begurken

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by begurken 14y ago
Also, do not be deceived by "data science": it's mostly a bullshit term, and translates roughly to "programmer who knows basic statistics" This is utter rubbish; I really wish people would keep quiet about things they know nothing about.
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by begurken 14y ago
This message is very well known and understood. The interesting question is 'why do foolish managers continue to treat their employers in poor ways that are known to decrease productivity?' In terms of productivity, it's a total lose-lose s
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by begurken 14y ago
Let Oracle bundle their bloated adware. Don't provide them a free service by telling them how stupid and self-destructive this practice is; if they're too dumb to work out that it isn't in their long-term interests, they deserve the consequ
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by begurken 14y ago
Guilty as charged on that one! I'm incoherent this morning, and feeling a bit off colour. Thanks for being classy and constructive (no sarc). Here's a fun experiment. Go to the article, and search for the terms 'bank' and 'monetary'. 'bank'
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by begurken 14y ago
I read the entire article; your comment is pointless and unconstructive. My comment wasn't especially well-worded or clear, but loaded with a fair amount of sarcasm which some people have trouble with, so let me try again. The Economist is
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by begurken 14y ago
Indeed; thanks for the update on the US. I believe The Economist paid lip service to the role of the financial sector in the collapse; but that's mostly my opinion; as you say, they definitely covered it to some degree. At least they're app
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by begurken 14y ago
But OH NOES, they are teh socialist!!11oneeleventy And we all know that socialism always fails because socialist governments go bankrupt; at least, that's what rags like the Economist have been telling me for the last 30 years. <sarc&#6
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by begurken 14y ago
While you may not agree with static_typed (his name suggests he's probably not a huge Ruby fan), the Rails community (& to some degree the Ruby community) should listen to folks like him. This is because more and more people would agree
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by begurken 14y ago
There's an implicit assumption here that consistent behaviour within a corporation matters. I think this is wrong. Corporations' interests are served perfectly well by them behaving inconsistently whenever it suits their interests. There ma