No no no, the Germans are the only people who can culturally relate to autistic people -- the need for order and rigorous detail is appreciated there and viewed as a good thing.;-)
I've been inside a BMW assembly plant in Germany and I were chocked even though I had been warned in advance. The place was cleaner than most restaurants in the rest of the world.
Everybody who've have had a high-end German car is ready to praise German obsessive compulsiveness. You can also find a lot of shit in Germany but when they really try, then they go all out.
The key question today is to chose a job that can't be offshored and pays a decent salary. Medicine is the sweet spot but the rest of us have to be creative.
Elegant is supposed to be readable. They're supposed to be the same. If you write code no one understands, it's not elegant, it's obtuse.
The easy solution is to task switch developers. When they rotate back, a year later, they get to feel all the pains of maintaining their own obtuse shit without the benefit of short term memory.
It's a phase. I too have been proud of writing grotesque, obtuse code. Debugging said code 6-12 months later is usually a humbling experience.
Call me paranoid, but the camouflage of this bird only works against low-tech opponents. So it's only useful against wet-backs, smugglers and other criminals. Plus, the general public.
You would lead a happier life if you chose to ignore their advice.
Heretic. How dare you defile the one true distro. LFS is the distro that makes men out of boys and make grown men cry. LFS is the USMC bootcamp of Linux, so enjoy the pain. Now drop and give me 50 reinstalls.
In an ideal world, we would be able to eliminate CO2 from our atmosphere completely.
Sigh. We need a certain amount of greenhouse effect in order to make the planet habitable. Nature, itself provides the required amount of CO2 to create that effect and that is a significant reason why life arose on this planet in the first place.
Things get dodgy when human activity causes the release of a shitload of extra CO2 and therefore amp up the greenhouse effect.
If you succeed in destroying someone's deeply entrenched beliefs using facts and logic, that person won't change his mind but will hate your guts forever.
Best line I've heard in a long time. I'm so going to steal it.
For those of us who aren't familiar with the original Elite (and can't check it out on Kickstarter because we're lazy or at work) what kind of game is it exactly?
Have a look at oolite.org for an updated, open-source version of the original. Works for Mac, Linux and Windoze.
NK's deterrent is still only conventional, their nuclear capability is a joke.
Their physics package is still very crude. They need to miniaturize it in order to have something deliverable. The results also needs to be confirmed with successful tests, so before we register more NK tests, this hasn't happened.
Their lifting capacity is a joke, particular when they needs to carry a first generation warhead. They need a big ass rocket to drag such a contraption over long distances, so wake me up when we see them using MON and UH25 or Aerozine 50 etc.
Don't even mention guidance. Their satellite shot was less than impressive. The yield of their warhead is going to be modest until they do some more development, so accuracy really matters. We need to see some test-range shoots where they develop this accuracy.
Deterrence requires volume. Even if NK had a single perfect ICBM, it wouldn't really matter. It would be a tragedy for the casualties but any use of that ICBM would cause a retaliation that would blast NK straight into orbit. Heck, China would have to put their dog down themselves in order to prevent the whole world from coming down hard on NK.
In short NK have made a career of being a nuisance and all their antics are little more than creating bargaining chips. NK only exists because China wants a satellite state that acts as a buffer. Let them handle the mess.
I'm heavily into teaching and computer science so I'm always looking into this kind of stuff. I came across this book and worked my way through all the exercises.
I love this book/course so much that I'm looking for a place that'll allow me to teach this course. Salary not required. But it's all dot-net and stuff around here. Lamers.
First, the added liquidity from HFT market makers are largely fake. They cancel 90 percent of their orders before they are executed.
Second, these market makers trade at a discount at the exchanges due to the maker-taker deals. This tips the playing field in their favor.
Third, HFT outfits utilize special order types that are moved to the front of the execution queue and therefore they can do front running on a massive scale. This causes regular buyers and sellers to take a hit.
HFT is such a dominant force in the equity market that it amounts to 75 percent of all US stock trades. This have caused the the average time that an investor holds a stock to drop to 11 seconds. With those numbers, the consequences for volatility are pretty obvious.
The best part is that the exchanges are in on the scam and are beholden to the HFT outfits least they take their business elsewhere.
All of this comes out of Your 401(k) and other long term investors not to mention the damage to the economy at large. Companies are already backing away from raising capital in the stock market because it's so obviously rigged. Likewise, investors are moving into dark pools in order to protect themselves from excessive front running.
If you are so sure it will drop, make a furtune by shorting the stock.
It's a bit more tricky than that. You pay a fee each month You short a stock in the hope that the stock drops so much that You make up for the fees and make a profit.
This play requires that few want to short the stock (low fee) and that the wait isn't too long (too many fee payments).
So You need to get the timing right about a company that few others have doubts about in order to make real money.
This kind of management stupidity can only thrive in a company that's able to survive despite it's management. That means reasonable large and mature.
Basically, You need a stable field to play games on.
Now a startup is unstable, fragile and rapidly tanks if people play games. Plus the whole ting is focused like a laser and causes players to stand out like a sore thump.
The question on where you'd thrive is really simple and depends on whether you're a player.
We're getting ready to head into a presidential election where the "left" is actually center and the "right" is actually "holy fucking shit I didn't know the scale went this far".
I'm afraid this speaks more about Your driving, Your car and Your local roads.
I've spent a good deal of time with a german driver in a high-end BMW on the autobahn and most of that time was spent above 150 mph. I was pretty scared but for the driver it was business as usual. We even had a normal conversation while driving that fast.
One of the most informative and insightful comments that I've seen in a really long time. Welcome to my friends list.
It's hardly a surprise that everything is going to hell in hand basket with that sort of leadership you describe. The real surprise is that it's taken so long to get there. I guess people somehow work despite their leaders.
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No no no, the Germans are the only people who can culturally relate to autistic people -- the need for order and rigorous detail is appreciated there and viewed as a good thing. ;-)
I've been inside a BMW assembly plant in Germany and I were chocked even though I had been warned in advance. The place was cleaner than most restaurants in the rest of the world.
Everybody who've have had a high-end German car is ready to praise German obsessive compulsiveness. You can also find a lot of shit in Germany but when they really try, then they go all out.
The key question today is to chose a job that can't be offshored and pays a decent salary. Medicine is the sweet spot but the rest of us have to be creative.
And a trip to Vegas is they are in doubt about what to buy.
Elegant is supposed to be readable. They're supposed to be the same. If you write code no one understands, it's not elegant, it's obtuse.
The easy solution is to task switch developers. When they rotate back, a year later, they get to feel all the pains of maintaining their own obtuse shit without the benefit of short term memory.
It's a phase. I too have been proud of writing grotesque, obtuse code. Debugging said code 6-12 months later is usually a humbling experience.
Were I omnipotent, I could simply will myself to be omniscient. Neither of those prescribe morality, however.)
Are you sure god isn't just impotent and pissed off because he can't get any?
He also has a view that God does not exist.
Chanting every morning with my head in an arbitrary direction:There is no god and Richard Dawkins is his prophet!
Call me paranoid, but the camouflage of this bird only works against low-tech opponents. So it's only useful against wet-backs, smugglers and other criminals. Plus, the general public.
You would lead a happier life if you chose to ignore their advice.
Heretic. How dare you defile the one true distro. LFS is the distro that makes men out of boys and make grown men cry. LFS is the USMC bootcamp of Linux, so enjoy the pain. Now drop and give me 50 reinstalls.
In an ideal world, we would be able to eliminate CO2 from our atmosphere completely.
Sigh. We need a certain amount of greenhouse effect in order to make the planet habitable. Nature, itself provides the required amount of CO2 to create that effect and that is a significant reason why life arose on this planet in the first place.
Things get dodgy when human activity causes the release of a shitload of extra CO2 and therefore amp up the greenhouse effect.
Great analysis. Welcome to my friends list.
If you succeed in destroying someone's deeply entrenched beliefs using facts and logic, that person won't change his mind but will hate your guts forever.
Best line I've heard in a long time. I'm so going to steal it.
For those of us who aren't familiar with the original Elite (and can't check it out on Kickstarter because we're lazy or at work) what kind of game is it exactly?
Have a look at oolite.org for an updated, open-source version of the original. Works for Mac, Linux and Windoze.
NK's deterrent is still only conventional, their nuclear capability is a joke.
In short NK have made a career of being a nuisance and all their antics are little more than creating bargaining chips. NK only exists because China wants a satellite state that acts as a buffer. Let them handle the mess.
I'm heavily into teaching and computer science so I'm always looking into this kind of stuff. I came across this book and worked my way through all the exercises.
I love this book/course so much that I'm looking for a place that'll allow me to teach this course. Salary not required. But it's all dot-net and stuff around here. Lamers.
by Peter van der Linden
A profound influence that made me aware of the depth of programming expertise.
Unfortunately PvdL's recent books doesn't live up to this awesome tome.
First, the added liquidity from HFT market makers are largely fake. They cancel 90 percent of their orders before they are executed.
Second, these market makers trade at a discount at the exchanges due to the maker-taker deals. This tips the playing field in their favor.
Third, HFT outfits utilize special order types that are moved to the front of the execution queue and therefore they can do front running on a massive scale. This causes regular buyers and sellers to take a hit.
HFT is such a dominant force in the equity market that it amounts to 75 percent of all US stock trades. This have caused the the average time that an investor holds a stock to drop to 11 seconds. With those numbers, the consequences for volatility are pretty obvious.
The best part is that the exchanges are in on the scam and are beholden to the HFT outfits least they take their business elsewhere.
All of this comes out of Your 401(k) and other long term investors not to mention the damage to the economy at large. Companies are already backing away from raising capital in the stock market because it's so obviously rigged. Likewise, investors are moving into dark pools in order to protect themselves from excessive front running.
If you are so sure it will drop, make a furtune by shorting the stock.
It's a bit more tricky than that. You pay a fee each month You short a stock in the hope that the stock drops so much that You make up for the fees and make a profit.
This play requires that few want to short the stock (low fee) and that the wait isn't too long (too many fee payments).
So You need to get the timing right about a company that few others have doubts about in order to make real money.
This kind of management stupidity can only thrive in a company that's able to survive despite it's management. That means reasonable large and mature.
Basically, You need a stable field to play games on.
Now a startup is unstable, fragile and rapidly tanks if people play games. Plus the whole ting is focused like a laser and causes players to stand out like a sore thump.
The question on where you'd thrive is really simple and depends on whether you're a player.
If You read TFA then You will see that this service actually HIGHLIGHTS the censorship process.
IMHO that's doing the right thing.
We're getting ready to head into a presidential election where the "left" is actually center and the "right" is actually "holy fucking shit I didn't know the scale went this far".
Best political analysis ever.
It would be more honest to add in the weight of the required Falcon 9 launcher (334 tons) since You quote the whole Shuttle stack.
I'm afraid this speaks more about Your driving, Your car and Your local roads.
I've spent a good deal of time with a german driver in a high-end BMW on the autobahn and most of that time was spent above 150 mph. I was pretty scared but for the driver it was business as usual. We even had a normal conversation while driving that fast.
I prefer the Lisp way. Hunchentoot on SBCL Lisp and hooked up to a Postgresql database through the postmodern interface.
The whole thing runs excellent on Linux and You can download are all sorts of nifty packages available to simplify Lisp web development.
If the load becomes too heavy then stick an Apache server in front to handle the static stuff and SSL.
One of the most informative and insightful comments that I've seen in a really long time. Welcome to my friends list.
It's hardly a surprise that everything is going to hell in hand basket with that sort of leadership you describe. The real surprise is that it's taken so long to get there. I guess people somehow work despite their leaders.
Does the German coast guard have any offices in Munich?
Somebody needs to retake geography 101. Munich is about as far as one can get away from the German coast and still be in the country.