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by apl 16y ago
In what world have online office solutions or, even better, web-based photo editing software replaced their Desktop counterparts for even the simplest use cases? I see no widespread adoption at all, which renders the argument moot. Whoever
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by apl 16y ago
I suspect you're misunderstanding the logic of his point. He's saying that fancy feature X (runtime-modifiable everything) doesn't help with necessary feature Y (simple package management), and not that X prevents Y. Clojure and certain S
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by apl 16y ago
Some people don't enjoy working in pseudo-positive and falsely encouraging environments that give second-rate work an undeserved pass. There's something motivating about standards and demands .
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by apl 16y ago
It's targeted in one way, and in one way only: via mention. Sure, the domain name includes the word "Instagram." Similarly, it's in the page's title. However, the connection is surprisingly superficial. As you point out, she offers a comica
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by apl 16y ago
At this point, there's nothing innovative or quirky about "active applications." Especially if they're rather mediocre. EDIT: After looking through the whole thing, I have to revise my opinion. It doesn't even qualify as mediocre -- copy an
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by apl 16y ago
> I had a BA because every first degree at my alma mater > BA. I guarantee you it's at least the equal of any > science course anywhere in the world. I assume it's a bit different for European universities. In gener
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by apl 16y ago
> It's that Apple is going to milk those $5 > with every update. How so?
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by apl 16y ago
> no worries about viruses or software updates ?
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by apl 16y ago
99% of all kids would simply crash and burn.
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by apl 16y ago
> On the other hand, there's quite a long tradition of > eminent, tenured, (and often aging) scientists going a > little bit off the deep end, especially in areas outside > of their actual expertise. Look no fu
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by apl 16y ago
> I'm just saying that people should refute the claims in > the paper instead of attacking the delivery method. At the risk of merely echoing what's been said countless times: (perceived) journal quality is simply a reliab
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by apl 16y ago
It's not nearly that simple. > Then its not an university any more is it? > You could always go and start an independent R&D company. a) MPIs are publicly funded. b) If you want to do research , do not ever start a com
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by apl 16y ago
> Max Plank institutes seem a fine model to me. They are, but aim to solve a very different problem. MPI researchers are free to focus on research without having to do half-assed teaching and supervising. They're still subject t
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by apl 16y ago
> Sure, some postdocs may realize too late they don’t > really want to be independent and they would gladly keep > doing what they are doing for some more time: this is > what positions in industry are for², and t
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by apl 16y ago
Based on six to seven years of careful research, I'm pleased to announce that I can add several qualities to that list. Innovators generally: 1) Interact with their environment in some way. 2) Acquire between one and a hundred languag
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by apl 16y ago
> The entire article, comparing the tablet market, > never _once_ uses the word Android or Honeycomb. Read again, please.
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by apl 16y ago
I'm genuinely tired of pseudo-happy people. Quite the fluff piece.
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by apl 16y ago
> [...] Well, that's just a random collection of business book platitudes. Have principles, flexibility, embrace risk? Seriously?
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by apl 16y ago
> Funny thing is that the common silent opinion in > academia about those like her is that they are > dropouts.... Why is it funny? Different strands of people apply different criteria for success. You appear to thin
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by apl 16y ago
What? > And yet if you ask a hundred Apple fans why their > competition is struggling you'll get a hundred different > reasons. I'm not an Apple "fan." Also, given that success is usually a fairly complex phenomenon,
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by apl 16y ago
> They follow where We the Blessed Gurus lead them. But > this time it is to the slaughterhouse, because the > world needs only fifty Lisp programmers to write All > the Code. Oh comp.lang.lisp. Why did I even
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by apl 16y ago
It's both, as a matter of fact, and judging from the struggling competition neither is particularly easy. When discussing Cook's qualities and Apple's refined processes, there isn't much fanboy-ism involved. They're simply really, really go
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by apl 16y ago
Yes, that is correct. Obviously, with rising numbers of University graduates the situation is beginning to change -- albeit at a much slower rate than in the US. There are plenty professions that do not require a BA.[2] I agree with the sen
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by apl 16y ago
a) The GI bill was an exception to the rule. I sincerely doubt that people earning BAs in their 40s are as common nowadays as you claim they are. At least not more than common than in Germany. (Yes, it happens.) b) Changing majors four time
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by apl 16y ago
> Channeling people into vocations at 18 [US system] > or 10-13 [German system] Don't exaggerate. Yes, it's true that there's some segregation going on at that point (Gymnasium versus Hauptschule versus Realschule), but th
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by apl 16y ago
That's correct. Nonetheless, we can certainly grant him an implicit "Only living things (animals) can move (by themselves)." Doesn't make it any less wrong, but I doubt that it's just a logical fallacy.
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by apl 16y ago
Good university, and way better than 90% of what the American HE market has to offer. Unless, of course, you value the electives system a lot.
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by apl 16y ago
> [...] and the opportunity for second, third, and > fourth chances at a college degree. Can you clarify what you mean by that?
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by apl 16y ago
Ha. I remember Smith being ridiculously adamant about everybody using LaTeX for their essays and logic stuff...
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by apl 16y ago
That's not a résumé, it's an (academic) CV. They have a tendency to be long; our faculty head's, for instance, has 39 pages.

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