jspiral

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by jspiral 11mo ago
how dare you, he spent a whole month in switzerland. what an exalted being
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by jspiral 1y ago
I'm sure you've already thought about this but bear in mind that as a buyer, I don't want to hear "unlimited" for things that have material scaling costs for my service providers, it just sounds unsustainable and li
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by jspiral 2y ago
i have been involved in quite a few code escrow agreements but none that were actually used. i'd be curious to hear any stories about cases where that did happen. in my experience it has just been a way to help business decision makers
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by jspiral 2y ago
WGU was a customer when I was at Learning Objects, they always impressed me visionary and outcome oriented. glad to hear a positive anecdote more than 10 years later.
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by jspiral 2y ago
yes, i was part of doing something like this at a small elearning startup for one of the largest publishers in the world circa 2010. Exactly as you say, brought in to provide the tech platform for a strategic initiative involving a transfor
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by jspiral 3y ago
in the future our personal editors will create our own editions of these books. mine will have an even longer captain crunch section and yours will be abbreviated
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by jspiral 3y ago
absolutely, how do i support this
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by jspiral 3y ago
ah i didn't actually explain it, the other responder did though. 6/7th (~85.7%) of parents with b g are knocked out by the day of week filter, while only ~%73.5 of the b b parents are knocked out by it. (if i did that math right)
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by jspiral 3y ago
true but note that the day of week selector is knocking out 6/7ths, it's quite a dominant excluder of parents. thus countering the effect of "has one boy already" on the composition of the group
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by jspiral 3y ago
what works for me is to think of it like the mob of people is already there in front of you, and you're first grabbing out just a subset of the mob based on some conditions, then checking only those qualified at random which is the sam
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by jspiral 3y ago
yes, a weekly recap of the big stories from 10 years ago this week and what ultimately came of those topics would be fascinating context
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by jspiral 3y ago
or starting a campaign to convince others to adopt your ways!
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by jspiral 3y ago
that sounds like a description of scuba diving to me, maybe worth a try if you haven’t
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by jspiral 4y ago
its tragic that this sort of thing can't be resolved more optimally. Sets up a lose/lose. Too bad you can't just send your agent in to negotiate on your behalf, a 3rd party can take positions that are very hard to express you
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by jspiral 4y ago
i am very interested in the next generation of things like horizon workrooms on oculus. I find the current gen unpleasant to use for long periods of time but I'm sure it can be improved
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by jspiral 5y ago
At my company we have recently rolled out a new framework where the IC track has rungs that run parallel to middle management roles. we're calling it "advanced professional", and has 3 levels, the highest being equivalent to
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by jspiral 5y ago
in meatspace though, my real mailbox is mostly filled with spam that the sender paid to have delivered. granted, it would at least act as a limiting factor.
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by jspiral 5y ago
i have a bit of a reputation for doing this, and a few personal relationships with business leaders who have tapped me for these kind of projects. in the end its kind of dysfunctional every time because various people in the org own the rel
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by jspiral 5y ago
i have more sympathy today for the gatekeepers than i did earlier in my career. The main points that lead to this are: 1. many of these grassroots apps are a mess, filled with bugs and security flaws. 2. often they don't align with sta
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by jspiral 5y ago
yes
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by jspiral 6y ago
Joan Didion is great, I would recommend Slouching Toward Bethlahem to anyone who isn't familiar with her yet. Her writing is precise and observant.
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by jspiral 6y ago
hiring manager here, this is advice that everyone should take. looking back at hires that didn't work out through my career, unsurfaced expectations mismatches are the main root cause. even if both parties are reasonable and "good
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by jspiral 6y ago
this matches my experience as a developer. now as a manager, i treasure those who can build most of their refactoring in as a "tax" onto every task, and then explain anything bigger that won't fit clearly enough - we can usua
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by jspiral 7y ago
my memory is that the most common term to use there would have been "special effects", and "illusions" would have seemed strange even then
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by jspiral 7y ago
didn't see this until just now - no, not all.
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by jspiral 7y ago
you're right. also, there's a type of responsibility i'm hinting at here that's less formal, more like: "this person can handle tasks of complexity X and is willing to do what it takes to create a quality solution&q
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by jspiral 7y ago
When i was directly managing developers (now I manage dev managers), I always loved it when someone would talk about their expectations and targets. As a manager, there are usually many areas or topics that could be going in a better direct
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by jspiral 8y ago
cool, i seem to have been a generation behind on my ad blocking. thanks!
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by jspiral 8y ago
thank you, looks great
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by jspiral 8y ago
the rolling stone website is completely intolerable, wow. Anyone have a good reference for current best practices for browser config or tools to make these sites act a little leaner?

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