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Comment #19819412
There are people in the industry who - know what they are talking about - have presence on social media It's just that their numbers are incredibly low relative to the bullshitters…
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Comment #19816514
Thanks. Getting started is a hurdle - I often look at an interesting project on github and find it difficult to identify what can be improved.
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Comment #19806537
Oh sure, but that's why you have the context. My point is that the time gap between a tool like this becoming technically possible and someone executing it successfully will be inc…
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Comment #19805973
If we could, we would have. But we haven't, so we can't.
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Comment #19794999
I understand where you coming from but I don't think that a politician's apparent knowledge about a subject is a good indicator of how good their decisions regarding this subject w…
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Comment #19794986
Of course it doesn't. My point is that even if you have knowledge about technology/science, that's completely irrelevant when you then go on to support and represent people who act…
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Comment #19792033
Someone's education or knowledge of technology is a bad indicator of how competent they would be in decision making.
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Comment #19791459
A libertarian republican from Kentucky... while your answer might be technically correct, I really don't think that this is the rare gem of a politician that OP is looking for.
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Comment #19785408
That doesn't address the question at all.
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Comment #19776889
Very often these personal efforts are simply virtue signalling or a way for people to feel better about themselves. Doesn't mean that you should be wasteful with your resources or …
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Comment #19699777
Not sure what data you expect to see. People generally don't publish their discriminatory lending and insurance policies. Or do you think that the statement that it's profitable mi…
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Ask HN: What are your favorite software products to use and why?
In any class - could be an operating system, desktop application, website, language, library, framework, mobile app, IDE etc.
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Comment #19596282
People fall into the trap of expecting otherwise, because otherwise is easier. MOOC are often used as a shortcut rather than a legitimate way to learn about a subject.
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Comment #19595828
Based on my experience, apart from a handful (really a handful) of open courses by elite universities (e.g. Harvard's Stats 110), the vast majority of online courses are garbage - …
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Comment #19595587
If an employer needs to see a resume first and what you apply with is not a resume, you won't even get past the first and most basic filter of the hiring process. There is no good …
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Comment #19595579
The time and place for those is the interview stage.
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Comment #19580260
Any arguments against storing your bookmarks in your browser of choice?
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Comment #19570510
Yes. Casino house games are set up in a way that the player is guaranteed to be losing in the long run (all of the player's decisions have negative expected value). So maybe tradin…
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Comment #19541707
Not only that you can - you have to do this to make better decisions. It's called focusing and everyone does it all the time.