jrells

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by jrells 12y ago
I agree too but there are non-technical problems. Educational institutions regularly spend money on software when some CS students could do it better and cheaper over a summer. The people making these decisions are non-technical and risk av
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by jrells 12y ago
I didn't get it, the pricing was pretty much what I would have guessed. The markup isn't that high, especially considering they're hard to store and ship. Other things have much higher markup (drinks, fashion, any goods manuf
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by jrells 12y ago
If the lobster were so valuable to the locals, they probably wouldn't be selling them far below $60.
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by jrells 12y ago
Hanging up and calling back does work but it can be time consuming. I once spent an entire day calling and hanging up on Comcast in order to fix a problem (I knew what the problem was, but they wouldn't listen because it wasn't pa
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by jrells 12y ago
Me too! I was very interested, then very confused.
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by jrells 12y ago
It might be a flagship device to attract attention (gimmicky new features for differentiation) and pave the way for lower cost phones. Mayday is a great strategy too, I've always wondered why so few companies go after the tech-illitera
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by jrells 12y ago
Musk may have already agreed to the donation. Asking privately is easy, but the public plea from the Oatmeal is huge publicity for both of them. I don't know if they're coordinating, but I would want to if I was them.
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by jrells 13y ago
The one thing most emphasized to me by my university regarding teaching was to always keep my door open during office hours, for precisely these reasons. An open door (or glass wall) avoids any he-said she-said situations.
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by jrells 13y ago
A unique choice for "best overall" gets Consumer reports a lot of press coverage and traffic. There's probably not much meaning to "best overall" anyway, and its great for them to pick something flashy and new.
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by jrells 13y ago
> I don't want to be pressured into referring to a male as female if he really is a male. Part of the transgender agenda is forcing others to accept such "gender identities". I don't want to endorse other people'
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by jrells 13y ago
You're confusing law and morality. I think the correlation is mild.
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by jrells 13y ago
I wanted to teach high school at one point but couldn't. I was an adjunct lecturer at a college.
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by jrells 13y ago
Comparing the Gini coefficient of wealth in a country to the Gini coefficient of bitcoin is comparing apples to nonsense. Addresses aren't people and bitcoin wealth is not wealth. I wouldn't guess that most bitcoin users store a s
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by jrells 13y ago
Most of these concepts are things I try to squeeze in for my Calculus students when we have extra time. If I got to choose the curriculum, this would all be standard. Looks beautiful, wish it would load well.
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by jrells 13y ago
It isn't clear exactly how the app will work, but my guess is it will establish an online support group for depression and encourage communication within the group. Even if it only reaches a tiny audience it could have a major impact o