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by aswanson 7y ago
I worked in defense contracting early in my career. White-collar welfare. Disgusting level of waste.
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by aswanson 7y ago
Dampens direct influence proportionally, though. The "cleaner" the money is, the more difficult it is for nefarious sources to dictate terms of use to the end user.
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by aswanson 7y ago
But, I mean, other than that, what do you have on them?
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by aswanson 7y ago
C++ is a trash language; somebody said it's object orientation is like trying to make an octopus by stapling four more legs on a puppy. It allows devs to abstract to the point of absurdity and obfuscates intention. C is much more hygen
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by aswanson 7y ago
The point is, you can render specifity to the point of uselessness. Of course there are specific situations & circumstances where a given occupation is more risk prone than another, but global averages are where public perception &
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by aswanson 7y ago
Being a nurse or care technician in a hospital is more dangerous than being a cop in terms of being physically assaulted. They are often females on 1-to-1 assignment with mentally ill men that often attempt to attack & rape them.
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by aswanson 7y ago
It's not even in the top 10 most dangerous occupations: https://www.ajc.com/news/world/these-are-the-deadliest-jobs-...
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by aswanson 7y ago
Wow. That's just abusive...
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by aswanson 7y ago
Aristocrats are able to focus on the arts, culture, politics. They are the next level of social evolution.
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by aswanson 7y ago
downloading yet another pdf he promises himself he will read in the future...
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by aswanson 7y ago
KU seems to have an excellent emag staff, from your comments. Would you recommend sending a son there for EE (out of state)? Also, did you take any classes under Dr. John Schmalzel? I had a few classes with him and he went there.
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by aswanson 8y ago
That "young kids & fat mortgage" is god to honest truth. I knew a manager that celebrated his reports buying their first cars or houses as it increased his leverage over them. Sickening, but true.
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by aswanson 8y ago
Read deeper into the post, Im not stigmatizing naps. Im big on sleep. Love it so much & think it's fundamental to physical and mental health. Its so important that if you need it at a place of employment, maybe that place of employ
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by aswanson 8y ago
Google has nap pods? Wow...that remindsof mats they used to have for us in preschool. Sheesh.
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by aswanson 8y ago
Instagram is thriving because there's little direct communication Laughing at the fact that the best medium is the one where people dont talk to each other.
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by aswanson 8y ago
That's a rather misanthropic definition of human beings.
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by aswanson 8y ago
I find it astonishing people are still on fb, and even moreso that people that are still on there have the slightest expectation that their data will be handled with care & respect for their privacy.
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by aswanson 8y ago
lol. you're right.
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by aswanson 8y ago
Been having those thoughts revisiting my old elementary school with my kid. Every teacher and staff member when I went there is gone, but in my memory there is a snapshot of that part of my life...frozen in time. Comparing that snapshot in
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by aswanson 8y ago
Extending the study, spent my childhood suffering similarly and have had problems with cavities from 1st grade through adulthood.
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by aswanson 8y ago
I mean, at least he kept it real.
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by aswanson 8y ago
I wonder what sparked interest in rocketry in the USSR enough that they launched Sputnik, etc with no immediate military benefit. As berated as communism is, they had vision enough to see past the capitalists in that moment...into space.
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by aswanson 8y ago
Sounds very close to a definition of hell.
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by aswanson 8y ago
That's the market signalling low demand, and a dying field. Im so glad I didnt get that gig out of college at altera and got diverted into software by market forces.
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by aswanson 8y ago
Of course, but what pre-compile architectural decisions could be made to accommodate such a higher level construct?
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by aswanson 8y ago
Could the concept of "ownership" be optimized for somehow in hardware?
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by aswanson 8y ago
I wonder if there is any research into hardware architectures optimized for Rust.
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by aswanson 8y ago
What does devops mean? I keep seeing that word.
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by aswanson 8y ago
I legit laughed at that. Morbid humor.
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by aswanson 8y ago
He seems like he means well, though. Posting all of his notes free of charge.

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