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by ap22213 13y ago
I could probably make a list of things, but they'd be specific to my particular needs. Generally, each week, I think of one or two services or products that I wish I had. At this very moment, I wish I had a service that would crawl th
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by ap22213 13y ago
What would be the serious ramifications of vanishing corporate law and private equity?
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by ap22213 13y ago
Part of the problem is that it's really hard to quantify the social value of failure. So, a lot of people opt to take the easy path and do more busy work. At least, then they may show that their busy work had some productivity and ou
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by ap22213 13y ago
For those that don't know, this is the same David Graeber [1] who wrote "Debt: The first 5000 years" [2]. "Debt" is a pretty great book, and I recommend others read it. At least, I found it illuminating to the popu
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by ap22213 13y ago
I wish there was a data source that compared risky behaviors. Like smoking one cigarette is equivalent to driving 100 mph on a windy road is equivalent to not eating vegetables for a week. (just making those up) The problem for me is that I
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by ap22213 13y ago
I know a person who has several games consistently in the top 10. And, him and his team also started out as 'hobbist' game devs. To me, it seemed like they took several years of taking risks, perseverance, dedication, creativity
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by ap22213 13y ago
An expert in computer programming might make ~$180,000. But, a non-expert with basic skills might make up to $120,000. Seems like a lot of work to get that extra $60,000. The industry should be paying the experts at least double what they
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Vole - a decentralized social network(vole.cc)
17 points by ap22213 13y ago|10 comments
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by ap22213 13y ago
That's quite a bit of hyperbole. My view is quite different. The Human body evolved to survive in certain ecological niches. And, very quickly, those environments changed. So, it's not surprising that the body hasn't kept
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by ap22213 13y ago
I don't know, I'm starting to change my opinion of this. I used to think 'big data' meant anything that didn't fit easily into a RDBMS. At least petabytes. But, more recently, in conversations with non-programmers
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by ap22213 13y ago
To me, 'metadata' is a confusing word for this type of data. People in the ed-tech space have begun calling this type of data 'paradata' [1] because it sits beside the data. This helps make it distinct from metadata. M
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United States incarceration rate(en.wikipedia.org)
150 points by ap22213 13y ago|95 comments
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by ap22213 13y ago
I think the OP misses the fact that of a few hundreds people who may view and read an article, only a few will put forth effort to comment on it. So, there's definitely some sampling bias. And, typically people put forth effort only if th
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by ap22213 13y ago
I haven't really thought of marketing myself that way, but that is a great idea, Thanks. I guess I've never thought about it because I'd imagined that it'd be such a niche skill that it would be difficult to build a consulting practice arou
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by ap22213 13y ago
I don't quite agree. I agree it can be difficult. But, if there's sufficient respect between the management and developers, then it's totally possible. The manager wants to succeed, and most are pretty reasonable to ideas, especially whe
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by ap22213 13y ago
I've picked up so many of these types of projects, it's sort of become my specialty. The first thing to do is to ask oneself if it's worth completing the project at all. All stakeholders _will_ have to be ready to make some sacrifices; is
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by ap22213 13y ago
?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflation
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by ap22213 13y ago
Like if maybe some people had such high IQs that they saw problems with people who thought their moderately high IQs were useful. Sorry, just looking for real data.
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by ap22213 13y ago
I guess it depends on the scope. We had to write a minimalistic word processor in a 4th-year CS class at my low-mid-tier university.
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by ap22213 13y ago
honest serious question: do we have evidence that high IQ (beyond say 120 or so) is useful for anything important? Seems like a lot of people seek high IQ, but what's the advantage exactly?
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by ap22213 13y ago
I think it's relatively easy if you work within companies of a certain size. If so, compare yourself to another 100 developers that you've worked with. If you only work with start-ups, it may be more difficult. Questions to ask yourself:
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by ap22213 13y ago
Cool. I also heard that Duke Nukem Forever[1] was recently released. But, in all seriousness, I'll probably end up installing this over the weekend :( [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem
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by ap22213 13y ago
In a certain state of the economy, you're right. But, at least here in the US, we currently have way more demand for good developers than we have supply. Basic economics says that your model will not work. For example, the company for whi
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by ap22213 13y ago
The opposite of inflation is deflation, and that's much worse than inflation.
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by ap22213 13y ago
Well, because it's prison. By historical standards, this is pretty mild. I'd like to know why we have so many awful laws on the books. Seems like we have so many, that most of us could be locked up, if they happen to irk the wrong people.
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by ap22213 13y ago
Sure, the amount of total work may not be fixed, but the amount of work that certain highly-trained specialists can do right now for a decent pay is fixed. I mean, yeah, I probably could cut lawns around town for $1 / hour, but I'd like to
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by ap22213 13y ago
Interesting data. Thanks. And, wow, look at US's suicide rate.
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by ap22213 13y ago
As with most things, follow the money. Who benefits the most when the public is frightened of gun violence (and also being told to arm themselves)? Similarly, war deaths (as a portion of total death) have been decreasing incredibly. Yet,
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by ap22213 14y ago
I think there may be a glut of potentially good software engineers. In fact, I know several high-IQ programmers who are skilled, but sadly, probably unemployable. I think the problem seems to be (at least) four-fold. 1. They don't have th
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by ap22213 14y ago
Wow - is this what constitutes 'research' these days? Look at some data on stackoverflow.com as if it's a representative sample, and then make some general conclusions?

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