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by GedByrne 10y ago
I think the significantly better performer is something we see in all areas like sport, music and craft. I think Anders Ericsson does a good job of explaining the phenomenon in his book Peak: http://uk.businessinsider.com/an
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by GedByrne 10y ago
For the programming use case there is also Leo. http://leoeditor.com/ Leo is of particular interest because it automatically syncs between the tree and code files: http://leoeditor.com/tutorial-programming.h
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by GedByrne 10y ago
Am I alone here in actually wanting a place of work with a desk and co-workers. I worked from home for a year and found it very stressful. There was a lack of human interaction and no clear line between home and work. My current employer g
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by GedByrne 10y ago
Has anybody told the story of what happened at Nokia? I'd love to find out more. I've spoken to a couple of former employees, and I was told that what really stopped Nokia from responding to Apple effectively was that they had st
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by GedByrne 10y ago
Like the professional medical community? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shipman_Inquiry
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by GedByrne 10y ago
"The crucial thing is that members of such aristocracy must be quickly and easily replaced when fail or lost support." How is failure defined or support measured? What mechanism exists for quickly and easily replacing the EU beuro
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by GedByrne 11y ago
It also says the answer is NO if you have "services administered by meat-based lifeforms"
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by GedByrne 11y ago
Basic is still alive and well, providing a simple programming environment for beginners. It has returned to being a hobbyist scene, just like in the 80s. Basic compilers are written by hobbyists for hobbyists. For native applications my fa
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by GedByrne 11y ago
Not supporting custom fields was a deliberate decision: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/news/20020912.html "But the dilemma for us is that many customers are evaluating bug tracking software and they consider the la