PotatoEngineer

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by PotatoEngineer 16y ago
Quick crash course: there's two major kinds of radiation, actual particles (alpha and beta radiation, which are helium nuclei and electrons, respectively) and high-energy electromagnetic waves (gamma radiation: like x-rays on steroids). Ra
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by PotatoEngineer 16y ago
Because not all jobs are information-related? There's still an awful lot of brick and mortar out there, and plenty of regional retail shops.
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by PotatoEngineer 16y ago
This can be solved simply by explaining to your management that Change == Things Will Be Late. If your management can't understand this, then it's unlikely that they'll be able to commit to Agile, anyway.
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by PotatoEngineer 16y ago
I've always found that Franklin quote to be a little misleading. The mere act of being a member of a tribe, much less a nation, involves giving up some liberty for security: you're no longer allowed to punch your neighbors in the face for n
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by PotatoEngineer 16y ago
The Californianism seems to be "you guys". A little awkward, but it still cuts down on the communication errors.
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by PotatoEngineer 17y ago
If you own skis (or any of the other items), you don't just own some skis; you own those skis. They're sized to you, you've used them the last 100 times you went down a mountain, you're accustomed to exactly how they handle, and the le
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by PotatoEngineer 17y ago
When the Golden Gate Bridge was being built, the ferry companies (who would be put out of business by the bridge) tried to sue the bridge to death with something like 2000 trivial lawsuits. While each of these was easily defeated, the only
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by PotatoEngineer 17y ago
The tricky bit is that once you have a law in place for public projects, the people who pushed for that first law will probably try to extend it into the private sector. So even having that first law (which is a good one!) paves the way fo