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by alexc05 10y ago
He knows trump isn't going to win. He is setting himself up to run in 4 years. Right?! Maybe?
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by alexc05 10y ago
Depending on the strike price, can't you just buy or short a few shares? I mean that's a bet with a payoff & loss.
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by alexc05 10y ago
I don't know, how "tightly coupled" is the glass of that screen with the rest of the device? I have an iPad pro. When the screen grew a crack, I called to inquire about the cost of a replacement screen and was quoted at rough
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by alexc05 10y ago
Wow! That's an exceptional collection of resources. Of course the real trick is actually studying all of them. Anyone who gets through all of that would have a pretty serious foundation.
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by alexc05 10y ago
It seems he's retitled the book to "An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies by Tyler Cowen (2013) Paperback Paperback" I do like yours better, but suspect that'd be less popular stateside
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by alexc05 10y ago
Absoloutely! We should 100% be able to discuss issues and our experiences. English as a third language would explain the "tone" issue as the "nuance" (or subtlety) of you point would likely be harder to communicate. I th
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by alexc05 10y ago
I suspect the downvotes (I didn't, but I can see why someone would) are related to the impression you're giving that this is useless in its entirety because it isn't something that is perfect for you. > But you need
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by alexc05 10y ago
in Gayle Laackman's "Cracking the coding interview": > Amazon’s “bar raiser” interviewer is charged with keeping the interview bar high. They at- tend special training and will interview candidates outside their group in o
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by alexc05 10y ago
> That sounds to me like someone who isn't prepared to invest their time and energy in your team. And why should they? If you are running them through some elaborate hazing ritual before they are a member of the team. If at any poin
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by alexc05 10y ago
RTFA won't do you much good. It's pretty light on detail. (IMO) It spends most of its time meandering about and trying to sound like some sort of really mind-blowing techno shaman. So much so, that I doubt the authenticity and acc
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by alexc05 10y ago
I like the story of the guy who gets to drive a tesla for half the year for free. He should buy a second one so he can drive the other one for the rest of the time. (Or more realistically, one rented full time should be enough to pay for tw
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by alexc05 10y ago
I have a question about nodejs from 2011 that still gets comments and upvotes regularly. One of my favorite parts I think is the fact that the correct answer changed over time, so I continued to update the question. At first the answer to &
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by alexc05 10y ago
My work computer is 7, haven't tried at home
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by alexc05 10y ago
I bought a pair of Bluetooth headphones the other day. Was really excited to have a slick new headset to replace my $3 earbuds & mic combo that I'm using on my PS4. Turns out PS4 doesn't support Bluetooth. Just the 3.5mm jack.
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by alexc05 10y ago
That's actually not just a casual observation. There is robust research showing that in most cases bullies are often bullied as well. Here's a description from '08 https://www.theguardian.com/education/20
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by alexc05 10y ago
Right, but did you give a shit about nodevember yesterday? If I examine their relative contributions to JavaScript it does appear to be metaphorically like the deckhand on the Santa Maria refusing to share the conference stage with Galileo,
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by alexc05 10y ago
Well... link #1 is a person saying "I won't present at a conference with Crockford because reasons" #2 is someone saying "me neither, because these reasons" I guess we could consider it "a woozle" but it d
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by alexc05 10y ago
Just to note, your first and third links are the same article under two different aliases. So it is two people who have publicly declared this. Though there may be more who have unspoken dislike of the man. I can certainly imagine myself t
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by alexc05 10y ago
OK - I was confused by this. Apparently the context is: > https://twitter.com/nexxylove/status/771503406716334080 > @nodevember one way you could show you actually care about community safety & diversit
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by alexc05 10y ago
I went wide-eyed about three or four times while reading those instructions! Super exciting! Thanks for the comment.
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by alexc05 10y ago
I love the git integration so much that when I'm preparing to commit on a visual studio (proper) project I'll type `CODE .` in powershell or the package manager console to inspect and edit my code before pushing.
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by alexc05 10y ago
You mean you have a text editor that knows what words are on the page in a CHROME tab (for example) Or you mean, that if you've got 2 text files open as tabs in the same VSCODE window typing in 1 tab will auto-complete with words from
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by alexc05 10y ago
I don't think so. That's what Jeffery Snover is working on in Server 2016 with Windows nano server. Unless something has changed since the last time I checked, The WindowsServerCore docker image was not generally available yet and
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by alexc05 10y ago
There's a concept in writing called "the Mary-Sue". It originated in fan fiction where someone wrote a Star Trek "episode" featuring a new character the precocious young Mary-Sue who was particularly flawless in eve
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by alexc05 10y ago
I actually love it! though, maybe they didn't write it ironically.
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by alexc05 10y ago
> First, we have culture fair IQ tests. Raven's Progressive Matrices is entirely symbolic: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven%27s_Progressive_Matrices... . very hard to see how it could be culturally biase
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by alexc05 10y ago
I'm sorry, but I've never heard this. Can you provide a source? IQ as a test has been criticized for cultural bias: http://wilderdom.com/personality/intelligenceCulturalBias.ht... http://www.theneu
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by alexc05 10y ago
India is counted as Asian: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/05/11/the-challeng...
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by alexc05 10y ago
If you look at the state of the world, with brexit & trump driven in a large part by overt racism, this is, very sadly, more true than just a funny turn on a well known phrase. (The callback of course to "weight loss doctors hate h
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by alexc05 10y ago
I've read the article twice now and am still not sure I can see any reference to the fact that witnesses on the scene have reported that a portable DVD player was showing Harry Potter immediately after the accident. https://

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