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by eng_monkey 10y ago
Freedom of speech protects you from Government prosecution for expressing your opinions. Google is a private company.
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
Interestingly, there is even a movie called The Spanish Prisoner ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120176/ ) from 1997 based on this type of scam. It is good and I recommend it.
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
A good example of why I will continue using jQuery for the time being.
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
Maybe for a simple Web site, "HTML with a little bit of CSS and a little bit of JavaScript" is enough. It is certainly not the case for almost any Web application.
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
Wow, disruptive technology!
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
Is this a joke?
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by eng_monkey 10y ago
He also claims to have about 8 master degrees, which is ridiculous by itself. Plus tens of certifications including the 'prestigious' Microsoft ones. Just red flags all over the place. Cached Linkedin profile: https://a
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by eng_monkey 11y ago
Amazing. I wonder what the benefit is of having information such as you home address public.
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by eng_monkey 11y ago
> your software engineering What does this mean?
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by eng_monkey 11y ago
> The handsets kept breaking and the whole thing cost a fortune. You can buy basic mobile phones for $10. How many of those you have to break to cost you a fortune?
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by eng_monkey 11y ago
Of course CS is a (formal) science.
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by eng_monkey 11y ago
Very nice, although it must have been a lot of work for uncertain benefits. It also reminds to what eyeOS ( http://eyeos.com ) were doing a few years ago.
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by eng_monkey 11y ago
> he made his own bicycles out of washing machine parts Wasn't it just the bottom bracket that he reused from a washing machine?
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by eng_monkey 11y ago
Why not write the news article when the hotel has actually opened? Otherwise it just sounds to vaporware.
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
They did not include Australia. In my opinion it suffers from the same problems as China. These days, many students get a PhD in just three years. The control mechanism are so soft that a large amount of PhD projects would not pass as maste
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
With great skepticism. (I worked for years in academia and have published many papers.)
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
I fondly remember the warnings in Uruguay forbidding to drink mate in public buses due to the danger of hurting yourself with the straw (bombilla) when the vehicle suddenly brakes or stops.
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
Since when sysadmins are engineers?
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
It might seem as if he really paid other people to find it.
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
> As a CS student / junior engineer A would suggest you learn the difference between CS and Engineering.
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
> Mr X from Princeton solved poincare conjecture Most likely Prof or Dr instead of Mr ;-)
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
The author does not even understand the difference between arithmetic and mathematics.
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
Some people should really learn the meaning of 'hero'.
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
Is this legitimate? They do not even use SSL in the purchase page http://www.whatsim.com/en/buy-now .
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
Engineering is a profession for which you need appropriate credentials, just like in any other profession (e.g. scientist). Without credentials, you are not an engineer. Unless you are talking about 'engineer' in the same way some
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
> I know engineers without a degree who pull $250k a year. Call them specialists, experts, consultants, contractors, or whatever you want, but not engineers without an actual engineering degree.
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
> there is definitely a problem with the way doctors prescribe drugs these days Why? Painkillers have a clear function and are useful in many scenarios. Most people using them have no problem quitting when it is time. The minority of peo
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
You mean Java Applets, don't you?
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
Do not forget about any one able to write R scripts is a Data Scientist now!
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by eng_monkey 12y ago
Another article that assumes programmers are engineers. Since I like gardening, I suppose I should be called an environmental scientist.

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