tekalon

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by tekalon 12y ago
American colleges aren't supposed to train, they are supposed to educate. If companies had better training or mentoring programs, it wouldn't be as much of a problem.
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by tekalon 12y ago
I'm also afraid of water, particularly large bodies of water (river, lake, ocean) where I can't see what's in it with me or see the bottom. My fear came after I learned how to swim. Its taken me years to build up the idea of
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by tekalon 12y ago
I can see it get stuck and then you need to get a wrench or pliers to get it moving again. Agree on cool design but leaves a lot ot go wrong.
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by tekalon 12y ago
Robots also don't play favorites or office politics. If there is a more efficent/better way, it will do it. Even better when it is allowed to re-calculate with new parameters.
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by tekalon 12y ago
Based on my experience, I read e-books faster than paper books, which can make timelines a bit fuzzy when remembering.
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by tekalon 12y ago
I know a family with two young kids that do not have a car. The use public transportation and try to live near a grocery store. They seem to be more of the exception than anything else. It's not impossible, just difficult.
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by tekalon 12y ago
Growing up I loved the Myst games and 'Jewels of the Oracle'. I got to explore and solve puzzles. Even now I play RPGs, but I like games that encourage exploration (Guild Wars 2) and I'm always on the look out for a good puzz
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by tekalon 12y ago
Happy medium. I use the library for my 'summer reading books', the books you read once, enjoy and never thing about again. I use Kindle for books I really enjoy and want to read again (or for free/cheap summer books that the
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by tekalon 12y ago
I'm 4'11, so really short and overweight. I tried to keep to the 1200 calories that everyone says is the minimum, but I can't, it's often too much food for me and never really saw much in weight loss. I've been tr
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by tekalon 12y ago
One thing about this is paying attention not only to what he eats, but also how his body reacts to food. In high school, I would often only eat one meal a day (I could have had more meals, but I wasn't hungry). In college, I also still
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by tekalon 12y ago
Some of these comments reminded me of a story Clotaire Rapaille told in his book 'The Culture Code.' He gave a talk at an obesity conference. Each speaker gave their own solution to the obesity problem. Rapaille's observed:
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by tekalon 12y ago
Part of coding is (or at least should be) verifying results. Anytime I need to build solutions, I spend more time verifying (and fixing if needed) the results. Make changes? Verify again.
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by tekalon 12y ago
Agreed. Automated many reports or information gathering processes the same way. I don't get a medal, but end of year reviews are awesome. Even better is when you share the code or process with others so they can copy it for some of the
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by tekalon 12y ago
I'm 50/50 on the 'badge of honor'. For some it's true. For me, I don't know what to do on vacation. People get bored/anxious when they have nothing to do. Even going on a trip can be hard (planning, finan
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by tekalon 12y ago
While the lack of safety net and fear of being fired are all valid reasons for Americans not taking vacation, what about another reason- they don't know how to vacation. From personal experience, I get twitchy just from being sick&#x2F
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by tekalon 12y ago
I cannot see the email. My email should be in my profile, if you want to contact me.
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by tekalon 12y ago
I'm a business analyst that also does some basic IT work. I know some basic HTML/CSS/JS, enough to tweak some web pages that I support, but nothing from scratch.
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by tekalon 12y ago
I have a plan to do this, have it kind of like a wiki with a breakdown of problems based on location (Becuase you can't solve world hunger all at once, each place has its own issues). Then have users submit possible solutions, and then
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by tekalon 12y ago
The book 'Too Good They Can't Ignore You' explains this well.
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by tekalon 12y ago
I hate meetings. A co-worker and I play a game whenever we are in charge of a meeting- see if we can end it early. It's amazing when an hour long meeting can be finished in 20 minutes. Unfortunately, there are a few people that like to
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by tekalon 12y ago
What if you have another meeting after the scheduled meeting they are late for? Yes, you can do something else during that first hour, but then reschedule the second meeting? Would that require having to tell those that you are meeting with
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by tekalon 12y ago
Just finished it last week. I also highly recommend it.
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by tekalon 12y ago
Since less youth are getting driver's licences/cars than before, I wouldn't be surprised if that is what happens. A family buys a self-driving car that drops off and picks up everyone when needed. Driver's licences will
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by tekalon 12y ago
I hate HOAs and would deliberately avoid neighborhoods with HOAs or other types of restrictions.
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by tekalon 12y ago
Same. I've had no issues with 'addictions' to caffeine or to my meds, despite doctors worrying about it. I know my brain/body reacts to caffeine/stimulants differently than others due to my ADD.
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by tekalon 12y ago
As a 'gifted' but bored student, I see so many programs (online, self paced programs) that I would have loved. My youngest brother was able to graduate from high school a year early with honors, yet he was the least academic out
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by tekalon 12y ago
Even for the areas where you think they work, they should be more conversation based rather than the one way learning of lecture.
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by tekalon 12y ago
Totally agree. I used to play D&D with friends and it really helped with my anxiety. I could contribute to the conversation if I wanted, be quiet and just listen if I wanted, or read something else. I was an excuse to socialize, but a
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by tekalon 12y ago
I can guess that your grandmother is grabbing her phone since it is the best way she can communicate with her older friends (which may or may not be home bound or far away). I don't think it so much as being anti-social, but a more vis
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by tekalon 12y ago
My sister and I (mathematically and technically inclined) would always get this. I would always think that this was to help those that were not academic still get points for effort.

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