smcq

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by smcq 17y ago
Fallacy of bringing absolutely nothing to the debate and asserting to the point of ad homonim that scientists would have skipped basic statistics on their data. Please see the post immediately above yours and go demonstrate that the method
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by smcq 17y ago
You seem completely confused by the scientific method. They do not have an obligation to release all data, but rather to release the method by which data can be acquired. They released data for the paper actually published to justify thei
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by smcq 17y ago
I'm not an expert in climate change either, but I'm a journeyman in statistics and I support his claim that it can be correlated.
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by smcq 17y ago
I strongly believe code that can't be understood by inspection is code that shouldn't be.
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by smcq 17y ago
I think this metaphor is somewhat wrong. Log files are like attaching medical imagers to the maze and keeping a trace of it's physical and mental state as it executes the maze. Debuggers are like attaching medical imagers to the rat and be
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by smcq 17y ago
Common sense is the beliefs held by common people, by definition common people are much lower IQ than someone in the 170+ IQ range. It would shock me if someone in the 170+ IQ range believed much of what "common" people believe. If they di
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by smcq 17y ago
I have never really understood the fascination with debuggers. A good log file will allow you to triage any error, even if it's not the one you were looking for. It seems to me that debuggers are mostly for spotting failed assumptions and
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by smcq 17y ago
How often do people that need to write device drivers need to use a high level language? Is there really a lot of demand for this sort of thing?
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by smcq 17y ago
Technology can fix this! It was never the users problem to begin with... MAX_ATTACH = 50 * 1024 #50 kb def minimize_size(msg): if size(msg['attachment']) > MAX_ATTACH: upload attachment to s3 like storage
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by smcq 17y ago
You forgot the third goal: the IT department wants to create a lot of work for itself that appears to be useful but doesn't directly increase productivity.
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by smcq 17y ago
Easy, switch to twitter and logless instant messaging for primary communication. I bet productivity would go up anyway. Edit: I obviously meant a twitter-like internal service.
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by smcq 17y ago
You wait 2 seconds for a page load? You're amazingly generous.
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by smcq 17y ago
Sounds like a droid fanboy to me.
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by smcq 17y ago
On the other hand, the problem with populating the air waves with experts is that it's hard to put on a good show and spin the story the right way if everyone on-air is authoritative.
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by smcq 17y ago
My grandfather was literally starving to death before he immigrated. Are you seriously claiming the (theoretical) minor reductions in earning caps (for unskilled labor) we're discussing are comparable?
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by smcq 17y ago
As the grandson of a 'slave' immigrant that was brought over to build the railroads I take great offense to your complete lack of empathy. If they're willing to work for $8/hour here, that means things are worse for them where they are.
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by smcq 17y ago
We use git commit reviews as our primary review method, it's much lower overhead than sit down code review meetings. On the other hand, it's not quite as thorough, which works fine with a small team that's already high bandwidth.