johngalt

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by johngalt 14y ago
Almost anyone in America is playing on 'easy mode'. The people playing on 'nightmare mode' predominately live in third world countries.
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by johngalt 14y ago
Being able to break something =/= IT not doing their job. Tossing a brick through a window doesn't mean that the window should have been thicker.
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by johngalt 14y ago
Personal experience is always subjective. I've found that trying to wake from a deep sleep directly will make me groggy all day. Conversely giving myself another 15min of light sleep will clear my head.
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by johngalt 14y ago
The technology cycle generally goes: 1. A few big wins causes a huge bubble. 2. Tons of sub standard tech workers jump on the bandwagon for the money. In some cases these are outright con artists. 3. Average skill plummets as the market is
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by johngalt 14y ago
When I hear something like "only young people work on computers", I envision someone in their 70s who thinks their grandkids are tech wizards because they can program the DVR. Actually being in the field, it's more about young people being
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by johngalt 14y ago
I've been on the other side of this. An interviewee had a killer competing offer that I couldn't match. He was so apologetic, as if he was worried he'd insulted me. I had to assure him that I took no offense and wished him well. Don't know
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by johngalt 14y ago
CPU obsolescence OTOH everything else has been playing catch up. Disk, Network, Bus etc... Sure my CPU has hit the ceiling, but it spends 95% of its time idle anyway. Broadband five years ago was probably a 3-5Mbps link, and storage was a
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by johngalt 14y ago
The fuel that goes into the reactor isn't that dangerous, but the spent fuel is very dangerous.
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by johngalt 14y ago
As soon as everyone learns to write there will be no need for writers.
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by johngalt 14y ago
So you rewrite everyone's code to make it "better" without their permission. Now who maintains all that code? You do. Life's to short to own all the code in the world.
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by johngalt 14y ago
Engineers always present this as a false dichotomy. You can work with other people (and their code) without pissing them off. "Stay the hell out of other peoples code" is no better than "Act with impunity". Thankfully there is a middle grou
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by johngalt 14y ago
Seems simple to me. If you call us out for terrible reporting, we'll slander you as a sexist. Welcome to my hosts file Wired.
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by johngalt 14y ago
The point is network effects and total wealth. Imagine we could import every programmer in the world and put them all in Silicon valley. Hard to imagine that being a bad position for the US. A good analogy would be the financial systems of
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by johngalt 14y ago
Will it be a problem when you have 50 autonomous cars in close proximity? Potential for crosstalk from the sensors? Similar to headlights at night making it so you can see, but blinding oncoming traffic.
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by johngalt 14y ago
Men have been making this trade-off for centuries. It's self evident to us that the world works this way. That's why we don't write articles about it. When reading similar articles from women lamenting this trade-off, the response is a reso
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by johngalt 14y ago
In 1990 a judiciary investigated itself and found no evidence of bias against men only women. Conveniently that was the socially correct opinion at the time. Joint physical custody just means that there is regular visitation. So saying "p
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by johngalt 14y ago
Better come with a good dimmer switch or an off button. I find bright displays extremely irritating specifically when they are in my visual field. I've rented cars where I had to put my coat over the dash. You get the most information by lo
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by johngalt 14y ago
You're comparing two things which are the same. A 20% jump in efficiency per worker is precisely what CEO's are there to create.
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by johngalt 14y ago
What are the good alternatives for a lightweight IMAP email client? Outlook is pudgy and wants Exchange too badly.
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by johngalt 14y ago
FYI, I faced the same choice. Tried both and had a significantly better experience with Rackspace. Their push IMAP is fast . Good status page that's never missed an outage. Techs seem knowledgeable when opening a ticket.
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by johngalt 14y ago
I've migrated to and from gmail for myself and multiple clients. I'd recommend staying with Gmail until there is a compelling need to change. If you're concerned about the googlebots selling your data then go with a more traditional email h
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by johngalt 14y ago
Nothing but unbridled pessimism. The march of progress hasn't stopped just because we don't launch Saturn Vs anymore. It has progressed rapidly on other fronts. Anyone looking at the Apollo program should realize that it was a stunt more th
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by johngalt 14y ago
Why can't you send the entire file? Because your LAN connection is probably 1000Mbps and your internet connection is likely <5Mpbs. Or the receiving sides internet connection is 2Mbps. Your computer only sees 1000Mbps and would dump a 1
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by johngalt 14y ago
When I'm asked to spec out a new windows based PC, my users compare the price to the Acer at Costco for $349. Then they compare it's performance to a $2200 MacBook Pro. Much of Apple's success is based on forcing good (if expensive) choices
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by johngalt 14y ago
Some women are put in game journalism roles because they are appealing to their audience for reasons other than their gaming knowledge. PR person misunderstood her silence and made a bad assumption. This misunderstanding could have been eas
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by johngalt 14y ago
Reminds me of 'How does a train stay on the tracks?' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7h4OtFDnYE
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by johngalt 14y ago
More proof that defense gets a lake of cash for every bucket that NASA gets. Optically I'd think looking down at a relatively bright earth would be a much different task than looking up at a very dark universe. Also field of view is much
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by johngalt 14y ago
Maybe the reason that there is no policy at the conference is that harassment doesn't happen as often as its portrayed? Going to a bar and then being hit on is hardly the end of the world. Its one thing to respect office/professional decoru
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by johngalt 14y ago
Probably not a good day, but survivable with a modern car. Most crashes have some angle to them which reduces the forces involved. Hitting a brick wall perfectly perpendicular is rare.
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by johngalt 14y ago
Stop working on side projects and freelancing. Focus on the three things you are handling right now (don't forget your spouse). Don't learn the hard way about overextending yourself. Handle what's in front of you first. Make yourself acknow

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