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by psyklic 16y ago
The article is about which language you should learn first . And it's not a very serious article to begin with.
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by psyklic 16y ago
Although MS's "Testing Center" is fixed in IE's favor, their IEBlog does compare IE to the latest competitor releases and "showcases" IE's poor Acid3 performance. [ http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/ ]
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by psyklic 16y ago
Why isn't this as simple as: If you don't like Apple's policies, then buy a different phone next time? There are comparable Android-based phones ... I still don't see a legitimate reason why people want to hang on to their iPhones so badly,
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by psyklic 16y ago
True -- BUT MS/Sony/Nintendo allow developers to use cross-platform libraries. And better yet, this policy does not bar them from releasing high-quality products, regardless of what Jobs would have you believe.
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by psyklic 16y ago
Doesn't every business try to predict the future?
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by psyklic 16y ago
It's a tricky issue. The TSA does seem overdone. However, if terrorists are allowed to pull off the same stunts over and over, then the US will look very foolish and ineffective at protecting its people. So, I don't blame the US for being c
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by psyklic 16y ago
From another article: "In the 1998 to 2004 data, each point higher on the Wordsum test causes a $1,200 decrease in income." [ http://www.halfsigma.com/2006/07/higher_intellig.html ] So where does "smartness" fit in? I hate to imply causatio
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by psyklic 16y ago
The largest reduction is in housing (45% less in Seattle). However, unless your goal in moving IS to save money, I bet that most people would pay the same -- either upgrade to a larger place or move to a more desirable part of town. Also, n
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Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaires Club(smckids.com)
68 points by psyklic 16y ago|26 comments
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by psyklic 16y ago
Personally, I agree with the author -- tickets were too pricy BEFORE "3-D" came around. However, my friends all love 3-D. They say it provides something they can't get from a DVD, and they'll gladly pay for it.
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by psyklic 16y ago
Up-vote = "I agree" OR "This is a valuable comment" Down-vote = "I disagree" OR "This is not a valuable comment" I would guess that most people disagree with pro-FB privacy policy statements.
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by psyklic 16y ago
If they really wanted to simplify privacy, they would have simplified it. Making some "Privacy Level" presets then allowing tweaks for advanced users is not that difficult.
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by psyklic 16y ago
It already has been put to the test, in countless other situations. For example, look at video game consoles -- crossplatform libraries ensure that really high quality games can be ported to every major platform. Do they lack some features
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by psyklic 16y ago
Author says that 80% of accidents are caused by driver inattention. But, this doesn't apply to him because he became "comfortable" with his route. So now, he "hacks" it and records his thoughts while driving, listens to audiobooks, and talk
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by psyklic 17y ago
When friends of mine get married or get in serious relationships, I am happy for them. But I am also (selfishly) disappointed, because that means less time hanging out with me and sharing life experiences. I see this in a similar way -- I p
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by psyklic 17y ago
Ingredients: Corn, Corn Oil, and Salt. No Preservatives. There are similarly simple ingredients in most plain potato chips. But corn chips and potato chips are usually FRIED!!
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by psyklic 17y ago
Ridiculous. Large-scale neuron simulations currently are like an algorithms assignment where I have some code written but don't understand the algorithm so I just tweak things all night and never get anywhere. In other words: "let's hope it
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by psyklic 17y ago
I disagree that it has no meaning outside of high school. In any big city, there are still many scenes which play on the old stereotypes -- the club/bar scene, rock n roll scene, bohemian scene, gay scene, etc. For example, if you bring up
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by psyklic 17y ago
True, but currently I have fifteen apps that say they have updates, and I am by no means a heavy app user. To update them (which requires FOUR clicks per app) is a waste of my time, to be quite honest. Yes, I am incurring a slight risk (de
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by psyklic 17y ago
That's why, just as in science courses, you need to be tough on grading throughout all of the student's courses. Of course, if one class grades harder, then students will complain. However, if grading is tough all-around, then that is what
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by psyklic 17y ago
I suppose so, but frankly humanities classes will always be more interesting than science courses to many people because they relate more to our everyday lives (as ironic as that sounds, since science is all around us). As a science student
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by psyklic 17y ago
The author says that students won't take science courses because the average GPA is lower. Well that isn't the reason -- this is merely a consequence of students perceiving science classes as harder and requiring more work. The solution sho
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by psyklic 17y ago
I'm not a fan of arguments over vague definitions. However, I've come to believe that something is art if someone believes it is art. Hence, I would say that this author is incorrect.
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When Interns Must Be Paid - California Revises Guidelines(nytimes.com)
3 points by psyklic 17y ago|0 comments
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by psyklic 17y ago
>> Apple MUST use native windows controllers such as our in built Windowing system and scroll objects. ... except that the Windows Presentation Framework (the successor to Windows Forms) does allow you to completely redesign the c
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by psyklic 17y ago
Just think of it in terms of hacking your body :)
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by psyklic 17y ago
A lot of people who aren't in tech will balk at hourly fees but not at fixed rates -- they like to know the total cost beforehand. Try drawing up a contract saying it will cost x dollars, up to y hours, and beyond that $z/hr.
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by psyklic 17y ago
Exactly. The EE and the CS major could both have added the kitchen sink to the spec. If the spec is already there, then both may produce similar solutions, depending on their hardware ability.
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by psyklic 17y ago
This is not a good example of the two professions. Give the CS person hardware constraints, and he or she would design an equally good system. + Both people here are fundamentally asked to solve a hardware problem. Of course the CS person d
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by psyklic 17y ago
Customers do react to "Oooh shiny!" -- it's a permanent part of our psychology. Ask your average consumer what was new in Vista? Aero. What's Aero? Neat visual effects. What was new in Office 2007? Ribbon. What's Ribbon? It's that new bar a

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