JamesBlair

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by JamesBlair 15y ago
If one word substitutes for many, the net result of banning that word would be to raise the vocabulary. Not saying anything about the validity of the argument, just that objection to it.
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
Severance packages are often quite generous too. :-) But the important point is that it's not about blaming people for things they can't be expected to control. Firing incompetent executives is, as the article pointed out, hopefully rare. B
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
Because the executive's performance depends on the team he's working with. If there's mismatch between the executive's leadership and the team, that will result in difficulties regardless of his skill .
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
Why is the rationale for preserving the reputation of the fired executive first making yourself look good and only incidentally that it's the fair and decent thing to do. The fair and decent thing to do should be reason #1.
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
This doesn't address the flaws of the karma system. Karma goes astray as both an incentive and a measurement primarily because karma inflation distorts incentives; more users and more voting dilutes the impact of down voting, leading people
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
The problem with merely shortening the lifespan of patents is hinted at by the logic in the argument for doing it. When we grant a monopoly to a party in return for a patent, what we are in essence saying is "If you hadn't filed here then
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
Especially when you connect it back to the discussion of gender on the first page: Most people assume that men use I-words and cognitive words more than women and that women use we-words, emotions, and social words more than men. Bad news.
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
Seems to be neither: Indeed, the written description of the patents in question expressly refuted the claim construction of the patentee-plaintiff. As a result, the district court properly found that EonNet pursued objectively baseless inf
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
Not for me: http://i.imgur.com/Cw8Rx.jpg
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
Alternatively, language choice is a big deal for him, as it has increased his productivity so he can focus on not-coding activities.
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
Some Anonymous also happen to be racists, neo-nazis and fascists. Some happen to be conspiracy nuts. Some happen to be well educated liberals. Some happen to be Hacker News readers. The PDF with the MD5 9e72e26916c20481a1f6e4781fd4d505 pred
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
Yes. Their great idea is to give credence to his claims. And an audience. Don't forget that an Anonymous was one of the forces behind the Streisand effect of Tom Cruise's Scientology video. They know exactly what they're doing.
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
What's the alternative to being in prison and what are their prospects? I suspect that employers of the sorts of jobs that the incarcerated could find are probably not that eager to hire people with a history of drug use[-1] regardless of i
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
Confusing criticism for sour grapes shuts down discussion of externalities like this. Ignoble words can argue for noble ends, but won't when people shoot the messenger. Improving the rules of the game should make it easier for the meritocra
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
Obvious solution would be to use empire/hauling alts. Although I noticed a fair bit of laser fire in the live feed as well, missles seemed to be a minority.
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by JamesBlair 15y ago
In EVE (and many other MMOs), unsubscribing doesn't immediately deactivate your account, it just stops adding time to it. Quite a few players have unsubscribed. By using their remaining time to protest ingame, they're ensuring that other pl