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901.
by dwd 7y ago
There's difference between fancy formatting and applying good design. Good design will make your resume more readable and draw focus to the key points the reader would be initially scanning for. 30 seconds is about the time you have to
902.
by dwd 7y ago
I wasn't planning to read it until I saw your comment, got me as well. I have an older dog who's hips are starting to pain her.
903.
by dwd 7y ago
I guess it's all in the signaling. A guy who's nice to animals may be perceived as being nice in general. Owning a dog makes for a good neutral conversation starter. There is a link between cruelty to animals and violence against
904.
by dwd 7y ago
I was going to post a couple of old articles as background to my various dot points, and found this from last week which covers most of the debate and quite a bit more. Also has up-to-date information on where Government regulation is at. Q
905.
by dwd 7y ago
The article was about how we have changed food plants mostly via selective breeding (and grafting), so my point on fertility was in regard to the crop. Cavendish bananas are a good example of selective breeding gone wrong, and eliminating s
906.
by dwd 7y ago
Long term there should be no difference between traditional breeding and GMO outcomes. (traditional just operates at the maximum pace and incremental change nature allows) GMO is a issue only where turning a short term profit overrides givi
907.
by dwd 7y ago
Was in a Regus office years back and you could pretty well book a desk/office for a day anywhere in the world - some of which are in pretty cool locations (if you're into architecture). https://www.google.com/maps&
908.
by dwd 7y ago
It's not fully automatic and I'm sure scammers will come up with new scripts to still trick people into answering. Over time it should allow Google to flag numbers as potentially being a scam, marketing, etc based on other users f
909.
by dwd 7y ago
Troy Hunt took on one of these groups years ago and let them loose in a VM to see what they did. Their initial contact https://www.troyhunt.com/anatomy-of-virus-call-centre-scam/ When he called them back https:/&
910.
by dwd 7y ago
Phenomenal cast in that film - you would be hard pressed to hire even one of the supporting cast members these days with the $20m the film apparently cost at the time.
911.
by dwd 7y ago
His tale adds yet another bizarre twist to the story https://www.news.com.au/national/mh370-private-investigator-... There's a big difference between picking up wreckage on beaches and putting your ship in the mid
912.
by dwd 7y ago
Reading between the lines... Was Facebook/Instagram also in the market for Tumbler or was it just Verison getting close to killing it off and fishing around for a last minute buyer? Good luck with it anyway - we need more independant p
913.
by dwd 7y ago
My first thought was they should have Dr. Ballard searching for MH370. A quick search found this in an AMA he did. "I offered immediately on hearing of its loss to help in any way possible either advising them on how best to hunt for t
914.
by dwd 7y ago
Yeah, you don't want to end up there. When reviewing code I prefer to ask questions. - Would a switch statement be better here than a nested if/else? - Would this code be better if it was split into smaller logical chunks? - Shoul
915.
by dwd 7y ago
I would recommend reviewing early and initially in smaller blocks to set the standard. Assume you're going to need to read all their code as you're likely going to be responsible for passing it (they're only interns). You cou
916.
by dwd 7y ago
That is true to an extent, but to solve some problems a change of location can make a difference. Breaking destructive habits is one as they can be triggered by returning to the location where you previously engaged in that activity. Sure,
917.
by dwd 7y ago
Maybe a one-way trip to Mars could be the way to start a new life if your current situation sucks?
918.
by dwd 7y ago
I have a theory (half-formed) that we are seeing the results of our always connected society, and a shrinking crowded world and there's no way to escape. Where a young man could once pack his bags and leave on a grand adventure and sta
919.
by dwd 7y ago
You have to ask yourself those questions sometimes. Staying in a toxic workplace because you have a mortgage, debts or a family to support could seem to an outsider like you've slipped into a Stockholm Syndrome-like mindset where you j
920.
by dwd 7y ago
Generally pretentious or simply weird; but manipulative and psychopathic when it appears you're trying to come across as an impartial observer when talking yourself up.
921.
by dwd 7y ago
It sounds like the New Yorker has it down to a fine art as much as possible. - Identify every statement that could be construed as a fact - Formulate a simple yes/no question for each one - Verify with a quick phone call asking trusted
922.
by dwd 7y ago
The Onion did an amusing parody a few years back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTkgi7scKo
923.
by dwd 7y ago
Totally inevitable. I was listening to a recent album and the opening/closing riff of one of the songs was identical to something I used to play in my room between studying 30 years ago. I remember my own discovery process. I had been
924.
by dwd 7y ago
I think the bad actor here is as much Yelp as Grubhub in that they are using Grubhub's relationship and ability to charge a restaurant to monetise their own listings. That's where this is unethical and possibly fraudulent when you
925.
by dwd 7y ago
I think the point is that any dietary or lifestyle recommendations to achieve a long life need to be reassessed. Do recommendations to reduce intake or intermittent fasting rely on unverified population ages? My personal take on living long
926.
by dwd 7y ago
Thanks for the links, learnt something new. The bit about the cognitive load preparing to speak or speaking rather than passive listening was interesting. Yes, when talking to someone in the car they should be aware of the traffic and pause
927.
by dwd 7y ago
I would consider talking hands-free (if you're holding a phone you deserve to lose your license) no more distracting than listening to music. There are worst things like eating or talking to someone else in the car. (look at the road n
928.
by dwd 7y ago
v.3 allows you to dial down the threshold if you start blocking too many humans. Bots usually fail in the 0.0-0.3 range, so you can run it with a threshold around 0.7-0.8 and most people won't even notice it. Shame about the gross priv
929.
by dwd 7y ago
Google's pretty well done with the reCaptcha or are counting on a lot of sites to keep using v.2 for a while. There's more saleable data to be collected tracking people's interactions in a website, under the guise of predicti
930.
by dwd 7y ago
Not sure why you're getting down-voted as having people talking (often loudly) on their phone on public transport makes it unpleasant for everyone else. I try and save calls for the car part of my commute, but then get accused of only

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