plutonorm

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by plutonorm 8y ago
It's an atmosphere. An air of dismissiveness that is hard to pin down. It comes out in various ways. Dismissal of estimates. Removal of autonomy, micromanaging. Transparent attempts to buy productivity with token gestures like, pizza o
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by plutonorm 8y ago
I can honestly say that in 15 years and 8 companies I have never seen one that respects developers.
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by plutonorm 8y ago
The "hard work pays off" delusion is woven into the identity of America, making it extremely difficult for the individual to shake off despite all evidence to the contrary. It's convenient for those who benefit from the hard
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by plutonorm 8y ago
I'll just leave this here. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_disintegration
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by plutonorm 8y ago
Just need to dial in those PID controllers a little more!
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by plutonorm 8y ago
Possible explanation for the emdrive?
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by plutonorm 8y ago
Lol I just asked the same question without seeing your response. I was thinking hollow canvas tubes radiating out from a central hub, slowly unspooled in flight. Some mechanism would use the mechanism of rotation to draw air outward along t
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by plutonorm 8y ago
Can you generate lift from the tether. Maybe using the magnus effect?
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by plutonorm 8y ago
Imho we need to be facing up to the implications of quantum mechanics. All of this brain power going into particle physics should be going into the most baffling and fundamental discovery ever made. We need to experiment the f * out of the
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by plutonorm 8y ago
I'm pretty sure this whole intelligence is merely thinking faster idea is non sense. From my own personal experience, I think quite slowly, I'm bad at mental arithmetic, but I have a very high IQ. Look at IQ tests, our best measur