mizchief2

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by mizchief2 7y ago
Article does nothing to debunk any of the "myths" just offers suggestions as to why you might not trust any scientific study.
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by mizchief2 7y ago
that's it i'm canceling my account with them. Their scores are way off, they just use you as a way to sell more credit cards, and now they are giving out my info. They are worse than useless now.
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by mizchief2 7y ago
You would think but apparently that doesn't apply anymore. You can control the content and still get the protections of a common carrier. I just know I'll remember that cloudflare could pull the pulg on my site if one of my users
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by mizchief2 7y ago
Its too late for that. There is already a lot of federal control and influence over local police stations. You really think every po-dunk town can afford those MRAP's and other military equipment?
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by mizchief2 7y ago
That is the same argument made to debunk climate change science. As if people dependent on a theory being true would set aside their morals and say that theory is true.
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by mizchief2 7y ago
I don't think so. The US has used drones to bomb a lot of people without having to risk their own personnel and reduces the backlash from its own public.
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by mizchief2 7y ago
estimating is either easy or impossible. You either have done it repeatedly and have data to show how long it took, or you have no fucking clue. Focusing on the most important features of each module first, and then the most important of th
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by mizchief2 7y ago
The whole point of Agile is to force the entire organization to recognize the fact that we don't know how long it will take to crate a satisfactory product. That doesn't mean just dev time but also figuring out what you want it to
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by mizchief2 7y ago
I wasn't really on board with banning Huawei until I read this article.
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by mizchief2 7y ago
I think Mitch Hedberg described it best: https://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-when-you-re-in...
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by mizchief2 7y ago
Then the other side is giving you a "small project" that takes the better part of a day to implement. I just pass on those as well, and i'll do the short challenges but I don't really take the company seriously after tha
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by mizchief2 7y ago
As a country it is just good resource strategy to use up all the resources that are cheap to get in other countries first so when they start to run out, not only do you have a source that is close to home and easy to get, but you can now se
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by mizchief2 7y ago
If we build enough Nuclear power plants climate change wouldn't be an issue
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by mizchief2 7y ago
Sounds a lot like the "self evaluation" nonsense when it comes to performance review. "I give myself a 5 and deserve a 5% raise" Oh well you only get a 2% raise. Just lazy management that event "delegates" the
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by mizchief2 7y ago
Maybe the numbers don't work out but using excess energy created by wind solar etc. to offset the carbon produced by coal burning when we need power but the wind isn't blowing or the sun isn't shining could be a promising ide
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by mizchief2 7y ago
Further shows that many environmentalists care more about controlling the economy than helping the environment. Being able to utilize fossil fuels without the carbon issues should be great news, but instead people are worried that it won&#x
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by mizchief2 8y ago
Why is the story that Boeing sold them as extras instead of the airlines not buying the option?
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by mizchief2 8y ago
I don't understand the obsession with laying high-speed rail all across the US when we have perfectly good airplanes and a massive network of airports.
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by mizchief2 8y ago
Not sure what I'm missing here. "superposition" is more of an explanation of not knowing the result of a measurement until it is measured. So saying that one person performing the measurement and not telling someone else what
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by mizchief2 8y ago
This is why you need to get the government out of business. They shouldn't be choosing what stores are built where nor should they be giving certain businesses tax breaks over others.
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by mizchief2 9y ago
With my 4 year software engineering degree I learned c++ and java which I never used professionally. But I also learned about data structures, assembly, OS design, QA, OOP, design patterns, software project management, etc. as well as physi
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by mizchief2 9y ago
I don't really support artificial cash injections into the system, but I do agree that if you are going to do that, doing so from the bottom vs. the top will create a greater lasting effect, or at least benefit more people in the short
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by mizchief2 9y ago
I think that the problem is that the middle class is experiencing the "real" growth rate of the economy, and the top classes are just getting the benefits of all of the QE and other tricks on the monetary system.
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by mizchief2 10y ago
First of all, if you enjoy this project keep at it. What you learn in the process will be more valuable to you than any advise you get from the naysayers. However, don't expect everyone to jump on it. The original purpose of Node was t
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by mizchief2 10y ago
Won't marry a woman who would want to waste money on a shiny rock.
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by mizchief2 11y ago
Encryption.
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by mizchief2 11y ago
Supply and Demand. The same reason for everything else that goes up in price. Government subsidies created more students who have the means to go to college where previously they would have gone to a trade school or learned a craft on the j
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by mizchief2 11y ago
As a manager I've had a recruiter basically say "That's a nice development department you have there, shame if something were to happen to it." As he described that by signing a contract with him and keeping "active
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by mizchief2 11y ago
With your experience you will likely know the right course of action to take immediately, but will still have to reach consensus with the team to keep them engaged as solving the problem is the fun part. Get good a steering the conversation
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by mizchief2 11y ago
Nobody drives; there is too much traffic

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