vaughandroid

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by vaughandroid 4y ago
"...if governments would abandon the goal of aggregate economic growth across all sectors..." You've obviously thought about this topic quite deeply - have you heard any realistic proposals on how to achieven this? I have yet
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by vaughandroid 4y ago
I'm a big fan of ClientEarth - they essentially take governments and organisations to court to try to force them to meet local and international environmental laws. It's one thing having the laws in place, but if they aren't
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by vaughandroid 4y ago
You've obviously thought about this quite a bit... Do you have any ideas as to how projects could avoid this problem?
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by vaughandroid 5y ago
Please could someone explain the "Bob Martin Sudoku Solver energy" reference?
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by vaughandroid 5y ago
I imagine that's a good place to be, but I don't know if it's possible without going through a lot of trauma and building up substantial mental scar tissue. Getting on 15 years into my career and not sure I'll ever get t
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by vaughandroid 5y ago
I'm not a fan of this post as it seems to be pointing the blame at the wrong thing: the problem isn't the shiny new thing, it's the environment that allowed the situation to develop: people working in isolation, key decisions
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by vaughandroid 5y ago
IIRC the meaning of that was specifically someone that was willing to bodge things in order to ship - someone that prioritised getting it done over getting it "done right" (whatever that means). I think it's a little differen
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by vaughandroid 5y ago
Cautionary Tales is my favourite podcast. Most episodes concern either interesting (mis)use of statistics or cognitive biases, both of which are topics I find inherently interesting, but Tim Harford and team do a brilliant job of the storyt
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by vaughandroid 5y ago
"Personally I like dark and gritty." On the offchance you haven't given Joe Abercrombie a try, you really ought to.
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by vaughandroid 5y ago
Thank you for sharing. Intuitively I think your point makes a lot of sense. I don't think there's really enough data to really prove it, but I liked your approach. I do think there's other stuff going on as well though. For e
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by vaughandroid 6y ago
We use at both in my department at work. They is some overlap, but since each have different strengths I think they work well together. RFCs are great for capturing discussions and exploring ideas in depth. You can get deep into the details
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by vaughandroid 6y ago
That sounds like a tricky message to deliver: 1. It could easily come across as "my time is more important than yours". 2. Depending on what they are asking for and how urgently they are treating it, they might not want a lesson i
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by vaughandroid 8y ago
I would say yes they are, in general . The title of the post is an absolute, but as the author says in the second paragraph: > As with all HeuristicRules, this is not a rule that applies 100% of the time. Code is generally clearer and e