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by zzalpha 10y ago
Strawman. It's very possible the guy thought he could figure it out, but discovered he was wrong and mentioned it in the stand-up because it was the first opportunity that day to bring it up (remember, in a lot of places stand-up happe
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by zzalpha 10y ago
No, the definition of a stand-up meeting is literally a quick meeting that you stand up for because it's so fast. A 45 minute meeting is by definition not a stand-up... physically it just makes no sense.
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by zzalpha 10y ago
This means that we must have a standup, everyday. we must have a retro, we must have planning. Every single one of those ritutuals has value. Just because you're happy coding quietly, alone, in a darkened room with the door shut, doe
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Some of those requests are very important and will benefit with actual real monetary results That has nothing to do with agile. That's a basic failure in product management, and would happen regardless of the dev methodology. If tho
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Anything worthwhile is hard. Not to be too harsh, but this is Calvinist BS. Listening to great music isn't hard. Watching a great film isn't hard. Simply spending time with loved ones isn't hard. All are, in my view, wort
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by zzalpha 10y ago
The fundamental argument Comey puts forth is that no one else has ever been indicted for comparable behaviour. So it would be unreasonable to do so now. Given that, it'd be far stranger if they did recommend prosecution, and in doin
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Suggestion: start going to murder trials. Every time someone gets sentenced to manslaughter instead of murder, shout "the Hanlon Dodge!". I'm sure the judge will appreciate your insight into jurisprudence.
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by zzalpha 10y ago
So why did she do it? Or rather, what could plausibly be the reason? Why would you rule out plain ol' laziness and poor judgement? Remember, the Clinton family already had the private email server in question, and Hillary's Blac
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by zzalpha 10y ago
It doesn't matter. If you know the reporting rate and the unreported rate, and you know the reported recidivism rate, a naïve scaling will get you close to the "real" recidivism rate.
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Do I really need to break out the old correlation/causation saw, or is that at least self-evident with this crowd?
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by zzalpha 10y ago
It's not impossible to know because people report they were molested long after the fact In which case we have the data for both reported and unreported offenses and can adjust the recidivism rate accordingly in order to make a reaso
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by zzalpha 10y ago
It is impossible to know the true re-offense rate for sex crimes because reporting is so low. By that logic, it's equally impossible to know how frequently it goes unreported in the first place. So your statement in unsupportable ba
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by zzalpha 10y ago
but the idea of a registry in and of itself is, in my opinion, good. Based on what, exactly? Your gut? Before you consign folks to a lifetime of punishment, I'd suggest you actually analyze the data and determine if the concept actu
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by zzalpha 10y ago
That only works for some people. Where do sociopaths fit into your worldview? s/some/the vast majority of/ Sociopathy is incredibly rare. The existence of it doesn't affect the substance of the parent's (or my) c
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by zzalpha 10y ago
In fairness, where should their morals come from? I'm not religious myself, but it seems that for all their faults religions provide a shared morality. Sure, based on defining in-groups and out-groups so we can decide who is and isn&
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Simple: The FBI didn't find Clinton guilty of gross negligence. Just regular ol' run-of-the-mill negligence (the word "gross" is in there for a reason... it's not just flowery language). Unfortunately, at this poi
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by zzalpha 10y ago
See your sibling post for why the GP is not, itself, a terribly insightful comment. As for yours (which raises a very legitimate question), Vice has an article that mentions that element: http://www.vice.com/read/why-cl
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Yup. Downside is imports are gonna get a heck of a lot more expensive... welcome to the push-and-pull of trade.
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by zzalpha 10y ago
I see. So are you opposed to accessibility laws, which require businesses to spend money to adhere to additional building codes, in order to accommodate the disabled?
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by zzalpha 10y ago
What if it was a dating website that didn't allow African Americans or Jewish people on the site? Now what if it was a physical establishment? Say, a whites-only lunch counter? Of course, some hold the position that no anti-discrimina
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Is... this an advertisement disguised as an article? Nothing indicates this is sponsored content but it sure reads like it...
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Honestly, I suspect the open office was an inevitable evolution. In a world where businesses are relentlessly looking for efficiencies, cramming as many people into a space as possible just makes economic sense. So long as the net benefit
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Well, you could just use random photos instead of falling back on locker room euphemisms. But maybe that's expecting too much. That said, I have trouble believing this kind of behavior is unique to Facebook, or even unique to tech.
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by zzalpha 10y ago
So you'd subscribe to (g) in his list of possible interpretations: (g) The reliable readiness of critics, doctoral candidates, and know-it-alls to enshrine difficulty for its own sake, to rise to the bait of erudite obscurity that Joy
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by zzalpha 10y ago
This is not intended to start any kind of flamewar or editor battle, but to be honest, my switch to Vim (and obviously I could've picked any editor, Vim was just the next on my list) was ultimately motivated by RSI concerns. The con
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by zzalpha 10y ago
I don't buy this hype about so much demand and applications. Why ? Don't tell Verizon or AT&T, both likely candidates for replacing their terrestrial services with 5G in the US as a way to compete nationally against Comcast.
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Actually they specifically say why: glare and impact on circadian rhythms. Both of these are very well studied issues with light concentrated in the blue end of the spectrum (as opposed to sodium lamps that have very little blue emissions)
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Care to comment on this article specifically, or are we now reduced to simply throwing out hollow partisan platitudes?
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by zzalpha 10y ago
Heck, even in places that support both, chip-and-sign cards are an enormous pain. I'm a Canadian with an American corporate Amex and inevitably the dance is: 1. The guy dips the chip. Machine errors out. 2. Guy tries it again and f
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by zzalpha 10y ago
There are millions of "99%" folks with a 401k who are affected by this. And that's just the direct impact. Cutting off your nose to spite your face is not a rational response to income inequality.

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