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by polymatter 15y ago
I'm not convinced on its supposed use case though. What makes it any better at search than a smaller UAV?
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by polymatter 15y ago
I can definitely relate to the death of linear TV. I don't often watch TV. But now I can't bare normal TV because of all the damn breaks that completely destroy the atmosphere or the show I was watching to sell me stuff I don't want.
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by polymatter 15y ago
This is from the computer-science-as-childrens-story-book ( http://www.laurenipsum.org/ ) which has me intrigued. Though I'm still not sold on the idea, personally.
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by polymatter 15y ago
so you can simply have a maximum delay, of say 10 minutes.
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by polymatter 15y ago
Spending on day-to-day expenses is termed revenue expenditure. This shows up in the income statement and affects profits. Spending on future investment is termed capital expenditure. This is not shown on the income statement and does not af
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by polymatter 15y ago
I'm not sure why you're being downmodded, you're absolutely correct. IAS 2[1] states "inventories shall be measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value", which is exactly what you said. IAS is the International Accounting Standard
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by polymatter 15y ago
To add to this, the article mentions that "All types of scientific projects will be considered for support". There are some interesting things coming out of life sciences for example which at the moment may be too far out for VC investment.
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by polymatter 15y ago
> But it should be noted that Steam's pre-release anti-piracy has no yet been broken. So it's not like they don't do DRM... I'm not sure what you mean. If you mean that there's been no Steam game that has not been pirated before it was
549.
by polymatter 15y ago
I know you know this, but just adding my voice to say please don't feature bloat it. The value is in its very simplicity.
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by polymatter 15y ago
maybe something universities could do to differentiate themselves. or individuals? I'm horrendous at selling myself and (now that I've been unemployed for >6 months) would gladly pay a ridiculous amount for someone to coach me through g
551.
by polymatter 15y ago
Well everyone has a bias as everybody has a different perspective on the world. That you can't appreciate biking (through your own choice or no), makes yours particularly "thick" (in the context of biking). I also think its not unusual for
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by polymatter 15y ago
But its presumably cheaper[1] to grow salad in the east coast and pay that $3.40/gal than it is to grow the same salad in the west coast. Otherwise a smart farmer would make salad in the west coast and saturate the west coast market with hi
553.
by polymatter 15y ago
Probably the author - though why they stated it like that I haven't a clue. "About Babbage In this blog, our correspondents report on the intersections between science, technology, culture and policy. The blog takes its name from Charles Ba
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by polymatter 15y ago
Its clearly passive-agressive bashing. Not very effective one at that since if his only real evidence is ( http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=subtle+feed... ) thats not a lot to go on. In his defence, he did say he wasn't goin
555.
by polymatter 15y ago
"Smartness" itself is a nebulous and subjective concept. But in my book, a smart boss can motivate you without repeated verbal abuse or destroying your self esteem. Of course you can still be a successful boss otherwise.
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by polymatter 15y ago
in fact, learning from the failures of others is probably more useful than learning from the successes.
557.
by polymatter 15y ago
I'd be stronger and say, if your code is going to have any comments whatsoever, this is where the comments need to be.
558.
by polymatter 15y ago
I think you mean this as part of the investigation in what this code does. That is, after setting up a test/dummy system, you remove the code, run your tests and try to break it. Perhaps sticking in breakpoints or print lines or whatever..
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by polymatter 15y ago
In the same vane, is the classic article [Evolution of a Haskell programmer]( http://www.willamette.edu/~fruehr/haskell/evolution.html ). Its just the factorial function written in different styles in Haskell, each with very different perfo
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by polymatter 15y ago
Also a Brit here. I used to get annoyed, but eventually I think it seeped into my system as a different language as you put it. About 2 years ago I had a colleague get very angry with me for writing code analogous to: Color colour = new Col
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by polymatter 15y ago
I think folks will be more comfortable handing over vast sums into a business if the people at the helm have significant knowledge of responsibly handling vast sums of money. The MBA is one indication that a person is responsible handling*
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by polymatter 15y ago
I'm not sure why the difference is necessary in this case. I think making someones day a brighter place can have a tremendous knock-on effect. If an anon gave me a cup of coffee, I might be more willing to donate to charity for anons benefi
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by polymatter 15y ago
To compound matters, a person not convicted of a crime by a court of law is a suspect who may or may not know the laptop they are using is stolen goods. I think its wrong to treat suspects as though they are convicted criminals. Presumed in
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by polymatter 15y ago
In general, no it doesn't really matter at all, especially not if you have a degree in maths or the sciences instead. If you're going for a programming position though it really helps if you can demonstrate other programs you have written.
565.
by polymatter 15y ago
worse, you're really only getting sales from people who have already committed. If I'm unsure and I suspect bs, I'm likely just to bail.
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by polymatter 15y ago
> I don't think it's true (anymore) that people judge you by your ethnicity, social status, clothes, gender etc as I feel this article may imply without stating explicitly. Perhaps less pertinent than before, but I suggest its still ext
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by polymatter 15y ago
> The solution is to let the market price the risk/value of college degrees How would you get close to that market price, while still supporting those who will not be able to afford college? Surely tuition fees will increase in line wit
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by polymatter 15y ago
The key use I see for patents is as a demonstrable unit of innovation. I can justify my team's innovation by using number of patents as a proxy to senior managers. "They are smart, motivated people who we can't afford to lose to a competito