todorus

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by todorus 5y ago
"This really is just arguing semantics on the internet, one of the least interesting activities, usually." "Come on. Just restate your point: I don't focus investment decisions on traditional balance sheets at all, but r
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by todorus 5y ago
Ad hominem
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by todorus 5y ago
Is this a pet peeve with little to do with the article itself or are you actually reacting to what is going on in this comment section where a discussion is taking place of:"but is this wrong?" All the while ignoring that Schrodin
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by todorus 5y ago
Never heard about the poll, neither did anyone I know. So I wouldn't count that as evidence of anything
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by todorus 5y ago
Honestly, this reads like the narrow perspective. It sounds like western culture. And an urban one specifically. There are cultures where you just close up shop when you've had enough income for the day. Not to mention rural communitie
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by todorus 5y ago
The article mentions leaving, suggesting that it does not inlcude employees currently employed
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by todorus 5y ago
I'm not sure how to read this. I could interpret the bimodal outcome as the initial skill of the student being the main factor. Either you get it, or you don't, and the lecturer had no real influence on the outcome. The reweightin
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by todorus 5y ago
What are you on about? It's not like this comes up in regular conversation. Us Dutch are perfectly aware of times were people wore hats. My father even scolded me, when I forgot to take my cap off at a funeral.
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by todorus 6y ago
That makes it sound all very daunting, but we have a few advantages over nature when it comes to design. * A single life can produce multiple iterations of a technology. * Current technology speeds up the development of the next iteration.
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by todorus 8y ago
I do agree with the power of government to break the prisoners dilemma regarding to public works, but not that they have that much control over people's behavior. The tendency of people to follow laws has shown little relation to blunt
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by todorus 11y ago
"Culture can affect whether programmers are able to get long stretches at all. If they aren't, then they're obviously more available to short-term tasks such as code reviews." Good point. I do like to distinguish betwe
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by todorus 11y ago
"it's nearly universally true that the folks who complain the loudest about interruptions are the same ones who are johnny-on-the-spot for coffee-break, games, etc." I'm assuming here , but that sounds like people who
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by todorus 11y ago
I've made the same argument about the need for a programmer to not be disturbed. A colleague of mine has eloquently compared it to juggling: you start with one ball, add another and it gets complex over time. Disturb him and he starts