zpconn

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by zpconn 8y ago
I found a number of sources online that disagree with you. https://www.quora.com/Escape-velocity-is-supposed-to-be-24-0... Multiple answers explain that there isn't a fixed minimum change in velocity required for an ob
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by zpconn 11y ago
I don't think popular culture is on your side. Even Time Magazine's biography of him describes him as aloof: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,993017,...
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by zpconn 12y ago
I would gladly accept all those issues over working in an open floorplan any day of the week. I'd prefer private offices to remote distributed work. But I find it's actually easier to find remote jobs than software companies that
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by zpconn 13y ago
Heart surgeon? No. But lawyer? Yes. Chemical engineer? Yes. Physician? Yes (private family practice is a dying art in the US). Movie star? Yes. Very few career paths offer absolute job stability and an infallible guarantee of employability.
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by zpconn 13y ago
Rule #1 for anybody who only cares about their bonus: don't anger the person who decides your bonus.
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by zpconn 13y ago
Based on my friends' experiences, you often have to fight tooth and nail to actually get overtime at some retail or fast food places. In other words, simply working more is not always an option. If that were to become an obstacle, one solut
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by zpconn 14y ago
Just from playing around with it and reading the TC article, I think the title of the home page (as in, the title that is put in your web browser's title) is a good description: "Paper for the Web." Here's a memorial for a polar bear: http
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by zpconn 14y ago
It's amazing how many companies have tried to pull this little accounting trick, or variations of it. Most of them have failed or else fallen from glory.
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by zpconn 14y ago
That may be true, but students at top schools still tend to come from more affluent backgrounds. Yes, there are "homeless to Harvard" stories out there, but generally speaking Harvard students were able to dedicate as much time as they want
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by zpconn 14y ago
I don't think that quote is really relevant to any of this. This isn't about cutting off entire sources of information. Nobody is saying that it's not right for a person to use a smartphone or an iPad or Google Glass. They're just saying th