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Eurozone crisis in graphics(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by j_baker 14y ago|0 comments
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by j_baker 14y ago
It's called scapegoating. All you have to do is convince the board that someone else is responsible for all the company's problems, then you not only get rid of an opponent, but make yourself look good in the process. It's a win-win for o
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by j_baker 14y ago
Much more likely than Ballmer not feeling that Sinofsky is up to snuff for the CEO's job is that Ballmer is afraid the Board may view Sinofsky as a better candidate for the job than him. There have been some calls for Microsoft to get ri
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by j_baker 14y ago
I don't think it's accurate. Plenty of Googlers have 20% projects they spend 20% of their time on.
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by j_baker 14y ago
Sinofsky, though seen as highly talented, was viewed at the top levels as not the kind of team player that the company was looking for. Dear lord. This sounds like something from Office Space. What exactly is the kind of "team player" t
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by j_baker 14y ago
I'm calling FUD. The service the article is talking about is Windows Ads in Apps: http://advertising.microsoft.com/ads-in-apps It certainly is a way for Microsoft to make more advertising revenue in the same way that iAds does the same
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by j_baker 14y ago
Ego is also one of the greatest motivators for any pursuit.
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by j_baker 14y ago
I think people who jump on the "C++11 is as good as Python/Ruby/Javascript/other-language-of-the-week" bandwagon are missing the point, and that is that limitations are a good thing. Can C++ be made as concise and easily-readable as one
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A Google Employee Walks Into a Bar ...(dailyfinance.com)
2 points by j_baker 14y ago|0 comments
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by j_baker 14y ago
A good way to ask questions is to use them conversationally. For example: interviewer: What is Cassandra useful for? interviewee: It's useful as a highly-available database if you can denormalize your data. What are you guys using Cassa
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Mypy - A New Python Variant with Dynamic and Static Typing(mypy-lang.org)
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by j_baker 14y ago
My money is on Hurricane Sandy: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/084338.sh...
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by j_baker 14y ago
FTA: Are they conflicted? Yeah, of course they are, and we will be transparent on that issue at all times. But, we also believe our readers are smart enough to put these columns into context and understand the impact of CrunchFund’s invest
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by j_baker 14y ago
Is it just me, or does this seem like a lot of work just to avoid having assets be inconsistent for "some number of milliseconds"?
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The Paradox of Autonomy and Recognition(katemats.com)
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by j_baker 14y ago
I think this is true of any profession. Just in case anyone on HN hasn't heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect yet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect Competence relies upon willingness to admit mistakes.
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by j_baker 14y ago
Also worth noting pypy: http://pypy.org/
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by j_baker 14y ago
I think this argument is simple, beautiful, and wrong. The assumption this seems to be built upon is that Google has developed a great hiring system that is doing well for us. I think that's a bit simplistic. The reality is that (like ever
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by j_baker 14y ago
If you're afraid of immature technologies, why use websockets to begin with?
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by j_baker 14y ago
I'm skeptical that PHP is the "web's most popular programming language", and feel it serves no other purpose in the title than to be inflammatory. From the article: "Wikipedia says 75 percent of websites use PHP." From wikipedia: "PHP is
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by j_baker 14y ago
I think Apple won in much the same way Microsoft won when Windows Vista came out. And much like Microsoft, I have no doubts that Apple will fix its maps app. But I think the damage is already done. Apple is no longer going to be known fo
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by j_baker 14y ago
Yup. This was why I said it's difficult to distinguish a brilliant person who has little people skills from a jerk who's good at convincing others they're brilliant. And you're certainly correct to point out that this doctor could have be
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by j_baker 14y ago
The problem is this: it's incredibly difficult to distinguish a brilliant person who lacks people skills from a jerk who convinces people they're brilliant. The doctor in the author's story sounds like the latter. The key clue: the doct
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by j_baker 14y ago
Feedback != Complaining The difference is subtle, but important. Feedback: "I would use your product more if it did x ." Complaining: "Your product sucks because it doesn't do x ." In short: you're absolutely correct. Making it easier
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by j_baker 14y ago
Truly manipulative people are usually very good at taking advantage of people who have integrity. It's not that he didn't want to look out for himself, it's that he felt it was morally wrong for him to leave. The boss probably encourage
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by j_baker 14y ago
I think that "kick down, lick up" almost always fails in the long run. That's the most puzzling thing about it in fact. It doesn't really benefit anyone in the long run (including the person who uses it), but for some reason people keep
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by j_baker 14y ago
There's one kind of person you should always avoid: the person who is only kind to people they need something from.
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The back button issue for me is the biggest one. The back button is such a useful thing to have, but the inconsistency of its behavior is sometimes mind-boggling.
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If anyone's interested in this enough to buy a book on it, I highly recommend Millon's Personality Disorders in Modern Life . It touches on a lot of the issues that the GP asked about including how to distinguish personality disorders fro
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by j_baker 14y ago
Most mental disorders are pathological versions of normal behaviors. You can also have "traits" of certain personality disorders, which is normal. In fact, most people will have traits of one or more personality disorders. For example, a

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