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by zzalpha 11y ago
Not at all. He's saying that what likely landed many, though probably not all, of them in jail ("snapping") has its basis in neurology, but flat out states that that response is due to numerous outside triggers, including th
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Oh. Well that's disappointing. I was hoping this would be about a modern video/audio decode, synchronize, and display pipeline... not that knowing how video streamed on the web isn't interesting, but it's really about
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Uhh... you mean this part of the article, which flat out contradicts your claims, and is based on the results of this most recent study? On the other hand, it's also quite surprising that you can smoke weed every single day for five y
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by zzalpha 11y ago
The conclusion of this article is bizarre. After essentially admitting that pot elicited no serious long term cognitive side effects, in a strange attempt to resuscitate the idea that pot is bad for you, they go on to cite the dangers of l
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Private organizations could do the same safety checks Someone didn't learn anything from the 2008 crash and the issue of private ratings agencies... Privatize safety checks and businesses will shop around to get a certification. Beli
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by zzalpha 11y ago
The problem is Google doesn't have access to the vast majority of corporate email out there. So while Inbox is enormoualy clever in my personal life, and when dealing with anything work related that I forward to it (like travel itiner
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by zzalpha 11y ago
In essence. This is easier than it sounds, though, as there are a number of support libraries out there that provide emulations of newer APIs for older versions of Android.
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by zzalpha 11y ago
No kidding... To me, the real story is that if you cover off Kitkat and Lollipop, you've got 70% of the Android market. Add Jellybean to the mix and you've basically got the entire userbase covered. For a platform known for fragme
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by zzalpha 11y ago
So, let's start with the basics: the profit margin. Basically, if it costs you $1 to make a good, and you sell it for $2, then you have a $1 margin. The current data shows that margins are quite wide. This means that companies are se
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by zzalpha 11y ago
On the other hand, I think many other people I've talked to who have only worked for a few years kind of feel lost. And that, I think, is a failure in our culture. American Protestant ethics teach us that your job should be a deep,
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Be realistic. 300k a year is waaay above the median for senior dev salaries save for a few very specialized niches (fintech and biotech spring to mind). This is exactly the kind of misinformation that makes newbs to the industry think th
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by zzalpha 11y ago
This, right here, is a brilliant comment. The pop culture obsession with the valley tech industry, and the resulting insane expectations folks hold when entering the industry, is a disservice to us all. I love the work I do. It's not
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Find a friend or fellow techie to subcontract for. Use that as a time to learn time management, invoicing and billing, taxes, etc, while you build up a network. This is basically freelance apprenticeship. Do that for maybe a year and then
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Uhh... I have to ask: what, exactly, were you expecting? Exhilarating highs and a path to millions? It's a job. Most people don't have jobs that'll make them "rich". Be glad you aren't living paycheck to p
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Except in a gold rush everyone is trying to get a piece of a real, actual resource. What are folks flocking to? A unique combination of deep VC pockets and gullibility that can only be found in the SF geological record? No, this looks more
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by zzalpha 11y ago
The article is from the point of view of the restaurant, claiming the backend tooling sucks, which wouldn't surprise me. Optimizing the front end consumer experience while neglecting the back office is not uncommon.
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Which is, incidentally, one of the points this case will hinge on. Being able to set your own rates is one of the key differentiators between contract and employee labour, and Uber drivers clearly do not have that ability.
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by zzalpha 11y ago
This is parasitic legal rent seeking at its worst, let's call a spade a spade. Or, its someone fighting organizations profiting illegally by flouting labour laws that have protected workers from corporate exploitation for decades. Bu
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by zzalpha 11y ago
I believe the word you're looking for is sisyphean, and I actually don't agree. You've yet to make the case that the fundamentals of computing science are changing so much that documenting them is not a worthy task. Again, ba
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Ah, hah, yeah, that would seem to be a euphemism. Odd they choose to be so circumspect about it...
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Growing trend according to whom?
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Odd the article didn't touch on an obvious problem with differing sleep patterns among couples: sexual activity. Going to bed after your partner is asleep makes it a lot tougher to initiate since it involves waking that person up. The
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by zzalpha 11y ago
It's more than that. Even if you choose to fight, fight the right way. Being overly emotional and ego driven ("I'm right, how dare they?!") can be very damaging to a relationship, even if you end up "winning".
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by zzalpha 11y ago
And all those caveats are why Amazon can catch return abusers while brick and mortar stores have a much harder time, and ultimately don't bother as its not worth the effort.
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Indeed. Ultimately a spreadsheet is a REPL for a functional programming language. Makes you wonder why we worry so much about teaching everyone to code when the average office admin does it every day!
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by zzalpha 11y ago
That requires tracking individuals, which doesn't work for brick-and-mortar stores (yes, those still exist... ;).
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by zzalpha 11y ago
It's a real tradeoff. On the one hand, a liberal return policy is great for consumers. But if its abused its a source of enormous fraud and waste. Unfortunately I doubt there any good solution to the problem.
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by zzalpha 11y ago
It's worth noting this is far from unique to Erlang. Any language that models lists this way (Haskell and Lisp immediately spring to mind, but there's plenty of others) share this property.
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Why would pedophiles have any more difficulty controlling sex drive than anyone else? That, to me, is precisely the kind of irrational BS the author is trying to counteract. How many straight or gay adults have raped, cheated, had one nigh
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by zzalpha 11y ago
Interesting isn't it? What? That folks are irrationally attracted to stuff from the "good ol days" back when they "made stuff right"? No, not in the slightest. That guy running that shop is making a mint on nosta

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