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lelele
16y ago
This book relates to this post: http://www.amazon.com/Managers-Not-MBAs-Management-Developme...
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lelele
16y ago
I guess a similar situation happens to programmers who learn a new design pattern or programming paradigm and apply it to every situation, including when it's overkill.
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lelele
16y ago
> If a person cannot learn that on those skills on the job, I seriously would question his/her ability to be an effective manager. Well, since a lot of learning comes from failures, I think an MBA should teach you at least how to avoid
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lelele
16y ago
However, my guess is that Google's move is more of a business decision.
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lelele
16y ago
> I don't think it has anything to do with sales or selling. It does. Whether you know you are selling or not, you are selling. > Just be yourself If you are a natural born salesman, then that works. If not, by all means be yourself
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lelele
16y ago
This guy has built an home fitness plan with inexpensive tools: http://fitness.scoobysworkshop.com/ He has posted videos too. Good for those who haven't got an (inexpensive) gym nearby (like me). EDIT: His push-ups tutorial is highly reco
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lelele
16y ago
> Badly designed applications have nothing to do with Vista or greater's "security architecture", so that leaves UAC. We agree, from a technical point of view. OTOH, applications are the system, from a user's point of view, and Window
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lelele
16y ago
I guess this is a case where you choose not to buy a restaurant because you happen to like a specific dish ^_^ My understanding anyway is that Windows is allowed, if you can demonstrate a strong enough case for it.
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lelele
16y ago
To us - IT guys - they look alike, and we can stay away from dangers quite easily. To an average user - and I know what I'm talking about, since I've taught IT security to those average users - Windows' security architecture - UAC, applica
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lelele
16y ago
The main reason a Mac user is more secure than a Windows one is because a Mac system is running on a sounder security architecture (not administrator by default, etc.). You can only go that far in retrofitting an OS which made the wrong dec
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lelele
16y ago
Of course they are not making a business decision for emotional reasons. By choosing an open source OS, Google gains more control on its systems, and avoids using a product of a competitor. Moreover, Google trusts its employees' judgement a
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lelele
16y ago
s/good/good/ Good is good enough. I understand what he means. Foreign learners shouldn't worry about proper English the way native speakers do.
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lelele
16y ago
Please let's not talk about Perl anymore. Let's just make it fall into oblivion. Perl and C++ are the programming languages I always recommend you avoid, if you value your time. I've wasted my time to become proficient with both, I hope you
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lelele
16y ago
That's a fake video. Can't you see that?
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lelele
16y ago
Emacs Lisp is better suited for text manipulation than Perl or Ruby. Powerful regexes just don't cut it, you need text related abstractions. Emacs clones based on both Scheme and Common Lisp have been written, but they haven't taken off.