Psyonic

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by Psyonic 16y ago
Most states in the US are at-will employment, so other than the few protected classes (which wouldn't cover rumors), you can be fired for anything, or even nothing.
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by Psyonic 16y ago
"I don't really count a degree in communication or womens studies as a college degree." FTFY
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by Psyonic 16y ago
I realize this isn't proof of anything, but Pixar is a hell of a lot more successful than Ren & Stimpy. Perhaps that means something.
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by Psyonic 16y ago
Bodybuilding is a shared interest: something they can do together, talk about, have friends in common, etc. Owning a mac is owning a product... not a lifestyle, or even a hobby... at least I hope not.
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by Psyonic 16y ago
Also: outside of chess fans, who the hell would recognize Anand? He's the world's best at something, and he'd probably be able to walk down any street in America unnoticed. What does Zed expect?
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by Psyonic 16y ago
Reminds of Hunter Thompson. He eventually got to the point where when he gave a speech or public appearance, he didn't know if the people wanted Hunter Thompson or "Hunter Thompson," and I think he began to have some difficulty distinguishi
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by Psyonic 16y ago
Eccentricity often leads to fame, even if it wasn't intentional. People like a freak show (No negative connotation intended, but he was certainly strange). For example, the only thing I really know about Howie Mandell is his OCD about germs
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by Psyonic 16y ago
But you're asking for things to work differently there than everywhere else. Humans are creatures of habit, and a product is a product.
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by Psyonic 16y ago
It's somewhat similar to how Malcolm Gladwell gets all the credit for popularizing ideas discovered/researched by other people (10,000 hours, etc). Fame takes work, just like everything else.
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by Psyonic 16y ago
For one thing, a visual portfolio can be looked through in the time it would take to dig into one complex method.
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by Psyonic 16y ago
A good test is to ask yourself how hard it would be to switch to another provider. If it'd be very difficult and/or expensive, you should make sure that's a situation you're comfortable being in.
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by Psyonic 16y ago
"The Art of Good Business Is Being A Good Middleman." -- Layer Cake
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by Psyonic 16y ago
I agree that the situations are similar, but like you said, the fact that the training you are receiving has a market-value outside the company and is worthwhile elsewhere does make a difference. The biggest difference, though, seems to be
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by Psyonic 16y ago
I know nothing about the film industry, but that kind of clause seems to make a lot of sense. Major actors aren't really replacable in the middle of a movie... you'd either need to find a dead-on look-a-like/sound-a-like, cancel the project
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by Psyonic 16y ago
Perhaps, but this is very much a "broken-window theory" type of innovation. If this undoubtedly smart developer hadn't needed to work on this to get around Apple's policy, who knows what more progressive achievement he could have accomplish
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by Psyonic 16y ago
Joel's a pretty smart guy, but he's definitely not everyone's nerd idol. He's not even on my list.
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by Psyonic 16y ago
heh, that equation doesn't hold up commutatively, apparently :) I take it luck is more than the sum of its parts
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by Psyonic 16y ago
It is a "corner case," or close to it, but that's not why it wasn't caught here. I don't think this code is ever called, as explained above. It's default code in case there isn't a platform specific version, but there pretty much always is
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by Psyonic 16y ago
How many people eat meat but don't consume milk in some form, whether that be directly or through cheese, ice cream, butter, etc? I'm guessing its a pretty small number.
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by Psyonic 16y ago
Calves and cows being kicked in the head, stabbed with pitch forks, beaten with a crowbar, and other brutalities. And it's actually worse than it sounds.
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by Psyonic 16y ago
Won't anyone think of the CHILDREN!?
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by Psyonic 16y ago
Right, but I don't really want to do that 100+ times. I realize its possible... but I just don't have the patience for it. Why can't I do it in bulk?
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by Psyonic 16y ago
Wow, we wrote essentially the same comment at the same time. Funny how that goes.
504.
by Psyonic 16y ago
That could work... but how about something simpler? A light that slowly gets brighter and brighter as it gets closer to the alarm time, with an alarm as a backup? (This exists, btw.)
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by Psyonic 16y ago
For a great story exploring the ramifications of this, see: The Player Piano, by Kurt Vonnegut
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by Psyonic 16y ago
"I still don't know if Facebook has a successful plan for monetizing its use by non-doofuses who refuse to read ads or play time-wasting games." Why do they need that, when there are millions of "doofuses" to profit off of?
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by Psyonic 16y ago
Cool, thanks. It does seem like a good list... looking over it, I've read/listened to 4 so far... so only 95 to go! Ya right, but I will try to read one from each category this year.
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by Psyonic 16y ago
If I or someone else can use this to solve the problem of moving data files, I'll be a happy camper. This is a HUGE issue for me, as I'd like to consolidate torrents split across 3 drives (I realize I shouldn't have done things that way in
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by Psyonic 16y ago
Is this the personal mba list you are referring to: http://personalmba.com/best-business-books/ Or is there another one you find valuable?
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by Psyonic 16y ago
Seems unlikely. Also, given how small your company is, it'd be nearly impossible for someone to prove you've discriminated based on any particular factor, as opposed to just being selective. Not enough employees to demonstrate a pattern. So

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