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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Excel IS code. It's a dataflow language combined with a visual/spatial language. It is hard to migrate or transfer to other languages because other language don't have these features/architecture. The other side of thi
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
The UNIVERSAL truth of sales (and support): • Give away for free and you WILL be treated like shit • Charge for the same (even a nominal fee) and people will value it This is known by many names: "Tragedy of the Commons", "Ec
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Not just Tech ALL "ESG" is 100% fraudulent and not one bit about "Environment, Social & Governance". They are literally the very opposite of their stated morals, objectives and means. Completely "doublespeak&q
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Another contagion from China!
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
The issue with "high precision weapons" is that it merely eliminates the chances of aiming at a target and not destroying it. However, then the question is: "is it even the 'correct' target?" The recent "I
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
There are NO common tests to determine any of the strains. The PCR test is so broad that it indicates positive for: 1. COVID-19 infection 2. COVID-19 viral fragments 3. Coronavirus Common Cold 4. Influenza A 5. Influenza B Ever wondered by
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
I think is as much a claim against PEOPLE and their ability to understand problems and inability to think logically as it is any language itself. The other flaw: the presumption that solutions can only be linear sequential - languages are w
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Not every OS is connected to the internet... Not every OS connected to the internet can afford the risks of bad updates (which are far more common than proponents think/claim)
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Just wait long enough in the news cycle to admit the obvious truth such that no one remembers. Spin murder away. Spin atrocities away.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
SI units ARE arbitrary in the context of humans. A foot is derived from a physical size of human feet. So the size of the units is human-scaled in ways that SI never are. That said, in engineering school we never used imperial, only SI.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
On one hand, Britain has never entirely abandoned these so OK. But it's NOT a step forward either.
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People in groups are NOTHING similar to individuals when it comes to morality and/or ethics.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
All social media companies are 100% evil. They are the "bad guys". They are pro-totalitarian, pro-collectivist. They are what has always been wrong with humanity - those who embrace evil. If you work for these companies and don
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
But it means nothing. People patented perpetual motion machines throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. So does that make the patent meaningful? NO!
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
The patent exists but NOTHING was done with it and nothing was brought to market or practical use. Ideas are cheap and worthless - it's the execution that matters. That execution in the context of a patent is a viable product or use.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Honestly nobody at Apple is "underpaid" compared to even Bay Area averages - all are well above the average!!
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Calcium carbonate from fossilized shells are about the only long-term sink for CO2 that matters. Layers of limestone and marble. That's it.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
They ARE inferior. Abomination inferior depends. They have far lower visual resolution than paper. They cause more eye strain and other side effects. You need to have have proper typography PLUS resolutions well over 2000 dpi to come clo
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Leadership REQUIRES "leading by example". It's one of the fundamental requirements. Otherwise the person is just a bureaucrat empowered by authority of position in an org chart - no voluntary followers to be expected.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Sure: you get more rational, logical and objective compared to "normies". This is 100% a good thing and an improvement over the average person. It's part of why more successful CEOs et al. have engineering background than l
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Between flights canceled and this, you don't want to fly. I drove instead of flying recently instead - except for the long drive getting there, it was far better to be in your own car.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
You are both taking it too literally and not abstractly enough. The FACT is that you likely have a giant blindspot merely working "for the man" like you do that ultimately and adversely affects the quality of your work. Or minima
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
I agree they should try. Of course MOST will not succeed but that's the educational aspect of the experience. It's far harder than most would imagine. Yet the ONLY REASON 99% of engineers get paid and have their services valued
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Well, duh, yes!
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It's almost as if "follow the science" actually means "follow the demagoguery". It's certainly NOT science in any way, shape or form!
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Not science as YOU NARROWLY understand the term.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
No. It's definitely true. I got my 30% raises per hop by hopping OUT of a company and then back in. Raises were only 3%-8% staying inside.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
No doubt that this is true.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
LOL I have neither landline nor cellular where I live in NYS. So I have to DRIVE to the nearest town 10 miles away when power goes out to check on the outage online.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
We already buy cars in VT and else where because of better deals and taxes... We also lose electricity completely about 3-5 days a year, so fxxx that noise!

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