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by steven777400 10y ago
I understand the traditionalists hesitation (and fear). But it seems to me this is actually a good thing from the Buddhist perspective; it's increasing contact in an age of more secularism. Customers like Mr. Kai in the article seem j
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by steven777400 10y ago
A CS education maybe, a programming education probably not. A lot of it depends on how self-motivated and auto-didactic you are. I've taught CS at universities and programming as well. I taught full time at a community college for ha
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by steven777400 10y ago
Is it generally true that "younger candidate more easily managed by less experienced (cheaper) manager"? I'm a relatively inexperienced "manager" (team lead) and I have had staff both younger and older (I'm cur
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by steven777400 10y ago
Just to clarify, there are 13 "logical" root server but each one can be implemented by multiple servers. For example, L is implemented by 157 spread across the globe (see http://l.root-servers.org/ ). Many of th
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by steven777400 10y ago
Already in progress. FAA is working with industry to come up with an unleaded aviation gasoline that will be "drop-in" compatible and replace 100LL. See https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/avgas/
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by steven777400 10y ago
Put aside the silly title and the inconsistency between the subtitle and content ("the only real problem was the driver behind the wheel" vs "The sensors failed to register a rapidly accelerating gold-colored SUV beside me an
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by steven777400 10y ago
My favorite improvement that our agency made to our workspace isn't the dual monitors, isn't the shorter hardware upgrade cycle; my favorite improvement is the sit-stand desk. Seriously. I think every desk worker should get some
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by steven777400 10y ago
Not OP and personally I love XKCD. But, I can answer a little. I don't usually "code for fun". Sure, I like the feeling of accomplishing a task or solving a problem, but overall I don't generally enjoy programming enoug
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by steven777400 10y ago
There could be an opportunity for a competitor depending on how some Amazon issue play out over the next year or so. A lot of commentors are focused on the tech (which makes sense, being HN and all), but Amazon has some issues with counter
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by steven777400 10y ago
I had a similar situation (but with Microsoft), and although in my case it would have been a net improvement in income (probably), there was impact on family and stability to consider, so I declined the offer. I think being aware of priorit
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by steven777400 10y ago
Great read. I've never been in a situation where a bribe might have helped and so it's good to get some idea of "how bribes work" for possible future reference. I have noticed that it seems valuable to project being &qu
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by steven777400 10y ago
I'm not convinced city lights would be what we're looking for. Visible light from space is "waste energy" and, over time, our civilization has gotten better about wasting less. It's certainly imaginable that a civ
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by steven777400 10y ago
As I mentioned in another thread, I work for state government and our IT salaries are capped at a max of around $87k/year (most positions are capped lower). As a result, it's extremely difficult to hire someone who isn't a n
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by steven777400 10y ago
This is exactly what I've done in the past. I haven't had any issue. I don't make a big deal out of it, but I do let them know I'm currently happy where I am so, if they decide they are interested in moving forward, th
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by steven777400 10y ago
I'm not sure how your quote reflects "government indifference". The substation is owned by a private company (PG&E). Employees of this company failed to respond to the alarms and notify police. If they called police and
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by steven777400 10y ago
Agreed. The great thing is, they don't even need to be the mechanic, they just need to have the relationship. I work 6 am to 6 pm most days, so whenever my car needs even an oil change it's a huge hassle to coordinate (or means
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by steven777400 10y ago
Depending on the content, you can either email my personal email: steve (at) kolls.net or send official business to my state email: Kollmas (at) wsdot.wa.gov
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by steven777400 10y ago
Some agencies more than others. I've recommended we move to hiring "in-training" positions to enable us to pick up sharp junior devs andd give them rapid advancement (within the very limiting structure we have, of course). S
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by steven777400 10y ago
When I mentioned the problem to one of the state HR folks working on the compensation thing for IT, she said, "Ask not what your state can do for you, but what you can do for your state." Which is a fine sentiment, but doesn&#x27
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by steven777400 10y ago
Yes, an employee of Washington State. The state government is divided into agencies, who can approach hiring differently (some almost exclusively use contractors, other try to use exclusively employees). Contractor pay is negotiated by ea
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by steven777400 10y ago
Right now we have about a half dozen open developer positions that we are so far unable to fill. The problem is the vicious intersection of relatively dull work and relatively low pay. We've had to increasingly go the route of hiring
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by steven777400 10y ago
The Fermi paradox has been solved.
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by steven777400 10y ago
The reason I included them is that my grandfather and I do not share a last name and he is not at all on any kind of electronic communication. So someone who just knew me could research for a long time and not find out anything about him;
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My grandfather was hit by this. We never determined conclusively how it happened, but putting together what they knew and what they didn't (they = the attackers), I strongly believe that an insider at the care facility my grandmother
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by steven777400 10y ago
I didn't see in the article, how does the TV become infected? I presume that users of "smart TVs" are mostly using built-in apps for Netflix, Hulu, etc; is there some existing vulnerability that allows this to connect to the
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by steven777400 10y ago
This would make for an interesting derivation of the Turing test: can a player determine if a given level was created by a professional game designer or AI?
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by steven777400 10y ago
Yes, it works great. The Secretary of State's office solicits a pro and con opinion from interested groups. At the bottom of the opinion is a laundry-list of groups that co-wrote the statement. That list is often more informative th
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by steven777400 10y ago
Not really. I grew up in LA where everyone talks about "the big one" all the time (at least back then, not sure about now). But up in this area, no one really talks about Cascadia megathrust/subduction zone earthquakes. Ev
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by steven777400 10y ago
Although in the PNW we don't hear too much on the news, local and regional governments are planning for a major cascadia event. This June, myself and other government employees will be joining FEMA in a multi-state, multi-agency &quot
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by steven777400 11y ago
Similar feelings here, although I've been married for a number of years. It took me a long time to figure out that "that's just what you do" (dating and marriage) maybe didn't always mean it was the best thing for

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