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by jbl 13y ago
I'd be interested in reading the original paper. It wasn't immediately obvious if the researchers had stratified surgeons by experience (either number of times procedure had been done or years in the field). I would imagine less e
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by jbl 13y ago
It could also be as simple as the bot selecting a feel better buddy from a circular queue and asking that person to send a nice tweet to someone who needs it. This could either be "handwritten" or via some web app that authenticat
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by jbl 13y ago
I love this idea. Maybe the way around Twitter's bot policies is to use the bot as a coordination device rather than an auto-responder. How about @ing or DMing FeelBetterBot followers that person X could use a hug or helpful message?
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by jbl 13y ago
I do this same thing, but in a variety of circumstances. I find it not only helps me to keep my place, but the act of writing out or diagramming ideas helps me think and reason through problems better than if I just try to work them out in
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by jbl 13y ago
I had a similar experience. When I was reassigned to a new team in a building a few miles down the road, my computer was supposed to move with me for some reason. It took about a month and a half for that to actually happen. I also recall s
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by jbl 13y ago
I have a two arm Ergotron stand. One arm holds a 24" display, the other holds a laptop tray that I put my Macbook(s) on. I don't use a dock, just plug/unplug cables as I need them. I use a program called Jettison that unmounts external disk
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by jbl 13y ago
I've started putting together a toolkit based around Evernote and Asana: - All notes go into Evernote, no matter how small - I drive my tasks (including responding to e-mail) from Asana - I've written some Applescripts to pipe flagged mail
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by jbl 13y ago
This was my first reaction, as well. This goes especially for large datasets. If you are making linear passes over very large databases, I don't think I see much advantage in using a DB beyond possible benefits of shared storage.
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by jbl 13y ago
My girlfriend lives in Rochester near the Ambrosia Software house. I remember delighting in seeing the sign for the first time as it brought back memories of countless hours of Maelstrom games. Sometimes I wonder what the software job marke
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by jbl 14y ago
Former Sociology Ph.D. candidate here. Yes, a lot of b-school research crosses fields. I've worked with b-school profs doing work across sociology, economics, law (to a lesser degree), computer science, and mathematics. The difference betwe
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by jbl 14y ago
I think screenshots and screencasts would be awesome for this sort of thing. A lot of things get lost in the descriptions. I'm more interested in how people use their chosen stuff than I am in what precise gadget they use.
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by jbl 14y ago
This is an excellent essay. This was one of the pieces I read when I was looking into making the jump from engineering to product management. I wanted to get a better feel for what would be expected (at a software driven company). There's a
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by jbl 14y ago
I love this idea! The question is, is the law written in such a way that you could delineate the geographic and contextual boundaries to which it applies? I have a sneaking suspicion that it's not so clear. I'd love to be proven wrong, thou
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by jbl 14y ago
One thing I've been thinking of lately is whether there are technologies that could fundamentally change the incentive structure of the US healthcare market to be more in line with patient interests. Are there technologies or attitudes or a
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by jbl 14y ago
Some do, some don't. Most of the racers I know (people who actually train to race and take competition at least a little seriously) would know what this data is telling them or would know someone who could help them (a trainer or coach).
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by jbl 14y ago
I always wanted an HP-48 in place of my TI-83.... so much so that I ran an HP-48 emulator under Linux. If I was working from a campus lab, I would VNC into my own machine just to run the emulator.
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by jbl 14y ago
I disagree re: steel frames. All of my bikes are steel, from my race bike (yes, actually raced... well, in the past) to my city bike. The race bike weighs in right around where the aluminum bike it replaced came in. Steel rides great. Cheap
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by jbl 14y ago
I probably wouldn't write "increment the total", but I think it makes sense to comment on what the total is/represents, or why the total is incremented in some particular way (if it's non-obvious). My beef with "increment the total" comment
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by jbl 14y ago
Does Kindle lending limit you, in some way, to lending to certain people, though? It sounds like there were two objections: 1. OMG, this site is pirating my content! 2. I didn't want people to lend to anyone, just their friends and family C
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by jbl 14y ago
I kind of get this... but without some technology behind it, I don't see how they'd expect some guarantee that eBook lending would be restricted to certain parties. I'm surprised the AG has not come out against services like BookCrossing wh
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by jbl 14y ago
Yup, I have fond memories of my USRobotics Palm Pilot 5000. I think another reason Graffiti worked so well is that it's just plain easier to train a human to use an alphabet that's similar to their native alphabet than it is to do full blow
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by jbl 14y ago
The IDEO approach is something that I like and look for in the people I work with. When I was teaching I grad school, I'd often exhort my students to think at least one level 'above' and one level 'below' whatever phenomena we were studying
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by jbl 14y ago
I just transitioned from an engineering role to a product management role. Product management means different things in different companies, but generally a product manager will interact directly with every other part of the company and "ow
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by jbl 15y ago
The browns are still pretty noisy for a quiet office environment. My vote for a mechanical keyboard with good feel that won't disturb workmates is the Topre line.
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by jbl 15y ago
Bicycles can promote emotional attachment. I take pride in my bicycles. There are personalizations that I've made that make my bikes unique in my eyes. One of my bikes would be difficult to replace if it were totalled. I know many other c
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by jbl 15y ago
Not necessarily. This depends on the companies one is leaving and going to. Sure, if you are leaving an engineering position at Facebook or Google, this is probably true. Amongst young but not newborn startups, it could very well be a bump
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by jbl 15y ago
I made this transition a few months ago. To be honest, I was called up by a recruiter, but I think the following led up to that call: - Be open to non-engineering roles, possibly to the point of actively seeking them out. - Having and showi
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by jbl 15y ago
Best Buy certainly does. I believe they are also available at Target.
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by jbl 15y ago
I think this point of the argument has been unfortunately lost in the kerfuffle over whether charging for apps (or app installs, to split hairs) is a viable business model. It should be fine for a developer (or musician, or other creator of
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by jbl 15y ago
The thing about Topres is that they're a bit rare. They're also quite pricey. I did get one for use at work, though, and love it. I like it because it's a good combination of tactile and still quiet. Mine has variable weighting on the keys,

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