elicash

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by elicash 12y ago
This voice-to-voice works great. Is there any particular breakthrough that'd need to happen to make automated translations better? Or is that a problem with no near-perfect solution in mind?
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by elicash 12y ago
Another way to put this is that we've already built time machines.
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by elicash 12y ago
Having worked in Customer Service (at a different company) on the phones, I see very little chance that this isn't the way his entire office is run. Most likely they weekly have their phone calls listened to by supervisors and evaluate
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by elicash 12y ago
So much hating. If they don't meet the goal, then maybe you're right that there's no market for it. If they do, then you're likely wrong. Why not just wait and see rather than declare it a failure? It's not "da
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by elicash 12y ago
When I googled, this PDF was the first result: http://www.uspirg.org/sites/pirg/files/reports/Transportatio...
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by elicash 13y ago
What if he, instead, had donated to writing race-based discrimination into the state constitution? Not a rhetorical question. For some, including me, that's the fair comparison. Not gun laws or other types of legislation. If you don&
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by elicash 13y ago
Here's a good piece about why it didn't work at Etsy: http://danwin.com/2013/01/infinite-scroll-fail-etsy/ A presentation that goes into some of these results is here: http://mcfunley.com
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by elicash 13y ago
This comment was more entertaining before I realized the title was changed.
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by elicash 13y ago
The INTENT is to limit corruption. If they could give contracts to anybody they want, then they could reward donors. I think it's actually achieved that goal. It comes at the expense of competence, however, as those with the best lawye
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by elicash 13y ago
You should bring up the underlying issues with management or HR, sure. But this is essentially saying you've got to threaten to leave before your concerns will be taken seriously.
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by elicash 13y ago
He was referring to the bidder, not Tim Cook. The bidder is the one gaining connections. But that's why it's an act of charity by Tim Cook, not by the bidder. It's like a bake sale -- it's the person making cupcakes that's donating to the c
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by elicash 14y ago
I think it's admirable that you stayed long enough to help fix everything before quitting, despite it being rough -- even though, as others have said, others screwed up even bigger than you did.