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Isnt this a very python thing. Arent all the "brillant jerks" python and ruby programmers. Java and C/C++ guys are the actually smart dudes that know what they are doing and PHP guys just want to get it working and dont give a fuck.
Rarely do I get into Facebook arguments online, but this seemed to be the best solution -- posting picture after picture of children with measles and polio.
What are the conditions for angel investments? I remember reading that some Sun guy saw a Google demo and immediately cut them a check for 100k. Does anybody know what the conditions were?
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Since it apparently wasn't obvious:

We should be putting "abrasive jerk" in quotes. The point that was being made by both of us is that these abrasive jerks aren't actually abrasive jerks, they're just going against the grain because it's the technically better choice.

And then they get labelled as abrasive jerks and ignored, and then queue the scandal when people talk about how horrible the toyota code is (for example).
The lack of coordination tooling isn't the problem, the complex interlocking structure of conflicting interests is. The obvious fallout of a congressional communication tool is that it becomes a firehouse of what congress members strategically share to further their own goals.
If it's possible to split the log out into a more granular format, beyond what fnbr has suggested, then it can potentially be used with more complex models; keep the issue as the "label", and the "system log" (or a hash representation?) as well - but if the log entry can be broken up into other data points, it can be useful in other ML methods.

Then again, if the log entry has a somewhat set length (or can be truncated), you could feed that in as the input to a CNN (one input node/neuron per character), and the output layer could consist of the issue labels. I'm not sure what if anything that could net you; perhaps an unknown log could be input on the trained network, and it could classify it to an existing issue?
I'd like to know the prevalance of 'false positives' with this test. If we scanned the brains of a completely random set of babies (these were high-likelihood cases), what percent of infants would show abnormal brain topography, but go on to be "normal"
Some who are vaccinated will still contract the disease. Some cannot be safely vaccinated because of preexisting medical conditions. For both groups, herd immunity provides additional protection; herd immunity is frustrated by those who choose to not vaccinate.
It's also expensive and goes off quite quick...
I think this is sorta on the nose, but I would rephrase it as "Do we have a right to not be subjected to medical procedures?"

And the answer to that seems to be fairly strongly in the affirmative. I imagine we will be approaching a more nuanced legal view of such things in the near future as we battle to understand where rights really stand. (Much like many of our rights, there are exceptional situations - like the oft quoted yelling "FIRE!" in a movie theater - and perhaps vaccinations should be treated similarly.)

EDIT - I was pointed to some interesting CDC info below, and there is an interesting scenario possible: make measels a quarantinable disease. This would become a choice with teeth. Choose to vaccinate, or risk isolation. Thankfully, the CDC seems like a fairly serious outfit, and I'm not worried about abuse of power in this way, but it does rephrase the topic a bit.
They are wrong. There are known limits to the number of unvaccinated people we can safely have, and those spots should be reserved for people who actually can't be vaccinated.
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>They should all be quarantined on some remote island off the coast of Alaska.

Close. Seems like they are self-segregating in Seattle.

http://kuow.org/post/seattle-kids-have-lower-polio-vaccinati...
I think that's because that encourages people to assess the issue for their children, but really vaccines aren't just for your kid, they provide herd immunity that saves the lives of newborns, the immunocompromised like children on chemo, etc. Also people forget the horror of life before vaccines for things like polio.
I agree with this - try the "simpler" solutions first to see if they'll model what you need. No sense in getting lost in more complex methods if a simpler solution will suffice.
Interestingly, it's quite expensive to apply to college (where the applicant is hoping to become the customer).
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I've never built an extension before, but hope I've created a fun and alternate way for users to use the Startup Button service. I'll be online all day to answer any questions or respond to feedback.
> And I believe the 'dangerous precedent' you mention should be easy to protect from in a lawful democratic society.

It's not easy to protect from at all. There was a time in this country when we had forced sterilization of poor people. [0] It was justified using all the same language that you're using here and seen as an incredibly progressive policy. It's not easy at all to protect from these kinds of abuses. Quite the opposite in fact.

> You should be entitled to your personal freedom and rights until they start infringing on the basic rights of others.

Anti-vaxxers aren't infringing on any of your basic rights, they are putting you at risk but you don't have a right to herd immunity from diseases. They do have a right decide which medical procedures they undergo, again that may be regressive but that's currently the way it works in our country.

[0] http://www.salon.com/2006/03/04/bruinius/
I'm just saying there's an argument to be had. I have mostly your perspective on this as well.
For me this research actually validates the link. Because MMR vaccination is given at 15 months. Parents strongly suspect link between MMR and Autism, not all vaccinations as popularly believed.

Following is vaccination schedule.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolesc...
Here in Victoria, Australia, they have a "no jab, no play" law, which I think is an interesting practical take on this.

The legislation means that if you don't vaccinate your child, you miss out on childcare rebates and can't access licensed daycare (doesn't affect primary school and later, presumably because vaccinated children are less vulnerable by that age, but also I suspect because the law would collide with other legislation related to schools, and uneducated unvaccinated kids would be a terrible outcome :).

https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/Api/downloadmedia/%7B22AA80DA...

I'm actually still not sure how I feel about this. On the face of it, it's a fair, risk based approach (e.g, minimise risk to others) but it also places more pressure on the poor than the rich.
> Why not JavaScript engine?

Having your bottom level language semantics be dynamically typed seems to place a real cap on application performance. Given that the underlying machine code is typed, I don't think it makes sense for the lowest level language you can target to be dynamically typed.

(WebAssembly is basically an acknowledgement of that fact.)

> The biggest point being the ability to code in any language that compiles to wasm.

Conversely, I don't think WASM is a great target language either. It doesn't include GC, and I don't think it makes sense for each application to have to ship its own GC and runtime. WASM is a good target for C/C++, but not for higher level languages like Java/C#/JS/Python/Ruby/Dart.

They say they intend to support GC, but they've been saying that for a while and I haven't seen much motion yet. I don't think Fuchsia can afford to wait around for that.
> I think the history shows that a large reason they were able to continue their dominance was because of the unfair and frankly anticompetitive practices that they embraced back then

While there might be a correlation, I don't think you can entirely extrapolate between "ruthless business practices" and "toxic interpersonal interactions". You can have either without the other, and I wouldn't automatically assume that skill at one implies skill at the other.
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There are multiple ways to be a jerk. Clearly Gates succeeded and Ballmer failed. The Gates went on to stop being a jerk.

It would be nice to see some example of a Jerk and non-Jerk attempting the same strategy.
So you're saying ethereum definitely doesn't have any fundamental advantages over the traditional legal contract system? I agree.
How about this: before I put the effort in to generating the list myself, can you at least promise to confirm that I have the complete an accurate list once I do, and to fill in any gaps?
You're missing the "herd effect". There are cases where children are too young or have another health issue that prevents them from being vaccinated. These children rely on the greater population to be vaccinated and to help decrease their chances of becoming infected.
> Start menu integration, USB device access, graphics and sound APIs, notifications...

You can get all that through UWP, though, can't you?
Some people are unable to get a vaccine, largely if you are immunocompromised (new born, AIDS, extreme other sickness, immunosuppressors etc). By having a large portion of the population not able to transmit the disease you have herd immunity that protects those that can't get it.

You also reduce the load & cost to our healthcare system.
Churchill was also a prolific author - the vast majority of his earned income came from books, newspaper articles, and paid speeches.

He had terrible financial habits and constantly flirted with personal bankruptcy. Fortunately for all of us, his trusty typewriter (and the marketability of his name...) saved him every time.
Lots of thoughts around the code review issue (the jerk generated 'hundreds of comment').

I have a rule: the only comments I make are about improving the correctness of the code. Nothing about technique or approach or format or cleverer ways of doing anything. Just directly actionable constructive comments.
Hmm, very good question. I don't really know. I wouldn't expect you to memorize the Swift original.

I searched "How to attribute a fake quote" and nothing useful came up. Maybe:

"– Apocryphal quote incorrectly attributed to Jonathan Swift"

But that's not very satisfying, or short.
Looks like they're using make as way to much of a programming language instead of the IMO much better declarative approach, way too many loops and function calls rather than dependencies. I'm not sure but it also looks like it's building too many things instead of different build for different configurations.
Agreed. You want to have a very specific and highlighted approach. I'm running a micro-influencer targeting beta with a new software, if you want to dive into this a bit more. We've been testing with a few new apps and seeing success but like tcsf said you have to have really specific targets.
Not going to help unless you're already in Robinhood. I guess you could ACATS transfer to robinhood but most retail brokers will charge an outgoing ACATS fee.
IMO the 10x productivity thing is a bit of straw-man. thats rarely the case. but realistically its more like 3-4x. I'd include one crucial factor in evaluating this that I always look for in new hires, its Ownership! Do you have commitment to your responsibilities or is it just about finding immediate gain (could be ego for brilliant jerks or security for mediocre lazy bum). IMO in long run if you are about avg you will converge on the 'right' solution if you are looking for it. the problem IMO is many engineers have weak sense of ownership of what they do & based on their capabilities they adjust their behavior.

I'd factor in the motives behind being jerk before judging. Is it that they are just mean egotistical person whose using his technical superiority or there is genuine desire to make things better even if it means 'breaking a few eggs' in short-term?
Maybe that is because you're positive and open-minded enough to concentrate on their good qualities and not to perceive them in passive-agressive way as 'jerks'? :)
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Ask them how they'd feel if their child went blind from measles.
Expressing true opinions which, may not be well received by the community, especially those who have a penchant to lash out when confronted with reality contrary to their beliefs, is the reason we have anonymity.

Case in point the post went from +4 to -4 in a matter of minutes.

Downvotes yum yum yum. Still no one bothered to put forth an answer to the question, nor refute any statement.
Been there. Was involved in a telco software project where one person was a genius, a true unicorn. We were in meetings where some of his insight and perspective left us scratching our heads in amazement. Yet he was the most destructive co-worker I've ever come across.

He never did anything. He would belittle others if they didn't grasp things. He would see a well-layout project plan and laugh and say that he could do it in a weekend, and management would listen because of his intellect and dominating presence. Every request for him to actually do any work was met with a 'too busy' answer, yet he would berate others for not meeting schedules.
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Your colleague is clearly wrong. Seriously, 'coërce the integer five to floating point' vice 'the floating point number 5.0'?

Does he also prefer to right integers as 'int(float(5))'? The mind boggles, it really does.
Quick back of the envelope: let's define angel as someone who can write 10, $25k checks a year. Let's say they have a yearly lifestyle expense of $250k, so they need to make $500k/year off their wealth. Then, assume they make between 4-8%/year on their investments. so that's $6-12M in the bank.
I have created some companies and managed lots of people.

In my experience, the moment I hear someone calling someone else "jerk", it tells me more about the person telling it than about the "jerk" itself.

In particular it tells me you as manager can't handle this people, and you are incompetent as manager and need to improve you handling people's skills.

It is something similar to Cesar Millan working with dogs, but instead of Cesar visiting dog owners that do not have a clue about the dogs they have,it is a similar process with people. I am somewhat of a "natural" managing people but also studied practical phycology for years in order to understand and manage different people and I can testify that most managers are so clueless in the practical side of things(they probably studied the things they don't apply in practice).

A "no brilliant jerks" policy is the best thing you can do for your competitors that know how to handle them. Call it "Always live in your comfort zone""Do not learn" policy. Go for it.

I personally love to welcome those jerks in my company and fix their traumas with clueless managers. It is also very profitable, you make money doing good and feels very satisfying at the end(after the work of fixing the traumas).
It wouldn't even enter my mind to argue about something so trivial.

Then again, I'm not a software developer (even though I did write some Python scripts for my workflow in the past).
Do we? Last time I checked we put people in cells for committing crimes. What sorts of prisoners are you talking about here? It's not obvious to me but perhaps I'm being thick.
One of the reasons ipsec is tricky to understand is it doesn't create virtual interfaces like most other vpn systems on linux. With something like openvpn you can run tcpdump on eth0 / tun0 to figure out what is going on. With ipsec there's no 'ipsec0' interface and the way it works is a little more 'magic'.
I started programming in basic (first on ZX spectrum clone, then QBasic) but really started writing meaningful programs in BP7 and then Delphi. On the other hand I'm pretty sure that I learned english by printing out the whole readme for Build engine that was on the Duke Nukem 3D CD and reading that.
If your metric is simply "number of terrorists caught" then sure a broken test is better than no test.
But you are ignoring the cost of "catching" innocent people. Plus you are ignoring the cost of the administering the test.
It's difficult to tell from one single viewpoint.

However what I find MOST revealing is that there is precisely ZERO mention of 'training' anywhere in the article.

Did they not attempt to train the 'jerk' to be less harsh while still effectively communicating?

Did they not attempt to train the possibly overly-sensitive employees to step back and try to not take everything as a personal attack?

I think that /both/ things would have enriched the value of their employees. Both those who need more guidance on being better at communicating and those who need to improve their technical skills.
Typhoid Mary was an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever. Her work as a cook resulted in numerous outbreaks and deaths. She was informed of the risks, and warned not to return to the food industry. She ignored these warnings, changed her name, and returned to work as a cook. As a result, another outbreak, and more deaths.

Refusing to vaccinate is just as irresponsible as Typhoid Mary.
It isn't punishment for refusing to submit to a medical procedure, any more than drunk driving is punishment for driving. It is refusing to take basic medical care, resulting in the decreased health of society.
Why research has to validate everything? These are facts that children are regressing into Autism after MMR at 15 months.

Science still doesn't know how food gets digested and becomes poop. Will you stop eating, because science doesn't know what really happens during digestion?
Most quadcopters don't allow for the motors to be reversed - it's very rare for the motor controllers to support this unless the quadcopter is specifically designed for inverted / "3D" flight with custom motor controller firmware and bidirectional / 3D props.

"What motor inputs would cause the hardest recovery situation" is a pretty fun question, though - I think the best you could do would be to throttle the two motors rotating in a given direction to zero (both CW or both CCW), which would induce instability in multiple axes at once. But there's probably something more creative I'm not thinking about!
This is a lie, measles is completely harmless, I had it, hundreds of kids in my town had it nobody dies. I expect the similar situation in other cities; it was Poland 80's. The idea that stuffing healthy infant with coctail of dirty substances gives any adventages is ridiculous for me. You can google vaccine ingredients and check wiki. I didn't give injection to my daughter and she is pretty healthy.
Can confirm - it's true. I was one few years ago, made conscious effort to cleanse that attitude of mine. Feels so much better!
I think it's possible to be truthful, direct and blunt while still being nice and thoughtful. There's a false association between someone who is a jerk and someone who is willing to disagree.
Thanks for this. I had assumed there is a way to do this but had never gotten around to setting it up since I use different machines altogether for personal and work projects.
> to call anyone a "jerk" is something that only jerks do

What about people who call "jerks" people who call someone a jerk?

:-D
vaccines are not perfect. Thus, some people who have the vaccine could get the illness. We rely on "herd immunity" to protect those people.

Also, some people are unable to take the vaccine, and again we rely on herd immunity to protect those people.

By not vaccinating their children anti-vaxxers are not just risking the health of their own children but are risking the health of the wider community.
Why users have to rename anything? Do they have to rename .exes or .msi?

In early '00s, there surely were apps made and distributed as .hta files. Not much as .exes, of course, because even with ActiveX, DHTML was quite limited.

Heck, when I was in school, me and a buddy wrote a desktop web chat client using that tech (we wanted fancy text formatting and image posting that "official" webchat page hadn't, but we had - because it server lacked proper HTML sanitization, lol)
No, we put people in cells because they represent a threat to the general public. Of course, it doesn't always play out that way in reality, but their are a limited number of options re punishment as well.

Society has a right to protect itself. If your decisions put my life, as well as thousands of others, in danger unnecessarily then you represent a significant risk.
> I've met two kinds of "brilliant jerks" in my working life.

I think this is a key point, along with ianbicking's observation that jerkness is often an environmental (rather than innate) phenomenon. Here's a quote many here might recognize.

"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice"

Substitute "quality" or "progress" for "liberty" and you might see what I'm getting at. Some people are just jerks, full stop, end of story. They won't stop being jerks. They will continue to bring everyone down, so they're best gotten rid of. However, there are others who can exhibit many of the same outward behaviors because of context. Most often, the context is that people aren't listening. In an organization where there's a strong emphasis on empirical results, and even more so in one where there's a strong focus on learning, this "situational jerkness" doesn't occur. On the other hand, when people persist in doing things that are wrong despite every prior proof that it's wrong, others might get frustrated enough with them to start being jerks. Examples from my own experience might include:

* Repeatedly deferring fixes to a known serious problem, while resources are devoted to less important things.

* Re-submitting the same proposal or patch without fixing already-identified flaws.

* Persisting in collaborative anti-patterns such as pulling rank or announcing decisions made without all stakeholders present.

I've been a jerk myself, when faced with these kinds of situations. I'd have to be some kind of jerk not to push for change, when experience tells me that the status quo leads to a bad place. Sometimes passive aggression needs to be met with active aggression. When faced with being a jerk for good or a jerk for evil, I'll choose being a jerk for good. It's not a decision to be made lightly, and if it happens often then we're probably back in "permanent jerk" territory, but sometimes it's a decision that needs to be made anyway.
+1 for the quality and safety of MRI

> they'd quickly replace ultrasound during pregnancy

Since scan time goes up with detail, and babies are really squirmy, it would be interesting to see how a quick-scan (low resolution) MRI compares with ultrasound quality.

But ultrasound destroys MRI in terms of portability, availability, and cost: just wheel in the cart, apply some goo, and there's the baby.

Perhaps more serious situations should use MRI more often instead of diagnostic ultrasound.
From what I understand (Australian here) the Australian (and British) version is much more extreme.