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by trentnix 9y ago
Fine them all you like - the result of this will be less affordable housing. Landlords who don't want to invest in or can't afford the upkeep will simply sell to someone who will. And with that investment comes a more attractive p
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by trentnix 9y ago
This appears to have been linked to Dr. Catherine Yan's faculty page. She is a faculty member for the math department at Texas A&M. I was fortunate to take Discrete Math from her and I learned a lot. I also worked with her husband,
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by trentnix 9y ago
57 channels and nothing on...
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by trentnix 9y ago
Blame the “how” all you want but the primary blame is in the “who”. The industry has grown much larger and more quickly than the talent base. If the NBA were to suddenly add 200 teams, the average quality of each team would go down. How man
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by trentnix 9y ago
The narrative must be maintained, comrade!
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by trentnix 9y ago
I also find myself to be skeptical of Net Neutrality. But I should be clear that I want the same end result as those who are pro-net neutrality - a transparent, fair, and working Intenet. I just simply don't trust the government to be
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by trentnix 9y ago
I buy into the spiritual plane stuff easier than the “kept illegal by people who profit from war and consumerism” stuff. If it were the magic the OP implied, those folks would profit off of it too, were they so ingenious. But they aren’t. I
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It also makes you prone to believe in absurd conspiracies, it appears.
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by trentnix 9y ago
Even when you qualify with your "death toll" litmus test, you ensnare many who enjoy some fame and respect depending on one's worldview. A few names that come to mind include Ayers and Dohrn, Chelsea Manning, Mumia Abu-Jamal,
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by trentnix 9y ago
I was responding to the "lots of people prefer" part. The competition you describe is exactly what's needed, but that's not always the competition that's allowed.
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They do? You sure about that? Then why not just let them compete?
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by trentnix 9y ago
And thus that's the trap that has been set: if you don't follow the recommendations of black leaders, you're a racist. If you follow the recommendations of black leaders, you're a racist. Even a poorly powered AI in 1983
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by trentnix 9y ago
That's probably more than paid use taxes on out-of-state purchases.
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by trentnix 9y ago
It's mostly virtue signaling as far as the eye can see.
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I never gave them the benefit of the doubt, and knew that "Don't Be Evil" wasn't much good if you can't recognize that something isn't necessarily good just because it's good for you. And indeed, the &qu
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by trentnix 9y ago
The list of municipal and state governments that are trending towards bankruptcy due to underfunded pensions is longer than a rich kid's Christmas list. A shortening life expectancy benefits them most. That's the news here, if the
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by trentnix 9y ago
The narrative must be maintained, comrade!
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by trentnix 9y ago
Here is a clue for everyone: you aren't paid according to the value you bring. You are either paid according to some pseudo-arbitrary schedule or you are paid what you can be had for. Unless Google has a secret pay penalty for females,
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by trentnix 9y ago
as a liberal i find that it is important to not shy away from controversy: women and men are biologically different. i am sorry, but they are. That you felt the need to apologize for a statement that is so blatantly obvious even
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by trentnix 9y ago
While his premises regarding women in technology are certainly debatable, he was spot on talking about the organizational culture at a Google. He couldn't have proved that point any better than he did.
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They decided he was a witch, and he was burned at the stake. That's it in a nutshell. They won't much enjoy a world where these new rules they've created might apply to them.
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by trentnix 9y ago
Then that confirms my OP - everyone wants to embrace the cosmetic pieces but the actual meat of Agile is ignored. Every control has to have consequences, or else bad behavior has no cost. Your organization is addicted to what the calendar s
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by trentnix 9y ago
> all they see and judge is the end product Pretty sure that's a big part of the problem Agile and other approaches to software development try to address.
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by trentnix 9y ago
Then you shorten iterations if you need to change priorities more often, or you stop the iteration and start a new one. Waterfall created a scenario where requirements couldn't be changed without significant effort. Agile creates a sit
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by trentnix 9y ago
Because few organizations actually enable real Agile development. I did some "Agile coaching" in a previous life and time and time again I'd see teams embrace the cosmetic parts of Agile - daily standups, iterations, retrospe
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by trentnix 9y ago
Alarmists have been warning us of impending catastrophe for thousands of years. People have feared overpopulation since Hannibal was marching the elephants over the Alps. Ministers have said for generations "this is as bad as it can ge
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by trentnix 9y ago
I've never understood using income inequality as a measure of the health of a society. As Milton Friedman said, the only place where people are equal is in a prison and in the grave. Milton Friedman on greed and income inequality: htt
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by trentnix 10y ago
Almost like the size of...a classroom? Team sports and the innovation, pursuit of excellence, and solidarity that comes with it are prevalent at all levels - recreational, amateur, and professional.
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On the contrary, consider team sports as a perfect example of a meritocracy which often also promotes solidarity. A good team, led by a good coach, recognizes merit is earned by the performance of the whole. The whole wins and the whole los
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This is the first time I'm hearing of this treasure - fun stuff! Reading the poem, the first place that popped into my head is Brown's Canyon National Monument, just outside of Salida, Colorado. https://www.fs.fed.us&#x

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