SeanDav

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by SeanDav 11y ago
One does not always have to take titles so literally. I expect there to be a bit of "sizzle" not "steak" in a title because it has to catch your eye and compete with other titles. I had a chuckle yesterday because there
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by SeanDav 11y ago
For all their supposed mathematical basis, in reality a lot of these models are based on curve fitting ultimately. Assumptions are made and treated almost as axioms. Things like "Russia will never default on its debt". Well they d
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by SeanDav 11y ago
I tried it and must say it is impressive. Just an OT question: I can't get past the configuration screen for Deluxe Galaga 2.4 - any ideas?
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Consistent white noise absolutely works.
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Within the business environment there is an unwritten rule that applies surprisingly often: Coming into work early tends to mean you are enthusiastic and a go-getter. Staying late means you are inefficient and have poor planning.
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by SeanDav 11y ago
I had a brief fling with ebooks, but it was over pretty much as soon as it started. I will still break out my kindle every now and again I am sure, but I am not a fan of ebooks. A few things pushed me away from ebooks: - I feel that in many
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by SeanDav 11y ago
But if I stop looking at HN, I won't get wonderful tips like: "Stop looking at HN..."
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Almost invariably there will be a minority of any community that will disagree with any issue. What makes HN interesting is that it will never be the same minority. I would take exception on your use of the word "sizeable", but we
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Almost all problems with gender discrimination in tech that get my attention, originated here in HN. I seriously doubt that the majority of the HN community would in any way be in favour of sweeping gender issues under the carpet.
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by SeanDav 11y ago
I have a few data points - I worked in the banking industry for many years and saw this sort of behaviour all the time. People, including entire teams were fired, not because the banks were losing money and had to cut jobs to survive, but s
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by SeanDav 11y ago
I don't know any major CEO's myself but I can't imagine having to fire 100's of people to make my share price go up a few cents. Yet CEO's do that sort of thing all the time. What do you call people that will put ot
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by SeanDav 11y ago
> "The guy is a pure sociopath." There is an argument that a far higher rate than normal of CEO's of publicly traded companies are sociopaths/psychopaths. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovi
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Agreed, these have been around since even before Windows, back to the days of DOS.
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by SeanDav 11y ago
It matters because given the current climate of anti-immigrant rhetoric, immigration may become nigh on impossible. If this had happened a few decades ago there would be no Steve Jobs and no Apple, and an important contribution to American
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Since it is not clear what the point is: This depicts a mural by Banksy (a well known British street artist) indicating that Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian immigrant. > EDIT: Title has now been changed to make it more clear.
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Ask yourself, right now in Yahoo, all things being equal, who will get the promotion, the lady taking a 2 week maternity leave, or the one taking the 12 week maternity leave? I can guarantee you that although in theory it should make no dif
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by SeanDav 11y ago
It is a known problem, but not a solved problem, in that there does not appear to be 1 best way to map a 3d surface onto a 2d map and vice-versa. There are numerous approximations, but which one to use is an art and not a science.
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by SeanDav 11y ago
The reality is that the example is set by senior management. If anyone has any ambition to succeed in a large organization they will do a lot better if they follow the example of their leaders. It is human nature that managers tend to promo
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by SeanDav 11y ago
This is the problem with rules, laws and organizations created during, or as a result of, a crisis. There really should be an expiry date, or review system for when circumstances change, but there never is. So we end up with the Maple Syrup
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by SeanDav 11y ago
1 ship producing the same pollution as 50 million cars? I find this very, very difficult to believe. Let's look at some numbers: The biggest ship engine in the world has around 25,000 litres displacement, weighs 2,300,000 kg, produces
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Offensive Cyber Security is an essential part of Defensive Cyber Security.
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by SeanDav 11y ago
I started playing chess at a fairly young age (5-6) and moved into competitive chess vs adults at age 8 and playing near national level at around age 12. In all that time I never read a single book about how to play chess, or try memorize o
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Very frustrating, I agree. I have another medical computer system horror story - Did you know that the UK National Health Service spent 12 Billion pounds (18 Billion USD) on a computer system and ended up with....nothing to show for it!!!
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Not sure this will work for a bomb exploded in 1950 :)
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by SeanDav 11y ago
If you look at the graphs, there was a sharp decline from 1993 to 1999, then it has been pretty flat since 1999/2000 with small increases/decreases in some areas. Unless the graphs for mitigating factors show a similar (or mirror)
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by SeanDav 11y ago
I can find no easily accessible references as to exactly what "retro" games/applications are actually supported. Pretty essential information I would have thought...
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by SeanDav 11y ago
> "I wonder if it's going to be considered a loophole that will be closed or an abuse. I suppose it could be either." This is addressed in the notes at the bottom of the article: > "Specifically, as the SEC says
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by SeanDav 11y ago
I almost think the entire EFF should receive the civilian equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Amazing work and gratz to all those involved!
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by SeanDav 11y ago
This uses the same technique as used for viewing Stereograms. Consider me rather impressed.
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Couple of questions: - Could this be/Was this developed in Python 3.x - what is this "notebook" he keeps on referring to?

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