nohnce

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by nohnce 8y ago
When I learned about Chernobyl reactor, I was surprised how bad the design decisions were. Casing the reactor core in wooden housing?
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by nohnce 8y ago
I think Apple is making the right move. They are responsible and accountable, and users don't understand how anything works. I'm reminded of the various browsers with toolbar addons bloating up the screen.
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by nohnce 8y ago
I think we can do our part to vote up the comments that are more supportive and change the norm.
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by nohnce 8y ago
I don't think it's a matter of HR necessarily. HR has guidelines because a lot of their job has to do with compliance. Big companies absolutely need large HR departments because a lot more regulations apply.
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by nohnce 8y ago
Validity of this study might be disputable since I'm not as experienced scrutinizing scientific studies, but visual and auditory information is shown to have close corollary effect. Retention and comprehension is supposedly similar, so
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by nohnce 8y ago
I suppose it depends on what the focus is. I've heard of bootcamps cramming as many technologies as possible into their course to make people seem employable. It's definitely not worth it to have sporadic surface-level knowledge.
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by nohnce 8y ago
Interesting! Never expected smartwatches to be anything more than trendy fads, but that makes a lot of sense. I do think a lot of phone anxiety comes from the screen being obscured from vision and the wondering that follows about whether I
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by nohnce 8y ago
It seems to me that a lot of tech companies do slightly shady things under the guise of social progress and what not. It's the gateway to market share, then "dominance" to dictate whatever they want. While challenging Google
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by nohnce 8y ago
Also, convenience. Large number of branches and ATMs make it more accessible. Decentralized systems will have to be similarly convenient to get mainstream adoption initially.
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by nohnce 8y ago
I think whether the new apps are innovating is irrelevant. Apple's making the decision for them. As a company, they've always kept things locked down, so I'm not surprised.