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by ap22213 15y ago
Consider temporal identity then: are you the same person you were X years ago? Will you be that same person X years from now? Do you want to be responsible and attached to every fragment of thought, every random event, that you post, or so
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by ap22213 15y ago
The reason why iPads are built in China is because of a thing called Comparative Advantage [1]. Even though the US could reasonably produce iPads _more_ efficiently than China, it doesn't. The reason is that the US is even more efficient a
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by ap22213 15y ago
I work 3/5 days from home, and I'm way more productive. BUT, I also find that it's been very, very difficult to build the relationships required to do effective innovation or research and development. There's just not enough recurrent team
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by ap22213 15y ago
I'm guessing that it's the same for men (when viewed by other men). I've recently started applying around using both my linkedin account and also a text version of my resume. Since linkedin is nice enough to show me who has looked at my pr
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by ap22213 15y ago
I agree, the topic _is_ silly, because most US workers are 'at-will' and can be fired at any time, for any reason. Many people don't know this or don't believe this. Unless you re under specific contract, or live in a few states with empl
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by ap22213 15y ago
I'd like to see some empirical evidence for some of your arguments. Not that I don't _want_ to believe you - I do, but my occam's razor is starting to twitch a little.
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by ap22213 15y ago
It seems that every once in a while an enticing story comes out about a person (or team) who beats the house and wins big. I spent a short time in the 'gaming' industry building electronic slots and other types of games. The word on the st
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by ap22213 15y ago
Is this true in the design world? I personally like having many options, or multiple ways to accomplish the same result, as long as they don't get in the way of each other. For instance, I would be sad if my phone only gave me one way to t
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Was Jobs the last great product innovator of our lifetime?(newstatesman.com)
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by ap22213 15y ago
Why doesn't short-term contract to hire work? Seems like it would save a lot of time, with very little risk.
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by ap22213 15y ago
I was first excited to see a post on requirements. Then, a little saddened, because as I read it, I noticed that there was little mention of the desired outcome, the overall vision or context, or stakeholders.
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by ap22213 15y ago
Yes - good insight. I have been wondering about this too. For my 15 years, I've only ever worked for software companies doing new product development. So, there's a disconnect when I'm talking to people who come from IT backgrounds. Deve
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by ap22213 15y ago
Oh. I was hoping it was going to be about Blaster Master. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_Master
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by ap22213 15y ago
I think this article is a bit alarmist, because most kids are probably safe. BUT, there is so much 'leaked' data about most of us that it's a little bit scary about the long term consequences. I'm not worried about the random individual wh
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by ap22213 15y ago
Distributed version control is such a wonderful thing. And, I love how github has become a pseudo-wiki - letting individuals change information, knowledge and not just code. Naturally, HTML/HTTP is graph-like, but unfortunately it has con
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by ap22213 15y ago
There's a hell of a lot of wisdom in the collected software development body of knowledge. It's a shame that a lot of that knowledge seems to have been wiped from recent working memory. I'm a little bit sensitive to this. This morning I re
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by ap22213 15y ago
Great fable. And, I really sympathized with it and laughed out loud; I've been there. But, we should add a few missing details to Jim's world to make it more accurate: 1. Being a chef is one of the most lucrative jobs for a person with a B
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by ap22213 15y ago
Apple probably follows all the rules and complies with all laws. So, why is there an issue, right? Well, when a company pushes toward making roughly $1M profit per employee per year, a reasonable person would expect that all people in the
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by ap22213 15y ago
If an astronaut dies during a mission, there's a lot more indirect cost incurred than just the astronaut's life. There are the endless investigations and media coverage and related activities that are hard to put a number on. Simply put, g
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by ap22213 15y ago
I just want to say that while I love the idea of car sharing services, the reality is that they're only slightly less expensive than owning, and compared to renting from the big local car rental services, they're much more expensive. At l
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by ap22213 15y ago
The proof will be in the pudding, as we say. All that we need is a few digital learners to go on to become world leaders in some particularly hard fields. That will get the attention of the mainstream parents. Many parents are very conser
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by ap22213 15y ago
I don't entirely disagree with what you're implying. However, a motivated student will have just as much access to such things if they happen to live in an urban area. Maybe the cost savings could help the student pay for more social acti
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by ap22213 15y ago
I hope this is just a first step toward big future ideas. Many highly sought professors already have great brands, and I'm surprised that they are so highly underpaid for what they do. Many of them could be getting paid a lot more in scale
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by ap22213 15y ago
I think you mean that if you enhance the software or sell it then you have to provide a cut. In general, you don't have to give a cut for works that have been produced with said software. BTW, Blender is pretty standard in this regard. "An
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by ap22213 15y ago
Was there ever a software company, or music artist, or movie studio that decided not to put out a product because of this so-called free rider problem? Just curious.
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by ap22213 15y ago
I think that many people seem to believe that property is some intrinsic thing. But, in fact, property is a socially construed thing and a granted privilege. Furthermore, property means many things, and there are many different kinds. Ea
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by ap22213 15y ago
So, perhaps you are against self-regarding people and braggarts and not necessarily minimalism? There's no such thing as being self-sufficient. But, having ditched 90% of my possessions over the years, I have to say that removing all that
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by ap22213 15y ago
Geez. It's time for me to retire. I've written 100,000s lines of code and released 9 different commercial products over the last 15 years, and Newton's method is far from being in my working memory. Now, if you ask about best practices in s
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by ap22213 15y ago
One thing I never understood was whether a flag was the same as a downvote. In my interface, I don't have a down arrow next to the article or comment. But, there is a flag option. When people talk about downvoting, are they referring to f
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by ap22213 15y ago
I can't wait to get that sexy 5' x 6' Apple cubicle shown in the work layout area.

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