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muench

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    Comment #28805829

    COBRA means you’re still getting insurance through your (former) employer. How much does the same insurance benefit cost if you buy it fully on your own? In my experience you can’t…

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    Comment #27518067

    It seems yes there is a reason if you need integrals. From TFA: "You can also try having Wolfram Alpha compute it, and it will time out. We will need to be more creative."

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    Comment #27271708

    One of the editors of that book wrote about Derek Jones’s book “I think (at least I hope) this will influence software engineering education [more] than anything I've ever done” ht…

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    Comment #26012704

    Greg Wilson writes about a useful tool for thinking about types of documentation [0] incorporating the novice-competent practitioner-expert framework. It looks like he was at least…

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    Comment #25877391

    Something like "But I'd suggest..." is a good example for using "'And' NOT Bbut'" [0] to avoid the connotation of contradiction implied when using 'but'. Very useful like in this c…

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    Comment #20707391

    I find this quote very powerful. I'm thinking I could re-use it. Is it yours or if it's sourced from somewhere could you share the source?

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    Comment #15008876

    Thanks for the summary and links. You seem very familiar with the topic, are there any books you recommend on this?

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    Comment #14184211

    The distance from earth to the moon is 384,400 km, and in the smaller detail picture that earth to moon distance is about 23 pixels. Or about 16,700 km per pixel. And note they des…

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    Comment #11780406

    Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Steve Blank has been saying this since 2011 when the economist hosted a debate between Blank and Ben Horowitz. All respect to Steve Blank …

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    Comment #9780271

    Thank you for the most insightful comment on this story. I find it bizarre that so many are unable to understand that making the decision to 'kill' wasabi today does not necessaril…

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    Comment #7291713

    Does anyone have a recommendation for a good primer on IPv6? Is there something significantly better than reading the IPv6 wikipedia page or googling 'IPv6 primer'?

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    Comment #6043117

    thanks, you're right. edited it now. I'd claim that I subconsciously 'corrected' it, but let's be honest: what good would a post about a typical HR error be without a typical progr…

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    Comment #6042868

    Agile is only 12 years old [1], so it might be related to the old programmer joke about HR posting job ads that require 'x' years experience with 'y' year-old tech, for some x > y.…

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    Comment #5789973

    We believe the best defense is a good offense. (fixed that for you!)

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    Comment #5244950

    This link from the article on his analysis of preventing the Super Bowl power failure is pure gold: http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2013/02/04/ThePowerFailureS...

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    Comment #4395986

    The link in the original post labeled "high frequency quoting" led to a page [1] that makes a more concrete claim. Basically they say that the NBBO (national best bid and offer) ar…

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    Comment #4027172

    That's an award of $52 million restricted stock units for compensation in 2010. If he had $52 billion in apple stock he'd be near the top of the list of billionaires.