james_s_tayler

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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
The no rural vs urban divide thing... I never ever thought about it before but I see _exactly_ what you mean. And I think you're spot on. There isn't this idea/phenomenon of country folks being very different than city folks,
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
Depends which end of society you're on. My sister's in law are up early and on a train for hours into the city where they work until well after dark and are home at about 11pm. My wife who lives in my home country on the other han
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
It's almost 100% cultural I feel. At least Japanese people always attribute it to their culture and self concept of what Japanese do / how Japanese (and therefore themselves) behave. If there are non-cultural factors I would think
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
How many languages should you check?
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
So perhaps it could produce convincing looking proofs that are ultimately nonsensical. It could generate math problems and have students try them out. Might be a bit of fun.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
It's the friends, family and fools round.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
Yeah my plan is $40NZD and only has 4GB a month :( was on a 10GB plan for $60.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
The alien warlord Xenu!
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
What you actually need is pragmatism and not dogma. I have a hard deadline external to the company by which time the project, and it is a project, needs to be done of else the company can't sign up new customers. It would be pretty irr
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
In 2017 that would have been the ICO to get in on. I can just see the geometric shapes spinning around on the marketing page.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
What about a SaaS to help global e-commerce businesses deal with the US Tax system?
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
Nah.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
Ah touche hahaha
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
"cars to go into airplane mode" That sounds so funny and ridiculous.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
"Companies are never in the business of making less money" That's just a perfect way to word that. Gonna save that one for later.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
Well about 1/4 of the prison population has ADHD and half are dyslexic. Female prison populations also have a very high rate of BPD. The grandmother's where you're from might benefit from learning about pervasive developmenta
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
Ah... this. So much this.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
Ah, so the original comment is predicated on the assumption that all adults are capable of doing that for their kids. Some are. Some aren't. Same goes for the kids.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
Todd Herman wrote a book about how develop an alter ego. He used the technique through his professional career. Through media interviews you can piece together that Kobe Bryant was one of his clients.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
I fucking hate bagpipes. Maybe England only wanted control over Scotland to shut the fucking bagpipes up.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
It's also used by top performers the world over.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
Kind of reminds me how my 25th great uncle is Robert The Bruce. Fun times. Walks off
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
What'd the people who just turn their mind off _do_ before TV.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
Need to log in to Facebook to use VR. It just doesn't even make sense. FB is too entrenched in our lives. And for what?
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
I suppose for developers you flip it right. "Normal SV developers spend 4 to 5 hours a night coding on personal projects" The normal people watching their TV would think those devs spend a ridiculous amount of time coding.
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
During first lockdown I couldn't not switch off after work. I spent 300 hours gaming. I never play games. They don't hold my attention for more than 3 days. During this second lockdown I can't switch out of work mode and into
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
Part of the skillset is evaluating dependencies on how well they fit with your goals both technical and strategic and what level of risk/benefit they pose, and how those dependencies are places in their respective ecosystem. Usually an
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
And they will go wrong. Hey can you put together this trillion piece jigsaw puzzle? Oh and we need you to sign off on it. You're sure it's not going to kill anyone right? Works on my machine!
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
Well then perhaps not "made easy" at least made _easier_!
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by james_s_tayler 6y ago
Welcome to the human experience.

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