mjparrott

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by mjparrott 6y ago
For example?
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by mjparrott 6y ago
Everything about you is public, whether you like it or not. Until legal rights to own your own data exist it will be freely bought and sold to the highest/lowest bidder. It isn't how things should be, but it is how they are for no
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by mjparrott 6y ago
Too late. Those debts are already there, and there is nothing to stop them from piling up new debts in the years ahead. Whether or not uncle sam sends money to debt collectors doesn't change the root problem (the sickening financial po
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by mjparrott 6y ago
While this is interesting and I'm sure technically correct from an academic standpoint, it falls flat in the discussion. To say the way debt is treated in the us is not 'immoral' means you haven't learned enough about it
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by mjparrott 6y ago
There is nothing you can do but laugh at the stupidity in medical billing. I've asked for it before like this too, and they respond with 1 line item that says "service - total". I asked "when the doctor mistakenly did th
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by mjparrott 6y ago
Many college classes are lightly attended and only mildly paid attention to already. I had a professor in college who would religiously take attendance every morning then after mid-terms and finals he would show a scatter plot of attendance
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by mjparrott 6y ago
Key question: why would you watch broadcast TV?
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by mjparrott 6y ago
I have no ability to contribute to this technical analysis, other than to say Apple would never expect an average user to know what a "kernel" is or why it has anything to do with their phone being out of date. I'm sure 100%
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by mjparrott 6y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMDXdxQc4SU
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by mjparrott 6y ago
I could use a TLDR on this one ...
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by mjparrott 6y ago
It depends if you think people are making their own choices in the first place, and then that they are capable of making different ones. The "systemic" view of the world says people aren't making choices, the system is coerci
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by mjparrott 7y ago
Maybe I have a narrow set of experience, but in my mind a “data engineer” is not a substitute for a “data scientist”.
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by mjparrott 7y ago
Given that there seems to be no consequence to getting hacked, I could see companies putting their bug bounties into a filibuster program. They can outsource their liability. I doubt the insurance companies who rate them care if the 3rd par
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by mjparrott 7y ago
You can standardize things, if you are respectful of the concept that foods take on geographical characteristics and definitions. For example, the recipe for paella in Valencia, Spain is very specific. However, most of the world says “I wan
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by mjparrott 7y ago
Very well articulated! I’ve thought about this before too. There is an assumption of having a “baseline knowledge and skill set” to be able to use most recipes. If you’re really starting from scratch (like I was a few years ago), the best t
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by mjparrott 7y ago
This is a great fact based argument. However, it is confusing "good quality management" with "more managers". "Best management practices" does not necessarily mean "more managers". I would actually ar
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by mjparrott 7y ago
News flash: general living activities, working and housing being far apart from each other is expensive. See Mr Money Mustache for supporting evidence.
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by mjparrott 7y ago
What if you don’t have a smart phone or if your phone dies? I know most people have one ... but this makes it a requirement. Maybe it already was one?
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by mjparrott 7y ago
I'd say creating the surveillance state is on par with weapons systems, drones, etc. The fact that every American is spied on (I know they accepted the T&Cs) and has zero privacy anymore is not "don't be evil".
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by mjparrott 7y ago
Your job isn’t to do X hours of work your job is to meet a goal, objective or target. You don’t get to stop when the clock hits a certain hour in this industry.
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by mjparrott 7y ago
Large firms do have the ability to offer ideas from a different perspective. Their value isn’t 0 for ability to give new ideas.
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by mjparrott 7y ago
A lesson I found helpful is with regards to the need to build a network of mentors, supporters and followers. This won’t apply to all fields but maybe some people will find it helpful. Mentors are people who you can go to when you’re stuck
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by mjparrott 7y ago
It should be illegal for any company to store my private information like this. The 'anonymous' sharing of my information is easily de-anonymized. Sites asking for your phone number for "security purposes" are a joke. Yo
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by mjparrott 7y ago
Great questions! This conversation is already pretty mature I think. Take a look at Bruce Schneier to see some great synthesized commentary on the questions you're posing.
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by mjparrott 7y ago
Why read news at all? https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/10/01/the-low-informati...
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by mjparrott 7y ago
I’m not sure i would describe those graphs as “beautiful”
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by mjparrott 7y ago
Each year you can do less and less to limit your exposure. That argument will not old up over time. When IOT and 5G puts more devices online all of these things can be used for surveillance. This argument is not fair or realistic when look
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by mjparrott 7y ago
Not true. Choice is only as good as your options and also depends on the choices of other people around you. My phone records people standing next to me. They might not have chosen to install the apps on my phone, but they’re subject to the
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by mjparrott 7y ago
I much prefer features built in to my iOS than left as sketchy, personal information stealing, gaping privacy 3rd party apps
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by mjparrott 7y ago
How is this different than Google Earth / Maps?

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