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by johngalt 10y ago
This is why many devs work odd or late hours. To avoid the commotion of an active office. Every office has at least one person who abuses the communication channels. E-mail -> Calls -> Texts -> At your desk inside of 30mins asking
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by johngalt 10y ago
I've always thought a flying motorcycle makes more sense than a flying car. The power to weight ratios are closer, as are the engine requirements. Something like a long two seater cabin motorcycle with wings that attach like glider win
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by johngalt 10y ago
The problem with 'loser pays' is that it can actually encourage frivolous litigation like this. Often there are civil suits where the defendant and plaintiff agree that there are some valid claims, but they disagree on the specifi
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by johngalt 10y ago
Yeah that is the old 'total compensation' switcheroo. Where you finish negotiations at what you assume is a salary number, but the employer later claims it was a total compensation number (salary + benefits). When the 'benefi
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by johngalt 10y ago
Many comments are painting this as a bunch of monocle wearing old money aristocrats lamenting the peasants demanding more. In reality what the report is saying is this: businesses are having to hire more people at higher wages without the
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by johngalt 10y ago
My brilliant invention: A solar powered self replicating machine that eats CO2 and uses it to create building material. With minimal preparation the material could also be burned for energy. I wonder how far I'd get before people reali
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by johngalt 10y ago
That's like worrying about cattle getting loose and taking over Africa. The same things that make them useful to us also make them horrible at competing in a natural setting.
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by johngalt 10y ago
Experience tells me that hiring posts that demand this level of excellence are often covering for weaknesses in their process. "We only hire the best!" The best at what? "The best at everything of course. We want a full sta
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by johngalt 10y ago
1. Buildings last a long time. Inherently you will see a lot of old buildings compared to new. Specifically when those buildings are designed to last and have full time engineering/maintenance staff. 2. Density has become less importan
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by johngalt 10y ago
This has nothing to do with GPS imho. Plenty of people died in the past by following an out of date map, or incorrect directions. The most common theme in situations like this is not realizing when you are crossing over from an inconvenienc
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by johngalt 10y ago
The next step is specialization. Developing an ASIC makes more sense if there isn't going to be a general purpose x86 that eats your lunch in 5 years just by brute clock speed.
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by johngalt 10y ago
Max, Amy, and Ned are driving old cars and want new ones. Rather than buying three cars, they decide to go in together and buy one car to share. Max wants to replace his offroading jeep, Amy wants to replace her fast sports car, and Ned dri
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by johngalt 10y ago
When designing for complex functions think orchestra not one man band. Lots of standard interchangeable parts that can be individually replaced rather than one "do-it-all" pile of dependencies.
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by johngalt 10y ago
The F-35 is becoming the definitive example of how scope creep destroys a project. A system designed to do everything for everyone. When it should be designed to do one thing better than everything else. Divide the F-35 into three different
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by johngalt 10y ago
The program is there to transfer money from the federal government to various states that have Lockheed subcontractors. The aircraft is a byproduct.
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by johngalt 11y ago
Generally we would just use die combinations for anything over a d20. D10s are great for this. We had a d100, but it would never stop rolling. Much faster to roll two d10s.
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by johngalt 11y ago
Both. There are two scenarios where I'm staying up until 4am. 1. My three bosses were harassing me all day about deadlines. At home I can't sleep because of the stress: "I'm not going to sleep until I fix this bug becaus
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by johngalt 11y ago
Science funding explained http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=1522
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by johngalt 11y ago
Politicians aren't idiots. Neither are they Machiavellian schemers. They are just in a situation where supporting bills like this are all upside and no downside. If this passes and five years later computer security is swiss cheese, po
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by johngalt 11y ago
This one really tells a story: "A bad design with a good presentation is doomed eventually. A good design with a bad presentation is doomed immediately." Both sides of the issue. Doesn't matter how right you are if you can&
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by johngalt 11y ago
People always assume "current trends will continue". That the future will simply continue the progress they have already seen. Someone in the 70s would have seen a vast increase in travel speeds. Jets, bullet trains, interstate hi
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by johngalt 11y ago
What would it cost to have a device similar to an android tablet 40 years ago? Billion dollars? Now you can get them for $100. What would it cost to have access to the sum of human knowledge instantly 40 years ago? In video/text/a
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by johngalt 11y ago
Because when "we" can't do something it's for reasons that are varied, nuanced and entirely justifiable. When "they" can't do something it's because they are malicious lazy idiots. Obviously. It'
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by johngalt 11y ago
A number of comments here blame the security people or government IT in general for not being accommodating. That may be appropriate in some cases, but anyone who has worked in IT for any length of time understands how this happens. Systems
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by johngalt 11y ago
A friend of mine had his D&D books burned by his parents. I was pretty young at the time and I remember thinking: "Burned? Like book burning? What? That DMG never hurt anyone!" I was young and it was my first brush with a mora
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by johngalt 11y ago
> we're forcing women to specialize in child-rearing I see no evidence of any force being applied. Women are free to chose their own relationship types same as men. Exceptionally few choose to be breadwinner supporting a stay at hom
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by johngalt 11y ago
Generic IT guy here. No matter how good the new machine is people always assume it's the same or worse than the old one. I'm not sure what drives this general feeling, but it has been a consistent theme. Despite every metric impro
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by johngalt 11y ago
That they would just demand it without even negotiating it during the hiring process. Just assuming that I would cripple my career for years to minimize their risk without any compensation in exchange. "I understand that your feel your
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by johngalt 11y ago
I don't have an inherent problem with non-competes. I could understand why certain industries would need restrictions along those lines. The problem is when businesses expect the non-compete agreement when it is not a negotiated item d
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by johngalt 11y ago
The laws originally used to weaken encryption were issued under ITAR arms/munition restriction rules. The author doesn't see this as two sides of the same coin? People have the right to protect their privacy using encryption. They

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