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by TheCapn 14y ago
Without knowing PlayHaven directly in this context its hard to say what those words mean . They come off as PR for covering their ass. I'd be surprised if any thorough investigation could be concluded so quickly. The fact that they state e
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"Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right" -Ricky Gervais This is one of those situations where a word was used with proper english definition and was taken completely out of context for the sake of argument. To trace that to
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I'm curious how this would work out if they had studied amateurs taking up a new craft from scratch instead of jumping into their established lives. Have a large group take some sort of test to measure starting ability then give them the jo
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"Our sales data are provided by two major U.S. movie studios and include all digital purchases and rentals through their major digital channels aggregated at a weekly level from September 2, 2011 until May 31, 2012. These data include each
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by TheCapn 14y ago
I completely agree. My 'wish' for how things could run would definitely not work in our current state of affairs. But in our current technological state there is no excuse to not have a centralized location for ballot info ahead of any vote
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I always took things in the opposite manner in that "if you don't understand it, don't vote on it". A lot of the issues that are discussed and voted on are things that any person of sound mind can understand if they take the time to sit do
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by TheCapn 14y ago
Regardless of the technological background of your manager this type of conflict arises when there is power struggle. Good managers will take advice and evaluate it giving their opinions/knowledge to arrive at the best decision available. B
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Doesn't look like a whole lot of discussion.
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If we're going to talk about using to detect emotional reaction in individuals on the street you could walk by a pretty lady (or gent depending on who's reading this) and determine if they show any signs of arousal/disgust when they see you
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People have it in their heads that a successful petition is supposed to mean there will be change but that was never promised. I've always felt petitions were used by lawmakers to help filter noise. If you set a threshold for the amount of
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There is no easy way out of health. That's what fad diets forget to mention. People who find themselves in bad health situations (obesity, illness, etc.) due to diet want a fix that is as effortless as it was to dig that hole they've found
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I recall reading this quote recently: "Just because you're offended, it doesn't mean you're right" ― Ricky Gervais Now, I don't feel it is appropriate for the article, but as an overall discussion on political correctness it does. Th
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We all understand what is being discussed here. We don't need to argue semantics over what it means to obtain something you didn't pay for (but should have). It seems that the tech community stands adamantly behind the "copyright infringeme
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I understand how it can be offensive and why it is but in this particular situation I can't help but feel the publicity being provided to the company is doing them a favor. Sometimes these campaigns go a little overboard and become zealou
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I live with someone who suffers from depression. The idea that it is a disease is somewhat welcoming in that it allows people to rationalize that their actions are not entirely their fault, but at the same time it almost hurts those sufferi
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by TheCapn 14y ago
And we wonder why the programmer geek/nerd/shut-in stereotype or whatever sticks. We fucking step all over eachother as a chance to look better. "Oh, look, someone wrote a helper function that does something I already know how to do." Wha
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by TheCapn 14y ago
I'm not an expert on this but my gut tells me that Microsoft/Sony/whoever, when specing the device will make a bulk contract purchase for their equipment. So although retail market for cpu/gpu/ram may be so much right now they'll be able to
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by TheCapn 14y ago
I'm not a Mac user but wouldn't the test therefore be to clear the DB entries and re-open the file. No prompt implies the link to the sqlite db and not the file attr.
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At the heart of it your quarrel with his program is that people have no willpower to change? I mean, you're very right in that we have a horrible track record but, in your opinion, is the advice sound should someone be able to adjust their
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I believe -and people can correct me if I'm wrong- the way they do it is through all the sites with integrated Facebook items: "Share this", "Comment" etc. The cookies they use to track you are sitting on your drive regardless of your faceb
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by TheCapn 14y ago
Depends on your situation. While we all want to think its nice we have political freedom and can make jokes among friends, if the information leaked to the wrong person (anal boss out to get you?) it isn't anymore about where the informatio
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by TheCapn 14y ago
Exactly. Until we can come up with a better system the rule of thumb is: 1) Know something 2) Have something Its somewhat easy for a potential cracker to gain access to either one of the two, but extremely difficult to have both. Hell, when
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Ah yes, I completely agree. I really should have clarified by the HR part in that it is meant for HR's use and not the actual hiring manager/interviewer. If they want to sabotage the interview or otherwise they still can; its just harder to
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As long as the interviewer treats it like that I'd be fine with it. If they are playing things the way you describe then answering a question with "why does it matter?" would be a viable response and you'd be open to discussion about it. Th
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My experience with Amazon was similar but at the end I was led to ask: "if the 1hr filter process isn't efficient at finding the best candidates, why do they do it?" I think in the end its a balance of basic filtering vs. HR requirements. T
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I suspect its the principle that matters. If they discovered a design that hits the goal someone else can build on the concept (once patent becomes available, if not before then through licensing) and build it efficiently and properly if AB
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Maybe that's how their interpreted by many but my personal interpretation is optimistic, but different. Pretend you're a government official. Every day you have several dozen, if not hundreds or more "requests" made of your office. Fix this
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You can't oversimplify this. The issue goes beyond simple voting because in the grand scheme of things copyright isn't as important as other representative factors. Would you honestly say that you would vote for a representative who agreed
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On the flip side I actually liked it. I'm a FF user, and in the instant it clicked my first thought was "damn, I need chrome." Options aren't a bad thing. Android offers multiple keyboards for people who find one method of typing more effic
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If you're quick at math here's a fairly accurate way: F->C: Subtract 30, divide by 2. C->F: Double it & Add 30. Often known as the "Bob & Doug McKenzie method" from around here it makes for fast conversions since the actual

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