chrishynes

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by chrishynes 12y ago
Its not an issue of motivation, but one of competing goals and interest groups creating deadlock. Just considering goals, you have listed a lot of (very good) ideas for improvement. But everyone from voter up to politician is going to have
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On software, tech worker shortage, and winner take all(programcsharp.com)
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by chrishynes 12y ago
Right, and again, my case shows a difference even there: I went into software. But my brother went into carpentry and animal husbandry. Same family, same environment -- gaming, coding with dad, etc. He's just as smart and could've
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by chrishynes 12y ago
That's an interesting theory. It's got to have some impact, but I'm not sure how much. That's how I started, though -- coding games with my dad, and just got the juices flowing there and kept doing little project after p
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by chrishynes 12y ago
If there are biological influences on choice of profession based on gender, than a diversity goal of a 50/50 split of genders in a profession is misguided and artificial at best, and harmful at worst. I never said culture has zero effe
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by chrishynes 12y ago
Or is it possible, just possible, that freedom has increased in the past few decades? Women can now choose whatever they want to do rather than being guided down the path of housewivery or a couple of other vocations? Maybe the underlying d
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by chrishynes 12y ago
Curious here, willing to share how you're able to source part time work at $200/hr? I've been doing the same sort of thing, but: a) have only been able to find people through personal contacts (limiting the pool) b) most want
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by chrishynes 12y ago
That's easy: cheap energy, particularly thorium reactors. Driving down the cost of energy creates a defacto boom, not to mention the industry to build out such infrastructure.
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by chrishynes 13y ago
Exactly. It's not "trading by any person". Insider trading is can only be done by someone with a fiduciary responsibility. If a non-involved person somehow acquires "inside" information (without getting it from one
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by chrishynes 13y ago
That case refers to a company defrauding its own shareholders by withholding material information from them during a buyback. That's far different from what OP is suggesting -- a wink/nod to a third party indicating to buy or sell
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by chrishynes 13y ago
"nor has it been common in the West throughout the ages" Explain to me what "ages" have had a "professional environment". The "professional environment" you speak of has only arisen in the last centur
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by chrishynes 13y ago
Ugg. I've been loving the web chat, but first meebo then imo died a bad death. Time to go back to https://www.trillian.im/ , I guess.
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by chrishynes 13y ago
I don't understand this line of thought. On the one hand, you obviously see women as disadvantaged in the current system. On the other, your ideal world is one in which women basically become men. Obviously, both men and women should b
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by chrishynes 13y ago
I agree with most of your points, but I think the key missing piece is integration. IMHO, it's not an issue of "desktop" vs. small device, but integrated applications and presence that works smoothly across platforms vs. mono
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by chrishynes 13y ago
"This contrasts to something like alcohol, which causes neurological damage"... Not true, except for long term extremely heavy drinking. Moderate alcohol consumption is neuroprotective.
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by chrishynes 13y ago
Usually half an hour to an hour. Enough to feel refreshed, but not so much it goes into the next sleep cycle. Typical siesta: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta
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by chrishynes 13y ago
I've been working remotely with flexible hours for several years now, and I've come up with a couple things that help maximize productivity: - Work in blocks, and don't let email/browsing/meetings interrupt that - I
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by chrishynes 13y ago
Equitability is not absolutely necessary, but it is a great selling point. With a scheme like this, one would replace a system full of loopholes (for the rich) and handouts (for the poor) with a simple flat system. Everybody gets $x/yr
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by chrishynes 13y ago
My thoughts exactly. Perhaps we need another poll...