PhoneRemote

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by PhoneRemote 9y ago
> For one thing, it's highly convenient that the standard US work-week happens to be the exact "correct" amount of hours to work to maximize productivity. You're right, it's probably actually much less. Go count
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by PhoneRemote 9y ago
> How on earth would a uni student in CS don't know about piping commands? Beyond the obvious ones, lots and lots of valid reasons this could happen: 1. Student is entirely new to programming as a concept and just started in univers
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by PhoneRemote 9y ago
Oh I'm well aware. I'm saying that aphorism needs revisiting: http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=1031
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by PhoneRemote 9y ago
> Shouldn't one be aware of situation and local law? Er, how? Again, there are tons of laws on the books. Are you going to memorize them all? Further, some of the laws are incredibly vague. For example, did you know that it is argua
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by PhoneRemote 9y ago
> All people should be aware of the laws in the country where they live. Good luck with that in many developed countries [1][2], or in developing ones [3]. So many things are illegal that it becomes more a question of "do the powers
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by PhoneRemote 9y ago
99.9% of modern software does not require that level of cleverness. Also, the fast inverse square root code is a poor example as it's: 1) A very small amount of code 2) Isolated from everything else 3) Conceptually easy to understand w
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by PhoneRemote 9y ago
> Polls suggest they have a lot of support, but their leaders seem to have decided not to use their voice. Is that really true? Just off the top of my head, Lindsey Graham has been pretty vocal the last few months. I would paint him as a
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by PhoneRemote 9y ago
You know what really sucks about this, beyond the obvious? He's right that ideological diversity is low at companies like this (I say as an employee of another large tech company). Try saying that you're opposed to gun control at