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by ap22213 10y ago
It'd be hilarious if one of my co-workers tried to break out the ole Roberts Rules at a typical meeting.... Meetings are bad enough.
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by ap22213 10y ago
Off topic, but I'm so glad that writing has gotten more concise over the last 40 years.
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by ap22213 10y ago
Pittsburgh is a strange place. I was thinking of buying a 2nd home in Shadyside about 4 years ago. I recently visited, and the homes that I was looking at have appreciated 3x! I spent some time talking to a lot of the locals, and they&#x
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by ap22213 10y ago
Maybe it's changed. But, I worked in Ann Arbor in software from the late 90s to the mid 2000s, and Detroit was way cooler than Ann Arbor. If you want to wear polo shirts, sweaters around the neck, eat pâté and cheese, drink wine, and
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by ap22213 10y ago
If you want status, sure. But, if you're relatively good and want money, then no. Economics is about supply and demand. And, every city in the world wants high-end developers. Many companies are willing to pay a lot because they hav
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by ap22213 10y ago
With some exceptions, right? Friends and family? Neighbors? I would certainly intervene if my loved ones became addicts. I'd also interven if it indirectly affected me (e.g. higher crime, more homelessness, loss of property value, etc)
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by ap22213 10y ago
But, your theft is my surcharge. That is, me and many others don't view taxation as theft but as a charge for providing an ideal environment to amass wealth.
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by ap22213 10y ago
Yes, it is an overly-broad generalization. Yet, how can one avoid generalizing when 9 of 10 friends / relatives fit the description with certainty?
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by ap22213 10y ago
By the way, although my wife and I are fairly intelligent, neither of us are as intelligent as our parents. For instance, my father apparently taught himself to read and write at around 2 and started to teach himself logic and algebra soon
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by ap22213 10y ago
Got any resources for preschools? I've got a serious pending problem with my youngest. She's 18 months old and already on par with an average 4-5 year old (and even older in some ways). It's really freaking my wife and I ou
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by ap22213 10y ago
Just be careful. A company and its board isn't a person - it's a legal entity. The company exists solely to make profit. That's it. And, the company will do everything in its legal power to do so. It doesn't matter what
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by ap22213 10y ago
We currently have 10s of millions of highly educated scientists, engineers, programmers, technicians in the world. We have tools to collaborate and communicate. Global GDP is like 100 trillion. With that magnitude of resources available, we
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by ap22213 10y ago
I don't know. It seems more like 99% of startups die, and 99% of large companies stick around. Not that I enjoy working for large companies, but just saying...
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by ap22213 10y ago
His 3rd piece of advice (somewhat unrelated): Find a boss that you love to work for and make them successful. And, if you don't like your boss, run from them as politely but as fast as you can.
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by ap22213 10y ago
"Big data analytics" (lol). Hey, in this business it pays to ride the hype curve for as long as you can... But, basically, I just crunch PiBs of data, build platforms that inexpensively scale to 100s of billions of writes a day, a
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by ap22213 10y ago
Total compensation is the first and only thing that I ask before even learning about an opportunity. I make $240k / year. And, that's a jaw-dropping figure for companies that only seek warm bodies to fill seats. It's better t
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by ap22213 10y ago
First, I really appreciate the reply. So, thank you. It may seem a rehash (and, it partially is). But, there are readers who are either unaware or have forgotten that Google doesn't give away services for free. Google is an advertise
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by ap22213 10y ago
Yes and no. They may have access to it from Android devices. But, this allows them to also do so from other devices. Also, this likely allows them to track kids whereabouts, bypassing COPPA via implied consent.
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by ap22213 10y ago
WTF - I know Google employees troll this forum to build brand and influence, but squelch criticism? Come on. What ever happened to the 'don't do evil' company?
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by ap22213 10y ago
When if ever has it helped you? Meaning - yes, clearly it helps companies sell their products and services. But, as an individual consumer, how many times over the past year have you purchased something because its advertisement informed yo
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by ap22213 10y ago
I know. This is just getting sickening. Can't they focus on delivering real value without being just an 'advertisement company'. I know that advertising is like the only thing that makes money anymore, but does it really h
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by ap22213 10y ago
Geez. Google is just getting carried away with this tracking stuff. It's like every day they release something new that seems to con people into letting Google track them. I know advertising is a trillion dollar industry. But, you&#x
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by ap22213 10y ago
I'd be happy to give up agricultural lands in the US in exchange for much less political obstruction and substantial tax cuts. Those new countries would still have to sell their agricultural products on the market, and the nearest urba
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by ap22213 10y ago
We urbanites call it gentrification. And, it's unavoidable under a market system.
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by ap22213 10y ago
Why would you believe that it would happen more frequently than it does now? All of those things would still be controlled by the residents, via government. The people it would affect the most would be those on the outskirts. But, those pe
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by ap22213 10y ago
"Face it, states are completely arbitrary lines on a map." And, what remains of state control ends up being a unwanted complexity to a lot of us.
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by ap22213 10y ago
Would be nice. But, then only the carriers and the platform owners get to track you. That's not really fair, either.
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by ap22213 10y ago
The lack of time is really a perception caused by mental overload. Most people I know have extra time. They're just incredibly overwhelmed with the background noise of work. They have time, but extremely little of it is mentally use
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by ap22213 10y ago
that repository is 404?
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by ap22213 10y ago
Cool - I'll try to get someone on my team to give you an email.

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