polymatter

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by polymatter 1y ago
Maybe being able to follow a set of (seemingly silly) instructions should be part of the interview/onboarding process. And emphasised at job performance time.
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by polymatter 1y ago
Thank you for including a non subscription “lifetime” payment option.
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by polymatter 1y ago
Second this request
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by polymatter 2y ago
But that happens anyway. Patent litigation is expensive and time consuming and is far more often used to punch down, regardless of merits. The fairy tale of the solo patent holder fighting off giant mega corporations is worthy of a Hallmark
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by polymatter 2y ago
thanks
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by polymatter 2y ago
What’s the “baby formula brouhaha”?
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by polymatter 2y ago
There is a race based on that. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon It’s often fairly close between human and horse
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by polymatter 2y ago
That doesn’t make it less true! It’s a bet because it’s risky “capital is at risk”,“value of investments can go down as well as up” etc. As opposed to a savings account which is far far less risky enough that it’s not really a bet.
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by polymatter 2y ago
And they can be learnt outside of school just as well. I'll never understand how readily people are to accept schooling.
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by polymatter 2y ago
Question is asked in traditional characters which are common in Taiwan (and Chinese diaspora). China uses simplified characters (mostly). Might make a difference.
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by polymatter 3y ago
How do you use AI to learn internals of massive repos? Surely the context is too big and/or it requires opening org code up and I'd never get approval for that. What LLM do you use?
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by polymatter 3y ago
Sounds like time to consider small claims court.
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by polymatter 3y ago
Perhaps forced bankruptcy to personally pay back compensation to the Post Office. Follow the money the way they do with terrorists.
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by polymatter 3y ago
Yes to my understanding. Parliament makes the laws. No court can override Parliament. No existing law binds Parliament. The only thing stopping this is how incredibly embarrassing it would be and individual MPs might lose their next electio
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by polymatter 3y ago
Companies House (part of UK civil service) | Senior Developer | Full time | Remote in UK or Hybrid in Cardiff | Can sponsor Visa to UK We can offer an incredible defined benefit pension and an extremely family friendly flex system (You can
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by polymatter 3y ago
The feeling of community. If you _feel_ like you are with a community then you are more likely to stick with it. Presumably that's why there is a chat.
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by polymatter 4y ago
Exactly. They need to vet each project
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by polymatter 4y ago
Exactly, the chain of custody is absolutely required for this to be legal because no oracle can exist. It must be able to attribute exactly who contributed the suspect code. It must be able to handle the edge case where some humans might pu
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by polymatter 5y ago
Does Windows Defeneder not count?
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by polymatter 5y ago
Dragonbox algebra uses the normal algebra notation for the later stages, so it could be you just need to persist. For example initially the unknown variable is the namesake cute dragon in a box, but it later becomes "x", the bubbl
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by polymatter 5y ago
Why do you need reports to drop hints? Once they are even considering leaving for a greater salary enough that they are interviewing, they are half a step out of there already. You should be proactively fighting for your team on their behal
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by polymatter 5y ago
What are RSUs?
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by polymatter 5y ago
Unlucky. It might not even be keyword matching, AI systems in use a far dumber than that. AI systems are mostly trained random noise and it can be impossible to know what set them off. Even if you get this resolved, its not a bad idea to cr
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by polymatter 5y ago
In general, I'm beginning to feel that habitually updating software is a risk. I have a paperwhite, but I haven't connected it for a while. Generally when I do connect it to a PC to upload more books, I'll habitually update t
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by polymatter 5y ago
This is someones property not "free stuff". Its theft if you take it. These packages will actually have names and addresses of the actual owners written on them so you can't even say you didn't know who the owners are.
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by polymatter 5y ago
If you are a member of a professional organisation, there will normally be some professional ethics rules which, if broken, will lose you your licence to work as a professional. Software developers don't have that yet, but civil engine
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by polymatter 5y ago
The article suggests they did text
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by polymatter 5y ago
In a fundamental sort of way you're quite correct. Science can never _prove_ things correct in the same way mathematicians do. In fact, science constantly revises over time. It is not "done". And as a reminder, the way someth
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by polymatter 5y ago
Don't forget the "financial requirement". You need to prove you earn more than £18,600 (more for each child). That's significantly harder to prove if, for some strange reason, you are not a fulltime employee of BigCorp.
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by polymatter 5y ago
fwiw, it probably depends on the bank and the customer. I used to work for a large insurance company in London. There I could (and did) authorise 6 digit transfers to new accounts with just a fax with the (perpetually busy) directors signat

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