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by cema 10y ago
Well it was said (attributed, anyway) to Max Weinreich ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_a... ) who was a professional linguist. Notice that it was said in Yiddish which, of course, did not hav
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by cema 10y ago
Not necessarily no need to work, but more importantly, easily available free time to spend on learning (or anything else).
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by cema 10y ago
I wish people tried harder to reduce click bait titles. So do I, but do they have incentives to do so? Can we maybe think of ways to incentivize them?
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by cema 10y ago
In my experience, "open source" is sometimes a code word for non-enterprise technologies, such as RoR and php and so on.
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by cema 10y ago
Emacs has dabbrev-completion and dabbrev-expand which, I guess, shows its age...
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by cema 10y ago
Reichstag is a good example, by the way: while it was not staged by the Nazis, as has been alleged multiple times (the arsonist was a madman), they were quick to seize the opportunity. And it is not a unique event, perhaps just the most wid
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by cema 10y ago
Could be implied, of course. Still, there is a noticeable segment who think otherwise (eg a large portion of the Clojure community).
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by cema 10y ago
Type based programming does not quite work in weakly typed languages.
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by cema 10y ago
True. We don't know that. I think however that this may be one of those cases when perception is stronger than reality: perception of what Microsoft is and what Java is.
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by cema 10y ago
Well... no secrets, just self evident truths.
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by cema 10y ago
I do it all the time, no social issues. Good coworkers?
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by cema 10y ago
No bugs get in, in my experience, but I do not live in a very bug-infested place. Rain protection with the provided rainfly is somewhat inadequate, in my opinion: I would get a larger sized fly, maybe from a larger hammock (Expedition?) or
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by cema 10y ago
When in bed, I prefer to sleep on the stomach. But I have had great results sleeping on my back in a hammock. Just one data point; however (also anecdotally) I have had several friends sleeping in my hammock and reportedly enjoying it, what
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by cema 10y ago
I have had good results with more expensive hammocks which are intended for backpacking. They include (1) a netting attached to the lower portion which forms a cocoon of sorts and prevents against bugs and mosquitoes and (2) a rainfly which
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by cema 10y ago
funny battles for the bathroom Not so funny as soon as you have children.
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by cema 10y ago
I think it would mean that either you rent (but someone else is still an owner and has to deal with the situation) or you don't care much about the property value (which means, in other words, you are rich).
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by cema 11y ago
Run towards it or away from it?
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by cema 11y ago
I think you have hit an important point: forced infantilization as a result of the group-based teaching environment in modern schools.
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by cema 11y ago
I think it is more an appeal to classics, which is different from an appeal to authority.
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by cema 11y ago
Which in turn could mean that the standard request is valid, or appears to be valid to the respective party.
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by cema 11y ago
Or, more likely, they simply don't care.
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by cema 11y ago
The problem was formulated as to find the only non-duplicate number.
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by cema 11y ago
Honestly though my biggest issue with interviews is the lack of response with a negative result. Exactly mine too. However: If something is wrong with a candidate and they don't fit that's perfectly fine. But pleas
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by cema 11y ago
I wonder if RIM being an (originally) Canadian, not a US, company has anything to do with it.
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by cema 11y ago
True, non-measurable (or hard to measure) skills and qualifications are still important. I think interviews do give us a certain approximation, but of course not perfect.
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by cema 11y ago
My curiosity on the legal implications of the work I was doing almost cost me a job once...
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by cema 11y ago
In my experience, clarifying questions are important. In this case, for instance, we have two different problems (well, not too different, but still).
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by cema 11y ago
Oh don't be so gloom, there is still work for everyone, it seems. Whether it's the kind of work one seeks is another matter, but there is plenty of work as long as the standards are set low enough. Which is not bad btw -- imho, if
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by cema 11y ago
I think he said it: he can sit on the porch and see nothing but trees, dog, nature. Separation from the neighbors. Many people seek that, in fact.
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by cema 11y ago
I think a number of the comments tend to use the word "country" instead of "government". The UK, France, and all other first world countries are great countries, in many ways that count. Governments however are not so gr

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