jonahrd

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by jonahrd 10y ago
Don't pockets get pretty warm?
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by jonahrd 10y ago
A problem like sexism is so wide-spread and deep-rooted in the software industry that it's imperative to _not_ just ignore every "one-off" occurrence, but instead to point it out. A criticism of the choice of language used in
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by jonahrd 10y ago
A lot of QC is made of run down blue collar workers who are on hard economic times, and somewhat xenophobic. I'm wouldn't be so quick to say Trumps policy would fail here.
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by jonahrd 10y ago
Twitter has restrictions that make perfect sense given its use, but would be really strange decisions for a protocol: ie. 140 character limit.
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by jonahrd 10y ago
I'm surprised by the number of people saying they can't listen to anything with lyrics while they program! Not that there's anything wrong with it, it's just never a problem for me, I'll listen to just about anythin
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by jonahrd 10y ago
For one, NHTSA and equivalents have regulations for vehicle behaviors in the event of a crash beyond just deploying airbags. Not defending this behavior, but that's a reason..
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by jonahrd 10y ago
You may be right that it's a poor financial decision, but I still hope to one day live in a country where people can pursue education in any subject matter (not just STEM/other money makers) for the pure purpose of educational ful
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by jonahrd 10y ago
Sometimes things are made by teams of people
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by jonahrd 10y ago
I like the Canadian plastic money. The only complaint is that when working retail you have to deal with people who fold their bills ot put them in a small wallet, and the bills are so much harder to unfold than paper making them difficult t
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by jonahrd 10y ago
I remember reading some old tale about all the animals gathering to decide what to do about humanity. Every animal hated humans, so they all voted to destroy us. Except the mosquito, which was the only one to stand up for us because they ne
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by jonahrd 10y ago
This is pretty disgusting. Slides 3 and 4 are spitting images of the "boys club" mentality that's holding tech back in terms of equity.
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by jonahrd 11y ago
I'm not a huge fan of the way he explains things with common vocabulary. Sure it makes sense to me because I understand that he means "organs" by bags and it's a kinda nice metaphor, but I feel like some of these explana
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by jonahrd 11y ago
But this argument rests on the case that Bryana was solely chosen because she's a women, when in reality she was chosen because she had the qualifications (much like some of her other colleagues) and is also a woman who had to overco
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by jonahrd 11y ago
And what if there's a young software engineering student who's inspired by this talk and decides to keep studying against her preconceived notions that this is a "field for men"? Hosting more women speakers at conference
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by jonahrd 11y ago
What kind of manager treats every single employee the same, regardless of differences in talent, background, needs, etc? If a manager hires a person who needs a bit more structure in order to stay focused, that person should be given a litt
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The Concealed-Carry Fantasy(nytimes.com)
2 points by jonahrd 11y ago|0 comments
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by jonahrd 12y ago
From the same article: "The Murchison meteorite that fell near Murchison, Victoria, Australia in 1969 was found to contain over 90 different amino acids, nineteen of which are found in Earth life."
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by jonahrd 12y ago
Haha, a fellow jonah with the same complaints as me
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by jonahrd 12y ago
I thought the author might mention some reasons why the current designs were lacking, and give some possible solutions that would improve the license plates in some measurable way. But it seems that he simply has a preference for his own de
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by jonahrd 12y ago
It would be a neat feature to allow us to upload an image of the right size as a seed for the game
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by jonahrd 12y ago
I created the Max space filler. too bad it's very volatile inside http://gameoflifetotalwar.com/challenge/pwtOc