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by rmah 7y ago
We don't know their level of happiness, but recent versions showed happiness and health greater than ours. In any case, they didn't collapse the entire planet's systems in a few hundreds years, so our systems don't stac
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by rmah 7y ago
MacOS had rather robust internationalization support 25 years ago. Non-standard, but still.
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by rmah 7y ago
Um, to play devils advocate a bit... why can't you do that?
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by rmah 7y ago
So why not just assign your stories more points to cover the time need for higher quality output?
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by rmah 7y ago
Sounds sort of like what AT&T did with Plan 9 back in the day.
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by rmah 7y ago
50 sq m is 500 sq ft, which is considered very small in most of the US and on the small end even in NYC. It's just slightly larger than a mobile home.
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by rmah 7y ago
There are no "squatters' rights" in the USA. And the majority of Americans find the very concept anathema.
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by rmah 7y ago
LOL, this is just called getting older. As you get older, it gets harder to make new friends, harder to see your existing friends. I suspect it's always been this way.
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by rmah 7y ago
Um, Art of War does indeed cover the importance of logistics and supply. And espionage (from using deception to spies to scouting). And morale (both yours and the enemies). And many other factors. Tech not so much because armies don&#x2
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by rmah 7y ago
China has already stopped importing large amounts of US agricultural products, including soybeans. The US gov is now subsidizing farmers to make up for this loss to the tune of $28 bil in direct payments to US farmers so far... I don'
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by rmah 7y ago
Venture Capital is a strict subset of the Private Equity industry. They are not outside it, they are deep within it. PE firms do exactly what VC firms do (though often with different sorts of businesses), plus a lot more.
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by rmah 7y ago
Traditionally it was the established/predominant religion's job, not the government. It was hoped by many that religious institutions could act as a counterweight to the nobles, kings and politicians. Which is why the civil powe
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by rmah 7y ago
If your "standup" is half an hour or more, it's not a standup, it's a status meeting that your org just happens to call a "standup". A real scottish standup is a few minutes -- 5 or 10 minutes. 15 max if there
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by rmah 7y ago
Not the OP, but consider the following... Of course, you know of odd plurals such as house -> houses vs mouse -> mice. why is womb pronounced "woom" and tomb "toom" but bomb is not "boom"? gh: tough and l
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by rmah 7y ago
Most public (i.e. government) "pension funds" are not pension funds, they are welfare benefits programs for retired people. That is, they are not primarily funded through individual savings or investments but through current taxe
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by rmah 7y ago
If you read the article, it says the judge determined the exact opposite. That asians do not get a "fair shot". But the judge said that other concerns (historical racism against other groups) trumps this current bit of racism su
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by rmah 7y ago
Pretty much every tech company, hundreds of consulting firms, dozens of construction firms, etc, etc do business with DoHS and ICE. These are huge organizations with thousands of employees that buy products and services from thousands of s
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by rmah 7y ago
That's not what he's saying at all. He's saying that Chef is in the business of providing devops software. They're not a government watchdog. They're not the ethics police. They're not political or social a
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by rmah 7y ago
99.99% of people have a face. You don't make laws or social rules for the tiny minority, you make them for the vast majority. Exceptions and caveats to the laws/rules to protect the interests of the minority are fine. But the g
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by rmah 7y ago
Major market index funds do not buy into recently IPO'd stocks because such stocks are not in major market indexes. While pension funds may buy in a little, most will not because recently IPO'd stocks are considered highly volati
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by rmah 7y ago
I went to HS in the 1980's and we had classes in financial literacy (though I think it was called "business" or "economics" or something like that) as an elective. It covered the basics of interest rates, what loan
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by rmah 7y ago
25 years ago personal computers were just barely a thing 25 years ago was 1994. You're about 10 or 15 years off, kiddo :-) By 1995, PC's were in pretty much every office in the US. Most high schools had had them for a decade
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by rmah 7y ago
While what you write is true in a way, but saying "military or gov't produce exact specifications for something" may be interpreted by some people involved in software development in the wrong way. I've worked on a coup
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by rmah 7y ago
Um, how is that odd? Demanding various repairs prior to closing on a house is very common in the US as well. Anyone handing over $100's of thousands or millions for a house would want any problems repaired prior to closing the deal.
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by rmah 7y ago
But the original critique was silly. And surprisingly so given the source.
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by rmah 7y ago
I'm even older than you and have no problem with using a whiteboard during interviews. That said, interviewers who get hung up about precise syntax are poor interviewers and need coaching. Or are just looking for an excuse to ding so
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by rmah 7y ago
Most companies may say "we hire the best", but what they really mean is "we hire the best we can get".
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by rmah 7y ago
Sports isn't an equation Tell that to Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A's, who used statistical analysis and team interaction models (i.e. "equations") to turn propel the team into the top ranks with salary
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by rmah 7y ago
As kasey_junk implied, this sort of over-protectiveness is not universal in the USA. For example, NYC provides all students that live further than 1/2 mile from their school with a discounted public transit card (soon to be free). Wh
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by rmah 7y ago
Already has. The first notable example that springs to mind is "message queues" which were pioneered for use in finance. Companies like TIBCO grew fat on such software and now they are commonplace.

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