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by buyx 11y ago
I was referring to the Martin Kleppmanm piece on "Accounting for Conputer Scientists". It seems like it was meant as an exercise in mapping accounting to graph theory, but somehow morphed into a go-to tutorial for accounting. Look
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by buyx 11y ago
It isn't that complicated. They key to unlocking double-entry accounting is the accounting equation and the (8?) or so rules mapping debits and credits to transactions. As for a bank deposit, it needs to be understood that the statem
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by buyx 11y ago
I found that article to be rather obtuse and very complicated (I think it was an intellectual exercise rather than a primer), but that's my personal opinion. Definitely not the "light reading" GP wanted. A useful primer would
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by buyx 11y ago
I did accounting (actually bookkeeping) in high school, as did almost all my school-mates, and it is a very useful skill to have. From understanding debit and credit on a bank statement, to being able to read a balance sheet, accounting is
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by buyx 11y ago
The same applies to Cape Town Stadium. In many ways, the World Cup was a tragic waste of resources for South Africa, and even though it showcased the country (for that one month the South African government showed it could rise above medioc
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by buyx 11y ago
As I intimated, things are improving in some areas thanks to improved IT system controls, but the quality of the improvement is very very uneven. Even in Gauteng, some offices function excellently, while others are awful. It comes down to t
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by buyx 11y ago
The only saving grace is that the Department of Home Affairs (of which the Film and Publications Board is part) is so incompetent that their reach exceeds their grasp, and it is relatively easy to circumvent their authoritarian tendencies.
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by buyx 11y ago
There seems to be a proliferation of dubious Masters degrees that, although not as fake as this Pakistani diploma mill still seem more like money-making schemes than worthwhile credentials. I know a number of people who were in high school
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by buyx 11y ago
I'm not a protectionist, but Google Maps has been damaging high quality local mapping services because of its zero price-point. It is technically the best mapping service, but when the data is wrong, it is very wrong, and, the bigger t
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by buyx 11y ago
South Africa has strict immigration laws. Unfortunately widespread corruption in the Department of Home Affairs (especially in the period 1994-2010 ca.) has meant that these laws were not worth the paper they are printed on. How exactly Ban
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by buyx 11y ago
My blood pressure hits 150/90 somewhat regularly (the local gym had an automated cuff which I use to measure it). When I was about 29 I was concerned enough to ask the specialist physician who I see for an unrelated chronic condition.
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by buyx 12y ago
I always check my car doors are locked before walking away, even though I have a more conventional remote central locking system. For the last few years in South Africa, crooks have been using things like garage door openers to block the si
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by buyx 12y ago
At least this article highlights how poorly worded that problem was. Also, the article correctly points out that Olypiad questions don't necessarily say much about the quality of an education system: if you were to judge the Soutb Afri
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by buyx 12y ago
It's interesting that you say the transition has happened between web and mobile, because of a lot of people I know are getting up to speed in HTML 5, and are betting the next few phase of their careers on it. Maybe it's because S
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by buyx 12y ago
And of course there's Mexico right next to you, Based on impressions created by Hollywood movies, people I've spoken to in South Africa express opinions that Mexico is some kind of hellhole. Here's a sobering comparison: h
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by buyx 12y ago
The South African government has improved the lot of the poor in some ways- child support grants form the basis of a welfare system that protects people from utter destitution. Sadly, as you point out, the public healthcare and education sy
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by buyx 12y ago
It does happen that armed response companies are tardy, but the local papers usually make a big deal about it, especially if there was a house robbery (home invasion). Plus, since incidents do happen more often, presumably the security guar
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by buyx 12y ago
You get used to the stress, and the ubiquitous security, and you get on with your life. But you have to constantly be aware of new threats: a newish one that has hit a few people I know is "car jamming" where remote locks on cars
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by buyx 12y ago
Internal and external burglar bars on all windows, and an outside perimeter fence. High walls on side and back, topped by barbed wire. Security gates on all doors. Burglar alarm linked to armed response, and outside perimeter beams. This is
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by buyx 12y ago
In South Africa some universities have introduced cameras into exam halls, but cheating is probably rampant at those that haven't. I've been in an exam where people in the next row (teachers no less, doing what seemed like an easy
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by buyx 12y ago
I can't comment on UberX, but regular Uber should absolutely be subject to regular taxi/safety/liability clauses Do you mean uberPOP? AFAIK, UberX is like regular Uber, but with smaller cars and lower fares.
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by buyx 12y ago
With "dead tree" publications dying, and online ad supported publishing not being lucrative, how will the demand for content be satisfied? Here in South Africa, our newspapers and magazines are in steep decline (but still profitab
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by buyx 12y ago
It's a cool idea, but it is really just TaaS (Tanzania as a Service), or maybe South-east Africa as a service (decent submarine cable connections). From what I've heard bandwidth remains prohibitively expensive in places like Nami
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by buyx 12y ago
I think that many are dumb and ignorant. A ninth grade dropout usually won't make the same choices as a college grad. The question is, should they be protected from the consequences of their undeniable dumbness and ignorance? I would
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by buyx 12y ago
People are ignoring the elephant in the room: a lack of intelligence on the part of these people. It's one thing to have a CS degree and figure out the maths of owning vs renting, but quite another to expect a ninth grade dropout to do
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by buyx 12y ago
In South Africa, most consumers are poorly educated, and ignorant, and furniture retailers have been milking them in a similar way for decades. The National Credit Act, introduced in 2007, was supposed to tighten up on reckless and exploita
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by buyx 12y ago
It would be cause for concern if it started spreading in the South African public healthcare system, where infection control (or doing their work) is not a high priority for many staff ( http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?pi
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by buyx 12y ago
I live in South Africa, so we didn't have an S&L crisis :) But yes, a lot of architects do play with CAD
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by buyx 12y ago
I once had an interview with an "architect" who was, in fact a trained architect (someone who designs buildings, he probably got into IT with the .COM bubble), who had zero training in DB theory. We were chatting about database de
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by buyx 12y ago
Education should be useful though a lifetime, and the classics seem to become more important as we get older. Perhaps there should be more time devoted overall to English, so that it can all be covered- both practical English, as well as li

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