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by azanar 17y ago
If you have the same 20 modules coming in over and over, consider bundling them all up in a single module of yours that does nothing but load those 20 modules, then other modules simply import that module. If it is the same set of 20 modu
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But decades ago other professors were putting together xeroxed collections of articles. Cohesion is a problem with xeroxed articles. Not to say it isn't with most textbooks, but it can be one of their primary goals, whereas the primary go
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The base tickets are far more than $100. You also need to factor in the cost of tuition, transportation to and from, and the opportunity cost of having classes take up your time. Or, to put in another way, you are not mandated to attend a c
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"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" It seems your Dean would've been good friends with Upton Sinclair. Although, it does raise what I think is an interesting questio
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I suspect you would probably make the same argument about being a Tor endpoint. Given that Tor has been available for a while, are there examples of maintainers of Tor end nodes being held accountable for the traffic they pass on behalf of
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Don't be lazy. Don't use eval().(blog.thetonk.com)
3 points by azanar 17y ago|6 comments
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"if you don't think you have any control, then you don't." Or you've tried to get some control, and have had your hand slapped away. And then realize the part that you don't have control over is the crux of the product's value proposition,
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I asked this elsewhere, but I'll ask it again here, and I am being completely sincere. Why pick things to specialize in at the expense of other things you elect not to? Specialization is not free; it decreases flexibility, and would seem th
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For the lucid moments he has, which people would argue about the frequency of, Alex Papadimoulis discusses something similar to this in one of his site articles, providing what I think is decent insight on why they make it to retirement a
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For the sake of imagining someone working at an employer where they have no real control over the direction of the product, what value do they bring other than their technical skill set and analytical ability? Presumably the value most deve
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I can definitely see how this force works against generalist programmers. Come on now, what basis do you have to say that someone who is a generalist is unable to provide value to people through the software they write? Do people need to
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And what's more, I don't want anything else. This lifestyle is incredibly liberating, unless of course you have a family, in which case this article doesn't remotely apply to you anyway. It might more than you give it credit for. I realiz
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As much as I think the author means well, and is really passionate about all of this, this article reads a bit like the speech of a motivational life coach. The tone seems to trade some level-headed rationality for sensationalist handwaving
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Interesting. From my experience, a McD's is just about as noisy as a Starbucks on an average day. If I want to work on projects, I generally aim more for the local, less-commercialized coffee houses. Is there an ambiance factor to this, or
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I agree, with a caveat. It depends on who it is knowing your technical ability, and what basis they have on which to judge that. For instance, a secretary who has a friend who is "really good with computers" who submits her resume for a job
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"...never underestimate the power of connections..." Avoid overestimating the power of them as well; don't always assume it is who you know, or that who you know will make the experience better. When people err, in my experience, they seem
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by azanar 17y ago
"...Sure the staff member could be recommending them just because he's a friend, but I'm assuming most people would not risk their reputation recommending someone who was incompetent." Maybe I've just been around the wrong people, but this
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Relatively rarely. I usually try to develop an intuitive sense of where my argument wants to go before I start typing, and I'm sure many a potential comment has been culled this way. When I'm typing along and find that I hit a contradiction
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Agreed. The headhunters aren't the only ones to blame though. They operate off of the notion, often correct, that people who fill positions they are totally capable of doing with extra time left over, they will encounter perpetual resistanc
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The problem is more nuanced that that. She is having to present herself as something she is not for the sake of getting whatever company to buy the product she is selling. She isn't lying as such, but she is electing to not tell certain tru
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Are you just not getting any interested candidates, or are the candidates you find proving unqualified?
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From the responses I've seen so far, my reflection is as follows: You can moderate your behavior to reasonably mitigate the possible risks of certain substances as much as you feel is prudent give the relative certainty and severity of the
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Diet sodas contain aspartame, which does not promote tooth decay. A google search will produce a number of results, with varying degrees of motivation to market aspartame, all saying pretty much the same thing. For carbonated beverages in g
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You seem to have this implicit conclusion that being results-oriented is the better way to go. You highlight the non-bright people you know who are successful, and declare that they are results-driven. You highlight bright people who aren't
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But it's hard to say to workers who've spent their entire lives developing skills particular to an industry that they should just go and find a job in an industry that needs more workers. Retraining is hard. Relocating is hard. People are
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Having previous work experience, even if it's a part time menial job, is necessary in finding a job straight out of school. Most people ask for prior work experience because what that prior work experience teaches them something they can
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Presumably, the point behind college is to do more than drink, party, and have a sheet of paper that shows some baseline amount was learned through the drunken haze. What that baseline is, and how much the person is toeing it, isn't really
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Message in What We Buy, but Nobody’s Listening (nytimes.com)
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It is, however, the part of the equation least susceptible to abuse by those who want other people to act in an unwise fashion. A strong ethos or pathos could convince people to do something that a moment of thought would draw them strongly
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Intelligence has nothing to do with intellectual abilities. I don't think this is quite accurate, but it's vague, and I can't really tell which one of these you are ascribing your examples to. In any case, intelligence and intellectual ab

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