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by agent00f 12y ago
All true, but the main point is that the subject of BBT isn't "geeks", which explains the misguided haterade. For example, Raj seeking research/grant funding from Sheldon and their university office sharing hijinx hits h
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by agent00f 12y ago
> Big Bang Theory isn't made for geeks; it's made for people who want to laugh at geeks. It's important to note that BBT's jokes are largely predicated on academia and NOT tech culture since their inside consultant is
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by agent00f 13y ago
> What Mercedes' has done isn't so much about the innovative layout, it's that they've made it work without turbo lag. The innovative layout is what enables the reduction in turbo lag. The latter is entirely predicate
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by agent00f 13y ago
This whole phenomenon is actually much simpler than this whole thread makes it out to be. "bro" is used here as an ironic joke and with zero intent to be harmful. The counterargument is that intent doesn't matter, only effe
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by agent00f 13y ago
There are generally two types of "editors" on wiki. The talent who contribute content, and the bureaucrats who do administration. Some of first type are intellectuals, and most all the latter are anything but. Much of the internal
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by agent00f 13y ago
This mirrors my own experience on Wiki, which dragged on for months after admins were caught removing content for internal political purposes and alienating tens of thousands (according to objective metric) who used those pages. Conflict re
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by agent00f 13y ago
> Government leaving R&D to private sector(which is major source of funding even now, at least in the USA) would be the great decision. The only people who claim this are those who have no idea what constitutes anything near blue ski
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by agent00f 13y ago
To be fair, a "market" is by definition trade under ENFORCED circumstances. Therefore a "free market" is in theory possible if the statutes of such a thing are the terms of governance. Of course, there's no reason t
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by agent00f 13y ago
Price transparency will NEVER happen in the US market. The insurers all negotiate individual deals with providers, and it's a losing tactic for any one of them to divulge the details of their contracts.
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by agent00f 13y ago
Is the alternative implied here to acquiesce instead?
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by agent00f 13y ago
I don't think this comment deserves to be downvoted (it's currently grey, this isn't reddit). It's entirely a valid point to be likewise concerned if newegg investors have their fiduciary interests served by an expensive fight against injus
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by agent00f 13y ago
IMO people are too caught up with the ideal of personal ownership, and this likely stems from being constantly bombarded with an individual culture of consumption. "Communism" doesn't mean there's no "ownership" all, only that ownership/pos
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by agent00f 13y ago
I sympathize with your sentiments because it's very difficult to break out of the "conventional wisdom" of the zeitgeist. If it helps, consider that the idea of democracy was very radical to the age when conventional wisdom said only proper
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by agent00f 13y ago
> conventional Libertarian Given that 'Murican "libertarian" is entirely different that what it means anywhere else in the world, it's inaccurate to call it conventional.
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by agent00f 13y ago
Most self-proclaimed "game changing" technologies don't end up changing anything.
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by agent00f 13y ago
As I mentioned to a similar comment, powerpoint has become the ubiquitous hammer of the business presentation which has everyone searching for nails. There is a time and place for slides with a few talking points per, but in many ways it's
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by agent00f 13y ago
I was remarking on this point: >In a famous Ranked 1st Consumer Goods company (i'll let you guess which one) all team memos to management are only allowed to be of a single page. This is really hard to adapt to it at the beginning but d
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by agent00f 13y ago
This is a witty point, but OTOH powerpoint has become the ubiquitous hammer of the business presentation which has everyone searching for nails. There is a time and place for slides with a few talking points per, but in many ways it's conto
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by agent00f 13y ago
While it is a valid goal to cut down on irrelevancies (like empty lingo), it's the exact the wrong mentality to consider detail the enemy of good decisions. Good decision making stems from understanding a problem comprehensively, not via of
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by agent00f 13y ago
It's unclear the reasoning behind this assertion that a CEO needs stock compensation to do good work. Frankly if someone isn't professional enough to do their job without some cartoon carrot hanging in their face, I'm not sure how they woul