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by quirkot 7y ago
can confirm. i search full sentences even from the keyboard
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by quirkot 7y ago
And the tourist didn't throw it again? At least one of these two knows how to play fetch
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by quirkot 7y ago
I imagine wolves may disagree with your characterization of dogs
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by quirkot 7y ago
It's worth noting that the Wally and Star Trek interpretations are not incompatible. What are the trillions of people that can't qualify to be a red shirt doing? Probably zonked out in a holodeck
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by quirkot 7y ago
Correct. if someone is not independent, but you pay them on 1099, then that is tax fraud
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by quirkot 7y ago
> Compensate your employees well, have them be independent contractors. That's what my employer does That's not a coherent thing to say, I'm sorry. If you have contractors they are not employees, if they are employees then
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by quirkot 7y ago
> That’s a lot of money to leave on the table. Are those in-person brainstorming sessions really worth $15,000 per year, per person? Depends on your revenue/employee, but if you're at or targeting something over $300k/empl
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by quirkot 8y ago
Out in the real world, I agree with you. I this specific instance I was responding mainly to this comment: >Sounds like the author wants his tools to be as fully featured as the code that will embody the resultant design. In that case I
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by quirkot 8y ago
Yes but... The best coders I've ever worked with understood the hardware The hardware engineers I've ever worked with understood the physics The physicists I've ever worked for understood the math... At some point you just go
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by quirkot 8y ago
Oh wow. Right down to the stars dropping off the mouse. I thought I died and went to Web 1.0
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by quirkot 8y ago
YES! Very disappointed there was no robot kicking
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by quirkot 8y ago
It's pretty crazy, but we're all just riding ships of bedrock that float on oceans of magma
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by quirkot 8y ago
I don't know why I did this, but your welcome. 'Murica. (((1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357)|(1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357)|(1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357-1357)|(1357-1357-1357-
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by quirkot 8y ago
You're still talking about words, but the issue is waveform sound. An english speaker would hear "black bird" and use rhythm and context clues to parse it into words and then into the appropriate idea. A non-english speaker m
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by quirkot 8y ago
This only a surprising thing because a human would parse the waveform as two words and then back into a single concept. A computer could parse it as a single concept directly or in syllable lengthed chunks to be reconfigured however.
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by quirkot 8y ago
Keep it cool, boy. Real cool.
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by quirkot 8y ago
It takes a lot of detritus to fertilize the growth of good things
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by quirkot 8y ago
There are a few themes in the list, one is sound. That is why I think Shakespeare is recommended. Even native english speakers have trouble with the old language, but the sound of the words conveys even when the diction fails. An architec
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by quirkot 8y ago
trigger warning: mouse clocks http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/scripts/mouse_clock.html
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by quirkot 8y ago
Not dystopian at all, if you've got the right sort of scans. Otherwise welcome to the unwashed masses.
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by quirkot 8y ago
I don't think it's polite to photograph a giant emerald when it's in the shower.
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by quirkot 8y ago
Unless they ban him from being an executive at a publicly traded company
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by quirkot 8y ago
In what way would that be catastrophic for the company?
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by quirkot 8y ago
Based on my previous experiences with disillusionment, here's my rule of thumb: Late stage research announcement to viable product/start-up announcement: 1-2 years Start-up to commercially useful: 2-3 years Commercial viability to
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by quirkot 8y ago
I assume you people are all in the heart of San Francisco or something, but that is still legit insane. [edit] Also, I don't think you can still call a wedding "upper-middle class" if it's 6 digits. Holy moly. I'm s
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by quirkot 8y ago
This genre of article, which I call "poor little algorithm," is very interesting. 1) We hear about how hard the algorithm worked (vs the programmers tangential involvement): > "Sorting through 1 novemtrigintillion options
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by quirkot 8y ago
> I have definitely no problem discerning factual statements from opinions or framing ... The epistemological stance of this statement is troubled at best
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by quirkot 8y ago
> This is not true for the journalist who reports international events and affairs - these are based on much simpler facts such as "which government decided what" and "which spokesperson of some organisation said what when
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by quirkot 8y ago
I have read some accounts of "burying the lead" but they were all about Flint, Michigan.
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by quirkot 8y ago
A practical and high stakes application of these same points: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/opinion/sunday/how-to-tel... Reading that NYT piece sharply impacted how I communicate undesirable in

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