pjmorris

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by pjmorris 7y ago
I'd wager that you could make the same arguments against any other language and library/framework. What you describe sounds like a universal software development lament, not something restricted to Tex/LaTex. I suspect the un
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by pjmorris 7y ago
Or, could they get Lockheed-Martin to build a moon-based F-35?
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How are you measuring safety, and how are you measuring privacy, to make the 'inversely related' claim? What is your evidence for this claim, measured in the measures you are using?
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"As the cost of conducting espionage operations—in money, time, and effort—has shrunk, spying has become less esoteric. These days it is an integral part of business, finance, sports, and family litigation over divorce and child custod
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by pjmorris 7y ago
+1 for this. Arguably all of Weinberg's works teach mental models. 'Are Your Lights On?' is an easy introduction to his writing and thinking, and 'Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design' is directly applicabl
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by pjmorris 8y ago
You aren't alone.
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by pjmorris 8y ago
"Hello Mr. Yakamoto and welcome back to the GAP!" - Minority Report
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by pjmorris 8y ago
In the throes of what was, in retrospect, probably depression, I made a playlist of my 'blues', the saddest songs I knew, to try and get a handle on what I was feeling. Somehow knowing I wasn't unique in sorrow helped, as did
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by pjmorris 8y ago
Oversimplifying, but quoting from the speech, that particular challenge was overcome as follows: "Thus we muddled through by common sense and compromise to something approaching success." He then discusses how the problems there l
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> I now think it’s madness for anyone to be in charge of anything if they don’t have relevant experience in the relevant domain. This. In support of that idea, here's C.A.R. Hoare, from 'The Emperor's Old Clothes', th
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by pjmorris 8y ago
Locke quote, for those interested: "The acts of the mind, wherein it exerts its power over simple ideas, are chiefly these three: 1. Combining several simple ideas into one compound one, and thus all complex ideas are made. 2. The seco
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by pjmorris 8y ago
Anecdotal, n=1: Our son's autism diagnosis got him placement in a special pre-school focused on special developmental needs, and has gotten him special placement all through his public school career to date, with small classes and lots
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by pjmorris 8y ago
My wife and I 'When Helping Hurts' last year, and I'd highly recommend it as a resource for thoughtful volunteerism. Beyond the content, I thought it had the best set of questions/exercises I've seen in a book of th
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by pjmorris 8y ago
To your point, https://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/guy-on-the-beach-with...
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I'd sooner see one day mandated for 'anything you see fit to do', which would leave people free to create (or do nothing) as well as to absorb.
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by pjmorris 8y ago
As an impressionable 13-year-old, I found Arthur C. Clarke's book of popular science essays, 'Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible', to be a real mind-expand-er. What's your favorite book of
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by pjmorris 8y ago
I longed to be a scout 'back in the day', but it was beyond my family's means. Participating in the various camping, hiking, Pinewood Derby activities prompted by my son's participation in scouts is great for his confide
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by pjmorris 8y ago
I got to meet him, several times. He is as thoughtful and eloquent in person as he is in writing. He's certainly one of my role models, so I commend your choice :)
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by pjmorris 8y ago
It is probably fair to say that managers have gutted QA.
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Developers can acquire 'real manager' skills. Jerry Weinberg, from volume 2 of 'Quality Software Management" "In the four decades I've spent in the software business, I've learned that there are three fun
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by pjmorris 8y ago
I think Eccles refers to the 'violent revolution' argument with 'Incidentally, it is the only way to assure them the serenity and security which they do not have at the present moment.' I think (hopefully or cynically?)
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by pjmorris 8y ago
Marriner Eccles, after whom the Federal Reserve building is named, said something very similar to your last paragraph. I need to dig up the quote. Edit: Not the quote I was looking for, but maybe pithier: "The United States economy is
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by pjmorris 8y ago
Technically, this is off-topic, but Daniel Yergin's book 'The Prize' is an excellent, page-turning, read on the commercialization of oil. If your hunch is right, maybe you could get a preview of the next 100 years by reading
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by pjmorris 8y ago
See also: 'The Quiet Coup' [0], Simon Johnson, 2009. [0] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/05/the-qui... EDIT: Fixed link per comment
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by pjmorris 8y ago
Actually, both revenue and income are proxies for the relevant number, given that I had in mind to address the GP's point of 'effectively funding a significant portion of R&D.' If the article [0] is to be believed, that&#
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US GDP is ~19 Trillion. If US Health care spending is 18% of GDP, that's about 3.5 Trillion annually. Pfizer's (largest drug co) net income in 2017 was ~21 Billion [0], less than one percent of health care spending. I didn't
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by pjmorris 8y ago
Actually, rents should not just be about equal to mortgages+maintenance but higher, because they are more liquid - it's easier and cheaper to finish or exit a lease than it is to sell a house, and that's worth something.
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by pjmorris 8y ago
I wish. The trick, I think, is that the monetary base has been adjusted to keep housing prices high. See, e.g., https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BASE Overlay the graphs to see the relationship. IMO, one of Quantitati
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I sometimes worry that I've become REPL-dependent.
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My favorite Knuth story, attributed to Alan Kay (if you're around, would love confirmation): When I was at Stanford with the AI project [in the late 1960s] one of the things we used to do every Thanksgiving is have a computer programmi

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