stream_fusion

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1. 31.▲
   by stream_fusion 15y ago

   If engineers could pursue nuclear power free from influence and interference, then I would have full confidence in their ability to create safe systems. Unfortunately politics and other forces have a way of always intruding. Feynman's analy
2. 32.▲
   by stream_fusion 15y ago

   The idea of attempting to refactor a 100k+ loc codebase, without static typing and a compiler that can identify issues at compile-time versus runtime is equivalent to asking to be punished. If you must, consider that the role of a type-chec
3. 33.▲
   by stream_fusion 15y ago

   Examples that come to my mind, would be the risk that the employee gets promoted over the boss, or alternately, that the employee is poached and shifted out of the group by a different group boss.
4. 34.▲
   by stream_fusion 15y ago

   It assumes that all employees are informed about other employees playing a quit game. From a management perspective, it may be good strategy to make the counter offer, if you could ensure that it is kept quiet from office gossip. Also, an i
5. 35.▲
   by stream_fusion 15y ago

   I suspect it was a marketing decision. The consistency of his clothing choice, helps to reinforce the brand (in this case Steve and Apple) in the public mind via his portrayal in media. For those who are aware he always chose the same cloth