ShabbyDoo

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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
"more cells, elliptical shape" Yeah, a relatively rigid wing which reacts quickly when deformed by pulling a toggle. "Are high-performance canopies restricted to certain levels of licensed proficiency?" Circa 2004 (when my knowledge ends),
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
At least as of a few years ago, the rate of death per skydive had remained largely constant for years. What changed drastically was that people died from injuries sustained after a successful canopy deployment. Concurrent with Cypres's ad
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
In the US, perhaps the real market might be for motorcyclists where the surrounding culture attaches negative traits to helmet use -- dislike of freedom, lack of bravery, etc. It is now so common for skydivers to use automatic activation de
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
I live in a relatively wealthy school district in Ohio where the schools generally are well-regarded. Last year, I went to the schools "parents math night". I had expected to be exasperated by, you know, those idiots who will be teaching
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
We have a standard IDE set-up for our team and require more junior devs to use it -- a least when starting out. It makes pairing with them easier.
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
I see your argument. Unless an employment contract stipulates specific work deliverables (even showing up, etc.) , it really is just a non-compete which might require the employee to pay the employer in the case of early termination by the
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
This is especially true for software companies where it is difficult to prove what the market value for a company ought to be within an order of magnitude (if not more!). Did Facebook overpay for Instagram?
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
While I am reluctant to suggest that the courts require specific performance (continuing to work) for employment contracts, awarding damages to the other party does not seem terrible. Does California law allow for damages to be awarded in
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
Most web email providers stamp outbound messages with the source IP address used when sending the message as a way of discouraging illegal activity.
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
Can't Burner collect money from users for temporary numbers and then delete all records of number assignments when the numbers are "burned" by users? Twilio's recordkeeping might be more persistent though. Are there laws which effectively
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
I'd like to see a graph of average spreads between 2007 and now.
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
>Google warns that “there’s still a long road ahead.” The cars >still need to learn how to handle snow-covered roads, ... What if the car was smart enough to identify situations where it was unable to auto-navigate safely? It could
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
If the Google Car had gotten into 100 accidents over 300 miles, we easily could claim it much worse than most drivers. However, as with most rare events...
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
Agree. Did humans step-in when they noted conditions which they believed the car unable to handle and perhaps prevent the majority of likely accidents?
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
I see two interesting aspects of the issue: (1) the astounding value in affecting perceptions of one's popularity and (2) the implementation schemes for #1. Whether Romney/Obama/whomever took any particular action is only a concrete instan
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
Consider getting a low-level job in a shop which is doing Java/Android work (presuming this is your interest). You might at first do 2nd-level customer support, testing, or other non-programming things. However, especially if you position
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
The astroturfing seems so obvious (rapid ramp-up) that I had to wonder if Romney's campaign was actually behind it. Why not pay a little more to do a good job -- at a minimum, ramp-up over time. Two possibilities (among many, I suppose) a
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
100K in a day seems like sloppy astroturfing. Why not add on smoothly over the course of weeks? At only $800/thousand followers, perhaps $80K was spent by an Obama supporter to create a news story and discredit Romney? Perhaps Romney was
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
I rarely tweet and have few followers. Every month or so, I get a new, usually female follower (whom I always flag) which I always presume to be the first step of some Russian-visitor-ish sort of scam. Perhaps I simply am being used to ma
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
Yes. If I don't trust the charity to decide how best to spend $50, why should I be willing to give them the time of a person who is paid that much? It's not like the charity itself can't use Exec to purchase the same services.
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
I did some work for an ecommerce consultancy a couple of years ago where we were literally looking a a customer's request for "ability for customers to upload photos of themselves wearing our clothing" and saying, "Why isn't there a white b
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
Did you contest the charge with your credit card provider? I can't imagine that Amazon would contest such a claim.
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
Agree. Whenever I hear the words better/worse used without an obvious axis of measurement, I am suspicious of the speaker.
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
This is an apples-to-oranges comparison. The author admits this, and I'm not finding fault with the analysis. I do worry that those not familiar with various ser/deser schemes for Java will draw the wrong conclusions. My take-away is th
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
The phrase 'better for consumers' doesn't seem to have any testable meaning. What hypothetical experiment, if performed, would determine whether a proposed rule change would be "better for consumers"? Let's pretend that we can clone the un
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
I wish Plex on the Roku just turned my TV/Receiver/etc into a dumb yet high-quality media player. I don't want to use the awful Roku remote with a 10 foot interface -- I'm happy to use my laptop or phone as the control module and have the
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
I get the argument from a purist's perspective, but it's a minor problem when compared to the set of impediments "normal" users face if they decide to install a Linux distro.
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
No -- my stereotype is that sons often are treated with more reverence than daughters. This is in opposition to Western stereotypes of "Daddy's little princess" and other celebrations of daughters.
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
A reputation economy for tenants/landlords would be worth a lot to both parties. I just bought a rental property in Chicago, and I'm terrified of a bad tenant because the state/local laws are so pro-tenant. It could take me months to get
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by ShabbyDoo 14y ago
"I was a pampered little brat who was waited on hand and foot." Are you a male? Were your sisters/cousins/etc. treated similarly? Just confirming my (presuming) Indian stereotypes :)

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