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by angdis 14y ago
Don't blame the jurors. They're just regular folks who are earnestly trying do their best as though they're performing a civic duty. In reality, they're being played like a fiddle. Instead, blame the f'ed patent system, the lawyers who expl
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by angdis 14y ago
Indeed! I've seen stuff much like that. Not pretty. A prefect example of why visual programming is no silver bullet.
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by angdis 14y ago
I think that exploring alternative ways of creating programs is an excellent worthwhile activity. But while it might "open up" programming as discipline for _some_ people that would otherwise not do it, it doesn't follow that "everyone" wil
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by angdis 14y ago
Drum and Bass, dubstep, electronica. Strictly to filter out insipid office noise. I prefer total silence when I can get it, but certain kinds of music are vastly preferable to office babble.
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by angdis 14y ago
You're not likely to get it from the hiring manager or the people which interviewed you. However, if you went through a recruiter and have good rapport with him/her, you may be able to get answers to your questions about "why" and what thei
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by angdis 14y ago
The corollary "note-to-self" is to avoid doing anything that would land oneself in a mental institution!
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by angdis 14y ago
Fortunately most of don't live in such places! Cycling is a very good way to get around. Urban areas in particular have been making accommodations at a fantastic pace.
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by angdis 14y ago
Adorable as a cool future-retro gadget. OK, probably not optimal for pedagogical purposes! I once read about a sewing machine had a gameboy interface (don't remember if it was a hack or OEM). These things are so tough and ubiquitous, it is
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by angdis 14y ago
$50000 sounds cheap! That doesn't factor in the opportunity cost of missing out on a "good hire". IMHO, the "cost" of a bad hire is some multiple of their salary-- more like 200K-1M. Even worse if you add-up lost customers.
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by angdis 14y ago
Dude, if success or failure actually hung on rhetoric (word-choice), there would be millions more start-ups "succeeding" today. "Failure is not an option" in that one never explicitly _chooses_ failure. It just happens for a million differe
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by angdis 14y ago
Outsourcing works when you want to exploit economies of scale. This project appears to be an attempt to create a high cost novelty product at a very small scale. They probably would have been better off hiring the services of a local machin
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by angdis 14y ago
Hey, I am not suggesting there's a solution-- let alone even suggesting that we preserve jobs by "limiting innovation" (if that could even be done). All I am trying say is that there had better be something hard thinking about what will hap
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by angdis 14y ago
By the same token, I don't think it is a universal truth that human labor will _always_ be able repurpose itself and/or do so in a way that doesn't involve tremendous human suffering.
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by angdis 14y ago
Not so much a circle. More like an arrow. Pointing downward. This isn't going to end pretty in the long term.
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by angdis 14y ago
OK... but the nice thing about computers and networks is that you don't _necessarily_ have to transfer 1TB globs of data to from SF to London to use it or compute upon it. There are computers in SF too. And of course, if you're talking abou
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by angdis 14y ago
OK, but the truth is most software engineers are not software engineers. "They are bad programming handymen- errant, reckless, and ignorant of best practices".
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by angdis 14y ago
I recently picked up my neice's high school alegbra book and the "mile wide inch deep" problem is plainly evident: way too much clutter and convolving of topics. When I helped her with some problems sets, it became apparent that the teacher
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by angdis 14y ago
Whoever said "hackers, artists and other creative types" DON'T often find themselves besieged with multiple tasks and countless interruptions?
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by angdis 14y ago
While I agree that very often interesting topics get closed, they DO HAVE a good reason for doing so. The intent of all the stack-exchange sites is to provide a high-quality resource of _answers_ for specific _questions_. If "the answer" to
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by angdis 14y ago
Touché !
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by angdis 14y ago
What I can't understand is how some well-educated supposedly rational lawyer literally typed the figure "$75 Trillion" into a legal document with a straight face.
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by angdis 14y ago
Instead of starting a half-baked "war on aging" we should perhaps consider trying to improve quality of life for people of all ages. Quality not quantity, people!
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by angdis 14y ago
It sure does, but this kind of stuff also hints at a future possibility of government involvement at a level that makes many people very uncomfortable.
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by angdis 14y ago
I wonder how many of them left the briefing thinking that the US Cyber Command could literally turn a computer into a "brick".
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by angdis 14y ago
He makes a brings up an interesting point about the idea checking the effectiveness of interview methods. It seems that lots of people have intricate hacks for divining the talented programmers in an interview, but NO ONE can back their met
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by angdis 14y ago
OK, I totally don't understand, what is the "unit" in "unit cost of $1700" ?? In other words, what exactly is the basis of comparison with other reactors?
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by angdis 14y ago
Take delivery of your brand new Ferrari in the parking lot at work! [yes, true story (not me!)]
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by angdis 14y ago
Indeed, one would expect to drive to work in an M5 or pick-up groceries without making a scene. The M5 is a very expensive "everyday" car albeit with 7 speeds. People purchase it because they're optimizing for a "total experience" and will
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by angdis 14y ago
The author fails to realize that except for a few thrilling seconds a year (if that) the typical Lambo owner drives no faster than any other car. "Supercars" are actually toys. Nobody really cares about the dashboard on those things. The ow
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by angdis 14y ago
In an era where employers (especially larger corporations) see all employees as disposable temps and where hot technologies change in a matter months, OF COURSE my resume bullet point goals are going to take priority in front of concerns ab

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