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by samkater 6y ago
This is fascinating and a very cool concept to be able to clearly respond to specific points in a technical discussion. I agree that sometimes these discussions are hard to follow and sometimes get derailed by minor quibbles. I'm ple
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by samkater 6y ago
When I saw the title, I thought this was brilliant! But I thought they meant a "drone" more like these: https://www.starship.xyz/ . (Turns out google responds better to searching for robots when looking those up).
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by samkater 6y ago
That makes sense. It would seem one way to protect the contracted company would be the right to withhold releasing the source code until the terms of the contract were met. You may not want to fight that legal battle, but at least it would
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by samkater 6y ago
Can somebody with knowledge about how those contracts are set up comment on what happens to the IP developed by Star Theory? I understand they were contracted to build KSP2, but when "the project was pulled" by Take Two who owns
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by samkater 6y ago
Very off topic, but scrolling through the link you posted was amusing, but one of giphy's entries was this: https://giphy.com/gifs/RwQYRsO7s9l6w Which, I have to say, just made me feel a little sad and now I'
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by samkater 6y ago
I would echo the sibling comment (save_ferris) that in many places open offices do not encourage sunlight - especially those places where the offices are on the outer perimeter (capturing the sunlight) and the interior is stuck with fluores
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by samkater 6y ago
Random side-comment - high school is probably the time to do it too. I'm in the middle of teaching my kids how to read/write (the older one) and recognize letters (younger one). I reflexively crossed the "z" when writi
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by samkater 7y ago
I can’t fly without thinking of Weird Al’s lyrics of “I got my tray table up, and my seat-back in the full upright position.” It has been well over a decade since I’ve actually heard the song, though. His lyrics have a weird staying-power
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by samkater 7y ago
My apologies that this isn’t quite what you are looking for, but reading your question reminded me of a previous discussion about using Facebook chat logs to create a chatbot where you can talk to yourself [1]. Since Twitter data typically
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by samkater 7y ago
I have been mostly remote for the last 2 years and couldn't agree more. I would emphasize the point in the first paragraph - not only is it harder to find a remote job when just starting out, but you would also be doing yourself a dis
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by samkater 7y ago
I was in basic training when hurricane Katrina hit. I remember the drill instructors asking if anyone was from the Louisiana or surrounding states and they got to make a special call home. Not having any connnections there myself I didn’t
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by samkater 7y ago
For some people maybe not. A video would be far more stressful for me. I'm sure my voice would be up an octave (along with my blood pressure) trying to get the recording just right. Speaking aloud is also not my forte. One benefit o
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by samkater 7y ago
Also other trends that, thankfully in my experience, have not yet made their way to tech. I suspect it is only a matter of time, though... A lot of non-technical positions I have seen and heard about (including non entry-level positions) r
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by samkater 7y ago
Most systems seem to ask others to rate what they consume - up/down, like/dislike, etc. If we’re talking about content that competes for eyeballs, like a news feed, you might add the concept of having a person “stake” some of thei
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by samkater 7y ago
I think being a musician and programmer both require practice. As a musician, I would practice a lot of mechanics - producing the desired sound in a specific way every time. When practicing programming, I personally (and suspect most) wou
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by samkater 8y ago
On the flip side, I had the pleasure of working with a fantastic HR recruiter at my previous company. He would do a ton of legwork to ensure applicants had the basic level of skills and, frankly, common sense. For one position we were hirin