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by cema 10y ago
If horses could invent cars, things would be very different. We are not horses.
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by cema 10y ago
This would not work, the data is heavily cross-referenced. You would simply have more names (as possible neighbors, or rather co-habitators) in your account.
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by cema 10y ago
Maybe you could rephrase it. For example, give it a title "software engineer", and then a subtitle or one short paragraph explaining: "the position was officially called qa whatever and involved developing software for this
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by cema 10y ago
There will be false negatives too, but most likely not related to the skills but something else, like mental health or work ethic.
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by cema 10y ago
But this is the rule of law, unfortunately. While we (Americans, in this case) are trying to change the laws, the problem, or rather a problem, is that people who enforce the law at the border have too much power (and too much leniency f
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by cema 10y ago
I literally cannot imagine paying $500 a month for a car payment Why not? Consider: I got a Subaru Forester with $0 down and 0% interest which I pay off over 4 years. With options, it's $650 monthly. Again, no upfront costs.
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by cema 10y ago
Yeah. Reads like a witty remark whose only purpose is to be one.
128.
by cema 10y ago
2-4 years is extremely optimistic, but I think this is an issue that (finally) has drawn more attention than usual, so there is a chance there will be some work towards its resolution.
129.
by cema 10y ago
I agree with the first point. The second point, I think, is the difference between a junior and a senior programmer.
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by cema 10y ago
the only point of taking an MBA is to unlearn the natural tendency to perceive magnitde as a log fn of magnitude Interesting. Anything to read about it?
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by cema 10y ago
As much as I maintain a skeptical attitude to all sides of this scientific (and political) issue, I absolutely support the effort to keep the data available to the public. Science cannot move forward without the data (and metadata) availabl
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by cema 10y ago
I am not sure what your point is. No, it is not sufficient to make a policy decision, for instance. But if I have to go and vote on this issue, it is at least something I could base my judgment on.
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by cema 10y ago
Segregating gifted children in with the regular population Do you mean desegredating, that is, keeping them in? If so, I agree, it may be bordering on abuse. I have only anecdotal evidence to support it, but I suspect there may have
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by cema 10y ago
I think Smalltalk machines did it, and so maybe did Lisp machines. Intersystems is doing something similar, partially, with M (their version of Mumps).
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by cema 10y ago
True, at first. But then things may change. On the other hand, they might want to eat us too, so be careful.
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by cema 10y ago
Neanderthals were actually more technologically advanced than humans I understand why this choice of words, but I think it is important to remember that Neanderthals were humans too. And, as we now know, not just "technically&
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by cema 10y ago
Yes! I bought it a few weeks ago and am now going through it. A great overview of the topic.
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by cema 10y ago
MUMPS is standard in places which deal with Intersystems, via Ensemble (integration system) and their Cache database. An intriguing stack of technologies: an old and 100% backward compatible programming language, an object-oriented (non-rel
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by cema 10y ago
Well, those people were self directed and had a strong interest.
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by cema 10y ago
Is 3a "good interviewees..."? Perhaps you are right. This is a usual argument against canned exams.
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by cema 10y ago
slightest reason to not let me back in I think if you are a US citizen there is no way they can "not let" you back in, but they certainly can make your entry quite unpleasant. I have been flying from and to the US about on
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by cema 10y ago
This article was written before the net bubble. I think it was in fact written during the big bubble, although my memory may be a bit off. I do remember distinctly having read (and chuckled at) an article by a supposedly serious eco
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by cema 10y ago
This is the double slip knot, I think. I have recently started using it (the standard knot is going loose too fast the way I wear my shoes) and will never go back to the standard knot. Just so good.
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by cema 10y ago
One does not preclude the other. C# is a pleasure to work with, and a powerful language and environment, but Javascript is the tool for the web-based front end, and a nice language in its own right. Provided a certain discipline, one can
145.
by cema 10y ago
They are parallel because they don't intersect.
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by cema 10y ago
I don't think this is "control", the appraiser [sp?] did not have to agree to do that.
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by cema 10y ago
That's what I do (drive with the mileage screen on). I coast a lot, and in general am pretty gentle on the gas pedal, except when I need to join the traffic, where I sometimes apply the full pressure: CVT is a bit different from what I
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by cema 10y ago
On my 2017 Subaru Forester I routinely make about 29 mpg when going to and from work. (Which nicely coincides with my 29-mile commute.) According to the car passport, it should be getting 26 mpg in city, 32 on highway, 28 overall, but I am
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by cema 10y ago
Not sure about trucks but modern SUVs have a good mpg rating. About as good as recent sedans.
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by cema 10y ago
Parametric Technology ( http://www.ptc.com/ ) has had a series of layoffs. They are trying to turn the business around, clumsily it seems. Never having been associated with the company myself, I will let others talk. Well kno

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