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Is there such a thing as 'bore out'?(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by dasmoth 10y ago|0 comments
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by dasmoth 10y ago
An interesting read, but if you're going this route how do you ensure that there are viable career paths for senior people who prefer to focus on code over "knowledge-sharing" kind of activities? I suspect that part of the an
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by dasmoth 10y ago
Interested (and faintly alarmed) at how the pension side of this works? Are we talking state pension, company pension, or something else?
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by dasmoth 10y ago
>>> The world would be a better place if everyone stopped and thought "Do I really need this meeting?" before clicking "Send". Should be a Google Calendar mod that does this? Getting the people who need it most
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by dasmoth 10y ago
Isn't this quite individual? Were I on such a schedule, I'd probably pick "early lunch then get to work". Flow generally comes easier in the afternoon, especially if I've been outside in the morning. But I know o
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by dasmoth 10y ago
One concern might be... Could you spot someone who was working well past the point of diminishing returns? That's the one reason I can think of for a manager to pay some attention to working hours -- other than that, results are every
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by dasmoth 10y ago
They've now got 45 intact engines back, from a variety of re-entry regimes. We know they've done an all-up static fire. Several of the returned stages have had engines removed and I imagine some of these have been tested. If the
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by dasmoth 10y ago
The first few, probably yes. But I'm pretty convinced they're trying to avoid this. The engines have been test-fired many, many, times (30 starts is a figure that has been mentioned a few times. Remember that the first recovered
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by dasmoth 10y ago
Kodak was always a big part of US IMINT capabilities. Before CCDs, they were making specialised films for the film-return spacecraft, and operating the facility where it was processed. There's some interesting stuff in the declassifi
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by dasmoth 10y ago
Perfectly put. I've been trying to push this kind of thinking recently. Most successful big projects grow out of a successful small project.
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by dasmoth 10y ago
Any thoughts on where the best opportunities for those you'd describe as solists (not a term I've heard before -- I initially read it as "soloist") currently lie?
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by dasmoth 10y ago
It makes arguing against the use of JIRA -- and all the project-management-oriented complexity it seems to bring if you don't keep a tight grip on it -- that little bit harder. Sure, not a negative for everyone, but has the potential
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by dasmoth 10y ago
> and has good integrations with the other Atlassian products. That's not necessarily a positive.
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by dasmoth 10y ago
Angara is making steady progress.
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by dasmoth 10y ago
The emphasis on individuals is refreshing. Saying "the team decides" isn't a huge help when "teams" get thrown together with little regard to preferred working styles.
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by dasmoth 10y ago
As others have said, the agile manifesto itself is far less objectionable than most implementations of capital-A Agile Processes. However, I think we should be careful about giving it a free pass -- in particular, it's sometimes used
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by dasmoth 11y ago
iOS Chrome doesn't use the Blink renderer. Similarly, iOS Firefox. While it's great to have some choice, from a developer's point of view these browsers aren't especially interesting.
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by dasmoth 11y ago
If pairing and rotations is truly a critical part of how your company builds stuff then this isn't a bad approach. But there are plenty of productive coders who would struggle with this.
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by dasmoth 11y ago
Pretty sure it was actually the LOX tank. But yes.
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by dasmoth 11y ago
An office job with steady hours isn't everyone's dream. There are plenty of people who like the flexibility of freelancing, and web design has been seen as an attractive option for those who want more control over when and where
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by dasmoth 11y ago
This case seems to increasingly be handled by DeriveGeneric. I realise the performance isn't quite the same, but so far my experiences of GHC generics have been pretty positive.
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by dasmoth 11y ago
I've recently moved from a 4-5 person office somewhat as you describe to open plan. It's a BIG difference.
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by dasmoth 11y ago
I'm pretty certain a reasonable fraction of "top talent" will at least consider a remote opportunity if you don't want to set up an office somewhere expensive.
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by dasmoth 11y ago
Possibly, but if so I suspect it'll be a big change from the tooling we've got at the moment. And there's always a risk that tooling which makes some changes (rename a method...) trivial will make substantive changes seem
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by dasmoth 11y ago
Thanks for making such a great little tool. Are you still intending to add a renew page at some point?
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by dasmoth 11y ago
"Each person now chooses from their original three the task which consolidates the collective work on as few projects as possible." It's an "enforced teamwork" situation (the article is pretty explicit about this up
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by dasmoth 11y ago
Like a lot of sociological research, I don't think this was written with knowledge workers with hobbies and/or side projects in mind. Still, I found that statement deeply frustrating.
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by dasmoth 11y ago
This resonates. Especially since having a kid, the tension between solitary and family activities at the weekend has been a real struggle.
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by dasmoth 11y ago
This makes a fair bit of sense, but how does it fit with employers poised to jump on any career gap (which I guess you could say is a warning sign in itself -- but seems to be common)
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by dasmoth 11y ago
Not everyone wants to live within walking distance of the big towers.

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