wutman

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by wutman 7y ago
Youtube started as an easy place to watch pirated movies.
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by wutman 7y ago
Exactly. People tend to overstate the importance of spurious, surprising findings that don't make scientific sense. Some of these may lead to breakthroughs, sure. But the overwhelming majority are just noise. And it takes experts to de
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by wutman 7y ago
This is a harsh thing to say and here goes. This article and its response are boring. They're what happen when you take a high-stakes situation (union creation, scabs, overworked grad students) and take all the emotion out of it. Peopl
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by wutman 7y ago
I think the general U.S. population is okay with monopolies that make their lives better. Apple will continue to push the envelope. Developers can fight back (does anyone remember the Apple vs Spotify thing?) but if Apple keeps putting out
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by wutman 7y ago
Skimmed your two submissions and have 2 suggestions-- 1) cull your words relentlessly. 2) write in a reader-centric, not you-centric way. Your articles don't grab reader interest.
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by wutman 7y ago
What does outschool offer that khanacademy doesn't have?
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by wutman 7y ago
Agreed. It's funny seeing replies here. Making people feel bad about themselves doesn't get very far in influencing their viewpoints. A lot of smart people disagree with higher minimum wage. You won't reach them by saying stu
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by wutman 7y ago
This is exactly right, but in my opinion usually not important. If Joe Public, or a competitor, or whoever knows how many posts you have, users you have, administrators you have, etc how much does that actually affect your operation? I gues
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by wutman 7y ago
This doesn't fit everywhere, but... 1) Never modify existing tables (okay, almost never). 2) Add new tables at will. 3) Pay a consultant to write PL/SQL that glues it all together and blame them for any and all issues.
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by wutman 7y ago
You'd think TurboTax would have clear scripts for their frontline representatives to deal with this fairly and quickly. Rip the band-aid off all at once, so to speak. There's not exactly a clear message between these representativ