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Are coders worth it? (2013)(aeon.co)
1 points by dean 11y ago|0 comments
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by dean 11y ago
> THE COMPANY will go to some lawyers, and say, "If you bring this lawsuit against us, we will cooperate fully, cave in quickly, and we'll settle on modest terms Hmm. I wonder if the law firm bringing the case, specified in the
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by dean 11y ago
"In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. They also believe that ta
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by dean 11y ago
Yes, what a strange situation. I lie to prove that the machine can't tell that I'm lying and am branded a liar for revealing the truth. Maybe the machine isn't meant to do anything, and it's the examiner judging whether
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Fatal Accidents as a Global Health Crisis(mobile.nytimes.com)
2 points by dean 11y ago|1 comments
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by dean 11y ago
If you lie on a question that is easily fact-checked, and the polygraph shows that you told the truth, doesn't that just prove that the polygraph doesn't work? To my mind that is a simple test that disproves the effectiveness of t
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Revisiting the Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering (2008)(blog.codinghorror.com)
2 points by dean 11y ago|0 comments
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by dean 11y ago
Great idea. However, from an implementation perspective, it's a little hard to tell what's going on with all the flashing images. Maybe show the first image by default, then wait for a mouseover or something to activate the animat
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Infographic: The changing US technology sector(infographics.economist.com)
2 points by dean 11y ago|0 comments
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Bare branches, redundant males(economist.com)
1 points by dean 11y ago|0 comments
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This chart explains everything you need to know about inequality(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by dean 11y ago|0 comments
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Technology That Prods You to Take Action, Not Just Collect Data(nytimes.com)
5 points by dean 11y ago|1 comments
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by dean 11y ago
Do Bing, Duck Duck Go and Yahoo also have to disclose their algorithms? Or is it just Google? Who would want to compete in this space if you have to disclose trade secrets to do so?
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by dean 12y ago
"10x" is a very specific, concrete statement about programmer productivity. And when people use it, they take it as a literal statement. And they apply it across the board. They think a "10x" programmer can actually writ
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The message is the medium(economist.com)
1 points by dean 12y ago|0 comments
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Trade group led by AT&T and Verizon sues FCC to overturn net neutrality(arstechnica.com)
1 points by dean 12y ago|0 comments
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by dean 12y ago
> I think you need to add a little more empathetic wiggle room for things you may not understand entirely. You may be right that victims of trauma are not entirely understood. Even so, you seem to be suggesting that society _should_ &quo
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by dean 12y ago
After you're done with vimtutor, check out the book 'Practical Vim' by Drew Neil. Also check out his vimcasts.org site, which has some great screencasts for free.
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by dean 12y ago
I usually click the link first. But sometimes I'll read the comments first. And, on occasion, I've skipped the story altogether because the comments made it clear that the story was not worth the time to read.
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Beyond Ctrl: Make That Caps Lock Key Useful(economyofeffort.com)
5 points by dean 12y ago|1 comments
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by dean 12y ago
Have you ever considered funding enough to attract people who have financial obligations, such as kids, a spouse and a mortgage? It seems like a huge, untapped, resource that no one else is going after.
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Republicans’ “Internet Freedom Act” would wipe out net neutrality(arstechnica.com)
4 points by dean 12y ago|0 comments
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How Notch marketed Minecraft(koonsolo.com)
21 points by dean 12y ago|6 comments
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Why I Self-Funded My Startup and So Should You(yongfook.com)
8 points by dean 12y ago|0 comments
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by dean 12y ago
10-15% less salary does not equal "several magnitudes" more risk. To my mind, for a funded company, the risk is the same for founders and employees. The worst that can happen for both is unemployment.
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Andreessen Horowitz Taps into Thriving World of Programmers(wsj.com)
2 points by dean 12y ago|0 comments
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RANKED: The Highest-Paying Programming Languages(businessinsider.com)
1 points by dean 12y ago|0 comments
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To Protect His Son, a Father Asks School to Bar Unvaccinated Children(npr.org)
108 points by dean 12y ago|122 comments
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by dean 12y ago
Ah yes, the good old days.
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Inmarsat Courts Developers, Opens Its Satellite Broadband Platform to All(techcrunch.com)
3 points by dean 12y ago|0 comments

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