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by tfigueroa 12y ago
I'll quibble with this. There are plenty of managers that wield authoritarianism and plenty of subordinates that yield to it. I'd agree that managers with soft skills perform better, but even the old-school ass-kicking types can s
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by tfigueroa 12y ago
Not always, but sometimes. In the hyperbolic hypothetical in the article, "But it isn't responsive!" would be a pretty silly criticism, I think.
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by tfigueroa 12y ago
If a candidate feels "about an inch tall" because of inane criticism, perhaps it is the candidate that needs to put things in perspective.
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by tfigueroa 12y ago
A great companion to this article is the "Limits" episode of Radiolab. It features a low-speed, long term bike race with interesting results - both in what the athletes can endure, and the ways in which they endure it.
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by tfigueroa 12y ago
Because economics as a system has a band in which it operates. Outside of that, the system fails.
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by tfigueroa 12y ago
If I understand their situation correctly, the statutes allowing for on-demand play by Spotify are too expensive, so they negotiate direct deals to furnish their catalog. Your tastes may not be worth negotiating for!
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by tfigueroa 12y ago
I'm sure you are right, but the PACER system is a mess and certainly feels neglected. Like the article mentions, it is not a unified system. Each district, and each court, can have their own version of the system. Some courts are on th
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by tfigueroa 12y ago
So it would seem. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C5%8Dshi That kind of environment can spin out cases like hikikomori. You can see similar trends in the U.S. with respect to startups and overworking, to a smalle
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by tfigueroa 12y ago
You're young and in a sensitive space. It's not as bad as it feels, and you're not alone. Communicate. Your everyday boss - who probably senses something is wrong - will be able to find a solution for you. That's part of
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by tfigueroa 12y ago
It's a bit of a false dilemma to choose between experience or aptitude. In the start-up period, though, aptitude is a better strategic choice in that you need people who can grow as quickly as the venture. Later, you need the people wi
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by tfigueroa 12y ago
Reading the article, for an instant I had a vision of people growing up and moving on from the great digital communities, leaving the glow of desktop or device and spending that time, in the present, with friends and neighbors and loved one
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
Mass isn't very useful, because our bodies aren't powered by mass-to-energy reactions. Different foods have different energy densities with respect to what our bodies can digest and use. Calories seem to be the best measurement in
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
Come now. It's a matter of physics that you can't make stuff from nothing, and you can't do things without energy. That's not to say that body fat is strictly dependent on caloric intake, but to certain extremes, there&#
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
My thing was Dragon Ball Z sites. CGI/Perl running NewsPro, links to questionable RealMedia content. What a sucker I was! Good thing PHP came along and taught us all what true webmastery is.
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
We were still using these techniques a few years ago for emails. :(
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
Definitely. CS isn't the best field for every and anybody. I couldn't care less about who is getting into whatever field, though, so long as they are passionate about it - not just the paycheck.
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
My guess: it's a control issue. Direct license deals can be done behind closed doors, and that privacy is worth a lot in controlling other negotiations. When any guy off the street can pay $0.005 or whatever to stream your content, you
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
But Did You Know It's Cutting Off Your Circulation by 80%? This explains why some people type with only two fingers: no blood in the other eight.
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
At least coding is improving the product. There's plenty of advice on what the critical path to success is - that isn't.
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
I think it's heartening, in a sense - and this goes beyond nuclear weapons - that as close as we are to danger, dangerous events are pretty rare. Of course, whenever I have that thought, part of me fears that I'll ironically be va
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
Really? An appeal to authority? Besides, even a child can point out when an emperor has no clothes.
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
I'll join the chorus reminiscing about hacking for game performance. In my case, it was on a Mac on a PowerPC CPU. It's a far cry from the limited resources of early personal computers, but this was at a time when 3D was hitting b
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
"You finished that app!" I'd exclaim, and my clone would nod contentedly. "You finished Breaking Bad!" he'd exclaim, and I would nod contentedly. My clone, smug in his accomplishments, would be as jealous of me
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
A fine article, but - maybe this makes me a jerk - a bit obvious.
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
Indeed - my colleagues and I, here at Pandora, are murdered here regularly. But that's what happens when you try to run a tech company here.
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by tfigueroa 13y ago
I've also dealt with the data and can confirm it's a stunning headache. Try building a search UI around the inconsistencies and you'll go insane. Even Gatherer has issues! From what I can tell, there's only one or two gu