timwiseman

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by timwiseman 14y ago
What surprised me of this bunch was the general lack of curiosity, passion, and depth that many of them had My experience has been different from yours. Everyone I have known well that attained or even sought a PhD has had curiosity, pas
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by timwiseman 14y ago
Even social media solves problems (though admittedly much more minor ones than what you describe). I had a problem keeping in touch with my extended family, Facebook has made this much easier. I used to have issues with loosing touch with o
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by timwiseman 14y ago
* it is not clear that the code they generate is their property* Could you expand on this? When you create something, barring some exception such as when you create it as a an employee, you own it. In certain cases, if the code is exactly
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Cloud storage: a pricing and feature guide for consumers(arstechnica.com)
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It depends very much on the topic. Something that can be approached with analytical rigor or determined completely through a few tests can probably be written by diving in and learning everything while you write. Personally, I write techn
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by timwiseman 14y ago
I am not a lawyer, but I am inclined to agree with you. However, the analysis for whether an employee's actions trigger respondeat superior is more complicated than that, especially for employees where the work/life balance may not be en
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by timwiseman 14y ago
A company needs to protect itself from things that could potentially be tied back to it, even indirectly. This is especially true for employees that are presented as representing the company even some of the time. I work as a SQL Server D
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by timwiseman 14y ago
You make an excellent point, in many jobs consistency is valued far above outstanding results and should be. If that is not for you, do not work there. But, having worked in a couple of call centers, I feel obliged to point out not all of
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by timwiseman 14y ago
"The Google drive also seems to be available on all platforms" Not yet. There is no broad based Linux support yet (it supports Android, which is technically Linux, but no Linux Desktop distro is supported) and iOS support is still in the w
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by timwiseman 14y ago
I am fully with you. As a general rule, I process text much faster (and more selectively) than I can process a video. The only time I prefer video is when it is something that truly benefits from being demonstrated in a way that is cumbers
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by timwiseman 14y ago
At the risk of being pendantic, I don't think there should ever be an only copy of anything remotely important. (and even 1 local + 1 remote controlled by a single 3rd party is probably not a good policy if it is significant)
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by timwiseman 14y ago
Very well said. As long as you do not compromise your ethics in the process, it is probably good to seek money. Its worth pointing out that one of the best ethical ways to make money is provide people things or services they want at prices
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by timwiseman 14y ago
I agree with you, which is why I use Android. But, I see an appeal to the walled garden. I can let my children get on the app store without worrying too much it will lead to questions I don't feel like answering at that age. I have greate
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by timwiseman 14y ago
The basic idea being discussed is very close to a "Guarunteed Minimum Income" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaranteed_minimum_income ). Essentially, everyone regardless of work is supplied with a certain minimum, but with enough work t
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by timwiseman 14y ago
You make good points. As a busy parent, I certainly sympathesize with people that feel like they have too little time to monitor what they're kids are exposed to. I think one very significant factor is making sure that they can come to you
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by timwiseman 14y ago
I think you may have taken this too far. Graphics and sound can contribute to or detract from fun, but in the end it is fun that keeps people buying a game. A game that looks great, but plays poorly will not survive, but a game that plays
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by timwiseman 14y ago
Very well said. Though it is worth noting the distinctions between different types of math. I found my studies of theoretical math in college enormous fruitful just as I found jogging beneficial. But I thought doing numerous arithmetic pr
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by timwiseman 15y ago
I do not think this follows. Linus Torvalds got well-paying work because of his free work on Linux. Of course, Torvalds is an outlier, but Cory Doctorow also does this. It makes sense that the best way to get work in certain fields is to
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by timwiseman 15y ago
Groceries make up a smaller percentage partially because they are so much cheaper than eating out. As for it being healthier, it all depends on your choices. If I am eating in, but having noodles and microwave pizza it will be much less
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by timwiseman 15y ago
Perhaps someone could explain this to me, "But too many workers serving a need leads in one direction for prices: Up." I am no economist, but I would expect the opposite. Having too many people in one field would result in a reduction in w
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by timwiseman 15y ago
Wikipedia is a fantastic resource, but it is first and foremost an Encyclopedia, a reference. It has many times helped me refresh my memory or helped explain something I read first in another context. But it is not a good place to learn a
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by timwiseman 15y ago
I partially agree. The onus is always on the indivdual. An organized class can provide comraderie, a place to ask questions, guidance, and many other benefits. But in the end, it is always up to the individual to get something out of it.
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by timwiseman 15y ago
I just wish people could forget the idea that Math is fun. It is not. This is anecdotal, but I find at least the math I have learned to be fun. I got a BS in math and took some masters-level classes because I enjoyed it. I still work th
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by timwiseman 15y ago
You make an excellent point, but I think it may be dangerous to conflate race and culture. I suspect for instance that a person of Japanese heritage that grew up in the US and spoke only English might have almost as much trouble with the Ka
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by timwiseman 15y ago
couple million dollar is so minuscule, that you might as well measure the benefit of it in terms of emotional value, instead of any "objective" measure. You made excellent points up until this sentence. On a world wide scale, a couple mi
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by timwiseman 15y ago
I think it depends. If the original author (or most recent modifier) is available then "I don't get this code" means I should be scheduling some time to talk to them. If the original author is completely unavailable and I am the new mainta
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by timwiseman 15y ago
You can't apologize for making someone feel badly about something if you still hold that something to be true. You can if what you are apologizing for is the way or time you expressed it. Slavery is probably a controversial example becau
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by timwiseman 15y ago
A good publisher can provide editing, formatting, graphics, advertising, and localization. They can also add their stamp of approval to it (I know that this means nothing to a lot of buyers, but it does mean something to some. I have heard
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by timwiseman 15y ago
It depends on what you mean by right, its a very context dependent word. In one sense, rights are precisely the things which the government is not permitted to interfere with. So in that sense it really is about the ability of the state t
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by timwiseman 15y ago
I must respectfully disagree that it is outdated drivel. First, there are large pockets of racism still present throughout the US and the world at large. Even if you are fortunate enough to live in a place where it is simply not encounter

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