ago
The Microsoft one really isn't all that far off the W8 logo...
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by ErrantX 15y ago
Ah, sorry, I misread your comment :) (Agreed over GA, wasn't intended to belittle it!)
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by ErrantX 15y ago
The reason for doing it that way is that the bar to "facts" entering the mainstream is significantly higher (i.e. peer review, editorial review, etc.) as opposed to "what some WP editor let through". This is important because people do cite
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by ErrantX 15y ago
You're thinking of "Featured Article" - those get onto the front page. It is a bit of an odd process but, basically, "Good Article" consists of a semi-formal review of the article by an uninvolved editor to assess it for neutrality, complet
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by ErrantX 15y ago
http://stats.wikimedia.org Specifically: http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm The decline of existing editors has stabilised a bit - the trend downward is now fairly slow (and there are a few upswings). New editor pick up
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by ErrantX 15y ago
It is; there are various outreach efforts to bring Wikipedia editing to the classroom (and other similar arenas). The GLAM and Wikipedian in Residence schemes work with various cultural institutions and ones such as Campus Ambassador are ac
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by ErrantX 15y ago
He made three different changes to different pieces of content. I see how he doesn't get that across well in the article, though.
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by ErrantX 15y ago
The crux of most POV disputes revolve around arguing what the NPOV actually is! So unfortunately I'm not sure that would really solve the issue. I suspect that attempting to do as you suggest would mostly lead to the spawning of more argume
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by ErrantX 15y ago
In fairness, he didn't attempt to edit war (only making the changes once) - he just gave up the discussion very quickly and didn't argue the point.

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