bjornlouser

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by bjornlouser 4y ago
You have a different relationship with depressed clients than depressed coworkers and mangers.
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
From the NYTimes reference in that wikipedia article: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/04/01/science/0401-... "Many of the numbers that measure the performance of hitters, pitchers and
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
"Unfortunately, this interpretation completely misses the random forest for the decision trees." Nice one Andrej!
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
"Nearly all of the life of the universe will be dark with no star" Maybe it will turn out that many of the double star systems were created by intelligent life
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
"Not a problem [they are] facing" Not sure why you think that given that labor is their biggest expense. They have been known to collude https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/silicon-valleys-...
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
In the second video the Tesla seems to stop short of the heavy shadow cast on the road. Guess it thought it was approaching a barrier of some sort...
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
Check if the 90 received confirms or is in conflict with the findings your boss wants to see.
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
"Is there really something wrong with being clever? ... cleverness functions more as a cover for vulnerability ... reframe forced alienation ... use forms of cleverness to evade such suffering ..." I appreciate cleverness in other
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
You imply that the other PhD is being difficult but I think you're being difficult. In my opinion you should start with an open-ended question "How do we determine if there is a malfunction in the ASIC?". Unless this is your
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
You barely get credit for fixing bugs as a full-time developer within most organizations so the role of part-time bug specialist, although appealing to me as well, is a bit of a stretch.
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
"now is the time on sprockets when we dance... wait... why am I the only one here?"
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
From the article: "In traveling to America, Dvořák was on a mission to create an “American music,” to find and elevate the country’s folk tradition, even the sound of its daily life. What immediately captured his imagination was Afric
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
'Dvorak in America' articles never mention how Gottschalk was hard at work integrating African American folk music several decades earlier. There wasn't much appetite in the U.S. at the time but it was wildly popular in Euro
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
The first composer fully preserved as a recorded artist... sounds radical
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
If she has any interest in music then show her MuseScore
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
AGI, AGI, AGI, AGI, AGI, AGI... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de799b06bb59b...
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by bjornlouser 4y ago
I wish they would allow viewers to sync the playback of a podcast on their phone to the video on a separate screen. I would probably watch more of their terrible shows if I could listen to commentary through an unsanctioned channel
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by bjornlouser 5y ago
"... not one complained about RAM ... " Just curious, how much RAM does your app typically use?
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by bjornlouser 5y ago
They are trying to find candidates that won't quit once subjected to micromanagement and a culture of constant fire drills, etc. A proxy for that kind of tolerance is whether the candidate will jump through an inordinate number of hoop
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by bjornlouser 5y ago
'ungrading' is what used to be called remedial education.
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by bjornlouser 5y ago
Given his background I think he should become a recruiter that peddles the over 40 tech crowd. That way he can dabble with programming on the side, leverage his business acumen, and see first hand whether there is a market for old folks in
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by bjornlouser 5y ago
Let's get the recent grad to communicate with our clients/vendors using sensitive data that they don't understand. No need to supervise, it will be fine
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by bjornlouser 5y ago
or put another way, you can't fix the low expectations of families in the bottom half with policy
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by bjornlouser 5y ago
"Entire household for $39.00 per month compares favorably to ~$300 per month per person for boutique fitness classes" Surely outside of a pandemic the at-home crowd isn't the same set of consumers that are willing to pay $300
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by bjornlouser 5y ago
Opening up the platform to allow other app stores sounds great for consumers, but developers are likely to lose money... Maybe Apple will give developers the ability to determine whether the app was installed from Apple or some other source
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by bjornlouser 5y ago
Got perfect reception with a $40 antenna strapped to beams in the attic using bungee cords. The towers are only 50 miles from the house so ymmv https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0024R4B5C/
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by bjornlouser 5y ago
Modern management techniques rely heavily on peer pressure to motivate employees. That works on most of us because we feel shame when we disappoint. You seem to have been born with an undersized shame sensor. You lucky, lucky bastard...
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by bjornlouser 5y ago
Gramophone has a 'What Next' feature that starts with some well known piece and gives a sort of decision tree of suggested pieces based on various criteria. https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/a
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by bjornlouser 5y ago
"Almost nobody seems to hire for potential these days!" What is the average length of employment for mid to senior level developers these days? A few years? If it takes ~3 months to go from zero to competent with a new tech stack

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