MikeTheGreat

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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
Well, sure, but we've also had 99999 generations where things like 'infant mortality rate' is a very real, everyday concern, too. Here in the US, those in the middle-upper classes basically don't have to worry about tha
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
I used to think so too, then I had kids :) One interesting approach is to use snooping tools but to then explicitly tell the kids and to discuss the results periodically. I.e., "my job as a parent is to help you figure out how to be a
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
https://github.com/MikeTheGreat/GLT I wrote "GLT", which stood for 'GitLab Tool'. It was going to enable me to manage a classroom's worth of git repos, 1 per student per homework assignment. I
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
First: these are awesome, and thank you for sharing. (Esp. Spa.mnesty.com - that's hilarious and incredible at the same time) I tried timetaco.com but it's not doing anything. I tabbed my way through the day (it filled in today&#
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
Elegit is a GUI designed to make it easier for people (students, normally) to learn how git works. The idea being that you'd start off with Elegit, figure out what the common commands are actually doing, then switch to the command lin
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
I think what riverbashing was saying was that if a particular temple wanted to restricted access it could. I think that here in the US a church/etc can do the same thing using a 'private property' law of some sort. Something
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
I have a genuine question: What's different about doing consultancy that allows one to keep up to date? (As opposed to teaching) My confusion comes from thinking of them both as full time jobs (so therefore where would you get the time
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
I was wondering this too, and would love to hear the parent's reasoning. One difference I can think of is that Canada has Universal Healthcare. Maybe the compensation system differs because Canadian companies can pay <Salary> an
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
They would have clicked on the 'Startup Founder' link instead. Or later, they could click on the 'Investor' link
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
I don't think that controlling for variables can produce a conclusion of causation. (I'm posting half because I think this is correct, and half because I'd love to hear someone more knowledgeable about statistics confirm or d
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
What do you mean by 'sabbatical'? What is this, and how do regular, salaried employees get this?
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
True, we're all alive and well. Simultaneously, that's the definition of survivorship bias / selection bias right there :)
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
I'd be interested to know if this is true generally, or just for people learning a new skill. I.e., Making a lot of pottery without caring about the individual quality leads to more learning (possibly because you can try lots of new st
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
"Why does new technology always come with people hoping it fails just because they personally don't want to use it?" From the parent's parent: "Second - [snip] We'll also eliminate one of the biggest sources of
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by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
I know, right? Like - years ago, back when The Matrix first came out, we all laughed at the implausibility of it. And now here it is!
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by MikeTheGreat 10y ago
Anyone interested in the Modernist Cuisine might check their public library. We've got copies here in the Seattle system.
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by MikeTheGreat 10y ago
These are great book recommendations! I've been looking for stuff like this after reading "Cooking Comics" (by Lauren Thompson (Author) and Tsukuru Anderson (Illustrator)). It's a graphic novel/comic book but what&
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by MikeTheGreat 10y ago
Yeah, but the stock price is affected by too many factors to make the argument that it's a good proxy for any one thing. Certainly, the stock value isn't going to rise or fall appreciably for most of the deals that the CEO will ne
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by MikeTheGreat 10y ago
I really, really hope that flying cars never come to pass. Right now, when an accident happens, we know where it will happen: on the road or right next to the road (more-or-less). If flying cars were ever to become a thing you could be kill
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by MikeTheGreat 10y ago
I'm curious - is it common to hire CEOs and then compensate them with a commission of their negotiated savings? I'm sure that the devil is in the details, but for a company that is already up-and-running it seems like it should be
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by MikeTheGreat 10y ago
I've never heard anyone else mention this - thanks for making me aware of it! Something that sometimes works for me is to imagine something that's emotionally flat, but complicated enough that it pushes other thoughts out and it&#
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by MikeTheGreat 10y ago
>This is one professor doing his best to help, and I appreciate that. But there is better information out there. It's also worth remembering that not all students have study skills, and so having an article that lists both reasonabl
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by MikeTheGreat 10y ago
One thing to consider when picking a language for someone's first programming experience: students like the 'language du jour' - it motivates them. I like the idea of using Basic/Pascal/Blockly/etc (and stude
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by MikeTheGreat 10y ago
I teach Java in my "Intro To Programming For NonMajors" class. I get around the problem of "lots of boilerplate code required" by giving them a file with the boilerplate code, and then have them start writing their code
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by MikeTheGreat 10y ago
I'm neither a lawyer nor experienced in this sort of thing (thankfully! :) ), but I would imagine that Uber would have to throw out everything they've got now, fire all the employees that are currently working on the project, and
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by MikeTheGreat 10y ago
(I, personally, am just fine with textual code. I'd be open to new stuff but for now I like typing my code in) There's a bunch of 'block based' programming languages that some educators are using to teach programming.
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by MikeTheGreat 10y ago
I'm new here, and just read the Guidelines. It says "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon." This post doesn't seem particularly tec