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by ronaldx 13y ago
>I think what someone uses their paycheck for is their business. It's funny you should put it like this, because I think who someone falls in love with and gets married to is their business. Edited to add - the comment in reply to t
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I do not prefer to support a business where the direct result is that profits go towards lobbying against my human rights. I consider this a professional view on the matter - it directly relates to the running of the business. In the end, p
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by ronaldx 13y ago
You might find it more instructive to ask this question the other way around: Why do tech employees sign contracts that reach beyond the boundaries of legislated human rights? Is there any better indicator of employee exploitation? On refle
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by ronaldx 13y ago
> If I was the boss at a university I would make all teaching staff put all of the content needed to teach their course material online in some wiki of sorts, with credits for researchers and undergraduates if they can add to that body o
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by ronaldx 13y ago
You just taught us Object Oriented Programming 101.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Two words: Nelson Mandela.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
The study that Jeff comments on is dubious. The 'double hump' he discusses is nonsense. The study evidences it from test results where a group of people scored nearly-full marks and another group of people scored a lot lower, i.e.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
> I didn't say "push" I said "encourage to explore" and I didn't mention any kind of cut off age where educators would stop evaluating kids, this would have to be a continual process not the "GATTACA&qu
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I find this doubtful. Up to now, Margaret Thatcher is not primarily remembered for being female, a comparable and unmatched milestone. She is remembered more for what she achieved in office (for good or for bad). The changes that allowed Am
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I don't agree with your approach at all. You seem to start with an assumption that problem solving skill is innate and cannot be learned, which I strongly dispute. If you focus early on identifying kids with good skill, you might be pu
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Exactly right: Tech companies wish to encourage people into code primarily in order to reduce their wage bill. Zuckerberg and Gates are not credible authorities here.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I think this is a simplification which overlooks the parent point. It seems reasonable that the gyres have always collected crap and sealife has avoided it. Now that crap is plastic. But, the gyre already provides the function of avoid-gett
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by ronaldx 13y ago
An interesting example: I think car ownership would be a good fit for this model. I certainly don't need a car 24/7, I just need one when I need one. If a car could arrive for me to drive it at that time and place that I need it (
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by ronaldx 13y ago
The last intercontinental flight I took, a weighty 6ft6 guy had bought the cheapest seat and expected to get an automatic upgrade on the plane. It's not an exaggeration to say that he literally didn't fit into his seat. Indeed, he
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Going faster would mean less time sat in discomfort. It's OK (for me) to sit in the cheapest seats of a plane for 2-3 hours, but for 6-8 hours is very tough.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
The cost of the product is surely irrelevant here: If the product damages your life (in an unexpected way), you should be able to sue to recoup those damages. In this case, presumably the individuals may have been signed up to Google Apps f
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Sarah Slocum accused of recording neighbors (latimes.com)
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by ronaldx 13y ago
And therefore you should vote also with your money. Avoid companies that threaten net neutrality.
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Needs a 2011 tag
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by ronaldx 13y ago
I believe this would have been a better test if the interviewer had made his expectations clearer. It was notable that everybody failed on one point. That failure wasn't actually relevant - competent people wouldn't fail on that p
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Upvoted for useful information. But this makes it even less clear why Apple can't support their own old formats. Because it's too tricky to be worth dedicate developer time?? Or because it's a deliberate policy? This is a fun
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by ronaldx 13y ago
> Educated people are not necessarily benefiting at all from the status quo before they become educated. We're disagreeing here only because I believe that social status/education is largely a function of your parents' sta
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by ronaldx 13y ago
> due to the financial rewards resulting from the former behavior. I agree, but not with your cause and effect. Educated/wealthy people benefit and have benefited ( hugely ) from the status quo. Therefore they have a positive intere
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Money is not the only important factor here. If you have a pay scale slightly off, but people trust you have their interests in mind and intend to do the right thing - if there is suboptimal pay but good conditions - they won't leave.
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by ronaldx 13y ago
What would be a better source for this information? I am more likely to read a Wikipedia article than I am to read either marketing material or the same info incompletely rehashed into a more subjective blog post. I often find myself visiti
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Worse: Google went through a period of normally serving me French-language pages. I'm not in a French-speaking country. I don't have French in my accept header. I never expressed any preference towards the French language. But, my
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by ronaldx 13y ago
Nice point. The etymology of the word bossy, boss with the -y suffix, suggests that the lady manager is acting like a boss but she is not a boss. The writer here makes it clear that this is intended to have a negative connotation and is t
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by ronaldx 13y ago
This is not immediately obvious, even if given your word. Since you've listed Mandarin on your CV, you must recognise that it could have been a contributor to a hiring decision. Otherwise, why did you put it there?
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by ronaldx 13y ago
You would need further advice, but I believe you would be subject to Portuguese employment law. At least, you would pay Portuguese taxes for that employee and you would likely need to register with Portugal as an employer. UK advice: http:
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by ronaldx 13y ago
OK, I understand now. In case you read this later, I wanted to respectfully suggest that fourth grade was the wrong classroom for you to be in: * fourth graders are still developing their fine motor skills and not all will be physically cap

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