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by smackay 8y ago
It's generally good news for Blue Whales as well, at least in the eastern Pacific, http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29069515 Given the level of hunting this gives me some kind of hope that all the envir
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Divine Discontent: Disruption’s Antidote(stratechery.com)
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Cambridge Analytica closing down after Facebook row(theguardian.com)
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Open, Closed, and Privacy(stratechery.com)
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SSC Survey Results: Sexual Harassment Levels by Field(slatestarcodex.com)
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Zillow, Aggregation, and Integration(stratechery.com)
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by smackay 9y ago
You are correct but is not enough for the technology to improve, there needs to be some thought into making things forwards compatible too. Human readable formats stand the best chance of being understood even if there is an interruption in
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by smackay 9y ago
Reading this I was shocked, shocked I tell you to learn that cookery courses for adults and healthy eating "challenges" were ineffective. Actually if you take the numbers at face value then perhaps the intervention made the proble
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Mumbai's leopards have killed humans – but could they also be saving lives?(theguardian.com)
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The Dark Rule Utilitarian Argument for Science Piracy(slatestarcodex.com)
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The Facebook Brand(stratechery.com)
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Apple developing own screens using next-generation MicroLED tech(reuters.com)
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France to sue Google, Apple over developer contracts: minister(reuters.com)
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by smackay 9y ago
Ouch, ouch, ouch so much distaste for somebody with high standards and perhaps one who demands high standards from the people they work with. One thing to consider is the environment in which these machines were running. If the group Rachel
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Cory Doctorow: Let’s Get Better at Demanding Better from Tech(locusmag.com)
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by smackay 9y ago
All of the recommendations are just manifestations of, or proxies for, the really important things you need to be a great developer: enthusiasm, energy, curiosity, dedication and thoroughness. In general, for most programming jobs, the tech
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by smackay 9y ago
For me it was a sense of obligation which was brought home after reading this in the Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins: No doubt some of your cousins and great-uncles died in childhood, but not a single one of your ancestors did. Jerry Seinfe
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by smackay 9y ago
I think the good people of Iceland might disagree with that, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing
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by smackay 9y ago
Open Question: What's the consensus of opinion regarding Dropbox while they still have Condoleezza Rice on the Board of Directors? Personally, I want to love them. I think Drew has built up a decent company. However choosing Dr. Rice f
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by smackay 9y ago
Therein lie the dangers of categorical thinking, https://www.newyorker.com/business/james-surowiecki/categori... . Gender is probably the most loaded category there is (except for the other one). There is some move
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by smackay 9y ago
I saw a history documentary on the BBC many, many years ago where the historian was describing that the reason WWI started was because of railway timetables - basically moving all those troops and material was a logistical nightmare. Once t
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by smackay 9y ago
Really? If everyone has a record then they can be detained whenever the authorities feel like it.
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Conflict vs. Mistake(slatestarcodex.com)
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World's first electric container barges to sail from European ports this summer(theguardian.com)
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by smackay 9y ago
That makes the assumption that you have modelled all the variables that make up the solution space. For the example the real, underlying reason might be poverty. So while for the purposes of the application the solution might be "good
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by smackay 9y ago
A lot of the artefacts of a process are intended to help teams transition from the old way of doing things and to help teams who have stalled or failed to deliver. Sprints, as far as I understand them, were intended to get the wheels turnin
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by smackay 9y ago
Recent experience with NPS both for internal use (are the employees happy) and with users parallels this also. Somewhat happy users appear to start with a score of 10 and discount points based on various negatives. Unhappy users start with
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A Slightly Skeptical Perspective on REST(habitatchronicles.com)
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Why Developers Become Frustrated and Companies Can’t Find Talent(medium.com)
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by smackay 9y ago
There are quite a range of firey things to do around the end of the year in Scotland, https://www.visitscotland.com/blog/events/fire-festivals/ Up Helly AA is definitely more touristy in recent years but in g

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