veddox

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by veddox 10y ago
Hm, how often do you need to use an application that you don't know the name of? I find search a great way of starting applications, especially since it doesn't require me taking my hands off the keyboard... (Press the super key,
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by veddox 10y ago
> Acquiring soft skills comes naturally anyhow. Yes and no. Basically, learning how to get along with others is a skill you need to learn and practice just like coding. If you don't have the opportunities or take the time to practic
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by veddox 10y ago
> Isn't the lifeblood of nearly every startup young and hungry talent willing to work to "change the world" or make "the next big thing"? What percentage of young adults work in a startup? I know we're on HN
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by veddox 10y ago
I must say I found this article very weak and way too full of stereotypes. First, the myth of the "increasingly unpredictable world". It's common, perhaps especially so in tech circles, but not particularly sound when seen in
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by veddox 10y ago
Before we get ahead of ourselves, how about we start with the challenges of the century? ;-)
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by veddox 10y ago
A bit longer than that in my experience, but yes, it isn't a major job. Unless you have lot's of settings and big backups you need to bring back...
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by veddox 10y ago
Well, "fiction" is an incredibly broad category (if it can even be called that). And "must read" is highly subjective ;-) If you're just looking for some light entertainment, go for sci-fi or fantasy (Lord of the Ri
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by veddox 10y ago
The Verhulst equation: dN/dt = rN * (1 - N/K) Probably the most important equation in my field (ecology).
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by veddox 10y ago
Of course. Just as not everybody is cut out to be an athlete or a musician, not everybody has the abilities to make them a (semi-)competent programmer. Programming requires very abstract, logical thinking - not everyone's brain works l
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by veddox 10y ago
The Deutsche Welle, a German news agency. They also provide their newsletter in English though: http://www.dw.com/en/newsletter-registration/a-15718229
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by veddox 10y ago
While I wholeheartedly agree with the author that we often spend way too much time "consuming" news, I do not agree with him that following the news is totally superfluous. As a citizen, I want to know what is going on in my count
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by veddox 10y ago
Yes, that last sentence especially left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. Unfortunately, with our current system of measuring prowess in science, I fully understand why he said it...
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by veddox 10y ago
> But I find studies based only on demographic calculations silly without some kind of reason why the data is the way it appears to be. Before you can explain a phenomenon, you first have to observe it. And if observing it is a major act
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by veddox 10y ago
> This seems like a tempest in a teacup, and a distraction from things that actually matter. The point of this article is not the aging debate. (And BTW, I don't think aging is as well understood as you seem to make out, but that is
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by veddox 10y ago
I was not addressing the audience in general, but the user whose comment I was referring too, specifically this statement: > anything less than absolute is something less than "free." Now maybe I misunderstood the poster, but t
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by veddox 10y ago
> unless they provide broadly similar guarantees that different points of view can be expressed. Note, once again, that Imzy does allow this. They just ask you to remain polite while you do so. (Which appears to me to be a reasonable r
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by veddox 10y ago
And just how are you going to pursue happiness or use your freedom of speech if you do not have the ability to defend yourself? A healthy body to stand your ground with? An education that enables you to express what you want to say? You a
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by veddox 10y ago
Hm, you have honestly intrigued me. How is that a "smug, patronizing sentence"? Could you imagine any society worth living in that is not based on this rule? To me, respecting another person's freedom is the only way to ever
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by veddox 10y ago
> It's quite different from being a muslim in a predominantly christian country being subjected to abuse by the majority. Hm, interesting that you choose the example going that way. Not to deny that Muslims face discrimination in th
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by veddox 10y ago
That is an extremely loose definition of freedom. Ever heard the dictum "One man's freedom ends where another's begins"? Or, as somebody once put it: "My freedom to swing my fist ends where your face begins."
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by veddox 10y ago
I would say that in a society like that, there is more amiss than simply a lack of free speech. After all, there are other human rights. However, I see what you mean, and not being a constitutional scholar I shall cede the point. Nonetheles
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by veddox 10y ago
The numbers are the size of your army (in a fight, the bigger army wins). The size of your army increases rapidly on king tiles or city tiles, and very slowly on normal tiles.
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by veddox 10y ago
"No politics week" is over ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13131251 )
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by veddox 10y ago
I am staggered by the amount of people here who object to Imzy's "Be Nice"-policy on the basis that it limits free speech. To me that seems to be a rather flawed argumentation: a) The First Amendment of the US Constitution, w
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by veddox 10y ago
I learnt how not to behave because my parents taught me that everybody deserves at least a minimum of respect. How is it censorship to ask people to behave themselves?
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by veddox 10y ago
We move forward by being challenged. We do not move forward by being insulted, slurred or trolled. Mutual respect is the necessary foundation for any constructive interaction.
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by veddox 10y ago
The Internet has such an enormous potential in terms of fostering cross-boundary communication, the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, and all the rest of it. It makes me sad to see once again that the greatest thing preventing it from r
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by veddox 10y ago
Why should a forum cater to everybody? That's what the Internet is there for.
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The surprisingly radical roots of the shopping mall(ideas.ted.com)
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by veddox 10y ago
> It depends on the timing of the pop-up. Yes, definitely. A huge pop-up before I've even finished reading the title? Get lost. A smaller pop-up when I've read the whole article? Well, maybe I'll think about it. The first

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