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by vadman 12y ago
Both developments are being overseen by Jim Keller: http://news.softpedia.com/news/K7-K8-Inventor-Back-at-AMD-Pr...
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by vadman 12y ago
The actual points range when rating wines/spirits is only 20 or 30, depending on who does it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirits_ratings Does not make it any less ridiculous.
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by vadman 12y ago
Ukraine is acting in its (perceived) interests, and Russia -- in its own. Where is the problem? The thing is, there is a handful of superpowers in the world, which dictate the geopolitical motions. A smaller country bordering a superpower
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by vadman 12y ago
shrug History is written by the winners, and the USSR lost the Cold War. All of these will be swept away. BTW, there are more USSR achievements: 5) First spacewalk 6) First woman in space
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by vadman 12y ago
Dogs do not pass the mirror test, which, hypothetically, indicates they have no concept of "self" - thus they cannot think about themselves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_test - there is a discussion ab
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by vadman 12y ago
Hungary and Czech Republic invaded USSR as part of Hitler's coalition. They had it coming.
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by vadman 12y ago
DISCLAIMER: I myself never read any of his books. Rezun's books are not a reliable historical source. Back when they first appeared, there were huge discussions and dissections on Russian military/history forums about his inaccur
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by vadman 12y ago
The Soviet army during the Winter War was very, very different from its 1945 version, both in terms of organization/training/experience and equipment. Winter War was somewhat of a wake-up call in fact.
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by vadman 12y ago
Another interesting thing I read about Buran is that apparently (some of?) its computers were ternary, not binary. Unfortunately, I cannot find any English mentions of that, and a quick search in Russian did not produce anything reputable,
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by vadman 13y ago
That depends on the company. In terms of reputation/respect, I earned most of it when my boss was on vacation and I had to make decisions and take responsibility. Didn't benefit me in that particular case, since our company was
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by vadman 13y ago
Shadowing may get you the same experience, but it will not make you The Person Who Solves Problems in the eyes of others and thus won't help your promotion. Which was the author's point.
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by vadman 13y ago
U mad bro?
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by vadman 13y ago
On a related note, Google Image search for "baby skull teeth" is quite interesting.
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by vadman 13y ago
Wish you had an Android version :/ Kudos anyway, great idea and looks like a great execution as well!
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by vadman 13y ago
The hour. Minutes are usually unimportant for day to day life, as long as I am in the right hour. This is not true of month-day though. I imagine most people would be caring more about day than month. The day is both more important and h
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by vadman 13y ago
I can hardly think of a situation where a centigrade is not granular enough. The example GP gives with the air conditioner is IMHO a huge stretch - a 1 deg Celsius difference is pretty negligible. Disclaimer: Fahrenheit is the most annoyi
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by vadman 13y ago
When you are asked what date it is, do you think hardest about the month or the day? For most people it's the day, so it makes sense for it to come first.
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by vadman 13y ago
All of these are using TN panels. TN's bad viewing angles in a 28" size must be a sight to behold.
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by vadman 13y ago
The difference between 16:10 and 16:9 (HDTV proportions) screens is appreciable though, the former is better for dev work. Although I cannot imagine doing any work on a laptop without external monitor and ergo KB/mouse, so I'm too
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by vadman 13y ago
Internal reporting for example. Perl is often used as a "glue" between different systems.
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by vadman 13y ago
I think the majority of such claims are misunderstandings of "generates downforce equal to its own weight" which is most certainly not enough to drive upside down. The only case of a manufacturer actually wanting to perform a test
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by vadman 13y ago
Upvoted for "strategery" :)
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by vadman 13y ago
Which is unnatural when you think about it, showing teeth is interpreted by most animals as a sign of aggression. I remember reading that if you smile at strange kids (or dogs), don't show your teeth, they'll get scared or agitate
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by vadman 13y ago
Create a monthly budget out of the guaranteed 2 paychecks a month, and consider the other 2 mini-bonuses?
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by vadman 13y ago
Very interesting, thanks. The fact that they monitor 1-min deviations from prescribed time really seems outlandish to me. Makes me view my chill startup job (45-55 hours a week) in a new light.
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by vadman 13y ago
Could you elaborate a bit? I know the Japanese generally work long hours, and would love to hear an eyewitness' account of how things are done there and how you were dealing with the status quo (i.e. what you told your bosses, did you
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by vadman 13y ago
This is really fascinating, thanks for the post. I also have to add that you were a bit lucky to run into Joe. In my first job (big investment bank) there was too much politics and the only people I could trust (and who somewhat mentored
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by vadman 13y ago
We know politicians always keep their promises :)
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by vadman 13y ago
Perhaps I am. Given the prevalence of males in our industry, maybe every "she" just sticks out more than it should.
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by vadman 13y ago
In this particular scenario, it's strange because the probability of it is so low. Maybe you are surrounded by lady hackers who are fond of military tech (tell me where you work, I'll apply), but statistically they are such a rar

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