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A proposed Stack Exchange site for programming language development is cl (cont)(area51.stackexchange.com)
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by whack 4y ago
I agree with you that we shouldn't be using anecdotal evidence to drive outrage and public policy. There are a whole host of biases and errors that pop up when using anecdotal evidence as you pointed out. The flip side is that people h
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> In the last century, prominent scientists spoke out against U.S. militarism and called for the end of war. Scientists like Einstein, Linus Pauling, and the great skeptic Carl Sagan. Where are their successors? Noam Chomsky is still ba
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Product-Engineering Collaboration – Getting Past Waterfall(software.rajivprab.com)
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The Vi cheat sheet – essential vi commands cheat sheet that will (cont)(stationx.net)
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Is It Okay to Stereotype?(outlookzen.com)
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Google Code Jam and Kick Start 2023 Is Cancelled. Is the Trend of Competi (Cont)(codeforces.com)
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You Can Use Stories to Hack the Human Brain(outlookzen.com)
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Tax Evasion at the Top of the Income Distribution: Theory and Evidence (2021) [pdf](nber.org)
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Based on various scientific studies, it takes at least 10-15 minutes for (cont)(contextkeeper.io)
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The Iraq invasion was not morally justified and an idiotic decision to boot. But on the evil spectrum, invading to annex/colonize a territory is far worse than invading a dictatorship, deposing the dictator, and giving power back to th
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by whack 4y ago
Would you hire my extremely sweet computer illiterate grandma as a software developer? No? There's your answer.
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SVB’s Failure and the Lack of Reserve Requirements: Maybe it's time we ra (cont)(jesseaaronzinn.substack.com)
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At a very minimum, you can make it illegal to price a product below its marginal cost. This would have prevented e-commerce/rideshare/delivery companies from using VC-funded discounts to gain market-share and destroy less-funded c
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by whack 4y ago
> We value people who are loyal. We think about them in positive terms. They get awarded often. It's not just the negative side If the managers also award loyal workers in various ways, it would hardly be exploitative. As a manage
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Alert Fast(software.rajivprab.com)
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Remote-work trend creates mortgage-backed securities default risk, Moody' (cont)(financialpost.com)
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I recall Amazon used to do something similar. Executives would sometimes take customer service shifts. The goal isn't PR or worker morale - most people see through stunts like that. The real goal is to help leaders better understand th
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Ca you imagine people's reactions if gas prices dropped 10%? Or if food prices fell 10%? Or car/university prices fell 10%? Society functions best when it actively tries to minimize cost of living. Unfortunately we have created an
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99% of borrowers have a mortgage rate lower than 6%(fortune.com)
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I've been a huge proponent of self-directed self-paced learning using techniques such as flipped-classrooms. I'm skeptical that today's AI is good enough to replace a human curriculum creator or hands-on tutor, but I suppose
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This is fascinating. What is your process for scouting amazing developers? Do you just go to random repositories, look at random commits, and identify people who are writing clean code?
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Supercharge Your Kafka Clusters with Consumer Best Practices(groundcover.com)
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Product Owner vs. Project Manager: Who's Leading the Development?(vadimkravcenko.com)
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System design interview question from Netflix – Design a web app like Reddit(youtube.com)
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We Can Prevent Bank Runs by Marking to Market(outlookzen.com)
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My Hardest Bug Ever (2013)(gamedeveloper.com)
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Past Returns Do Not Predict Future Performance – Not Even for Indexes(outlookzen.com)
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The following paragraphs were especially powerful: > The chattering class is using poor kids as pawns to eliminate standardized testing. Which helps their own kids. Rich kids who “don’t test well.” But they know how to strategically boo
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Americans need to be richer than ever to buy their first home(bloomberg.com)
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