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From the article I just linked, the original poster says,[An honest, well meaning, former-schoolteacher-or-real-estate-broker-turned city councilman] can't overcome the knowledge gap. Nobody can, with all the stuff you have to buy these days. All they can do is to admit their stupidity, to hire or defer to smarter people, and to keep contracts ( Read more... ) -
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In a reddit thread on corruption, someone points out,
"Given a choice behind hiring a stranger that is brilliant or a friend that is competent, people will always hire the friend."
Well, yeah. The idea of economics, and hell, even the idea of government, is all about making people work harmoniously together even though they're not all friends. ( Read more... ) -
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http://twitter.com/saraid216/statuses/14739136274
First mention of suicide on my Twitter. =P
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Testability
So, a while back, I said, "Also, I don't consider testability to be a good goal. However, I'm being argued down on that, so it's kinda malleable."Leaving WhitePages meant that most of the forces arguing me into favoring testability have been conveniently silenced. And now this pops up ( Read more... ) -
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"Even as it explains very old patterns in prehistory, this idea holds out hope that the human race will prosper mightily in the years ahead-because ideas are having sex with each other as never before ( Read more... ) -
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"How long do we have to get our zombie preparedness kits in order?"
If you have to ask, it's too late.
I had mine ready in high school.
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Hm.One test adults use is whether you still have the kid flake reflex. When you're a little kid and you're asked to do something hard, you can cry and say "I can't do it" and the adults will probably let you off. As a kid there's a magic button you can press by saying "I'm just a kid" that will get you out of most difficult situations. Whereas ( Read more... )
