dedward

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721.
by dedward 16y ago
Don't know about this particular case - but increasing employee pay by a significant amount is one very direct way of the company showing it's dedication and value to you - more direct than free espresso and other trinkets. Money talks.
722.
by dedward 16y ago
Facebook has a phenomenal amount of organized data about their customers, and a reasonable amount of unorganized data. It's a data miner's heaven. People leaving for potential higher pay, when it's a lot higher, is natural. Also, working f
723.
by dedward 16y ago
Doesn't that potentially say something about the quality of the existing code? I've been using textmate daily for the last year and haven't had any gripes (not implying their aren't any, especially for programmers - but for my needs it's be
724.
by dedward 16y ago
This - and it can't be emphasized enough. There is no such thing as absolute worth.... you are worth precisely what people are willing to pay you for combined with what you are willing to settle for.
725.
by dedward 16y ago
True - but you only know that at the end of the puzzle. The point of the exercise is to maximize their strategy of winning. There is no "winning" strategy - but there is one that is significantly better than what immediately comes to mind.
726.
by dedward 16y ago
I'd counter that that ability to easily copy what the browser sees and dissect it is what leads to rapid growth and innovation on the web front.... obfuscating everything will act counter to that, and leave the web not nearly as nice a plac
727.
by dedward 16y ago
Late in the day hypothesizing here. As the boxes are random, and the order is unknown, and there is no hidden information passed between each prisoner, and the room is reset each time - the only controllable factor the prisoners can agree o
728.
by dedward 16y ago
The boxes are closed and each person enters the room in the exact state as the previous one, with no knowledge of what the other person found. I'm not seeing how a binary search will help you find your name in a randomized set of names - th
729.
by dedward 16y ago
Seem so - I haven't worked out the math yet - but remember the goal here isn't "waht's the guaranteed winning strategy" - because there isn't one. Odds are everyone is doing prison for life - but there is an optimal strategy that's better t
730.
by dedward 16y ago
How do they even know that? Does the game continue until the end - or does it end as soon as one person fails to find their name?
731.
by dedward 16y ago
The article was thin - it seems more that she was complaining about being spoken down to and mini-lectured on why "security is important" rather than the simple fact that the spray bottle was against regulations.
732.
by dedward 16y ago
Does this plan to compete with something like statfox or other services that give detailed analysis of league statistics for handicapping & analysis?
733.
by dedward 16y ago
This is a big one - can't stress it enough. Expect a takedown notice from the NFL any time now - and their ground is pretty solid. I'd come up with a strategy to deal with that before you're up against a legal wall.
734.
by dedward 16y ago
I'm not getting the point here - we all get pissed when they launch into a lecture about how important security is, and start treating us like criminals due to common mistakes. I imagine if I had some kind of ranking above said security em
735.
by dedward 16y ago
A key element to that, more appropriate to the architecture side of things, is the capability of the human resources available to implement things. Perfect engineering plans for a bridge are of no use if the team's skills were not taken in
736.
by dedward 16y ago
You can export them just fine - they just aren't allowing a 3rd party site to automatically import them - they're making you consciously do it yourself. To someone who can do it either way, this may just seem like an annoyance, but a great
737.
by dedward 16y ago
Speaking from experience, while keys are more useful, and more secure if universally used properly - I've seen keys bite firms where it hurts much more often than passwords - because people at some level leave an unprotected key laying arou
738.
by dedward 16y ago
I agree with your premise but not your conclusion. I'm a touch-typist - but many touch typists in the computer age end up not always using classical touch typing methods - after all,the traditional typewriter keyboard didn't have an alt or
739.
by dedward 16y ago
Most browsers warn you if you are about to close multiple tabs.... I guess chrome doesn't? Weird. That would be an implementation problem for chrome - every other OSX application tends to properly warn you if you are about to close multiple
740.
by dedward 16y ago
Morally? No. But it's reality. If everyone was acting all nice and fair and happy, all it takes is one person who really gets how to manipulate public opinion to their own ends and they'll rise to the top... so unfortunately, it's reality.
741.
by dedward 16y ago
Okay - so where do you draw the line with regards to airline security? What's fundamentally different about flying today -vs- 20 years ago?
742.
by dedward 16y ago
Why would a founder give up ownership.... They would give it up because someone offers them money in exchange for that ownership. As long as you aren't seeking investment capital and are retaining full ownership of your company, you have no
743.
by dedward 16y ago
Can you elaborate on why not? The board exists to run the company on behalf of the owners. If you are the clear majority owner (51% - heck, let's say 75%) - in what way can the board possibly be stacked against you unless you willfully le
744.
by dedward 16y ago
Because they have no shortage of cash to crank out new subs, and no shortage of very poor people willing to risk the journey on the chance of success. It's the simpler solution. Plus, subs are inefficient - the regular drug busts around he
745.
by dedward 16y ago
Because in the context we're discussing, it's an escape. Sure, tiny amounts of cocaine act as a stimulant similar to caffeine. Coca tea is just fine and safe. But a nose full of cocaine is way, way, way more drug than the tea contains, and
746.
by dedward 16y ago
Politics is reality... like it or not. We don't live in an idealized world where everything is fair. And it involved the student government.. so of COURSE it's political...
747.
by dedward 16y ago
Doesn't help you one bit if you are spending $150k/year and going into debt.
748.
by dedward 16y ago
Which is kind of weird, considering that the Ohm symbol is by definition the greek Omega - why did we use two separate unicode slots for them?
749.
by dedward 16y ago
My credit card has legally builtin insurance against fraudulent use - I'm not liable for a penny of that use if it was used illegally - unless the card itself was stolen and I failed to report it - in which case i'm liable for up to $50. (A
750.
by dedward 16y ago
Absolutely. This may even be criminal, unfortunately.

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