PakG1

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by PakG1 3y ago
If they had product market fit, they wouldn't have major feature change requests that turn the product upside down and inside out. But either way, startups don't blame their customers for being unable to meet their customers'
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by PakG1 3y ago
There is definitely a sensemaking process where organizations have to figure out what it is that they really need. But I wouldn't fault organizations for that. Most startups go through the same process trying to figure out product-mark
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by PakG1 3y ago
The unfortunate reality is that everyone else has accepted that they are software engineers. That unfortunately trumps what "real" software engineers think.
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by PakG1 3y ago
I suspect that Bill Gates knows that it's simplistic to think there was a single cause of failure. In the book Breaking Windows , the author quotes Bill Gates complaining about people who think that companies fail because of one simpl
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by PakG1 3y ago
There is something about how buildings, bridges, and damns are tangible and therefore easier for people to conceptualize and appreciate. There is a natural literacy there in that you don't have to understand what goes into making a bri
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by PakG1 3y ago
You can have your opinion, but I have mine after reading lots of research papers. Obviously, there are ways that things can still be improved. But even the design of systems that function in the face of incompetence and even adversaries wil
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by PakG1 3y ago
There are not as many that involve jail, but there are a variety that involve ruined lives and even bankruptcy. A recent example is the Phoenix pay system that was used to pay Canadian federal government employees and contractors. https:&#
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by PakG1 3y ago
I'd say that the biggest thing that stood out to me was what people call communities of practice. Each professional community has their own knowledge and best practices, but these don't generalize well to other professions. So you
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by PakG1 3y ago
This is a new summary of the real-life case that inspired me to go do PhD studies in information systems. I wanted to understand why IT incompetence still could exist to this degree in this day and age after all the knowledge the world had
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by PakG1 3y ago
If you're saying that it should only be a consideration that doesn't impact the process as a codified step of the process, I don't see how that's any different from what's happening already. The people making the de
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by PakG1 3y ago
Basically, most professors can't navigate it then until they get tenure? They need to self-censor until tenure is achieved? That's a lot of years of self-censorship.
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by PakG1 3y ago
You assume that the public has objective commitment to the scientific method. An example where this could be an issue is climate change. There is a significant portion of the public that is interested in showing that climate change is not r
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by PakG1 3y ago
Interestingly enough, Jonathan Haidt is a proper full professor, unlike Tim Urban and Greg Lukianoff. I'm curious how he navigates the university culture.
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Anyone could have been thrown off by that. But then I remembered that airplanes fly to and from cities, not provinces.
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by PakG1 3y ago
Given what's happening in Ukraine right now, this would imply that high-quality soil could become the next resource that nations literally fight wars over.
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by PakG1 3y ago
I've had one too many times where Firefox crashed and I lost all my tabs. Then had to go through weird steps to recover them. Too much annoyance. Just use Safari now, happy as a clam.
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by PakG1 3y ago
Remember the scene in the first avatar movie where Jake is learning how to be like the Na'vi and he gives a solemn speech to the animal as he kills it, thanking it for its sacrifice and showing it respect? I wonder, if we took indigeno
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by PakG1 3y ago
It's not just you. There's now a lot of data that provides evidence for the link between screen usage and lack of focus. It's why my wife and I are so extreme in not letting our kid see screens. Your parents probably unfortun
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by PakG1 3y ago
My kid is turning 3 next month. We never give her screens to look at. We don't even have a TV at home. Sometimes there are TVs at restaurants, but that's unavoidable, and they stay there. We of course have laptops, tablets, and mo
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by PakG1 3y ago
You too need to read my comment again. See my reply to gp comment.
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by PakG1 3y ago
You seem to have reading comprehension issues. I nowhere said that I thought there was a causal link. I cited well-known medical organizations that said it was probable. I in no way put my own feelings into that statement. You were reading
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by PakG1 3y ago
Personally, I'd be more comfortable when get to trillions that cover all aspects of the globe in all seasons 24 hours per day over 365 days per year for perhaps a decade. Edge cases are likely insane everywhere, we already know that. A
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by PakG1 3y ago
I remember my science teacher telling us they used to use mercury in the class and he'd wonder if any of his old students were walking around cuckoo because of it.
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by PakG1 3y ago
It's interesting what people would say about the safety of industrial chemicals. My dad worked as an aircraft maintenance engineer for an airliner, working on the big passenger aircraft. When he was being trained in the 70s/80s, t
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by PakG1 3y ago
Per other comments here, this is not what tacit knowledge is. There is an entire body of research devoted to understanding tacit knowledge. Anyone interested in tacit knowledge can read the works of those who have spent years researching th
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by PakG1 3y ago
A bit of uncanny valley in a way.
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by PakG1 3y ago
I dislike that book. I'm not sure I learned a single thing from it.
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by PakG1 3y ago
Friendships develop naturally, you can't force them. You are forced to have relationships with co-workers though. Just because you're forced to have co-workers, this doesn't mean you should be forced to be friends with them.
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by PakG1 3y ago
Having just completed a reviewer workshop with the top journal in my field, and having reviewed for multiple conferences, I have several points. 1. Don't underestimate how bad human reviewers can be. I've seen really bad reviews b
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by PakG1 3y ago
I tried it on Safari private window. It was absolutely horrible. I hesitate to guess what would have happened if I didn't keep clicking cancel whenever it asked if I wanted to allow downloads, etc.

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