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ScotterC

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About ScotterC

Building something new Blog: http://www.scottcarleton.com/ Twitter: @ScotterC or http://www.twitter.com/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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