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by steego 9y ago
I'm skeptical. There's always a set of programmers who sound erudite because they are erudite. It's typically not that easy to fake being erudite, so it naturally follows that programmers who sound and behave like they'
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by steego 9y ago
I give coding interviews and I try to take the original concern (Questioner can't think fast enough or freezes) into account, but I can't really say with any certainty if I'm successful or not. About 10 years ago, I gave a wo
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by steego 9y ago
Real world policy aside, if you're taking off and landing vertically, would the 45 minutes of reserve fuel really be necessary if you're not constrained to use an airfield? Also, if they could magically double it, would it then be
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by steego 9y ago
> That's forty minutes a day you could be spending with your children instead. Not if you're dead... All morbid jokes aside, it's important to take care of yourself so you can take care of your kids. If you're not go
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by steego 9y ago
> many of the indian workers are still better off economically than they might otherwise be Isn't this obvious? You can be stuck in a job with bad pay and still be better off than if you were in your home country. This is the fu
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by steego 10y ago
This conclusion is consistent with a tenuously related finding in a recent HBR article. The study cited in the article sent virtually identical but fictitious resumes to top law firms from fictitious students coming from 2nd tier law schoo
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by steego 10y ago
> Hope they find much success and build a model that can be replicated. I'm not sure Montclair is the best place to build a replicable model. It's a nice town, but it's also a pretty unique bubble (even compared to the res
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by steego 10y ago
We have more transparency than we've ever had. Transparency isn't the magic bullet. Many people are aware of the problem. We know who they special interests are and how much they contribute to each representative. What's t
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by steego 10y ago
Are you comparing making educated guesses based on observations and analysis with numerology? Making predictions and providing analysis for those predictions is actually incredibly valuable because it helps people and companies anticipate t
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by steego 10y ago
No. Here are his predictions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictions_made_by_Ray_Kurzwe... Frankly, it perturbs me when people dump on others who have the courage to make predictions or misrepresent them. Don&#x27
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by steego 10y ago
Apparently most of society gains 20,000 free lectures on YouTube. In all seriousness, you're arguing a false position because nobody is arguing we live in a society of optional laws. I think most people are lamenting the consequences
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I imagine they hate those other languages too. You do know there are many, many languages where that sort of obfuscation lay between difficult to impossible, right?
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There's nothing new under the sun as far as this type of piece is concerned. Even pissant local journalists are well versed in the art of using innuendo to create stories where there are none. Hijacking the reader's imagination
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by steego 10y ago
Maybe she was promoted to Dean because she's incredibly well-rounded, has a solid vision, is of great character, has cultivated numerous productive working relationships and can fund raise like no other. She can be all that and a grea
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by steego 10y ago
I love seeing prototypes like this. Excellent job! One suggestion: I would implore you to add undo sooner rather than later.
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by steego 10y ago
I worked for a company that did that during the 2001 recession. It meant a cut in my salary for the period, but it was nice despite having to cut back on some things. I eventually started doing some side work on my Fridays. I have to say
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by steego 10y ago
That's a great idea. If you set up a github or wiki, I'd be happy to help out and fill in areas. If you want to get more people to help, market the cheat sheet as "The Right Way". There's no better way to invite h
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by steego 10y ago
Just a reminder: Scott Wlaschin's book, F# for fun is a great free resource for people interested in F#. It's available here: https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/ If you have a short attention span, I recently sta
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by steego 10y ago
If you want to try an F# to JavaScript compiler. Try Fable: http://fable.io/repl.html
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by steego 10y ago
> But you don't care the workers are being abused and working in unsafe conditions. Why is that specifically that you feel this way? That you would want your friends and neighbors to be treated abusively and subjected to needlessly
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by steego 10y ago
Are you under the impression Tesla employees would have been blogging on Medium about working conditions before unionizing? I don't see why this wouldn't be an actual Tesla employee (I'm open to theories), and assuming it is
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> It seems very calculated. Union organization is very calculated. It has to be because union opposition is also very calculated, especially when it's done lawfully. It's calculated because there are very specific protocols
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by steego 10y ago
Too many indefinite article can be confusing, especially when you're talking about politics and people's/group's interests. > I think it's a mistake to read this as being entirely favorable to those banks You&#x2
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by steego 10y ago
You meant to say claimed to have those principles. If everyone actually had those principles, the financial crisis would have never happened.
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by steego 10y ago
I have to disagree. Unlike the VS Resharper plugin, the JetBrains IDEs are really good. Unlike VS, they rarely lock the UI thread doing paternalistic busywork that adds very marginal value to my work. I'm use VS all the time, so I&#x
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I agree and don't care for it either. Over time, the things we manufacture will be done by less people, using less energy and materials and it will require rigor to ensure what's manufactured is safe for use. Over the years, the
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China learned from Russia's experience and slowly loosened the reins on key industries before loosening the reins on other industries without completely relinquishing control. The key problem with command and control economies in the 2
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by steego 10y ago
The Balkanization of news and opinions is a minor facet of the overall situation that's unfolding. The biggest thing going on is opinion shapers and propagandists have been given powerful tools the 20th century PR men could have only d
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I would prefer to see a scripted Go over JS for embedded environments.
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All of these which are very appropriate for a company who wants to sell hobbyist kits to kids who already know JavaScript, so they can built IoT toys quickly. I understand your point. These tools aren't appropriate for serious embedde

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