ggchappell

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by ggchappell 18y ago
> it used to be the case not so many decades ago that you might only hear your favorite piece of music a dozen times in your lifetime. That depends greatly on the category of the music. If you are talking about a symphony, then certainl
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by ggchappell 18y ago
Can someone figure out: (1) What does "compatible with most major Linux distributions like Ubuntu or Fedora" mean? It's a separate distro, right? I've never heard of one distro being "compatible" with another. (2) Does the "media player" pl
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by ggchappell 18y ago
This is exactly the kind of thinking that needs to be done. I'm impressed.
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by ggchappell 18y ago
This guy has some interesting and worthwhile things to say. However, his whole discussion seems to be predicated on the idea that, if the specs for the <time> element were changed appropriately, then everyone would follow the offic
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by ggchappell 18y ago
> But to say he doesn't rely on government help makes it sound like he runs a normal corporation. Banks are not normal corporations. Mine can't loan out money at 26 times my deposits. Can yours? You might have a point there. I guess the
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by ggchappell 18y ago
FTA: > "This is the opportunity of my lifetime," says Beal. "We are going to be a $30 billion bank without any help from the government." (A slight overstatement: He is quick to say he relies on federal deposit insurance.) And he pays f
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by ggchappell 18y ago
There is one problem with this article: the line at the end. > What do you think of the prank? All in good fun, or did SlideShare cross the line? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. This suggests that majority vote rules in situa
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by ggchappell 18y ago
I believe the problem with honey is botulism toxin and/or spores. See: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/infant-botulism/HQ00854
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by ggchappell 18y ago
A QUESTION Since all the stuff about HFCS started coming out, and all the implications that fructose is the problem, I've wondered about fruit . Fructose is fruit sugar; that's where it gets its name, after all. And yet fruit is generally
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by ggchappell 18y ago
There are some worthwhile ideas in this article, but I have a slightly different take on them. The sentence near the end, "Trust is the new competitive advantage." is the main point. And he says small companies tend to have the advantage as
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by ggchappell 18y ago
Your question presumes that knowledge and understanding are the primary issues in getting "the old generation" on the net. They are important, of course, but I wonder if, in some cases, the critical issues are those related to filtering a l
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by ggchappell 18y ago
Knowing no more about this than the PR thus far, I am pessimistic, but for not quite the same reason as some other commenters. I think a couple of things are clear. (1) We are at the point where something impressive is likely to be able to
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by ggchappell 18y ago
> Chris Pieper began looking for an academic job in sociology about six months ago, sending off about two dozen application packets. The results so far? Two telephone interviews, and no employment offers. This doesn't sound like anythin
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by ggchappell 18y ago
This makes a good point, but it also misses an important issue: whether any particular limits will tend to boost the right kind of creativity. To give one of the more obvious examples, many a dreary company places all kinds of limits on i
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by ggchappell 18y ago
I would say this article is discussing two separate problems: (1) the gulf between research and practical software development, and (2) low-quality C.S. graduates. IMHO, the first is not really a problem, or at least not a big one. Part of
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by ggchappell 18y ago
It is interesting to consider how effects like this operate at different levels. For example, if I picked up a coin, flipped it 6 times, and got heads each time, then I might reasonably be suspicious about the coin. On the other hand, when
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by ggchappell 18y ago
Very thought-provoking idea. So, here I am designing the Next Big Language. And I'll take your suggestion. Now, first issue: if I say x = "dog", then the value of x is really 1 => 'd', 2 => 'o', 3 => 'g' Right? And despite the f