drdeadringer

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1021.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
Part of me is amazed that these folks don't have a "blowback" plan. Another part of me isn't surprised at all, out of suspecting a combination of hubris and incompetence.
1022.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
A possible new business model for the USPS.
1023.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
After a moment of consideration I wondered how "investigation", which thought of as "gathering evidence", came to mean "enforcement". And now that I say it out, I clearly see the surveillance around here.
1024.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
Sometimes I wonder why the alphabet soup surrounding intel-gathering isn't collapsed into one department, something that could be called "Homeland Security" or similar.
1025.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
I was expecting either Bezos or medical treatment to be delivered by Amazon's drones.
1026.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
Might this contribute to the many "Why I XYZ" and "Why I Don't XYZ" blog posts I see?
1027.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
Yes, being "too busy" is bonkers. However, there is a point about how saying "Oh, I'm keeping busy" has a status to it. "Oh wow, you're keeping busy. You must be important because you have so much to do&qu
1028.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
I find it very depressing that semantics and definitions of fairly common-sense words are at the center of this particular set of weaseling.
1029.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
Python 3 meets my needs just fine. However, I do tend to live in the future.
1030.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
I wonder if there people hiring from the flood of PhDs coming out of the educational system.
1031.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
I thought that the author Ursula Le Guin dug into this in her literary work, for example in her book 'The Dispossessed'. There was a specific example of the difference between "This is the brush that I use" and "Thi
1032.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
... and half of what I hear :) Reminds me of a phrase from one of the original broadcasts of 'The Shadow': "Believe half of what you see, and nothing you hear." [spoken to sidekick Margo Lane]
1033.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
"People have prejudices against late-adopters" Also a good point. I was a late adopter to github, as I had troubles wrapping my brain around "socialized programming" as it related to what I considered a "personal&qu
1034.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
"you only just became a programmer and are inherently "late to the party" A good point, thank you.
1035.
Why Is Being Late To The "GitHub Party" Bad?
4 points by drdeadringer 13y ago|10 comments
1036.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
In Verner Vinge's "Deepness in the Sky" there's a [Human] culture with a filled position called "Director of Human Resources". In the context of that book, that title and position has about as happy undertones
1037.
by drdeadringer 13y ago
Question: Did you not bring this up yourself, to the person in charge? ... or were you possibly not so interested in continuing to work there, or maybe feeling that bringing it up was the sole responsibility of the person in charge?
1038.
by drdeadringer 14y ago
Is there such a thing as an interview over IM?
1039.
by drdeadringer 14y ago
My wife did for most of her life, but then stopped as she realized that it more "harming" her than "helping". I learned per her custom as were dating and so tried "her" method myself, and I'm not sure I got much out of it myself -- granted
1040.
by drdeadringer 15y ago
I wonder if a comprise would be compensation other than money, e.g. whatever you need that their specialty might be.