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by angdis 11y ago
It is perfectly fine to judge. Having been a juror in criminal cases involving repeat offenders and lived in cities with crime problems, I can tell you that actual criminals being found "not guilty" or guilty and given probation (
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by angdis 11y ago
I really like this idea, but honestly, isn't it basically a reformulation of the Socratic method? A really good teacher will naturally use dialectical techniques to engage their students. Is this just some way to structure that in a wa
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by angdis 11y ago
Yeah, but they do solve hard problems, very hard. I'll give him a pass for saying that. A bit of hyperbole doesn't discredit his claim. I have a hard time feeling sorry for the white-collar workforce at Amazon. They have choices,
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by angdis 11y ago
Yes, there is: "kinematic synthesis." It is not typically considered a "computer science" topic; it is instead taught in various forms in mechanical engineering curriculums.
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by angdis 11y ago
OK, but you have to admit it does the job and few (none?) people complain about the limitations of VT100 terminal emulation. If we could start from scratch what would a contemporary TTY be like? Would it be better in terms of functionality,
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by angdis 11y ago
Haven't tried it yet, but the history visualization looks very cool. It can be useful to actually SEE branches sometimes. As for why its not on linux desktop? Probably too much work to adapt for many different flavors for a small numbe
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by angdis 11y ago
Good for them. But sadly, people who live there are habituated to driving from everywhere to everywhere simply because home, workplace and "third places" (shopping,recreation,entertainment,etc) are 10's of miles apart from ea
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by angdis 11y ago
The fact that I didn't need to provide answers to security questions for Mint to use means (I think) that Mint has worked out some agreement with the banks which allow "query-only" interactions. Also, many banks have a way to
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by angdis 11y ago
It is perfectly fine to applaud Deloitte, sadly, this concept won't spread. HR departments are so entrenched with annual review bullshit that even if they call it a different name and put a new "spin" on it, it will just end
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by angdis 11y ago
I wouldn't call it "shenanigans" unless there were ever a case of Mint making any change to a user's account. So far none. They're clearly not trying to trick people into giving up credentials for nefarious purposes
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by angdis 11y ago
Yes, I've been a mint user since well before they were bought by Intuit. I didn't think it was a bad idea, because it is clearly explained that Mint can't make changes to your accounts. It is only used for query. I am under t
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by angdis 11y ago
It depends. Floyd Landis was pinched by a test performed on a mass spectrometer !
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by angdis 11y ago
I suppose that "supercomputers" are all multi-processor these days, so the colossal FLOP numbers are counted as an aggregation over many processors and one has to coordinate these processors in any application that takes advantage
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by angdis 11y ago
Blood samples, I believe, can be stored cryogenically for some period of time and evaluated at a future date using tests/techniques not yet developed at the time the sample was originally drawn. The efficacy of all this depends on havi
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by angdis 11y ago
Really, its because they have cats as pets. Look at the first picture in the article. Cats.
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by angdis 11y ago
Yep, very practical for getting stuff displayed cogently and with minimal fuss. I wish other platforms besides R would have something like this.
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by angdis 11y ago
Finally, a real tricorder to call my own! ( http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/a6eb/ )
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by angdis 11y ago
Well, if we do detect a signal, we're not going to just transmit "wassup?" and wait for an answer. I think it will be an interesting problem to have a conversation with other beings where the lag time is measured in decades!
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by angdis 11y ago
There was quite a bit of outrage about "content farms" a few years ago. Not so much now. Did readers or search engines get better at filtering the crap out?
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by angdis 11y ago
Why are you thinking of "a million other things" you need to learn? That's the core obstacle these days to picking up new skills and knowledge. Mastery of any subject-matter ALWAYS takes practice and repetition. Simple, but t
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by angdis 11y ago
If it is from a house guest who attended a party or social function I've hosted, it is a much appreciated expression of gratitude and may end up temporarily on the fridge especially if there's witty quip or cool-looking stationery
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by angdis 11y ago
I think you underestimate the bliss many people receive from being able to flap their gums endlessly about their favorite topics.
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by angdis 11y ago
It is very nice to have separated bike lanes, but they're of limited utility if they don't connect useful transportation endpoints (eg residential, commercial, recreational).
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by angdis 11y ago
Yes, it is more work to stop and start at a red light, but there are other trade-offs as well. In particular, if a cyclist can "get through" an intersection BEFORE cars in the same & opposite direction start moving again, it i
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by angdis 11y ago
What people do with ashes is completely unenforceable. How can anyone stop somebody from putting remains wherever they like? How would anyone know? Technically, they're not "ashes" but "cremains" and are composed al
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by angdis 11y ago
And the point is...? What, that there are cultural and economic differences between countries in Europe as far as young adults are concerned?
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by angdis 11y ago
Some of those "jargons" would better be classified as a "figure of speech". Jargon refers more accurately to a set of words or specialized language used exclusively by a particular group of people. SNAFU, Elevator pitch,
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by angdis 11y ago
This discussion is useless without specific examples. Who/Where are these politically incorrect people who are having their careers systematically "ruined" to the scale that one would think that "tech" itself is und
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by angdis 11y ago
touché !
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by angdis 11y ago
Yeah, but if we ever get driverless cars, you can bet on it that the log files will be detailed enough for really fine accident reconstruction. In other words, a "replay" could expose such hacking.

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