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by dalek_cannes 13y ago
I think this is a great idea. But considering how I have enough trouble being in a non-sealed elevator going at only a few feet per second for a few minutes, I don't think I'll be able to tolerate something like this unless they t
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by dalek_cannes 13y ago
You're clearly thinking of IT support and entry level programmers. They're not judged at that level. However, if you have 5-10 years industry experience, a degree and have worked in some management capacity, you're expected t
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by dalek_cannes 13y ago
If anything, Homo Sapiens was designed (read evolved) to be flexible because species that hard-coded their responses to the environment went extinct when the environment changed. So the only thing that could be coded into human behavior was
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by dalek_cannes 13y ago
There's a way out of the looking-the-part problem. Cultivate an image of an eccentric genius (and work hard to actually have genius level skills) and people will start to focus more on what you can do and less on what you look like
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by dalek_cannes 13y ago
Given one, the other is implied though. Only the limit will have to be set accordingly.
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If physicists ruled the world, speed limit signs would be replaced with momentum limit signs.
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by dalek_cannes 13y ago
2001: A Space Odyssey (the movie) got this right almost half a century ago. Bowman briefly exposed himself to space trying to return to the ship for the showdown with Hal. The only movie mistake was something Clarke later claimed would neve
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by dalek_cannes 13y ago
The reviews of the Uranium Ore can are the most hilarious: "It is not cat food…. The cat's huge and well, doesn't really look much like a cat anymore." "I purchased this product 4.47 Billion Years ago and when I ope
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"One World Schoolhouse" by Sal Khan: A summary(medium.com)
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by dalek_cannes 13y ago
And a later and lesser thinker said (according to article): "Trust but verify" - Ronald Reagan
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by dalek_cannes 13y ago
I'm actually here for the comments more than the stories. More precisely the good comments. Even more precisely, select sentences inside the good comments. There's a feature in medium.com that I think is good: commenting on select