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by beobab 8y ago
I've found that it's important to discover whether the other party understands the word "argument" to mean "disagreement" or "logical reasoning". If you don't agree on basic word meaning, then it
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by beobab 8y ago
I would love this in Visual Studio.
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by beobab 8y ago
Can negative news have a "self-fulfilling prophesy" component? I don't know enough, but it seems logical if an economy is based on human feelings about how well it's doing.
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by beobab 8y ago
I would contend that there can be harms involved even with porn that you might consider harmless; harms such as addiction, damaged relationships, objectification of partners. Porn can damage minds.
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by beobab 8y ago
I like the Hacker's Guide to weight (and hair) loss through stress and malnutrition. https://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/e4/ An engineer's take, and most entertaining.
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Ask HN: How do I improve my design teamwork skills?
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by beobab 8y ago
You'd be surprised. They did this at my university, and the numbers did not change significantly over the course of the year. Edit: University charged for lost cards. They did not implant chips.
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by beobab 8y ago
I remember one place I worked, someone released code which only returned data permissions for the test user (id 5).
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by beobab 8y ago
Your use of the phrase "non deplorables" suggests that polarization exists outside those sites.
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by beobab 8y ago
Seems very similar to Scott Adams' Whenhub Interface. http://blog.dilbert.com/2018/03/26/say-hello-to-the-whenhub-...
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by beobab 8y ago
Is your argument: "If you enjoy your job, you want to do it all the time, and less job == less enjoyment"? If it is, may I humbly suggest that scarcity does not reduce enjoyment, and that looking forward to something can actually
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by beobab 8y ago
Loads? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latino_superheroes
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by beobab 8y ago
35 hours is 5 days 9am-5pm with an hour for lunch. Reviewing for abuse is of course correct and good behaviour, but your assumption seems to be that people putting in that amount of hours are probably going to be unproductive. Is that corre
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by beobab 8y ago
My ideal candidate works 35 hours in the office, is engaged enough to think about work problems in their "shower time" and has enough energy to be effective whilst they work.
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by beobab 8y ago
Whilst I completely understand why you would find it inappropriate, I'm struggling to see why you would find it insulting. Can you elaborate?
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by beobab 8y ago
I see your outrage, and I'll raise you a "thanks for your service: good job finding the link".
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by beobab 8y ago
The brain only hates slowpokes when it's been told, repeatedly, that it hates slowpokes. Things are annoying if they are not as you want them to be, and you do not have as much control over them as you would like. Patience is a skill,
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by beobab 8y ago
Yes. I was agreeing with you in that bit. Sorry I didn't make it clearer.
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by beobab 8y ago
Yeah, sorry. I misread the original "list" as "lst" because that's what's used extensively here, and you're right.
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by beobab 8y ago
Well, yes and no. I can see your point, but simplicity and recognisability sometimes are sometimes a trump card. lst is actually a very good example. If you are writing small functions of less than a screen (which you arguably should be), a
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by beobab 8y ago
I seem to remember using this in early versions of Visual Basic: Dim myArray(1 to 10) As Integer Don't know if it still works, though.
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by beobab 8y ago
Cost, I would imagine. It's there. It's working for most people. The "only people complaining" are those who want to take what you have to offer and stop you from getting advertising revenue for seeing it. Your argument,
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by beobab 8y ago
I know that Microsoft have promoted powershell in their OS, and I believe they tend to build a GUI on top of powershell commands. I'd love an "ouput powershell window", which displays the powershell that a GUI is running unde
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by beobab 8y ago
I would very much like us to go to space.
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by beobab 8y ago
I am still on the fence about them. Yes, they cause problems (looking at you, powershell!). Yes, they can be used as a band-aid for thorny issues (Time constraints!). They are a tool, like any other programming construct. Is making them pro
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by beobab 8y ago
And all the Doctor Who fans screamed "noooooooooo"! ;)
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by beobab 8y ago
Literary warning: The first book shocked me to the core of my being, and I wept genuine tears of sorrow and grief; The second had me cheering the hero on. It's a great action book with loads of geekery and nerdness from my childhood. M
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by beobab 8y ago
I totally agree with you that reporting facts in as an objective way as possible is the end goal. Not "have to inject their personal feelings" but "inadvertently inject bias". The trouble with cognitive bias is that you
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by beobab 8y ago
"I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth"?
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by beobab 8y ago
That is a very good point. I had not considered that. Thanks.

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