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Just turned 60. One thing I've found (I started programming when I was 11) is that you can get better at judging situations/application/specifications and choosing NOT to write code in certain obvious ways or at all.…
It would be nice. The problem is the same as self-driving cars: they work but ONLY in certain very constrained and limited application scenarios that limit their adoption. Self-driving cars will never do well in snow…
I look forward to finding ways of sabotaging this technology!
Maybe they shouldn't use a technology that is fundamentally ambiguous about identity - you know go back to paper and US mail.
Yet another reason why I drive 20 yo cars and have zero interest in buying anything new.
Only up to a point. Not everyone can be "supremely good leaders" but most can become better than average. The difference is personality and especially empathy and charisma. Without those, it's hard to reach the heights.
Absolutely NOT. Or you need to stop calling biology, geology and other majors forms of science or STEM if you eliminate calculus.
Of course it is absurd. The most logical, green and efficient solution is to burn Russian natural gas. But when you have politicians irrationally ignoring the needs of the people they are supposed to represent, this is…
There's a mathematical model for this. It doesn't require 50% leaving to destroy a company. First you have Price's Law - half the people actually doing work rises with the square root of the total employee count. It's a…
Cold Turkey is one of the most effective ways. Close the old account and open an entirely new one if that's still on the table. Honestly all the problems that accrue with social media are net negative and are best…
This is the central flaw of social media itself. As engineer by training this is positive feedback with a wide bandwidth loop gain which is ALWAYS a recipe of unstable system behavior. Things that could "fix" social…
Very cool. If you do machining, carpentry, construction, etc. you find this kind of stuff is surprisingly central to everyday work - you'll use either geometry constructions or the concepts behind them CONSTANTLY. Very…
The two elements I see: 1. CO2 is ONLY useful if the CO2's next use is profitably useful - the fossil fuel industry is the only economically viable user of CO2 that can "make it disappear because they inject it into…
Japanese businesses often are like this. Every major decision requires 100% consensus and agreement before it is accepted and things move on with the full force of the organization. One person disagreeing can hold…
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Just turned 60. One thing I've found (I started programming when I was 11) is that you can get better at judging situations/application/specifications and choosing NOT to write code in certain obvious ways or at all.…
It would be nice. The problem is the same as self-driving cars: they work but ONLY in certain very constrained and limited application scenarios that limit their adoption. Self-driving cars will never do well in snow…
I look forward to finding ways of sabotaging this technology!
Maybe they shouldn't use a technology that is fundamentally ambiguous about identity - you know go back to paper and US mail.
Yet another reason why I drive 20 yo cars and have zero interest in buying anything new.
Only up to a point. Not everyone can be "supremely good leaders" but most can become better than average. The difference is personality and especially empathy and charisma. Without those, it's hard to reach the heights.
Absolutely NOT. Or you need to stop calling biology, geology and other majors forms of science or STEM if you eliminate calculus.
Of course it is absurd. The most logical, green and efficient solution is to burn Russian natural gas. But when you have politicians irrationally ignoring the needs of the people they are supposed to represent, this is…
There's a mathematical model for this. It doesn't require 50% leaving to destroy a company. First you have Price's Law - half the people actually doing work rises with the square root of the total employee count. It's a…
Cold Turkey is one of the most effective ways. Close the old account and open an entirely new one if that's still on the table. Honestly all the problems that accrue with social media are net negative and are best…
This is the central flaw of social media itself. As engineer by training this is positive feedback with a wide bandwidth loop gain which is ALWAYS a recipe of unstable system behavior. Things that could "fix" social…
Very cool. If you do machining, carpentry, construction, etc. you find this kind of stuff is surprisingly central to everyday work - you'll use either geometry constructions or the concepts behind them CONSTANTLY. Very…
The two elements I see: 1. CO2 is ONLY useful if the CO2's next use is profitably useful - the fossil fuel industry is the only economically viable user of CO2 that can "make it disappear because they inject it into…
Japanese businesses often are like this. Every major decision requires 100% consensus and agreement before it is accepted and things move on with the full force of the organization. One person disagreeing can hold…