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by dempseye 8y ago
I wasn't talking about myself, but some colleagues I have elsewhere. I pretty much come and go as I please, define the technical direction of the product and get paid handsomely for it. Devs are still treated like children in many comp
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by dempseye 8y ago
This might work for the most privileged class of software developers with the most clout, but I'm pretty sure that most devs don't have the luxury of informing their supervisor what they'll be working on.
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by dempseye 8y ago
Stalin's relative clemency towards the orthodox church does give the lie to the idea that the policy is "Stalinist." It was a Leninist policy of long standing. Khruschev reverted to it despite his explicit denunciation of Sta
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by dempseye 8y ago
Stalin brought back the orthodox church after Lenin got rid of it. When Stalin died, Khruschev cracked down on the church again.
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by dempseye 8y ago
The audacity of that.
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by dempseye 8y ago
In a similar vein, Mallory's justification for attempting Mount Everest is often repeated. He died in the attempt. We hear about heroic failures too.
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by dempseye 8y ago
Tell us how. I don't think the guy you are replying to actually thinks that the dozens of multibillionaires out there are holding their billions as cash that they could hand over to Musk tomorrow. Their wealth is held in assets with va
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by dempseye 8y ago
I suppose you don't have to worry about reputational damage when everybody already thinks you're a parasite.
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by dempseye 8y ago
This sounds pithy, but is inaccurate. Marxists (in particular Leninists, because Marxism is a broad church) think that there is a ruling class, that in capitalist societies the ruling class is the minority of owners of capital, and that,
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by dempseye 8y ago
> Those interviews are, of course, something you can easily (with a serious time commitment, but fairly easily nonetheless) prepare for and game Assuming a certain level of intelligence, that is.
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by dempseye 8y ago
Yes, it's a monospace font. The start, end and pattern of visible ascenders behind the redaction, along with the word list in electrum would allow you to reduce the search space by a lot, I suppose.
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by dempseye 8y ago
I also had to use JDeveloper.
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by dempseye 8y ago
I have never seen property-based testing in the wild, to be honest.
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by dempseye 8y ago
How do you know that's an unusually long grieving period?
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by dempseye 8y ago
This is exactly why this kind of simplistic positivism is far from uncontroversial, and in fact saying that it is uncontroversial betrays an almost perfect innocence of epistemology. Once you subscribe to it, it becomes impossible to talk a
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by dempseye 8y ago
He's positing the existence of a non-observable entity.
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by dempseye 8y ago
You say it was absolutely worth it. What did you gain from the experience?
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by dempseye 8y ago
That's the thing. A bad gift is worse than money, but a good gift - something that the couple actually wants and would buy - is better because it (a) shows consideration and thoughtfulness and (b) saves the couple the time it would tak
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by dempseye 8y ago
No, you only need to have an idea of the ballpark figure for a seat at a table. Then you bump it up by 20% to 50% and apply a multiple related to your own circumstances and level of personal connection to the guest. Then you buy a gift wort
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by dempseye 8y ago
Honest question: why would being an economist allow you to competently answer that question? Is knowledge of how to change the mindset and behaviour of a complete country within the purview of economists?
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by dempseye 8y ago
It's not a single cherry-picked university. Three or four years is standard in the British Isles.
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by dempseye 8y ago
I have to wonder where your anger against vegetarians and vegans comes from.
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by dempseye 8y ago
Sounds like this person was wrong for that role and would have done well in a position where they had more latitude to play to their strengths. Horses for courses.
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by dempseye 8y ago
Not at all, because you have to justify the financial upside of your venture and then the investors decide if the return they expect fits within the parameters they have already agreed on for managing their portfolio. It is more akin to app
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by dempseye 8y ago
But there is already a group of people with a bias holding the purse strings. Their bias is towards profitability in every single undertaking they support. If they were replaced with planners - and let's leave aside the question of whe
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by dempseye 8y ago
It's not a good practice, but I've done it. The thing is, most live high traffic websites are doing things that are absolutely pointless and the world would not be greatly harmed if they went down. It might even be improved! It&#x
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by dempseye 8y ago
How critical was this website? How much would people be put out if it was down for a few minutes?
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by dempseye 8y ago
> It's just some fairy tale level understanding. This has value in itself, as the first step towards greater understanding. I bet most people who study physics had their interest piqued by such fairytales. Maybe you did too.
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by dempseye 8y ago
What was the crime? I understand if you don't want to reveal that on here.
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by dempseye 8y ago
Don't tell your employer anything. If you need to take time off, say it's for personal reasons or invent an excuse. The stigma is real. The minute you disclose your mental health difficulties, they will start running the calculus

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