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by drewrv 11y ago
This guy is literally a father. Why does he believe he can be a father AND a VC, yet women are incapable of being a mother AND a founder? Then he uses his wife as an example to extrapolate the desires of half the world population. He's
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by drewrv 11y ago
You don't even have to go that far. Just let the 'front end' developer write json api's.
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by drewrv 11y ago
Do you really find cold emails effective? Personally, whenever I get a cold email I make a note of the company name and vow to never purchase a service from them.
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30 Percent of Science Teachers Give Misinformation About Climate Change(arstechnica.com)
2 points by drewrv 11y ago|0 comments
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by drewrv 11y ago
This is just the Tolerance Paradox. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance Except not really. There's no movement on the left to outlaw what trump is saying. Pointing out something is racist on twitter
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by drewrv 11y ago
AI is whatever hasn't been done yet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect#AI_is_whatever_hasn....
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by drewrv 11y ago
This is why the public option was so important, but even the democrats couldn't agree to that.
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by drewrv 11y ago
This book seems explicitly one sided to me, it says right in the blurb: > The authors of Climate Change: The Facts number some of the most prominent dissenters from Big Climate alarmism
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by drewrv 11y ago
I'm curious what book you read because it sounds like it does not agree with what almost all scientists believe. Perhaps you should start with The IPCC Reports.
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by drewrv 11y ago
Will E:V come to the HTC Vive?
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by drewrv 11y ago
I would be devastated to hear my daughter say that but I'm also bracing for the inevitability of it. May I ask how old she was when she said that?
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by drewrv 11y ago
Tesla Recall would be a terrible name. Car recalls are associated with saftey failures. Meanwhile people need to be convinced this feature is safe. There's so much more to it than using a thesaurus!
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by drewrv 11y ago
Do you use android? The base model iPhone only ships with 16GB, approx 5 of which is used up by the OS.
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The Nation He Built(politico.com)
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by drewrv 11y ago
Quickly switching between "high level" and "low level" and everywhere in between sounds great. I would love to be able to browse a new codebase with the ease with which I can browse a new city on google maps.
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by drewrv 11y ago
> Why do people think programming is wiring up boxes with arrows? That's like 10% of it. I agree with this but would like to add: Why do people think programming is writing text into an editor? The suggestion that maybe there's
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by drewrv 11y ago
Here's some actual numbers for marketing vs research: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/11/big-p...
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by drewrv 11y ago
> Anyone who argues that the key to “economic opportunity,” aka a decent job, is to have a college degree is in effect arguing that it’s OK for a large majority of Americans not to have a decent job. I agree if we're talking about a
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Workplace drug testing is widespread but ineffective(slate.com)
36 points by drewrv 11y ago|51 comments
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by drewrv 11y ago
For a side project, there are advantages to choosing something popular. If you're building a side project to bulk up your resume, choosing something popular can help you land a job (as there are more available). If you're just try
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by drewrv 11y ago
Maybe I suck at emotional intelligence, but why would a highly paid employee be upset that lower paid employees are getting a raise?
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by drewrv 11y ago
I have this feeling a lot. Being able to ship software seems like such a powerful thing, and then you try to apply this skill to difficult social problem and you realize how unimportant code is. I suppose if problems like these could be sol
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by drewrv 11y ago
I haven't read this whole thing but by just by skimming it I find all the usual denialist BS with some engineer hubris mixed in. There's the claim that CO2 isn't bad, it's needed for life. This is a common among denialis
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by drewrv 11y ago
Built in battery, built in display, and cheaper. Better for some uses I'm sure.
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by drewrv 11y ago
You'd probably like "Start Small Stay Small" by Rob Walling. http://www.amazon.com/Start-Small-Stay-Developers-Launching/...
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by drewrv 11y ago
Sounds like he might like this: http://thewikigame.com/6-degrees-of-wikipedia
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by drewrv 11y ago
What would happen if one province (like BC) just legalized it, similar to Washington and Colorado? Would Trudeau stop it?
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by drewrv 11y ago
How many more of the worlds greatest inventions (and works of art, and many other things) would we have if people were free to follow their passions, particularly the millions in poverty who have no means to support themselves while they pu
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by drewrv 11y ago
US GDP has risen by more than 5 trillion since the year 2000 driven mostly by productivity improvements from tech. So we could already be doing it if we wanted to.
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by drewrv 11y ago
If I own 5% of a laundromat that gives me 5% of it's profits each quarter, then I have money coming in. What's the point of owning 5% of a company that never pays shareholders a dime? It seems a bit like owning a piece of property

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