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by maxxxxx 7y ago
It’s a little scary that the same guy who makes these statements also can make decisions that may lead to war. Lets hope his other decisions are a little more fact based but I have my doubts.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
I agree. Seems a lot of new kitchen devices seems to fail by either some plastic gears stripping or coming loose from the shaft. My mom has 50 or more year old stuff that still works but the newer devices all break. Even very expensive ones
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
I don’t know about this particular situation but I think it’s just a matter of politeness that somebody new should use his first weeks to try to understand the current situation before making too many suggestions. Also show your skills by d
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
That makes it even worse. They had a great product and still managed to screw it up.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
Yeah. I hate situations where you have thought about something more than anybody else but you still have smartasses start questioning you after being exposed to the problem for a few seconds. I am fine with people asking questions but they
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
It’s pretty interesting that this document is secret and there is no mechanism to enforce it. It’s pretty much just a declaration of intent.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
He also sent a few bombs. Without those I think he could have lived his life in peace.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
No matter how the climate develops earth is still leaps and bounds ahead of anything in the solar system. It’s not even close
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
I think what they build doesn’t run on any probe but on Earth so the world doesn’t go under if they make mistakes . It’s the same in medical. The closer you get to the patient the more regulation you get.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
I work in medical devices and without off label use by doctors it would be really hard and expensive to innovate and explore new indications. Maybe there should be some registry and published information but I don’t see an alternative.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
I think Switzerland with its long history of democratic participation has developed a pretty mature population that generally makes (relatively) informed decisions. If you introduced this in the US I bet people would vote for abolishing tax
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
Nothing wrong with that. But you should know what you are getting into.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
Agreed. I have talked to people at JPL and all their tools are completely outdated, they have no room for creativity and everything they do is constantly watched and reviewed. Unless you are way up in leadership this doesn’t seem much fun.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
Considering how much camera sensors have improved in the last few years I wonder how outdated these sensors are (or not) Edit: makes me also wonder if with all the delays they upgrade any equipment in the meantime.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
You have to have a balance or you will reach a point where the software is so compromised it can’t support the business.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
With overthrown I guess I also meant things like antitrust regulation in the early 1900s or the union movement which was reduced power of the robber barons. This doesn’t always have to be violent. Not sure what better word could be used ins
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
I thought this has been the course of history for a long time. Elites take more and more for themselves until they push things too far and they get overthrown. Then the cycle starts again with a different elite.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
“They all make money telling people (what they believe is) the right way to do something, and it often sounds obvious once someone has actually articulated it,” Or it sounds obvious and clear until you actually try it and then things are no
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
That’s true. A lot of people think that being customer centric means to exactly do what the customer says. But sometimes you have to say “no” or propose different ways to achieve their goals so you can keep the software architecture halfway
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
Seems we are pretty even :). I have a few more years but that doesn’t really matter at some point.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
Do you have direct experience with that use case? I have been doing Windows development for a long time and since around 2010 I have become increasingly frustrated with their constant changes of direction. They can do great stuff if they se
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
My theory is that they have more people who understand and respect software design in higher management levels compared to other companies. So it’s easier to do good work without constant pressure from the “business” people to take shortcu
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
Maybe with caffeine you may have problems but with most other stuff you will most likely feel better.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
I will eat “freedom fries” to celebrate.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
“There's a wide range of tools available for things like putting together a minimal Linux base and cross-compiling your code as well.” That’s what I would do now. Much easier to build up a device from components than trimming down Wind
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
It gets much better. Take a big stash of cash and try to buy windows licenses. It’s really difficult to spend money.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
Totally agree. Mars seems a miserable place. I would prefer we sent probes to Europa, Enceladus and upper atmosphere of Venus first to see what’s going on there.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
I have a similar plan but progress is slow in medical devices and our execs tend to believe salespeople more than our engineers so it will take a while to convince people to invest in a multi-people multi-year effort.
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
There used to be windows embedded which had a different philosophy but was dropped on windows 10. Now we have IoT but figuring out the applicability and license model is tricky. It seems it’s another thing where MS isn’t sure what they real
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by maxxxxx 7y ago
“Also, much of the abuse by the Catholic Church happens in third world countries” Germany and Ireland are not exactly third world countries to my knowledge.

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