Tenhundfeld

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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Yeah, I hear that. I think the general point still stands. Master/slave is a metaphor that we have imbued with specific technical meanings in certain contexts. However, it is rarely (probably never) a perfect match with the historical
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
I don't want to get into an argument about discrimination and sensitivity and trigger words and all that. The real point here is that slave has a lot of meanings, currently and throughout history, and thus has a lot of baggage. A slave
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Meh. I've used both and disagree. Visual Studio is a better IDE. Vim is a better text editor.
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
>Be a solver of a specific business problem for a specific type of business. Totally agree in principle, but I've found it's very hard to do this in practice. Unless you have a priori knowledge of an industry, before your first
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
The other issue people are forgetting is efficiency of shopping. Just thinking back to when "Wal-Mart" first came to our town, I remember shopping trips where we'd pick up, say, a spatula for the kitchen, a present for a kid&
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
I don't disagree, but I'm hopeful that Electron will get better. When you choose an open source platform with a diverse group of major companies using it, part of what you are betting on is that the platform will a) survive for a
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
My kid is 3. Try installing flooring or doing any type of home repair with a 3 year old running around. Good luck. Sure, it's good to have hobbies. I like to forage mushrooms, cook, hike, photograph, etc., and I agree they are stimulat
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
This is kind of a tangent, but some of your examples (patch my roof, fix my plumbing, paint my house) touch on a topic I think about often. I think there's been a decline in "handiness" and self-sufficiency, at least among wh
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
I'm not disagreeing with you, not at all really, but I will offer a defense of Startup Weekend. I've participated in 8 or so Startup Weekends, a few as a regular attendee, a few as a mentor, and a few as a community organizer. So,
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
I think you're exactly right. Once cars can drive themselves to destinations, it becomes so much easier to get by with one dedicated family car, supplemented with car sharing services. For example: Mom takes service to work, possibly c
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
You know, at first I thought this was a silly question, but as I think about it, there's a lot of merit to your point. I've been thinking about it, and this is where I've landed. Most companies develop technology as a competi
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
Eh, I disagree, mostly. Quibbling over terminology is a large part of how we define a collective culture. For an individual, sure, I agree with you. It doesn't really matter and is possibly a waste of time to contemplate. To use your a
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
This is totally OT, but your first whom should be who . >Apple's gamble seems to be targeting people whom have never owned or even wanted to own a traditional watch... That should be who . People who have never owned... is the
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
I hear ya. I think a healthcare system can affect smoking rates and obesity rates. You disagree. Likewise, I disagree that "paying a copay to go to a doctor" is really the crux of the issue. Maybe we'll meet one day by happen
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
OK, I'm done debating this with you. You seem to have an unfalisfiable belief that our mediocre health outcomes are due to problems in our general culture. In other words, all of the good outcomes are due to us having the highest quali
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
The US has many of the "highest quality" specialists. The US population does not receive the highest quality healthcare in the world. If you are rich and sick, there's a decent chance that the world's leading specialist
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
Exactly, the US has many of the leading (highest quality) medical specialists, which you would expect from the richest country with the best research university system. That does not mean the US has the highest quality healthcare in terms o
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
That's a fair point, but I think that clean idea can be messy in practice. For one, engineers rarely manage people before they are managers. They might lead a team or be a product manager, etc., but those have different (albeit ove
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
>Exactly what benefit to society does your taxi driver having a PHD provide? That is an extreme example, but it doesn't really make any points. In general, society benefits from each member striving to fulfill their potential. That
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
Lateness is a mostly meaningless metric. On the one hand, it's vague, and on the other hand, it has little inherent value. Doubly meaningless. For example, let's say a team is given 4 projects. They provide rough effort estimates
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
I'm curious about how those numbers break down by type of game. 3 hours of casual phone gaming, e.g. playing Candy Crush while waiting in line, feels different from 3 hours of sitting in front of dedicated console/computer. It&#x2
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
Do you have stats showing a correlation between homelessness and illegal immigrant status? In my experience, illegal immigrants were frightened of encounters with police/authorities and were much less likely to be homeless or live in g
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
I think you're using an older definition, wherein "fake news" means unworthy of attention. In recent weeks and months, "fake news" has been used by President Trump and others to mean factually incorrect. Something b
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
I think you and parent are talking about separate things. They say, "housing assistance," and you say, "access to housing." Housing assistance is a government service. Access to housing would mean controlling the priva
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
I guess it depends on what you think center is. I think the general culture, including mainstream media, is currently swung right of center. For example, the Affordable Care Act was essentially a copy of a plan originally put forth by Repub
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
I hate talking about politics online, but I have to question this. The political party most aligned with conservatism currently controls 2/3 of the federal government and will most likely soon control the final 1/3. Do you honestl
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
> Space migration: an obscenely expensive way to sideline earth's environmental problems What‽‽‽ There are so, so many reasons for space migration that have nothing to do with earth's environmental problems – assuming you mean
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
A bit OT but just FYI: I think you mean gamut , not gambit .
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
No, continued employment is not incentive, not under the law explained to me when I lived in AL. Anyway, it varies by state and the exact situation. It's not necessarily true for any change, only if it withdraws a substantial right, e.
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by Tenhundfeld 10y ago
Yeah, I'm sure it depends on the state.

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