joegaudet

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by joegaudet 16y ago
This was already posted, debated. It was part of a two week session of people posting about how being smart was a detriment to one's ability to be successful.... I suspect there are many smart / successful people who do not agree.
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by joegaudet 16y ago
The thing I love most about Java versus working in Ruby / JS / anything else, is the IDE (read: eclipse). Right now we are building an app in SproutCore and I find my life spent mostly in TextMate, which is quite nice and their JSLint integ
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by joegaudet 16y ago
What might be interesting is to have the position randomly generated somehow. Or two sliders that you have to line up...
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by joegaudet 16y ago
I was using Erlang as an example as I am familiar with it. My point was more so that there are (as you say) many styles of concurrency, and that I hate it when functional programers use "Try programming concurrently in an imperative languag
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by joegaudet 16y ago
I find the assertion that the ONLY way to program for multiple cores or concurrency is to use functional programming annoying. It seems to be the default fall back of functional evangelists, as if there were no other way in the world to sol
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by joegaudet 16y ago
Yeah man you got me there, I am from Canada, I have no idea what is going on legally with regards to this situation. As I said, I understood it that BP is liable up to some amount (in dollars). How that amount is assessed and so forth, I ha
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by joegaudet 16y ago
Of particular interest is the use of the log scale on the Y axis. Oh how things can change.
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Apple vs Microsoft Market Cap ratio over time.(wolframalpha.com)
2 points by joegaudet 16y ago|1 comments
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by joegaudet 16y ago
I suspect MS is trying to keep Bing as a separate entity. Perhaps to avoid feeling like the big monolith threatening to over compete. Alternatively it might be just trying to make Bing feel like a new brand... who knows. If you look at bing
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by joegaudet 16y ago
All I can think is... if ifs and buts were candy and nuts.... It'd be great IF bp were going to be held fully liable. From my understanding there is a limited liability clause that is going to hold BP to some unimaginably low number. And of
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by joegaudet 16y ago
Hear hear.
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by joegaudet 16y ago
Something seems suspect about an article on (ms)nbc claiming that google is now beating apple... Can't quite put my finger on it.
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by joegaudet 16y ago
I suspect their goal is engineeting bacterium that will produce crude oil, or something of that nature.
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by joegaudet 16y ago
Changing the batteries in the control panel that caused the blowoff mechanism (or what ever it was) to mal function.
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by joegaudet 16y ago
That'd be some mighty fat finger to hit the b and not the m... without hitting the n.
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by joegaudet 16y ago
Heheh in fairness to me, I do know who Ebert is, I was tired and had a few beers... :P
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by joegaudet 16y ago
I couldn't agree more with this guy, as former film maker, enthusiast, I've found the 3D movies to be a range of uncomfortable to distracting. Most importantly 3D is used to distract from the fact that the stories are 1D and disinteresting.
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by joegaudet 16y ago
I like the bit about doc, I am in agreeance with most of that section.
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by joegaudet 16y ago
Well obviously they lobbied the government to make the title protected.
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by joegaudet 16y ago
I believe some schools in the states are starting to do a similar tradition.
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by joegaudet 16y ago
Which I always find amusing, because its intent couldn't be farther from a status symbol. I feel as though the actions of a few arrogant engineers have ruined what is a very good tradition.
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by joegaudet 16y ago
I think the ring it self was supposed to wear down over time. There is also a thing about it being as far away from your 'gold' wedding band as possible, signifying that your primary goal in work should be the work... not the gold.
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by joegaudet 16y ago
Actually, this was created to protect the public safety. To ensure that no one was holding them self out to be an engineer without evidence that they had the credentials to back it up. The government didn't create this distinction, Canadian
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by joegaudet 16y ago
I think it's just 20 bucks or something, the first one costs about 40k after that they are cheap :P
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by joegaudet 16y ago
Couldn't agree more.
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by joegaudet 16y ago
I couldn't agree more, that's why I like that in Canada you have to be a PEng to get to out right call your self an engineer on your resume or business card. Me personally I am an EIT (Engineer in Training) which means I have a degree but n
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by joegaudet 16y ago
I was about to plead the old, I am an engineer, cut me a break deal. But actually, in all honesty, I don't often look at my blog from the outside of tumblr perspective. And this is the first thing I've posted of my own on here. So long and
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by joegaudet 16y ago
I disagree... There are people with blue collar jobs in mines (my step dad for instance) who has a very comfortable life. Two kids, gets to vacation regularly, works hard, skis every weekend. There are many people in the world who do not as
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The Ritual Calling of the Engineer(joegaudet.tumblr.com)
75 points by joegaudet 16y ago|56 comments
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by joegaudet 16y ago
Maybe they just want a comfortable life, a wife, and to vacation once or twice a year... Why is that something to be looked down on?

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