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by ap22213 15y ago
This is pretty cool. I hope someone develops a standard for this. I imagine putting a QR code on my roof that points to a web service that could be interrogated to obtain information about the physical location. Then, processors could be
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by ap22213 15y ago
Recently, I tried something similar with my interviews. In the past, I've had lackluster success with the brain teaser, CS theory, and 'FizzBuzz' interviews. Plus, most motivated candidates had already mastered and memorized the 'Google in
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by ap22213 15y ago
Certainly, I would love to take responsibility. But, generally, the data shows otherwise. Of my 10-20 closest friends, many of whom I consider smarter than myself, many are still in working class poverty, working as bartenders and laborer
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by ap22213 15y ago
Based on the ignorance of your statements, I would have to guess that you're either of an upper middle class background with very little exposure to poverty or that you have an overt political agenda. I'm really trying to see the intellectu
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by ap22213 15y ago
A lot of the smokers that I know started in their early teens. They saw smoking as a way to be cool.
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by ap22213 15y ago
Interesting. Some friends and I were talking about this the other night. I have a few friends who actually "made it" but still haven't learned those essential skills. I wonder what may happen if one day they happen to face tight budget.
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by ap22213 15y ago
People don't seek Harvard for the education only. They seek it or lots of things: access to wealth, access to knowledge and network, increased status, increased reputation. Otherwise why would there be exceptional demand (and price) for har
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Want a peaceful world? Increase democracy, globalization, and trade(edge.org)
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by ap22213 15y ago
When did it become cool to post one's own blog article? Seems like a slippery slope to spam hell.
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by ap22213 15y ago
That's an interesting perspective, assuming you're alluding to private vs. government funding. However, can anyone provide evidence that private funding can accomplish anything near the scale of what NASA accomplished? I'm asking that as a
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by ap22213 15y ago
Even if you're under the California law, be very careful that the two work-worlds never overlap. And, keep very good dated records.
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by ap22213 15y ago
Being an old dude, I'm probably not the target demographic, but this policy would not be attractive to me. For one thing, when comparing positions, I like to have quantitative data. Ok: Position A gives me $150,000, expects me to work 45 h
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by ap22213 15y ago
The anonymous down-voting on hn is really a problem.
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by ap22213 15y ago
I think it's ironic that in a forum called 'hacker news' I can view perspectives on this topic that are convinced by 'hard limits' on Human ability by extrapolating theories of general animal biology. As if the whole realm of Human inventi
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by ap22213 15y ago
I'll recount from a 10+ years gap of memory - and also with a disclaimer that this is not my area of expertise, by far. So, please don't believe me without additional supporting evidence. However, what I took away from those classes was th
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by ap22213 15y ago
Do you have proof of this? Or can refer to evidence? You seem pretty confident in your claim. But, yet it goes against most of what that my freshman and sophomore anthropology professors taught me.
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by ap22213 15y ago
I love the form factor of my ipad, but realistically, it's nothing more than a media reader to me. With my bluetooth keyboard, it gets about 5-10% better. But, for it to become my laptop replacement, it would need an entirely new operating
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by ap22213 15y ago
Not knowing KA well enough, would anyone here hire someone with only KA credentials? Does a KA certification add much in hirability value?
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by ap22213 15y ago
"...think that anyone that says they are a programmer is qualified to be a programmer..." Interestingly, at big company these days, it seems like everyone with a title seems confident to declare themselves competent to lead any arbitrary so
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by ap22213 15y ago
"tipped labor must be paid a minimum of $2.13 per hour, as long as the hourly wage plus tipped income result in a minimum of $7.25 per hour." [1] [1] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Minimum_wage_...
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by ap22213 15y ago
Yes - I see your point. Ok - A sizable portion of the 10K happened between jobs. Another large chunk was dental. So, I'm packing a lot into that number that I probably shouldn't. And, I apologize for that. I guess I'm just bitter about it
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by ap22213 15y ago
Why is that more difficult? It seems like it worked fine for two teams I worked with. What are other common or better ways to get around this?
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by ap22213 15y ago
Using ORMs gives developers (and other stakeholders) a way to get through the initial conceptual design and development faster. It helps getting to 'functional' much faster and it makes feedback loops very effective. However, before pushin
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by ap22213 15y ago
partisan bile? Sounds more like the poster is an independent who's tired of Big-C vs. Big-L politics and really wants pragmatic change, not partisan line-toeing. Look, I don't know what age you are, but health care at upper-30s is no easy
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by ap22213 15y ago
I feel your pain. Recently, I jumped back into the Java world to help maintain (read: re-write) an application stack. The last time I used Java, it was done with Ant and Eclipse. This time around, it appears that Maven is the idiomatic ba
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by ap22213 15y ago
I think Roy Fielding and the other strict REST proponents need to do a better job of explaining why we laymen should follow the rules so closely. I have read a lot of Roy's work, and those of other proponents', and I still don't see a lot
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by ap22213 15y ago
Wow - 'harmless'? From the ploom faq: " Is Ploom "safe"? Ploom does not comment on the relative risks of smoking vs. vaporizing. Ploom is not sold or marketed as a safe alternative to cigarettes."
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by ap22213 15y ago
Agreed. But more, is there any evidence that these types of technical tests actually select for better employees?
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by ap22213 15y ago
I worked in 'educational technology' for years trying to solve 'issues' in education, training, and general Human learning. We called the field advancing Human Potential. During this time, we tried out all sorts of concepts, worked with wo
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by ap22213 15y ago
Sometimes things go very very wrong. That's why they invented insurance. Most people act 'good' most of the time. That's why this whole society thing stays cohesive. But, everyone has a probability to act badly. Just consider someone who ma

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