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ScotterC
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About ScotterC
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Comment #49168667
Yes, there's certainly more to it. Just to jump on the uncanny valley vector, I'd argue that the artist having a coherent message they're trying to get across and the viewer having…
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Comment #49168638
Fantastic! I think you've read me right in terms of interests. I'll check it out. Thank you!
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Comment #49086746
Right on. In my experience across different art fields, I’d say the only generalizable facet of ‘good’ art/music/etc is the “it sits just outside of what we expect”. These days I l…
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Comment #47040399
The book will not let you down
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Comment #45700506
My kids are at a Waldorf school currently. I would not be surprised by your experience from what I’ve learned. However I’ve also seen a truly incredible environment at my school an…
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Comment #45617592
Thank you for your work in this arena and trying to add clarity. As a business owner and longtime rubyist, I'm very happy Ruby Core is taking stewardship here and that maybe we can…
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Comment #45110680
I lol'ed too but then thought - at least he actually wrote this!
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Comment #44919759
I’m surprised that I don’t hear this mentioned more often. Not even in a Eng leadership format of taking accountability for your AI’s pull requests. But it’s absolutely true. Capit…
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Comment #43135229
Absolutely true. And paradoxically, they may fully understand that the phrase is profoundly unwise and endlessly futile and yet know the benefit of holding the belief anyway.
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Comment #42512929
Agreed. Regarding some of the ‘layered architecture’ discussion from the OP, I’d argue that having many modules that are clearly defined is not as large a detriment to cognitive lo…
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Comment #42510412
Looks like a solid post with solid learnings. Apologies for hijacking the thread but I’d really love to have a discussion on how these heuristics of software development change wit…
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Comment #42228104
Many would be quick to argue that they are interlinked but I strongly agree with you - particularly in the context of this thread. For me, optimism still provides a lot of value in…
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Comment #40558512
Missed opportunity to have > Have 1516 cats for meow instead of now
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Comment #40446011
Is "FN" Fox News? Or is that separate from News Corp?
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Comment #39749294
My immediate instinct here is they need cash. Or are dealing with a lot of fraud which is a pain to limit.
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Comment #39692864
hey this is awesome. I'm using it and I think it's got some wheels. But please add a quick link to submit feedback in app! Here's what I got so far: - specific issue: I updated the…
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Comment #39690022
Great. I’ll give it a try today
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Comment #39686732
Hell yea!
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Comment #39686361
I’m really excited to try this. Your design process reflects my own. Please support indexing ruby files.
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Comment #39659496
Wonderfully written. Thanks
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Comment #39525983
Re: Ecology in Scifi The interactions between Ants and Spiders gave me some associations with Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy (aka Lilith's Brood). Particularly, I loved how both were…
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Comment #36937638
I could have written this same comment. I fully understand where the mental irrationality comes from. I’ve done therapy etc. But what I call “the hearth of the city” means it’s har…
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