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by crocal 11y ago
Even on distribution, I fail to understand where the novel idea is. I must miss something.
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by crocal 11y ago
Forgiven, three times :). It has been rolled out in France (KVB), Germany (LZB) and Spain (ASFA) for decades. And it's considered outdated stuff. Now everyone switches to ERTMS.
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by crocal 11y ago
... Which brings another question mark. How do you switch tracks with a tube under vacuum and with running speed of hundreds of kph?
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by crocal 11y ago
Lightsabers would look great thought. Seducive the dark side is.
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by crocal 11y ago
FWIW, this statistics mirrors well my own failure as a startuper. So even if I cannot judge the dataset, it looks at least worthy of attention as a sobbering checklist. Kudo to OP.
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by crocal 11y ago
You need to tell us more about this. It sounds like an extraordinary story!
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by crocal 11y ago
This is quite good: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/144326/try-ca...
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by crocal 11y ago
There is a way out that he has not found (yet). To design with complete testability as a design goal. TDD with no supporting design can indeed lead to disaster. Hope he can paddle past the rant pond.
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by crocal 11y ago
I knew that. The sensible thing to do is not to use a term that has a very violent historical meaning for an unrelated topic. Depending on who you talk to and when, you may not get a positive feedback. That was my point.
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by crocal 11y ago
I did just above. You can also read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Copenhagen_(1807)
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by crocal 11y ago
Copenhagenize is a term that was coined after the second battle of Copenhagen in 1807. During this battle, the British fleet surrounded the city and massively bombarded it to submission. The entire Danish fleet was seized or destroyed. The
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by crocal 11y ago
This. And the fact that Paris has a good metro network coverage.
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by crocal 11y ago
FWIW, when you are a Parisian and you know what "copenhagenize" means, someone claiming to "copenhagenize Paris" is not welcomed these days, considering the attacks we just suffered.
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by crocal 11y ago
Err... There are plenty modern countries with basic income guarantees already.
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by crocal 11y ago
The only way you will manage this situation is by fixing the rules so that properly taking care of the environment becomes a necessary condition to win the fucking election or make next Q3 sheet look good. It's not that hard, but indee
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by crocal 11y ago
Exactly. The problem with the general public is that there is still a sense that science "explains" what's going on, whereas in reality, it applies models to make predictions. Some models are very good, some others less good,
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by crocal 11y ago
All the UML I need to know? Frankly? Nothing. I am surprised people would still consider this thing useful.
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by crocal 11y ago
CTO cannot be the product manager. A product manager must align technology with market, and does so by providing the correct input to the technology group. CTO must focus on execution and innovation, while a product manager focus on what ne
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by crocal 11y ago
As an active PM, I can't really spot anything that would make any of these points irrelevant today. One thing I did note, though, is that PM concept is not so widespread as one may think. Dilution of power in large functional organizat
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by crocal 11y ago
It always strikes me how often these "old" games stimulate imagination and satisfy the soul much more than all these µ%*$ "candy-crush-pay-per-view" stuff I see all over the place.
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by crocal 11y ago
I don't understand a clue of what this macro thing is, but let's upvote this and every comment made by principle.
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by crocal 11y ago
Stating measurable and verifiable facts = boasting. Faking achievements in credits or weak articles = career management. Nothing like reverse psychology.
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by crocal 11y ago
You can work on classified project and still mention them in your resume. I have plenty of resumes like that in the team. As long as I have a way to verify skills (by calling someone), it's perfectly fine. I don't need to know the
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by crocal 11y ago
How cute. Sometimes you don't appear on credits. I have been working with more than 100 people on 2.9 millions of real-time safety critical code for nearly a decade. It has been unknowingly used by millions of people around the world a
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by crocal 11y ago
It's funny. I recently considered investing in breeding Wagyu cattle in France, because the price for this is outrageous here, and it is next to impossible to find. Also, discussing with my butcher, I learnt that the know-how existed i
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by crocal 11y ago
I don't think the "irrevocable" part is the main problem of test-based education. You need the test to know where you are. If you prepare well, most important tests in life can be managed. What is really the problem is the sy
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by crocal 11y ago
There are different patterns for egg storage even in Europe, with or without fridge, etc. In any case, I use the "floating egg" test every time I cook an egg. If the egg floats in water, I don't eat it. No need for a dedicate
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by crocal 11y ago
"The Ad Industry Needs to Disrupt the Disruptors". So, preventing pollution from unwanted and inappropriate ads is considered disruption? Wow. I call it housekeeping.
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by crocal 11y ago
Well, some of our own practices are quite spooky. Consider all the boneyards and catacombs in France and I wonder what people will think about it in a few thousand years...
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by crocal 11y ago
Plus, people also seem to forget that Japan started its industrialisation as soon as during the 19th century. It was a super power nation-state in Asia before the war, with numerous cultural ties with Europe and USA on a peer to peer level.

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