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by steve_g 10y ago
Gosh darn it! Shut the absolute fuck up! You cannot possibly help yourself by discussing this with your internet buddies on a world-wide public forum. I tell you this because I love you: Unburden your soul to your favorite lawyer.
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by steve_g 10y ago
A. Shut up now. B. Stop talking about this. C. Shhhh! Shut up! D. Get a lawyer It sounds like you're a good guy who want to do the right thing. But no one here can fully understand your situation, and it is not smart for you to be d
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by steve_g 10y ago
I'll second this. I worked through the book and downloadable exercises a few years ago. It's a great way to learn about the multiple layers of abstraction that a modern program sits upon.
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by steve_g 10y ago
Is it really true that Donald Trump hates Mexicans, gay people, and black people? How do you know? That's a pretty strong accusation to make without very good evidence. This link below is a thoughtful review of some of the evidence.
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by steve_g 10y ago
What does it mean to be a Trump supporter? What if you didn't like him, but you voted for him as the lesser evil? Are you a supporter? What if you didn't vote for him, but you still prefer him over Clinton? Are you a supporter
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by steve_g 10y ago
I think there are two fundamental questions: Is there such thing as right and wrong? And if so, how does one know what is right and what is wrong? A commenter below says right and wrong are only human constructs, but that raises the questio
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How left wing is Facebook?(powerlineblog.com)
3 points by steve_g 10y ago|1 comments
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by steve_g 10y ago
You should have ended with "You know?"
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Drones will cause an upheaval of society (2014)(qz.com)
2 points by steve_g 10y ago|0 comments
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by steve_g 10y ago
Done - thanks.
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by steve_g 10y ago
Kristian Saucier - https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&q=kristian+saucier He took photos of a sub he was stationed on, apparently just for his own use, with no intention of "spying" He's going to j
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by steve_g 10y ago
Domain knowledge about the business activities that your software is supporting is powerful. Do you know why your users want what they want? Can you suggest a better approach to solve their problem, based on your deep knowledge of busines
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Sadler Committee Report (1832) – Testimony on Child Labor(history.hanover.edu)
7 points by steve_g 11y ago|1 comments
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by steve_g 11y ago
You are not broken, or at least no more broken than everybody else. You do have a characteristic trait that makes you underperform in certain types of interviews. It sounds like you’ve got a good way to manage that for day-to-day work. Th
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by steve_g 11y ago
It's possible that I was mistaken on the accents. But to me, the lawyer's accent sounded like Texas/Oklahoma (I know his firm was in Kansas) and the expert's accent sounded more Kentucky/Missouri. I actually though
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by steve_g 11y ago
If you link through to the NYT article, you'll see a word-for-word dramatization of the deposition. The actual deposition video can be found on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYqXlRQrBN4 I found the choice o
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by steve_g 11y ago
I’ll tell you how “I” did it. I was raised as a Christian, but when I was 18 I gave it up. It was a matter of conscience. I didn’t believe. As you said, I thought it was irrational. But as it turned out, my rationality and extraordinary
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by steve_g 11y ago
Programming Language Pragmatics by Michael Scott http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-Pragmatics-Third-... I haven't read a lot of language books, but this one has good information on the various design choices o
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Los Angeles Just Proposed the Worst Use of License Plate Reader Data in History(medium.com)
10 points by steve_g 11y ago|1 comments
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by steve_g 11y ago
"a pogrom against Muslims in some southern states" That's just untrue. A pogrom is an organized massacre of an ethnic group - it's not happening, in southern states or anywhere else in the US.
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Seattle sisters, 10 and 8, launch cat pic and Lego R2D2 to edge of space(al.com)
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Freaky A.I. Android Tells Reporter He’ll Keep Him in ‘A People Zoo’(latest.com)
2 points by steve_g 11y ago|2 comments
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by steve_g 11y ago
And he could squat 600 lbs, when he was younger of course. https://media2.wnyc.org/i/620/599/l/80/1/Sacks_Lifting_dr_sq... That's not a trivial weight.
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by steve_g 11y ago
This is about human error, not malfeasance. A more detailed explanation is in this news report. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/repo...
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Metro: Track Defect Deleted from Inspection Report(rollcall.com)
1 points by steve_g 11y ago|1 comments
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by steve_g 11y ago
One of the pull quotes in the article states that Amazon reminds the customer if they've purchased the same book twice. Oddly enough, about an hour prior to reading the article, I repurchased a book deliberately. I'd given one a
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Lifelock Once Again Failed at Its One Job: Protecting Data(wired.com)
1 points by steve_g 11y ago|0 comments
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by steve_g 11y ago
I remember using something similar in US paper mills during the mid-late '80s. We called it a manlift. It was basically a vertical rubber conveyor belt with a small platform and a handhold located every 10' or so. It ran throu
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Kid who got in to every Ivy League school is going to the University of Alabama(businessinsider.com)
2 points by steve_g 11y ago|0 comments
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by steve_g 11y ago
Discrete Optimization with Pascal Van Hentenryck on Coursera - https://www.coursera.org/course/optimization It doesn't look like there's any open sessions now.

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