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by klenwell 8y ago
I believe it was this: https://github.com/dzone/osqa But not positive. I vaguely remember it was a Python product. Not sure I can recommend it. I remember it not being nearly as polished as SO and not sure it's be
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by klenwell 8y ago
There was an open source version of Stack Overflow that I set up internally a few years ago at a previous company. I was the only one on the team who actively used it, but even then I found it useful as it was a place to squirrel away these
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by klenwell 8y ago
> I wonder how much GDPR had to do with bringing them down. Since they didn't cite that as a reason, I am going to conclude none. Even if they did cite it, I would still be inclined to assume it was being offered as a palatable pret
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by klenwell 8y ago
I suppose there is some truth to this. Elsewhere in this thread I quote a sharp observation by ChuckMcM which I find tragically applicable to the current American poltical-economic system: Rich people demanding higher returns, enslave unsu
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by klenwell 8y ago
ChuckMcM offered an illustration of how this innovation has played out in higher education here a few years ago that has stuck with me: I think it is even worse than simply "easy credit", I think the rewards built in encourage ex
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by klenwell 8y ago
Last time this subject came up on Hacker News here, I was inspired to post an idea I came up with after mulling the issue over a bit: mentors. I posted the idea on Meta here: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/365
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by klenwell 9y ago
Before my grandparents passed away, I considered it extremely dangerous for them to answer their phone and did everything in my power to discourage them from doing so unless they recognized the number. Even then, with number spoofing, it ma
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by klenwell 9y ago
This sums up my experience, too. My only real use for it ended up being for weekend/day trips where I didn't need to work and wanted to be quasi-offline but might want to connect to a third-party wifi system (like a motel's)
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by klenwell 9y ago
Wasn't that film Her? I thought that was a brilliant film, too.
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by klenwell 9y ago
The last time I saw my grandmother was the last time I saw 2001. It was a few years ago. She was bedridden but living at home with a full-time caregiver. Hospice care had been initiated. Her bed, a full-size hospital bed, was located in the
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by klenwell 9y ago
Sounds like an opportunity for someone to pick up some SO karma. Just try not to spend it all in one place.
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by klenwell 9y ago
This is actually one of the use cases I really like. I'll often deliberately add a question with an answer if I think it is something I'll use again in future and is not found somewhere else obvious on the web.
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by klenwell 9y ago
For my last two jobs, I've created a new SO account for that job. I'm a pretty experienced user with decent reputation on my main account. I think I'm a pretty good question writer. I do my research beforehand, pay attention
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by klenwell 9y ago
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by klenwell 9y ago
Reminds me of the proverbial "Great Depression Mindset" that I noticed in my grandparents. Also this comment I came across on Reddit's Bestof recently that made me see the world and myself a little differently: > Minimalis
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by klenwell 9y ago
Well put. I think I saw this very dynamic in action with my car insurance this year. AAA tried to bump it 40% over the previous year with no claims in previous 5 years and no changes in major underlying parameters. I think mileage may have
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by klenwell 9y ago
I recently got a new workstation at work that is a MacBook Pro that connects to 2 monitors via USB-C. I've learned somewhat superstitiously that if I don't connect and disconnect the USB-C cables in the right order the laptop may
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by klenwell 9y ago
That's interesting. I find the wiki concept truly transformative. One of the first things I've done with almost every job I've had is set up an internal MediaWiki wiki. It's always been worth the effort even if I was the
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by klenwell 9y ago
Interesting that Jonah Lehrer is the author of this. Here's a more recent New York Times article about him that might be title, "Does the Stigma Wear Off?": https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/bo
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by klenwell 9y ago
True. I noticed that, too. And I think that lesson is as important as the "listen to your grunts" message: beware false metrics. It's a dense passage to be sure.
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by klenwell 9y ago
> What bugged me about the (X) environment when I was there? What would I change? I recently started as lead dev at a small company experiencing some real growing pains. The CEO wisely had me spend a couple days my first week going aroun
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by klenwell 9y ago
Glancing at your first citation, nothing in the summary seems to challenge the idea that people of all races see much bigger differences among races (for example, when someone like James Damore start dogwhistling IQ tests in their footnotes
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by klenwell 9y ago
I checked it out thinking maybe I was quick to assume the worst. On review, it looks and sounds pretty dog-whistley to me. Worse than I expected. As a Sri Lankan national, you may be missing some of the nativist overtones. "Undeserving
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by klenwell 9y ago
> this is indeed a real problem for "askers" trying to get heard in all the noise, and there's diminishing returns for the "answerer" who has less fun questions to tackle To address this issue, I put together a &
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by klenwell 9y ago
For those of us who are a little lazier or less meticulous but want to experience something like this, I recommend the Lego Architecture series. I enjoyed this one and it makes a nice little display piece for my home: https://sho
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by klenwell 9y ago
> Have the IRS suggest what they think I owe - they can have all the metadata, and I'll happily just pay the taxes. What's funny is that they will. After the fact. I got a notice last year from the IRS about some back taxes I o
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by klenwell 9y ago
I heard about this on NPR yesterday afternoon. In their interview, this bit of misinformation was specifically called out: > Now, there's been a little bit of misinformation about this study. Scott is still Mark Kelly's identic
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by klenwell 9y ago
> Anecdotally, the best developers seem to always be pushing small changes More formally, this is true, too. At least according to Donald G. Reinertsen, the author of this book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show&#x
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by klenwell 9y ago
I'm a monthly subscriber to my local NPR station and I've had this happen twice when my card reached its expiration date. I got mailed a new card but the online subscriptions didn't automatically roll over (or some did? I don
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by klenwell 9y ago
I'm pretty sure I heard ads from Uber or Lyft on local popular music radio stations while driving advertising $15 - $20/hr wages. Some discussion on this site: https://uberpeople.net/threads/uber-radio-commerc

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