chosenbreed

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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> Makes sense, it is a diet related illness, so it should have a diet related treatment. Instead of treating the symptoms, treat the cause. If everyone starts that doing we're going to put the pharmaceuticals out of business. There&
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
Superb. Clearly in your case you summoned the necessary will to lose all that weight. But I think another important factor is that you established a new lifestyle/better eating habits.
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> And that's why weight loss techniques need to be treated like a new lifestyle, instead of a goal you hit and then finish. I lost 60 lbs a couple of years ago ... Firstly, fantastic achievement. I'm curious as to what motivate
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> - have to overhear irrelevant stupid/mundane conversations Quite often I get to eavesdrop on interesting conversations. Typically people launching new business ventures of various kinds.
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> My only hope is that a benevolent AI will coordinate this, having prime directives not to harm humans ( by the means of interfering with the communication ). Mmm...who's going to write that benevolent AI? :)
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> Why are you hugging your co-workers? I get the impression that they were on the receiving end of the hugs :)
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
Good observation
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> *citation needed Yes. Citations would be useful. To me, it seems to make sense intuitively. I'd say that at the very least it is a fair/objective way of ranking candidates. Particularly so if where the ratio of candidates to
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> Who is this article aimed at? Presumably at anybody looking to 'crack' the coding interview. Obviously not all of it is going to be relevant for every role but I found some useful things in there. At the very least I think it
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
Oh...I was thinking of trying out my luck in Berlin...
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> I imagined a world of apps designed with xaml /me shudders Mmm...XAML/WPF has one thing going for it though...you can be assured that a code-base you haven't touched for year will still work :)
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> It relieves stress and anxiety, and also gives me an excuse to step out of the office for a few minutes for a break or to collect my thoughts. Should we really need excuses to step out of the office to get some fresh air, collect our t
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> I wouldn't be surprised to learn that human overpopulation and profligate consumption make a few species' population to strive I can think of a few examples. Pigeons, rats, gulls, cockroaches, etc
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
Your comment was flagged before I could read. Really curious...:-)
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> Reminds me that Kierkegaard seems to have written about social media: Interesting. Where did you get the quote from? I might add it my reading list :-)
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> As long as I meet my goals for savings, I don't really feel guilty about spending some money on stuff I enjoy. Good approach...you gotta live a little :-)
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> True enough. I learned two of the languages I know by reading books (after starting with magazines etc) Interesting...how long did it take you to become proficient? And does proficiency in speech your reading ability?
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> If we can't figure out how to do unbiased interviews at the individual level, then AI will never solve this problem. Anyone that tells you otherwise is selling you snake oil. I wonder to what extent people want to solve it and per
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> Many who consider themselves programmers produce solution space solutions that just don't get to the core of the problem space problems. This is a function of the simple fact that many programmers never have the opportunity to see
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
Okay...so they didn't fall that trick...but I get the impression that all they want is the opportunity to grill the top executive. The best that can happen is that said executive will apologize, prostrate, etc and the show goes on...
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
I might be missing something here but my thinking is that Google Inc/Alphabet is bigger than Larry Page. If for whatever reason he was not able to attend he could have sent a representative chosen from among the senior executives. It s
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
>...Both are highly illegal and pretty unethical Agreed. But should they? I mean if I start a company with no recourse to public funds why should I obliged to employ someone I wouldn't want to work with? I understand why it is illeg
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
:-)
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
Basic understanding of programming might be useful. But perhaps critical thinking/reasoning would be even more so. Not sure how this could be developed. Maybe subjects such as philosophy, history, logic, classical literature, etc...
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
Do general purpose line of business programs last for decades though? I suspect that the ones that have lasted have gone through enough iterations to the point of being unrecognizable to original authors...
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
Interesting observation. I think it is important to highlight things that are taken for granted. There are seems to be an assumption that there is "the right way" to raise kids and that it should be constant from generation to gen
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
Mmm...if the effects are merely "undesirable" and not existential than I dare say that the status quo is unlikely to change. I'd go as far as saying that whatever efforts are being done now might simply be lip-service or at b
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> Isn't this universally true and not based on location at all? I'm a bit confused by this point TBH. I think what is universally true is that the ladies will go for the highest ranking guys they can get. What seems to be happe
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
> Do american coffee chains do things like cappuchino, latte, flat white, etc? Starbucks is an American coffee chain :-)
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by chosenbreed 8y ago
Yeah...I think the McDonald's double expresso is great value for money.

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