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by angdis 14y ago
Badly conceived "to do" lists don't work, and it is not just because of context, or what tool one is using. It is really about whether or not you list small-enough actionable items that have a concrete condition of "done-ness". Each item in
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by angdis 14y ago
...except that they're using statistics rather than telepathy!
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by angdis 14y ago
That list is very long with some very nebulous items in it. Just ASK THEM what actionable things you can do in 2 weeks (or however long the notice period is) to make the transition as smooth as possible. Anything more than that and you're w
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by angdis 14y ago
I agree, there are other reasons for not providing the raw data. For the vast majority of people raw-data just isn't something that is even remotely usable. Even if one is an expert with data analysis, IMHO, it will require a lot of work to
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by angdis 14y ago
Even so, if they hit up the victims for $100 instead of $10000, they'll need to send out far more letters, and deal with far more targets who simply ignore the letters. IANAL, but I believe it does cost money and time to actually file a law
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by angdis 14y ago
It is amazing how much rage a story like this can produce in people who work in non-legal professions. The law-firms involved, of course, don't see it that way. This is just work for them-- although I can't fathom how they can sleep at nigh
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by angdis 14y ago
The people behind these scams have to use legal services as well. They do have to pay in some way for each letter that goes out. There's definitely a "sweet-spot" in the pricing which maximizes the ratio of intake to expenditures. I would b
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by angdis 14y ago
I actually remember when the metric system was introduced in elementary schools. Looking back, there was far too much emphasis on getting all prefixes and their relationships memorized: micro, milli, centi, deci, hecto, kilo, mega. And virt
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by angdis 14y ago
I think this is a compelling idea for people with boarders or who rent out their place through something like air-bnb. Or perhaps it is something that "helicopter parents" might opt for their child in a college dorm. Other than that, if you
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by angdis 14y ago
... and 48 sure-fire ways to be labeled as an asshole once your scheme that uses everyone as "a pawn" has been found-out.
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by angdis 14y ago
There's plenty of room in the market for both design philosophies: ugly beige boxes, sleek designer aluminum enclosures, and everything in between. FWIW, I do think PC cases in general have evolved somewhat from the ugly beige boxes of the
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by angdis 14y ago
Quote from article: "The study does not attempt to look at how often the meals are cooked - if they are part of people's daily diets or just dishes for a special occasion." The recipes which one puts into cookbooks are intended as the cente
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by angdis 14y ago
OK, but you don't actually know the Q-factor of this design, nor how durable it actually is. You're guessing based on not a lot of information. Although I am also skeptical of new mechanical designs on something as evolved as bicycles, it s
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by angdis 14y ago
There's an interesting talk by Jaron Lanier that also addresses some of these issues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vInXNqK_eIk
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by angdis 14y ago
It is important to also consider whether or not these drones are actually effective, and what kind of response to they stimulate from the target. As fancy as the technology is, these "precision" munitions are only as good as the intelligenc
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by angdis 14y ago
I don't understand what is so special about that. Optical telecom equipment that carriers such as Verizon or AT&T use can aggregate Terabits per second through a link using DWDM technology. The state of the art currently in deployment i
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by angdis 14y ago
The argument on the Forbes article is like something the character Sheldon would say on the "Big Bang Theory" sitcom. Ineffectual and pointless as far as convincing anybody. I think the reality is that Rubio either doesn't believe his own w
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by angdis 14y ago
I wish they and other telecom giants would just focus on being "the pipes". It might sound cool to have an innovation center, but the outcome of that will likely be more crapware, phones messed up with verizon's sketchy ideas about end-to-e
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by angdis 14y ago
Is it really necessary to "score" the life-work of programmers? People change and go through stages of life and career. Everyone starts out as a "bad programmer" and/or has stretches of professional problems in their career. It just seems c
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by angdis 14y ago
... and the corollary is that effective employees should seriously consider getting out before assholes like this show up-- lest one end up on the wrong end of a "snap decision" (it happens all the time).
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by angdis 14y ago
One doesn't need "malice" to be an asshole. I am just sick of the stock price driving too much of what happens in large companies. Obviously, stock-price fluctuations aren't rational nor do they have a particularly strong relationship with
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by angdis 14y ago
I agree with the first comment: "...so in other words the companies themselves are fine and a bunch of asshole investors are playing with the market."
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by angdis 14y ago
Yes, in particular Guadalajara is a _major_ contract manufacturer location for electronics.
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by angdis 14y ago
There are tons of applications for what is called "machine vision" in manufacturing. Typically these involve measuring, counting, looking for differences. A good example of a hardware/software vendor in this domain is Cognex. Look at their
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by angdis 14y ago
If it were just another republican a-hole "going Galt", that wouldn't be surprising. But the fact that this is the guy who is building the house in the Queen of Versailles documentary IS SOOOO DELICIOUS!
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by angdis 14y ago
"Project management" is the worst possible domain with the worst possible customers to try to sell a product in. Let them use excel, they deserve it. Seriously.
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by angdis 14y ago
It is only "risky" if you do what the author of the article did and leave no room for error. I have used airBnB several times in foreign countries and always had a fine time (albeit with a few minor glitches). Although the same is true even
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by angdis 14y ago
Foursquare: 0 check-ins
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by angdis 14y ago
Here's the zinger quote from the article: "As FORBES’ publisher Richard Karlgaard puts it: “[The scary smart] have inherited the world. The surest way to become a billionaire today is to be born with a 150-plus IQ and 800 math SAT skills."
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by angdis 14y ago
A bunch of right-wing baloney. The transportation systems in NYC are what make that city even possible. It is very easy for an uncreative bean-counter to look at the price tag of public transportation systems and then not be able "add up" a

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