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by kartan 11y ago
We don't use it. As we already use another tool for instant messaging. But looks like there is: http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/20/facebook-at-work-gets-its-o...
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by kartan 11y ago
The article gets quite short on my expectations. It just notes that Hearthstone is doing the same things that "Magic: The Gathering" does. And they notice - I disagree - that is completely different because Magic has to deal with
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by kartan 11y ago
I have been trying "Facebook at Work" at work. As we already had a Facebook group for the company it made sense. This is not a tool to compete with LinkedIn. It is a tool that competes with e-mail/mail lists. Somethings now m
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by kartan 11y ago
I agree on that. Unless you are developing a platform specific utility that is not meaningful in other environments, it is not a good practice to limit yourself. It also makes sense is when you are not creating a product bust just playing w
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by kartan 11y ago
The article says that Barbie copied its figure from an scort doll. And it is from there that it got its figure. Or maybe I missunderstood the title, the article and the pictures.
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by kartan 11y ago
This is the way to go. This is a tragedy of the commons situation. Gambling creates a lot of problems that are not paid by the companies or individuals participating, but by the society at large. The heavy taxing and limited advertising mak
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by kartan 11y ago
Gambling is usually a business run by states as it is like an extra voluntary tax. Usually the returns are lower than in private run lotteries to make it less appealing, so the final result is that it is heavily taxed. Also there are laws
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by kartan 11y ago
1st: Judges say so. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/11/uber-drive... 2nd: It is worrisome that my previous comment got a -1 when it is respectful and it shows a point of view in accordance
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by kartan 11y ago
I agree. But for that the best will be to change their contract to be regular employees. That is what what they really are. And then they will have the usual right like the rest of employees. That the communication between the employee and
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by kartan 11y ago
Each kind of contract makes sense in different situations. There are already laws that cover this situations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misclassification_of_employees... And there are precedents in the UK for this
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by kartan 11y ago
I think that this article explains why that is not so good: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/monitor/applo... "There is a place in this world for the sharing economy, and it could be a beautiful
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by kartan 11y ago
Unity is written in C/C++ ( http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/9675/is-unity-engine-wr... ) And I guess by the answer that C is just for the API for other languages. As there is no way of doing that in C++ wi
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by kartan 11y ago
I don't agree. It all depends on the press and other opinion makers/influencers. If you had every day reports of people that died in car accidents. If you had their stories told, if you heard about their orphaned children, each an
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by kartan 11y ago
That's not being cynical. When a fine is less than your profits for breaking the law you are into a sound business model. Suppose that when you caught a thief the sentence were to return 60% of whatever he has stolen, nothing else. The
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by kartan 11y ago
> In reality it's a bit more complex than that, and even very old people can and do contribute to the survival of their children or their close relatives. That's true for human beings. But for most species that is not true. Ma
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by kartan 11y ago
We are using Emscripten for compiling C++ to to Javascript and use it on the browser. And it works well. So at this moment we can use the same code base for Android(JNI)/iOS/Facebook. It works perfectly well. Why do you think that
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by kartan 11y ago
> "At the end of the day, nobody is forcing anyone to work here." This erroneous logic justifies a lot of abuses. And it is used as much by employers as by employees. This statement eliminates the circumstances that make you w
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by kartan 11y ago
I can confirm. From outside the USA it looks extremely weird. But, you know, we do things that are weird for you. For me the most ironic part is that by this rules you maybe will fire a really good worker that tried drugs. Why do you want t
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by kartan 11y ago
>Application developers should not have to become experts in the underpinnings of the library just to use it. I understand that that is the final goal. But as we introduce new technologies it takes a time and more powerful machines until
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by kartan 11y ago
> There's numerous of new programmers who want to learn AWS, but can't finish building anything because they get buried in documentation. I agree partially. In the end the documentation is what you are going to need to read soo
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by kartan 11y ago
> What if I claim you are rich enough to donate to charities of not only your choice, but my choice as well. High inequality and mega-rich charity are a related issue. Rich people is not contributing with taxes as they should. If that we
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by kartan 11y ago
> if you don't make a deliberate choice to change something, the world around you will keep you down. One of the problems is that usually poor people is a lot less educated. They don't event know the actual value of the knowled
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by kartan 11y ago
The problem is complexity and trust. For the first, even the most tested software still have bugs. Politics is already a complicate business if you add bugs. Complexity also affects trusts. It is easier to trust a system that you understand
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by kartan 11y ago
> our well-being is a relative proposition Yes. But you can change the framework you work with. You can relativize the situation (e.g. take into account that some one had a better starting position in life than you). You can compare diff
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by kartan 11y ago
"...we inadvertently make our friends feel like losers and contribute to a swirling vortex of envy, in which we ourselves risk drowning." I always had the feeling that this attitude is worst in the United States than in other plac
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by kartan 11y ago
It is anti-monopolistic authorities only purpose to do just that. And it is an important role to keep the economy running healthy. But I agree to an extend as I think that we also need to choose more actively to get better products. Each ki
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by kartan 11y ago
It is not just cities. Inequality growth means that a few people/companies accumulates a biggest share of all assets. Once you get so much money getting the rest of assets is usually just a matter of time. "Monopoly" game was
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by kartan 11y ago
The government is the one that should apply the laws to protect consumers and fair competence. Once something fishy has been detected they have to act. https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-consume..
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by kartan 11y ago
>There needs to be more people chasing their dreams rather then being cranked through the academia process. That's really bad advice. Going through a formal learning process is going to help you to understand not only technology bu
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by kartan 11y ago
" how the people paying felt about it" Now I'm working for rich people. That gives them so much power that they corrupt politicians and all the system. I will prefer that that money went to people that needs it. And the Basic

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