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by artsrc 15y ago
Going the other way: In languages where if is an expression if (a) { b; } would return b if a was true and nothing otherwise. Which is a similar to a && b.
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by artsrc 15y ago
If the 7,000 people do valuable marketing, then pay them for it directly. Why all this big fuss about "Cutting Off Amazon"?
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by artsrc 15y ago
If this was "Will Apple be the next RIM?" you could just answer no and move on. The rule is that headlines phrased as questions are answered with no. We now need a similar rule for "Why <event that won't happen> might happen" headli
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by artsrc 15y ago
Since obesity does not matter, who cares what measure you use? "when we look at objectively measured fitness determined by a maximal exercise test on a treadmill and objectively determined body composition, not self reported height and weig
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by artsrc 15y ago
Daily stand ups would be stupid in my current project. Professionals should have a broad responsibility for the end result and appropriate freedom over the approach taken. Externally imposed process creates a situation where professions are
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by artsrc 15y ago
> C# does have API's like this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7de1x8cb.aspx
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by artsrc 15y ago
From: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/health/11patient.html > about 527,000 vasectomies were performed in this country each year. I have a vasectomy and would have preferred this.
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by artsrc 15y ago
> A 15-minute standup isn't going to hurt a good team's productivity It can send a powerful message that the team is not responsible for producing the software.
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by artsrc 15y ago
I think the 'imagine' asks for an insincere and interviewer pleasing answer. The way to get a real answer is to ask about a real situation. Have you ever had two job offers to consider? What were they? What was interesting about each of t
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by artsrc 15y ago
Working forwards we see that more 'minorities', such as slaves, women, and homosexuals have had their rights protected over time. So working backwards you can see that the system failed to protect the rights of minorities.
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by artsrc 15y ago
Indeed, the whole theory falls down on this point. In areas where people are generally competent, they can judge to skill of others and can select the best leaders.
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by artsrc 15y ago
A constitutional monarchy does all those things. And they are not republics, but can be democracies.
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by artsrc 15y ago
Democracy is significantly about an expression of preference, rather than identification of quality. Think about it as voting for the dinner choices. It is not about finding the best chef, it is about getting Spaghetti Bolognese, because t
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by artsrc 15y ago
Currently there is a complex and non-transparent pricing for phones purchased bundled with a service. This is used maximize profit share, disguise cost and create market power etc. Google tried to challenge this model. This has nothing t
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by artsrc 15y ago
If you want to explore how to express processes something as dumb as Pascal is an odd option in 2012. I learned Pascal in the late 80's and I would never teach my children it, or send them to a school that used it. It was dumb then, we shou
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by artsrc 15y ago
From a theoretical point of view what matters is engaged students and inspiring teachers. I would absolutely love to have a talented and passionate teacher, working with a energetic students who love exploring what is possible. Another thi
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by artsrc 15y ago
> "it's an end-to-end IT company" Maybe Amazon is an end to end IT company. You can buy your PC, and host your application server side. Dell don't seem end to end compared to companies that have their own database, and operating system
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by artsrc 15y ago
Apple have very respectable margins on their their PC's. Apple's market share is growing. I would like to see simple desktops hardware (like a Nintendo Wii), servers in the cloud, and Dell to disappear into the sunset.
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by artsrc 15y ago
I agree. So the solution is simple. Telsa should institute a completely unconditional agreement to replace your batteries should they fail for any reason for $7K (or less). They are the ones that actually are more aware of what can brick o
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by artsrc 15y ago
Many nosql databases support queries. If you are using one of these then you are in a better place for features like that than you are with heavily shaded SQL.
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by artsrc 15y ago
If the replication is asynchronous then SQL databases are not durable. So the most important feature of SQL databases generally isn't one.
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by artsrc 15y ago
The Job market does not clear because it is not a market. The information is hoarded by one group and hidden from the other. Creative souls can come up with tools to address issues raised here. Workers can pay for the ability to prove them
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by artsrc 15y ago
Technology can change things. If digital printers and scanners get good enough we may need to switch from current physical currency, back to gold, silver and copper. Trying to legislate around the technology to protect the current model m
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by artsrc 15y ago
I really don't think SOAP is very ok with HTTP. It misuses the protocol and subverts its goals. For example, version 1 used POST for safe, idempotent requests.
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by artsrc 15y ago
If the physical benefit of normalization is related to sharing the representation of repeated values, then perhaps this reduces the physical benefit of normalization, because shared values are automatically captured just once.
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by artsrc 15y ago
This is a game which is in general one sided. The employer knows more, and has less stake in this deal (more market power). A one sided information delivery from you essentially makes you even less powerful. The only way this works is if y
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by artsrc 15y ago
What parts of REST can you be against if you are ok with HTTP. If REST is the architecture that HTTP is an protocol for can you really use HTTP properly without understanding REST?
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by artsrc 15y ago
If a company has 100 shares on issue how is paying you $0.10 per share in dividends different from a buy back of 10 shares at $1 each. Either puts $10 dollars into the pockets of shareholders and out of the hands of the company. Dividends v
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by artsrc 15y ago
Moore's law is more about economics than physics. You just need more layers or bigger chips, and you still get more transistors per chip.
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by artsrc 15y ago
What will drive performance is human ingenuity and innovation. How can we tell if the slower rate of performance increase has more to do with decreased marginal utility, rather than physical limits. Computers can now using lower power and l

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