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by niccl 5y ago
Agreed. If you haven't read it, check out Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahnema ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow ).
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by niccl 5y ago
Totally Off Topic, but I really appreciate all the curating you do on these threads. Thanks dang
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Pivot Points and Financial Numerology(devblogs.microsoft.com)
1 points by niccl 5y ago|0 comments
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by niccl 6y ago
Everyone doesn't know it instinctively, although I used to think so. A while ago I taught an introductory spreadsheet class for adults. I got them to try "=2*3+4" and about half the class were surprised that the result wasn&#
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by niccl 6y ago
In interviews I ask candidates what their favourite editor is. Not to judge the choice, but to try to gauge if they care enough about the tools they use to have looked at different ones and taken a position. I feel that there is a strong co
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by niccl 6y ago
This makes me think of something that's intrigued me for a while: what's the productivity of a yacht racer? The better they are, the less time they spend actually racing in competitions. Doesn't this mean that by your profess
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by niccl 6y ago
My father told me of once that when he was working at the RAF research Establishment at Farnborough, someone was was very pleased to have created a circuit which would plot a Chad on an oscilloscope. A little recursion...
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by niccl 6y ago
I end up using knots quite a lot. I cycle so when I need to transport stuff I reach for the piece of parachute cord I keep in my backpack and tie things to bike rack with harvester's hitch, bowline, round turn and two, clove hitch, as
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by niccl 6y ago
If you're interested in the science of cooking, I heartily recommend 'On Food and Cooking' by Harold McGee. Also his website https://www.curiouscook.com has interesting stuff The book changed the way I cook (for t
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by niccl 6y ago
Do you know whether/how it can deal with database tables dependent on source .csv files? My job involves lots of ETL-type work, where the extracted source file(s) for a particular table might have names that include the extract date or
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Pantheon, Rome(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by niccl 6y ago|0 comments
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by niccl 6y ago
A decision is either easy, or it doesn't matter
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The World of Legacy IT Systems(spectrum.ieee.org)
84 points by niccl 6y ago|51 comments
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by niccl 6y ago
My fix for this is to rename the table to something like _b_<table_name> then create a view <table_name> that excludes the 'deleted' values (based on the value in DeletedReason column). That way you make one change to
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by niccl 6y ago
I was outstandingly lucky! Most of my work came by word of mouth. I live in a comparatively small town in a small country, I used to work in a small but tight-knit industry, and I have an unusual name. I tried to make sure to have coffee wi
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As a recruiter, what shortcuts can I use to tell if a person can do the job?
15 points by niccl 6y ago|29 comments
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by niccl 6y ago
But if it _might_ turn up, you have to assume it will and deal with it, and then you're into the exact same problem as before, but with something even less 'standard' than before. I think it's like cryptography. Why both
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by niccl 6y ago
Off topic, but possibly the people here might be able to help: Is there a name for the type of music where the theme evolves over time. Not (obviously) repeating, no echoing on another instrument, just progression. The bass line in Free&#x2
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Learning How to Focus and Achieve My Goals [video](youtube.com)
6 points by niccl 6y ago|1 comments
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Honeywell’s Ion Trap Quantum Computer Makes Big Leap(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by niccl 7y ago|0 comments
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Go Language Tops List of In-Demand Software Skills(spectrum.ieee.org)
3 points by niccl 7y ago|0 comments
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by niccl 7y ago
Interesting, but it's nothing compared to a rock'n'roll tour. I've no detailed knowledge of what it's like now, but even 35 years ago we had five 40-foot trailers filled with gear, including 21 cannons and a 3 ton b
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by niccl 7y ago
I knew him first as a lyric writer. The article mentions Beware of the Beautiful Stranger, which really is wonderful, but some of his other lyrics are pure genius, too. I highly recommend the albums Beware of the Beautiful Stranger and Live
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I tried to adjust the time on my alarm clock(devblogs.microsoft.com)
372 points by niccl 7y ago|354 comments
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New Alternative to Bitcoin Uses Negligible Energy(spectrum.ieee.org)
3 points by niccl 7y ago|0 comments
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Navigation App Is Making Traffic Unmanageable(spectrum.ieee.org)
4 points by niccl 7y ago|0 comments
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by niccl 7y ago
He cane up with the Joel Test ( https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/08/09/the-joel-test-12-s... ). It's still incredibly relevant. A few years ago job vacancies would include things like 'we score 11
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by niccl 7y ago
Except for SQL, where between means both inclusive Grr!
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Things to Know About the Biggest Chip Ever Built(spectrum.ieee.org)
2 points by niccl 7y ago|1 comments
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by niccl 7y ago
Very timely. As a backend dev I'd not come across the 'SPA' acronym used in the comments here. I wasn't even going to bother searching for it because swirly water in tubs. Now I know.

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