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Shaddox
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Comment #47048613
Sadly, that matters very little! https://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-10-earners-drive-nearly-1... If this is to be believed, regular consumer goods won't matter anymore, and instead…
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Comment #44873469
The fundamental problem is that everyone is expected to pitch in to help train these AIs, but only a handful of people benefit from it.
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Comment #44862344
The fundamental problem with interviewing is that you're not preparing yourself to understand a business' problem and needs, but you're preparing to have to impress your potential …
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Comment #44668659
Probably the only thing holding the reins on AI takeover is the lack of legislative coverage. Once the AI user is not held responsible for the AI's actions, (and let's face it, thi…
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Comment #43971099
It's brutal out there. I'm currently 36 years years old. I got laid off in March last year from an outsourcing shop because no work was coming, mostly working with PHP, with some J…
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Comment #32552554
I think the real crux of the issue is : why does education cost so much in the first place? Because it's excessively bloated. I thought European universities were bloated, but they…
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Comment #31218604
I was there for the total eclipse from august '98. It was absolutely surreal! Chickens were going to bed.
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Comment #31205093
I hope I am not being too inflammatory by saying this but it's ... quite amusing how sheltered Americans are in thinking that a little political tension is a danger to their own co…
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Comment #29111861
Of course, this is just an anecdotal observation, but I think what changed weren't the games, but the players. I was playing Dark Age of Camelot back in the day and we'd spend hour…
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Comment #29096708
This article's conclusion isn't wrong but the premise is. Standups are NOT for developers, they're for business types to tighten grip over a project, to make sure everyone is there…
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Comment #28759985
I'm in the same boat. Honestly people like to say "x social media sucks" but in actuality it's far simpler than that : people suck in general. Only now you get to see it for yourse…
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Comment #28617376
> I will say though, the US has historically had a very hard time taking ideas from European countries and getting them to work the same way here. I think this is because everyone …
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Comment #28379907
>Like, salaries do not seem to have similarly risen, so who the hell is buying these houses? People and institutions looking for a way to 'park' their funds in a safe investment.
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Comment #28355335
How is your Phaser experience so far? I like how intuitive it feels, but the fact that it uses the same javascript I use at work makes it a huge turn-off for me.
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Comment #28115176
To be fair, the user profile also changed a lot over the years. What used to be a 'programmer for power user' space, now it's all about minimalism and pretty, dysfunctional interfa…
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Comment #28114223
This quote sums it up perfectly : “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber b…
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Comment #27854223
It has been tried before. What happened is that the established players will start giving it away for free until you are out of business.
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Comment #27472682
When I went to university, a great deal of exams were oral. You would draw a few tickets from a pool and have 10-15 minutes to prepare your answers. I'm sure there are alternative …
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Comment #27471606
I'm jealous of parking abundant American cities. In this part of the pond, your choices are between walking, taking a face-planted-against-the-window bus or train, or take your car…
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Comment #26953534
I guess this explains why I feel so trapped. Like a pawn to my own circumstances. To live life is to live in servitude. I'm a slave to my own needs of bread, water and circus. To s…
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Comment #26166537
I'm aware that, as a founder, he's obviously very interested in the success of his product. His mentality however carried over the acquisition and past inertia. Giving him the bene…
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Comment #24589105
Interesting point of view since it's so directly in contradiction to mine. I always viewed enlightenment as an unique, untransmissible experience (unique as in it's different for e…
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Comment #24588984
Ah yes, we had something similar in Romania too, only that it was on national television. I got so many games and programs from it. Since they had reception everywhere in the count…
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Comment #24541164
Hello everyone. This is a translated excerpt from a desecretized KGB operations manual that offers an example on how their counter-intelligence division caught a spy using a number…
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