GlennCSmith

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by GlennCSmith 9y ago
I don't see where the author's reasoning is weak. A female tech lead / founder tried the standard way to get better representation of women at Google: try to hire more women, and found out there weren't enough highly qu
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by GlennCSmith 10y ago
The are great advantages to individuals and society to paying less than the value of goods and services. If my daughter is ill, and a simple shot of antibiotics will cure her, should I pay $20 for that, or should I pay what saving her life
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What They Didn’t Teach You in School about Harriet Tubman(nationalreview.com)
3 points by GlennCSmith 10y ago|1 comments
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Important Django Security Update Released(djangoproject.com)
1 points by GlennCSmith 11y ago|0 comments
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by GlennCSmith 11y ago
This is an unusually dangerous security bug. Definitely agree with the Django team that all users of Django 1.8 should upgrade as soon as possible.
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Django 1.8.2 security release patches unusually dangerous bug – update ASAP(djangoproject.com)
17 points by GlennCSmith 11y ago|5 comments
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Mark Zuckerberg gives $25M to fight Ebola(usatoday.com)
2 points by GlennCSmith 12y ago|0 comments
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by GlennCSmith 12y ago
Reading the article raised tangential questions for me: How comfortable is it for someone who's not a programmer by temperament or interest to get a computer science degree in college? Or, alternately, what percentage of computer scie
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I studied engineering, not English. I still can't find a job(washingtonpost.com)
25 points by GlennCSmith 12y ago|72 comments
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The Largest Black Hole in the Known Universe(medium.com)
225 points by GlennCSmith 12y ago|60 comments
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Will robots steal our jobs? The humble loom suggests not(washingtonpost.com)
27 points by GlennCSmith 13y ago|45 comments
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by GlennCSmith 13y ago
Amazon.com's business has always been marvelous to use as a consumer, but more puzzling as an investor. Their deferring of making money from operations has been the opposite of Apple's approach. I wonder: will Amazon some day tur
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Amazon.com continues to grow rapidly -- and not make money(news.cnet.com)
1 points by GlennCSmith 13y ago|1 comments
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by GlennCSmith 13y ago
I'm curious whether if the fire is again battery related whether Elon Musk will reiterate his offer to help with the battery technology. Tony Stark (who in the movie version is partly based on Elon) surely would...
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Boeing Dreamliner fire at Heathrow, another 787 diverted(chicagotribune.com)
1 points by GlennCSmith 13y ago|0 comments
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by GlennCSmith 13y ago
I worked alone from a home office for 20 years in my consulting practice until, in the last year, as my company has grown, I've moved to commercial office space for the first time. I found working at home a delight, and enjoyed many years o
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Physicists Create A Water Vortex That Ties Itself In Knots [video](popsci.com)
2 points by GlennCSmith 14y ago|0 comments
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A Step Toward a Quantum Computer(news.nationalpost.com)
1 points by GlennCSmith 14y ago|0 comments
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NASA: Meteor Exploded With Force of 20 Hiroshima Bombs(usatoday.com)
1 points by GlennCSmith 14y ago|0 comments