matho

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   by matho 13y ago

   You might fairly consider this an insignificant anecdote, but: I have rejected people for contract work because they insisted on retaining copyright, sometimes on this basis alone .
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   by matho 13y ago

   Here's my problem with using quicksort at interview: A developer who writes an implementation of the quicksort algorithm as part of their job should usually be removed from their post for incompetence. The interview process should be a
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   by matho 13y ago

   Unrestricted labour movement will mean you get paid average if you are average . The positions with higher pay should be open to the candidates with better skills, wherever they happened to be born.
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   by matho 13y ago

   Airlines do offer legitimate value. That doesn't stop them from adding dark patterns on top. Acting with business interests in mind, airlines are practically compelled to add dark patterns. Other airlines have moved towards RyanAir&#
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   by matho 13y ago

   There's a dichotomy here on HN: Best marketing practice generally praises upselling and A/B testing conversions to increase sales and profits. But, taking these to a natural conclusion typically results in exactly the Dark Patter
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   by matho 13y ago

   > if you really believe that you don’t have anything to hide, feel free to give me your passwords as a proof of concept. I do not intend to use a privacy service from someone who claims it is easy (it isn't) while confusing privacy
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   by matho 13y ago

   I think this is hard because it's not immediately obvious that direction is such an important concept in kinematics. It's probably the most important thing to get across when teaching the subject, but you have to battle against pr
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   by matho 13y ago

   You might want to reconsider Google's target market. Only a minority of the world use the Latin alphabet.
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   by matho 13y ago

   I would guess the author already knows this, but kayaking is strongly associated with shoulder injuries/dislocations. Be careful, dude!
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    by matho 13y ago

    I am not sure of the pedagogical benefit of what is being described here - a separation of arithmetical and algebraic thinking at the level of school mathematics. By the distinction that Prof Devlin tries to make, primary school subtraction