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by j_baker 13y ago
You know, every time I see one of these types of frameworks the first thing that comes to mind is "Some people are just determined to make C++ look cool again". I mean sure, sometimes you run into a case where you are running com
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Putin: Edward Snowden can stay in Russia if he stops leaks(latimes.com)
2 points by j_baker 13y ago|0 comments
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by j_baker 13y ago
His committee examined the actions of the FBI, CIA, NSA and other agencies between World War II and the 1970s. Let's hope that it doesn't take another 30 years for these issues to be resolved. Though given the attitudes of the
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by j_baker 13y ago
Meh. To me this just seems like codification of what's already happening. If there are criminal charges against an NSA contractor, what's stopping the government from stopping it by claiming "state secrets"?
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by j_baker 13y ago
I'm simply dumbfounded by this. Why is nobody at the top taking any steps to do anything about the fact that Snowden had almost unhindered access to spy on whoever he wanted? That seems like a far more concerning security hole to me.
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10 things economists won’t tell you(marketwatch.com)
1 points by j_baker 13y ago|0 comments
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by j_baker 13y ago
Depressing yourself is incredibly easy. If you don't believe me try thinking about Global warming, Poverty, War... you get the idea. It's getting out of depression that's difficult. Otherwise people would go to the doctor to complain that
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by j_baker 13y ago
One school of thought is that depressed people are in closer contact with reality due to their lack of defense mechanisms that keep others happy: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism I don't think the evidence has completely
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by j_baker 13y ago
That's certainly not the way it works in the US. Our politicians routinely lambast people to score easy political points.
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by j_baker 13y ago
I seriously wonder about the credibility of this story. It seems that this is the only news source that's carrying this.
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by j_baker 14y ago
Does anyone know when this changed? You might be able to figure out his timezone based on the time given on the page.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I don't think it matters what side you take; the study you link to has long been debunked. http://www.skepticalscience.com/broken-hockey-stick.htm
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by j_baker 14y ago
http://www.amazon.com/This-Time-Different-Centuries-Financia... I don't know about the particular stat the article is talking about, but they give plenty of data here.
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Google Compute Engine - Expanded Availability, New Features, and Lower Prices(googleappengine.blogspot.com)
3 points by j_baker 14y ago|0 comments
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by j_baker 14y ago
This seems like a pretty worthless test. I mean, who cares how many companies respond to your resume? The real test is how many job offers you can get, and that's a much more difficult than getting responses on your resume. Secondly, are
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by j_baker 14y ago
“There are hardly any startups in this batch that are bad,” Graham said. I believe one of two things about this statement, neither of which is what pg likely meant by it: 1. YC has bad startups it just hasn't recognized yet. 2. YC has a
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Commentary: Silicon Valley Discriminates Against Women, Even If They're Better(pbs.org)
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by j_baker 14y ago
Don't take this the wrong way, but why would I want you to review my code? I would consider adding a few "achievements" like: * I've worked on JS for x years. * I've written client-side JS for x companies. Anyway, you get the idea.
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by j_baker 14y ago
Exercise is almost never a bad idea. However, the evidence that it helps with depression has recently come under question: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120822-does-exercise-help-...
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by j_baker 14y ago
One other thing worth noting: consider whether you might actually be bipolar, especially if antidepressants aren't really working for you or make you worse. A lot of Bipolar II cases (where manic states aren't as dramatic and depressive s
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by j_baker 14y ago
Honestly, if your opinions were at least novel, I probably wouldn't have said anything. I've heard the same old debate many times before and frankly, it gets old. Especially when people make tangentially-related topics into being about TD
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by j_baker 14y ago
That's actually my argument. The OP talks about starting projects. The GP talks about starting startups.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I don't understand why you're making this so complicated. This problem can be easily solved using unix pipes. There's no need to complicate your technology stack with extraneous definitions of "parody".
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by j_baker 14y ago
Stop arguing the web is dead and just SHIP something. Your customers aren't paying you for blog posts.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I don't see him have worked on any successful startups, or anything that had a good exit. Since when does one have to work on a successful startup or have a good exit to have opinions on the best way to start projects? I work at a BigCo
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by j_baker 14y ago
You're right. Then we'd have a passive-aggressive ding. The only thing you would have to add to make it perfect would be "...but I'd never claim the author is trying to do that."
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by j_baker 14y ago
Is it a strawman? Because I have heard plenty of developers espouse this attitude.
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by j_baker 14y ago
You're strawmanning. Uncle Bob isn't saying "If you aren't using TDD at the startup phase, you suck!" What he's saying is "Just because you're in the startup phase and think you're invincible doesn't mean you should throw best practices ou
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by j_baker 14y ago
> have a poorly understood method of action Where did you get this from? Using psychostimulants to treat ADHD is one of the most researched treatments in psychiatry. We've been prescribing Adderall for almost 100 years now. We know i
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by j_baker 14y ago
Drugs like Adderall tend to increase Dopamine and Norepinepherine. The idea being that people with ADHD tend to not have enough of these chemicals. When they take drugs like Adderall, they feel better. If they take too much, or someone w

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