dgabriel

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   by dgabriel 15y ago

   Actually, Linus seems to be saying: we have tested the crap out of this, and the patch broke something, and instead of playing guessing games, revert to the thoroughly tested version and think more closely about the problem before you submi
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   by dgabriel 15y ago

   I just don't get why people think this is outrageously funny. I was going through a canvas tutorial on HTML5Rocks once upon a time, and there's a multi-user anonymous drawing sample program. While I was messing around with it, about 10 peo
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   by dgabriel 15y ago

   This is a silly comment. Do you think PZ Meyers doesn't have much faith in evolution (hint: he thinks evolutionary psychology is mostly junk science)? The problem with evo-psyche is that it is relatively new, very little has been proven v
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   by dgabriel 15y ago

   Absolutely, the same is true for my experiences. This blog post seemed a bit silly to me in that context.
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   by dgabriel 15y ago

   I won't argue that some people are allergic to lavender, but I would appreciate a citation on the other two pieces of information. I googled a bit and couldn't find anything about the hepotoxicity of the lavender flower. There was some in
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   by dgabriel 15y ago

   But how could they be angling for sexual favors when they are essentially anonymous, and she is a married woman with grown children? It seems like it's been taken wildly out of context, and the term is being used to attempt to mock and sha
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   by dgabriel 15y ago

   Thanks for the write up! The less time I spend looking at anything on ED, the better... I have heard this term before, but it always leaves me scratching my head. It makes no sense in the context of this disagreement.
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   by dgabriel 15y ago

   "the internet White Knights" What does this even mean? Does it simply mean "a man who disagrees with me when a woman is being discussed"? That's an interesting way to dismiss an argument without requiring yourself to think about it thorou
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   by dgabriel 15y ago

   Um, lots of families do BOTH of these things.
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    Not "incomprehensible," but that was the case for some people, but "indigestible." I feel, you are obviously free to disagree, that policy debates actively discourage mulling over evidence in favor of a firehose of "argument by authority,"
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    Agreed. In my experience, the debaters don't have any conviction at all, just a folio of out-of-context quotes and a strong grasp of technicalities. That said, in an ideal world debate teaches thorough research and rhetorical skills, and
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    I did parlimentary debate in high school, which involves absolutely no research beyond one's general knowledge, and a vast amount of creativity. In college, I tried my hand at policy debate, and found it wearisome. The research was enjoya
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    No it's not. It's the same logic that by which women choose gender-neutral or masculine nicknames when interacting with strangers on the internet. I do this.
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    The only thing you can really negotiate at this point is a "retention bonus." So my advice is to negotiate a bonus for 3-4 months that is as close to your annual salary as possible. I did something similar with my last company, but I didn
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    I worked for start-ups from my first job on up to three years ago (that's 10 years, because I am old). I have worked 60, 80, 100 hour weeks sometimes. Each of the start ups in which I was an engineer were successfully acquired. The owners
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    Actually, Friendster has just relaunched itself as a social gaming platform. I haven't looked too much into it yet.
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    We do not live in a post-racial society. It would be nice if that were true. Here are some other things that "hold black culture back." Subprime mortgage rates are nearly double for black and hispanic households: http://www.epi.org/econo
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    I guess the issue is why do people attend start-up weekends? Is it to network for professional reasons? To actually begin working with a team that may produce a marketable product? Or is it for the fun of going flat out on an interestin
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    Adorable. They're bullies and proud of it. It's one thing to call out security exploits, and quite another to take great joy in causing others pain.
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    The other thing, in terms of elementary schooling, is that it is far more cost effective to distribute paper books than eBook readers to hundreds of children. It's possible that a nigh-indestructible e-paper could work, but only if it's in
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    I've been ending my showers with cold water forever, but that's just because it's good for your hair (I have a lot of hair). I have not experienced any other appreciable benefits.
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    I don't know that the ITT Tech thing is enough to condemn him. Sure, it's a crappy school, but great people can rise from humble places. One of the absolute very best programmers I know has something like two ITT Tech courses under his be
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    by dgabriel 15y ago

    I'm at HBS, not the university proper, but I'm not surprised. I'm not precisely sure when we destroy the backups, or if there is a policy in place for doing so, but I do know that if one of our faculty members needs to recover a five year
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    by dgabriel 16y ago

    Even a non-plumber can appreciate craft. Here is what a bad plumber does (and tried to charge for it). This is a perfect analogy to a terrible piece of software: http://i.imgur.com/BIBOS.jpg
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    by dgabriel 16y ago

    There doesn't seem to be a way of looking at the responses without entering a value, which makes it difficult for students, job seekers, etc., to look at the results without entering meaningless data to get there. Am I missing something?
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    by dgabriel 16y ago

    I see that moms and babies aren't "cool." Good. The market is huge, and if people find it boring, then it keeps the competition down.
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    by dgabriel 16y ago

    There are certainly some women on the list, but none of them appear to be founders: http://mariamontessori.com/mm/?page_id=571 I would attribute that to there being many more men founders, and that the vast majority of children attend oth
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    by dgabriel 16y ago

    Have you sent a free copy to Dooce? She's a good start for publicity.
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    by dgabriel 16y ago

    http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=793 Also, your joke is not funny.
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    by dgabriel 16y ago

    Women are interested in much more than fashion and shoes (and there are many men who are interested in fashion and shoes). The market seems pretty poorly understood by tech innovators.