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by jenkstom 6y ago
We don't need "more theory". The vast majority of computer science theory goes unapplied in solving real-world problems. While I'm sure this is great for postgrad computer science students, it's not very useful for
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by jenkstom 6y ago
We already have a term for it: victim blaming. Just because someone is using a valid issue (sexism) doesn't mean they aren't using it as a weapon. When the victim acts in a more cautious manner that's perfectly reasonable. To
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by jenkstom 6y ago
In the US all first responders are required to go through various levels of incident management. You can get free training on NIMS and ICS online. It works, and it works very well.
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by jenkstom 6y ago
My favorite bit, and it more or less sums up the whole article: "Obamacare’s survival says a lot about the differences between the two parties nowadays, and not just on health care. It’s a sign of how different they have become, in tem
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by jenkstom 6y ago
Wow. Just wow. I remember early cyberpunks talking about how the internet would enable infinite lies to spread and for the truth to be completely buried in the noise. And here we are. Now our entire reality has been taken over by people liv
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by jenkstom 6y ago
Delphi.
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by jenkstom 6y ago
It's certainly not a science.
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by jenkstom 6y ago
It just amazes me how QAnon crazy opinion pieces are making it to the front page of HN now. I find this way more disturbing than I should I guess.
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by jenkstom 6y ago
What is the solution for shared custody of children? I have three kids that spend half their time at their moms. Are their Spotify and Netflix accounts (and mine) going to get shutoff? Is there some sort of appeal process?
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by jenkstom 6y ago
I'm in the transportation industry and your use of "semi-truck" doesn't instill confidence.
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by jenkstom 6y ago
Some of it is encouraged, in a "Darwinian" sense. Yes, it's very common.
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by jenkstom 6y ago
Any VOIP DID provider with a provisioning API, like Twilio or Anveo.
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by jenkstom 6y ago
It's annoying to the person who needs to get details and pricing and who would love to buy the product but right now is just trying to find out if a project is feasible. It's insulting in that they could just give me the informati
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by jenkstom 6y ago
Part of it is that us old greybeards have been around long enough to see what works and what doesn't. IT is more "cult"ish than most industries. There are long-held destructive beliefs that cause projects to fail or other pro
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by jenkstom 6y ago
This reminds me of a quote I heard during the dot.com bubble. "If I can't expect 1000% return I'm not investing in a company". It's such a high level of expectation that you just know a correction is coming.
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by jenkstom 6y ago
I've left several jobs because of women with personality disorders that target men. I'm tall, so for some reason I usually wind up being the first target. I worked at one place where the senior VP (she couldn't be the same le
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by jenkstom 6y ago
I'm going to just say that making a codebase testable increases the complexity by a couple of orders of magnitude. Certainly it's great for some things. For other things it's a net negative.
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by jenkstom 6y ago
Say "Yes, but it's worth $xyz to me. Otherwise I'm not doing it."
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by jenkstom 6y ago
I survived triplets using this book.
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by jenkstom 6y ago
It says she was employed by the DNC.
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by jenkstom 6y ago
A scatter / gather / peering protocol makes a lot more sense.
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by jenkstom 6y ago
I guess I have a minority view, but when were they not? Steve Jobs was famously toxic (which is just popular term to describe someone with a cluster B personality disorder, aka "psychopath"). But he dresses like a rock star and cr
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by jenkstom 6y ago
When an attractive woman that I don't know sends me a link request on LinkedIn it's kind of obvious that she's trying to sell me something . It's been everything from companionship to printer supplies to headhunting, bu
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by jenkstom 6y ago
Commercial software will always be a "black box". Many, many companies use commercial software. This is not really anything new. I will admit that the complexity has grown so much that it's nearly impossible to understand any
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by jenkstom 6y ago
To be honest, I see this more as a baby boomer thing than a Gen X thing. Gen X who are into technical things tend to be into digital things. I mean hey, give me a commodore 64 hooked up to a modem and I'm gonna have a good time. Other
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by jenkstom 6y ago
Reducing the suffering of humanity.
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by jenkstom 6y ago
Probably a better question is "Will the demand for software developers outpace the supply over the next 10 years?" Perhaps the looming failures of universities I keep reading about will mean less degreed professionals. I think the
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by jenkstom 6y ago
I wonder how many people at Apple wake up every morning thanking the universe that he's gone and they never have to deal with him again?
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by jenkstom 6y ago
I tried "Mere Christianity" at the urging of my mother. It was a series of logical fallacies one after the other. Although I will give him props, though, he tried to put a twist on most of them. Instead of a "false dilemma&qu
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by jenkstom 7y ago
Stay strong. I stayed for the same reasons but she wanted to end it. I'm in a better place, but I'm terrified for my children and nobody that can do anything about it believes any of it. Don't expect your kids to see through

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