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ambicapter

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    Comment #49234852

    I would say they are not civilized. They are deadly serious.

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    Comment #49234800

    You're getting downvoted but I had the same thought. This sounds like engineering. I do believe there are some cases where pushing the problem to a different place is the right thi…

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    Comment #49217577

    You don't have to directly buy RAM to be affected. It's just like oil or electricity...if RAM was part of the economic process that you participated in, then that price increase wi…

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    Comment #49200986

    It already has? Clout-chasers and money grubbers go for all the big tech jobs in droves.

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    Comment #49198834

    ah yes, whenever someone is sincerely interested in something, it's probably autism.

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    Comment #49197953

    Getting a 408.

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    Comment #49186878

    > Give that guy a chance to properly fuck things up before you pass judgment. You should do the same. > And anyway, since life isn’t a Git branch, we’ll never know if the alternati…

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    Comment #49183246

    Funny, I knew about chessboxing and Enki Bilal, but had no idea one birthed the other.

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    Comment #49177402

    > Developing such a high quality power tool in such an open manner is honorable. Credit where credit is due, I would say their efforts are more than just "honorable", I could easil…

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    Comment #49169953

    > Anywhere from 6 to 35% of the United States population is evangelical, depending on how "evangelical" is defined. > In the 2016 presidential election, exit polls reported that 81…

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    Comment #49156058

    "non-users" are also big targets for software. If you run a software business, chances are you want people who've never used your software to start using your software. In that cas…

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    Comment #49102229

    What does that matter when cost of living is commensurately expensive?

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    Comment #49099459

    Extremely impressive.

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    Comment #49070037

    The job-hopping followed from companies not investing in their engineers, not the other way around. It was billed as the only way to get a promotion (which usually would come every…

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    Comment #49060043

    I'm sure her skill here translates to other difficult CEO personalities.

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    Comment #49036113

    4 stages feels like a lot of added complexity for your first launch. I assume it gives you more performance margin to drop weight/stages more often?

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    Comment #49023770

    Write slower.

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    Comment #49021915

    > “exact match (close variant)” I have to laugh to keep from crying.

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    Comment #49015228

    This isn't sad at all, this will help me break my reddit addiction splendidly.

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    Comment #49008008

    > naming the first "battery" (out of the concept of lined-up artillery) That's an amazing fun fact.

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    Comment #48993372

    I hereby give you permission to buy the book and read it for funsies.

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    Comment #48993358

    Why is that a "yikes"? You don't always have to be "trendy".

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    Comment #48993330

    I would even go so far as to say this is the general pattern of individuals learning models with explanatory power for dealing with reality. First, you learn the model, you try to …