thorell

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by thorell 8y ago
I think a lot of parents don't know how to effectively parent and make up for that with enthusiasm. Too much involvement, not enough parenting. I am guilty of this.
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by thorell 8y ago
Of course I don't think that. I'm not even certain I support UBI in general. That's just an argument I found compelling compared to others.
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by thorell 8y ago
My preferred argument in favor is that depression can render government form-filled disability bureaucracy into an unnavigable hellscape and since it's one of the most common disabilities, a lot of human misery could be spared by makin
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by thorell 8y ago
I think you're right. I also know technical people who obscure gaps in their own knowledge with jargon. So clarifying questions that might expose the gap are responded to with increasingly technical rambling. Bad habits all around, fee
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by thorell 8y ago
In my experience, kids recognize the brightly-colored sanitized tools as "not real" programming. The moment they hit the overwhelming UI or unfriendly error messages of many environments, they feel under-prepared for "real&qu
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by thorell 8y ago
I feel like the author doesn't understand the design part of OOD. Yes, you can inherit yourself into rigidity. OOP doesn't prevent you from making design choices that turn out to be bad, or are bad in the first place. You can&#x27
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by thorell 9y ago
You can't project the actual cost without sufficient testing.
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by thorell 9y ago
Their job isn't just to be attractive. Their job is to help schmooze people who don't seem to be having fun. There are social skills involved, whether or not you value or believe in them.
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by thorell 9y ago
Who is being bullied in the article's situation?
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by thorell 9y ago
But you're presupposing a problem. It's possible that women don't enter CS due to personal preference. Not because CS is hostile to women but because the subject matter isn't interesting to them. I heard somewhere that t