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by tithe 1mo ago
> Without the pressure to speak amongst others, it became clear that I often said things out of anxiety I can't go probably 100 words without saying something stupid or flat out contradictory. I'll think back to the conversati
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Weather Spotter's Field Guide (Skywarn Spotter) [pdf](weather.gov)
2 points by tithe 2mo ago|0 comments
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by tithe 2mo ago
Henry Petroski in "To Engineer is Human" has a chapter about the advent of the calculator during the slide rule era, and that calculators (and later computers) eroded a structural engineer's "feel for the numbers",
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by tithe 5mo ago
How about professions that require licensing to practice (civil engineering, accounting, insurance, actuarial science, law, medicine, pharmacy, nursing), or work in the government sector (defense, military, municipal/state/federal
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CWE Taxonomies(cwe.mitre.org)
1 points by tithe 2y ago|0 comments
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by tithe 2y ago
Play video games while waiting to build 200 MB of JavaScript for a contact form!
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by tithe 2y ago
I like that analogy, rules are pipes through which behavior flows.
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Argentina breeds gene-edited polo super ponies(reuters.com)
1 points by tithe 2y ago|0 comments
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by tithe 2y ago
Agreed, building something is just the first step. One of the marketing struggles I've had is just getting people to care. I did have a bit of an "If you build it, they will come" attitude because I had confidence in the qua
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by tithe 2y ago
Just be careful if you believe the itch is the result of something you might be allergic to (e.g., food, or bug bites). I had several bites from fire ants and ran them under hot water from the bath, which seemed to trigger (or accelerate) a
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US FDA identifies cybersecurity risks in certain patient monitors(reuters.com)
1 points by tithe 2y ago|0 comments
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RazerCafe, Singapore(razer.com)
1 points by tithe 2y ago|0 comments
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The New Dynamics of Strategy: Sense-Making in a Complex and Complicated World(researchgate.net)
2 points by tithe 2y ago|0 comments
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Value-Based Pricing for New Software Products: Strategy Insights for Developers(researchgate.net)
1 points by tithe 2y ago|0 comments
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by tithe 2y ago
> Seth Klarman, in Margin of Safety ... May I ask where / how you came about your copy? I've seen it mentioned several times but have found it difficult to locate. (For example, the used copy on Amazon is selling for $2000!
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by tithe 2y ago
I prefer his "brass tacks" writing style, but it's also interesting to compare the versions (Grillo-Marxuach is a screenwriter, after all).
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by tithe 2y ago
Since the link above is for the "nice version", here's the link to the more colorful, not-so-nice version: https://okbjgm.weebly.com/uploads/3/1/5/0/31506003/11_laws_o...
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by tithe 2y ago
Indeed Japan does: https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/d0100
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by tithe 2y ago
Interesting! What kind of history class was it, that would include studying logical fallacies? The application to real life is the most important step, I think. I guess that makes me a pragmatist.
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Ask HN: How do you develop and cultivate your critical thinking?
9 points by tithe 2y ago|11 comments
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by tithe 2y ago
Personally, I enjoy detail-oriented activies, so software suits me just fine. But if I was going to switch to something else, I'd ask myself "What other detail-oriented industries could I thrive in?" * Restaurant / hote
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by tithe 2y ago
That's some serious...multithreading! (I applaud others for resisting such cringe, but I just couldn't help myself.)
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by tithe 2y ago
Why not just "So, how long have you been programming for?" I'd interpret this question as "Does this person think I'm experienced enough for the work?" over explicitly wanting to know whether I began at a young
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Calendar Queues: A Fast O(1) Priority Queue Implementation (1988)(dl.acm.org)
63 points by tithe 2y ago|31 comments
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by tithe 2y ago
How about this one? "What do you call the number of times that one number can be divided by another?" A) Dividend, B) Divisor, C) Quotient. And a minor UX nitpick: please wrap the input element inside of a <label> ta
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by tithe 2y ago
To bypass the Bloomberg paywall in Chrome, add a dot after the TLD: https://www.bloomberg.com./news/articles/2024-08-25/boeing-c...
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by tithe 2y ago
One colloquial term for the guillotine was (is?) "le rasoir national" = "the national razor." Other colorful terms include "the regretful climb", "the silence mill", "Capet's necktie",
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Catfish Effect(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by tithe 2y ago|0 comments
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US Judge Strikes Down Ban on Worker 'Noncompete' Agreements(reuters.com)
145 points by tithe 2y ago|147 comments
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Boeing, Lockheed Martin in talks to sell rocket-launch firm ULA to Sierra Space(reuters.com)
8 points by tithe 2y ago|0 comments

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