oldmancoyote

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Working with an Apple Evangelist?
1 points by oldmancoyote 7y ago|0 comments
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
For those of you who are not yet aware, this topic is STILL being actively suppressed even today Jan. 14, 2019, click on |parent| at the top of the page.
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
It appears that the censors have struck again and remove a thoughtful and fair-minded discussion. I have had enough I will never again contribute to HN.
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
A fair enough question. 1) Of course private education can be superior, but it also can be corrupted by political and religious agendas as it is commonly being done today. Mandatory public education in America tries to raise children free
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
There is alway room for improvement, but education requires constant thoughtful observation and adjustments. When I talk to my sister who was a teacher, I am impressed about the deep thinking that went into adjusting the education of each
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
How do you disrupt public education? You do what certain political activists have done during the past 70 or so years. 1) You relax the laws that require public education using the rubric that private schools will allow for competition and
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
Russia withdrew its gold reserves from the US about 6 months before it first invaded one of it's neighbors, Georgia I think it was. In retrospect it is a clear sign that Russia's invasion was pre-planned. Is Russia planning somet
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
One would think from this title that I share more fake news than younger people. I'm 72. I don't share news at all. What is "more fake news"? Is it that some individuals share more fake news than others or more individ
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
I spend maybe 30 minutes a day on New and just a minute or two on the Front Page. New is where all the interesting and thoughtful stuff is. The Front Page is pretty dull. I think only one item I voted on ended up on the front page. I&#x
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
I understand. As a camp host I experience just a little of what he's talking about. I swear there are actually people who ask wether there are lions and tigers around. (I'm in the Klamath Mountains of California!) On the other
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
I understand webView will be completely re-written for for 10.15 Does anyone know if the absence of webView.scrollView for macOS will be corrected?
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
Film Noir has used progressive changes in focal length to subtly increase the apparent distress of the character as the film proceeds.
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
You are very right. A YC Moderator responded to a similar post alleging that it was necessary to maintain civility. If someone reading this is a Moderator, I dare you to do a test. You have the resources. Select several hundred suppress
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
The problem with side projects (often even with startups) is not the product. It's finding a reachable market, one you can easily tell about your product. Once you have located a accessible market, you can hire someone with appropriat
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
I'm afraid the analogy to prohibition doesn't work. Following the end of prohibition, beer truck drivers became beer truck drivers, bartenders became bartenders, but the violent criminals moved into other rackets: drugs, prostitu
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
Being 72, I'd never even consider looking for work in tech in spite of being very good at programing. While I have no experience in the current tech market to base my opinion on, I am sufficiently intimidated by the perception of agis
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Brazil Earthquake at the Exact Center of an Astrobleme
3 points by oldmancoyote 8y ago|0 comments
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
I would feel skittish without a more formal structure.
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
I play it by ear and just let my decision happen without worrying about. If I don't remember where it is, a system-wide search eventually leads me to it. Just browsing through the alphabet is enjoyable as it brings up neat things I ha
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
I do. I climbed stairs for 45 minutes four days a week for 2 decades. At 70 I was doing 1780 steps at a time. After my metatarsals complained, I began interval training on a stationary bike. During the summers I scramble up and down the
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
I look at that differently. My favorite epigram goes like this: Very few worthwhile projects are ever successful on the first attempt. Failure is just another useful metric giving guidance on the re-formulation of the problem and the solu
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
I keep all my very current projects on the desktop along with temporary items and odd-balls I haven't classified. Everything else goes into folder called "A Reference System" which contains a folder for each letter of the al
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
Because pushing forward and outward, both geographically and socially, are what makes us human.
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
At an age of 72 I find that writing down my thought processes when I'm programming or debugging is of huge benefit. Holding a Q and A session with myself that echos each thought as it appears works best. In a crude sort of way I thin
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
"A lot more experience = a lot more failures." YES. Your failures both form you and inform you at least as much as your successes.
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
It's the cumulative effect of lots of things. When I pose a question to my subconscious, it takes longer to get an answer. I make a few more mistakes, especially jumping to conclusions. It takes longer to debug them. Sustaining a t
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
It's a comparative thing, but I worked as a geologist/programmer. Nobody can avoid using computers. They are just so damn useful.
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
I actually haven't met many being a scientific programmer in a science with little need for programming. So, I guess I'm the most talented. I was at my best in my 40's, but at 72 I'm still very good, but slow.
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
What is missing today is not superb music, it's the dynamic the brought excellence together permitting its fusion and the evolution of a re-enforceing and self-perpetuating identity. The huge empowerment to make and distribute music to
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by oldmancoyote 8y ago
Please, don't confuse exhaustion and the depression that comes with it as something more permanent. I've been programming for over 50 years. I'm not as fast as I was, but I'm still very good. I did not do my best work

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