mheiler

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by mheiler 6y ago
Apple is taking sides with the oppressors. Shameful but predictable: "When it comes to hanging the capitalists they will sell us the rope." (supposedly Lenin)
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by mheiler 10y ago
It's an improvement for the people in China.
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Major Cell Phone Radiation Study Reignites Cancer Questions(scientificamerican.com)
2 points by mheiler 10y ago|0 comments
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by mheiler 10y ago
Nestle is trying to avoid the trap Coke and McDonalds fell into: Only offering unhealthy food choices and loosing the young generation of health-conscious consumers. They can't go the Wholefoods way since organic is inherently more ex
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by mheiler 11y ago
I'd say it does well compared to other languages: https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=python%20tutorial%2C...
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by mheiler 11y ago
A while ago I did a Contemplation course where you do sitting & walking meditation for ~9h / day. The experience was very similar. It's fascinating when you look into spiritual practices of different religions: There is so m
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by mheiler 11y ago
More than AI I would like to see standardisation and templates for common law problems. Like what creative commons did for copyright. Normal humans can use and very quickly understand them. I have absolutely no interest in reading dozens
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by mheiler 11y ago
Icons are little symbols that are equally incomprehensible in any language.
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by mheiler 11y ago
I didn't know that McKinsey knows Tech.
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by mheiler 11y ago
Someone finally ran a real study. I wish companies would run such experiments much, much more often.
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by mheiler 12y ago
Same here. It's a shame since otherwise this ~5y old computer still is holding up well.
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by mheiler 12y ago
I like that it's short.
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by mheiler 12y ago
The nice thing about the paper is that they try to put data where others put guesses, rants, expectations, and believes. Arguing with data is actually difficult (and rare) in the software engineering field. The practical result is that lan
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by mheiler 12y ago
Making drugs legally available in pharmacies would lead to: (1) organised crime looses a large chunk of its business, (2) no need for dealers to advertise to new users, they won't get the business anyways, (3) drugs would have medic
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by mheiler 13y ago
Summary: No article containing the word "methodology" is worth reading. Instead, spend time talking and listening and understanding exactly which problem you need to solve.
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Golang overtakes Clojure in Goggle Trends(google.com)
10 points by mheiler 13y ago|9 comments
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Global Warming and Hurricanes(nwf.org)
1 points by mheiler 13y ago|0 comments
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by mheiler 13y ago
Focus on logos.
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by mheiler 13y ago
The concrete example is a perfect use case for a macro: In other languages you have to understand and change the compiler implementation to achieve the same effect. That's most likely more work.
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by mheiler 13y ago
You never know. But you can reduce the likelihood for that to happen by paying for it.
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by mheiler 14y ago
Note to myself: Don't study typography.
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by mheiler 14y ago
I have a color profiled MBP and also see unreliable transitions now and again. Opening System Preferences > Displays > Color and flipping two profiles back and forth fixes it.