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by mwexler 8y ago
This is a nice read. BTW, in case folks get confused, moderators are different from mediators. http://psych.wisc.edu/henriques/mediator.html
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by mwexler 8y ago
I can't use thumb balls, I want a large ball. I've bought these continuously since they were first released (now in a wireless version and cheaper buttons, but same basic form factor): https://www.kensington.com/u
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by mwexler 8y ago
But of course, "If you can't measure it, you can't manage it", said by Drucker, says EVERYONE. Hence the cherry picking of preferential KPIs or OKRs. But, actually, Drucker didn't say it. In fact, W. Edwards Demi
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by mwexler 8y ago
It feels like her visage has become more famous than her images or her name, though you do see a gradual rise in interest over the last few years of the phrase "Frida Kahlo"... ( https://trends.google.com/trends&#x2
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by mwexler 8y ago
Ah, nothing like having a sea of bright phones in the audience to heighten the drama of a drama, or the escapism of a musical.
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Why Is a Spooky, Slowed-Down Mister Softee Jingle Blasting from LinkNYC Kiosks?(gothamist.com)
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by mwexler 8y ago
Thanks to the pointer for Node Red; I saw it on my Pi and forgot about it. It's pretty impressive (esp since it's got IBM all over it).
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by mwexler 8y ago
All the payment stuff aside, how does money get into the Alipay/Wechat ecosystem? How do I add money to the account? In the US, where the single purpose Starbucks wallet is outpacing Apple Pay ( https://techcrunch.com/2
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by mwexler 8y ago
Also, Zelle is a third party, but one owned by a bank collective so it gets a deeper integration. Potato, Potahto.
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by mwexler 8y ago
Looks cool, esp for beginners. Any suggestions for a similar toolkit at a similar level of ease for beginning/junior python devs?
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by mwexler 8y ago
Seconded. Quality control is a nightmare with Turk, often requiring stimuli to be labeled multiple times and have a variety of judging approaches to "crown a winner". Companies like DefinedCrowd ( https://www.definedcr
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Gnome Nautilus file manager will no longer launch binaries or offer to edit file(linuxuprising.com)
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by mwexler 8y ago
2nded. That's exactly what I expected as well.
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The difference between a viewer and an aficionado: I only called it "tap dance", and didn't realize that the real purveyors called it just "tap".
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by mwexler 8y ago
From the top link: "When the client-consultant relationship is functioning at its best, the consultant gives the client: ... * Execution: The roadmap to choosing and implementing the changes to be made." I think many of us might d
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Anil Dash on making Glitch sustainable(medium.com)
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by mwexler 8y ago
While I love interactive docs as much as the next person, I wondered if all these demos were really necessary to get the point across in this particular case. The text did a pretty admirable job, along with a few charts. Did the more grap
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by mwexler 8y ago
Do you have another preferred source? I've actually been quite pleased with my spot checking of Snopes support or refutation on various claims. It may not be truth incarnate, but it seems to do a pretty good job of surfacing a set of
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Contoso, appearing all over Microsoft demos and documentation(en.wikipedia.org)
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by mwexler 8y ago
I always feel that this is one step away from that famous quote, "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist," attributed to various ( https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/0
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by mwexler 9y ago
Celso's quote applies equally well to SQLite, which is SQL compliant until it's not. Glad to see MySQL improvements, but wish SQLite was also getting similar upgrades. It was a bit depressing to see the solid column of Xs by SQ
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by mwexler 9y ago
And Yodlee. Quovo. Tink. Finicity. A zillion others. This is where modern banking data is moving, for better or worse. I think it's better, but the world is still on it's first steps in this "more open" financial da
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Selection from Untold Stories of Women Who Made the Internet(nymag.com)
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Opera VPN (Free VPN for iOS and Android) Shuttering(pcworld.com)
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Reddit CEO on Racial Slurs and Free Speech on Reddit(theverge.com)
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by mwexler 9y ago
Actually, in some ways, Hardcore Henry ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3072482/ ) was a great video game movie. It has lots of problems, but it captures both the feel of a video game with the power of film. While n
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by mwexler 9y ago
As a guy who uses Feedly every day, I am glad to pay for it, and I hope to keep RSS in some state of life support for as long as I can. I still don't quite understand the fascination with video content: It's completely synchronou
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by mwexler 9y ago
Each time I hear about NixOS, I am immediately thankful that someone modernized the underlying OS for Nixie clocks ( http://nixieshop.com/ ). Then I come back to reality.
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by mwexler 9y ago
Trial purchase page seems to be only place you describe the difference between free and Professional ( https://www.querystorm.com/trial.html ). Perhaps add to FAQ in docs or elsewhere to make clear the added functionality th
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by mwexler 9y ago
Is it just me, or is this example not an experiment? There was just pre and post change measures, with no comparison group. The measure of success was "use more threads" which was the same as the treatment, instead of the actual

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