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by neltnerb 14y ago
Nice idea. I'm sort of straddling the position between management and engineer at this point in my career, so I understand the utility of meetings but also definitely appreciate how much more I can get done when I'm allowed to just be in th
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by neltnerb 14y ago
I'm not a programmer, but it's a little silly to expect someone to use examples from outside their domain expertise. It did seem like he derailed his own point into a weird cultural commentary on programmers though. I like the comments abou
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by neltnerb 14y ago
Hopefully others will follow through by demonstrating their frustration by doing more than just clicking a button on an online petition. It may not be as good as rioting in the streets, but it's better than an email!
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by neltnerb 14y ago
I am deeply worried about this too. I suspect that the data driven Obama administration has full capability to estimate the likelihood of citizens rioting, and determined that providing a "lazy" outlet for frustration would undermine real p
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by neltnerb 14y ago
I forgive you. (No, seriously, this bugged me too, but it's the sentiment that counts)
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by neltnerb 14y ago
I doubt that this petition will result in the stated goal, but this kind of thing is far too common and this seems like a way to make a statement that people are unhappy. I have a concern that online petitions are actually being used as a w
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by neltnerb 14y ago
No, no, no. The point of an AG is to act as a first line to determine which cases are worth pursuing and which are not. They absolutely are granted and should exercise frequently the right to not prosecute! I have had several friends prosec
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by neltnerb 14y ago
Yes, I agree with this, having been the subject of unreasonable scrutiny in the past myself and having had friends who have similarly been abused by the "justice" system. This kind of thing is far too common. The prosecution may be allowed
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by neltnerb 14y ago
I will pretend that I never saw someone mention this. I had never heard of this movie, and still haven't.
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by neltnerb 14y ago
Agreed. The films ended far more sensibly, and the plot was better thought out.
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by neltnerb 14y ago
I think he also paraphrased a quote I like fairly well. I don't feel like reading that whole paid-by-the-word essay again, but it goes along the lines of "reality is the thing that exists whether or not we believe in it." A reasonable analo
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by neltnerb 14y ago
Robert Grass from Turbobeads gave a fantastic talk at the MRS in Boston about how to bootstrap a company. And his was even a very difficult field that required actual tangible hardware instead of "just" time. The basic point was that they
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by neltnerb 14y ago
Well, I'm one of the fortunate few who managed to escape from graduate school (Masters and PhD) in 4.5 years in an engineering field. I am the first to admit that I am very, very, very lucky in a variety of ways that made this possible. But
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by neltnerb 14y ago
I agree. This seems like a problem with a trivial solution. My bet is that they decided that they wouldn't make enough money on the project to make it really worth their time. Blaming apple may be justified since it is a stupid policy, but
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by neltnerb 14y ago
native english speaker here, and I grant that english is flexible enough that such things are largely a matter of opinion, but "nother" bugs me. I would write 'other with the apostrophe used to indicate the mixing of "a whole other" and "an
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by neltnerb 14y ago
The argument you portray is sufficiently complicated that's it's hard to even begin... not that arguing is really the purpose. Yes, that is the purpose of a patent philosophically, for sure. It's hard to apply a philosophical test to a lega
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by neltnerb 14y ago
This is a common fallacy when it comes to inventions. I have a Ph.D. in an engineering field, so I'm not easily impressed. That said, the inventions which are truly revolutionary are the ones where as soon as someone describes it you think
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by neltnerb 14y ago
This is a really cool idea. I love the videos of applications at http://saikoled.com/applications , it looks like this is the most recent in a long line of cool open-hardware projects with lots of really useful information for hobbyists to