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There's another layer to your accidental genius. Gandhi could be very aggressive in civ due to a bug https://kotaku.com/why-gandhi-is-such-an-asshole-in-civiliza...

Let's try to flip the perspectives. Let's say you created a game. Let's pretend you want to make money off of it, because you put quite some time into it. Time you could have used to make money by other means.

How would you go about it?

"These numbers do not clarify which percentage of the population owns those guns." from the very same source. You cannot reliably draw conclusions about the likelihood of encountering an armed citizen.

I can understand it might be a red flag for you. It's a clumsy choice of words. I do believe it's meant to say "and you are an asset to the company, in no risk of getting fired".

Though if you could tickle my fancy and go back and read it again, the context is "doing as much work as others" (lifting 100 crates). Which is a positive thing. So you "deserve" to keep your job.

I wonder what is it you'd do if they told you in person, that you can't do online?

I'd say homeworks are good. In a mix. In fact the process should be a mix. It's hard to get it right.

You can find out if they copied the homework. There should always be a follow up talk about it. They should be able to explain the details.

Ask them to add some functionality on spot. They have working code they should be familiar with and you can work with that. You want to test their approach more than anything.

Bug fixing is hard to prepare right. If you have a clear cut position, that would eliminate part of bullet one.

I'd argue that they should not be asked to find the bug. Only to fix it.

It does not have to be the same bug. I'd argue for a pool they can pick from.

You should be testing how they approach the problem and how they go about solving it. Heck you can debug and outline a fix for something you can't really code yourself, I know I did.

Pairing with someone from the team they'd work in could also provide some insight into the dynamic.

I agree there is no cookie cutter way for homework and bugs. That's why they need to be in a mix, well prepared and supervised.

Or a plot twist...she knew all along!

(but I guess you already asked her)

Do I understand correctly that the body which depends on fees and fines for sustenance is taking care of levying fees and fines?

In that case, I would refer you to Monoid font. I love that one. You can even select from options for e.g. ampersand, dollar, zero...

Was it the same case where an Oracle lawyer disclosed, supposedly on accident, the figures Google earned? Or the other way around. Sorry, my memory is hazy. But I remember the judge being pretty harsh and snarky towards the lawyer.

That is why any clip should obtain a hash on the device. Or that pulling the relevant data would checksum them by the device.

I'm almost asleep, but there probably is some sort of solution that would prove the authenticity of the recording.

That is a good point. But that brings a bunch of its own problems.

E. g. your significant other sees you somewhere you should have not been.

I honestly don't have the answer. Hopefully, the police can keep them stashed for when they're needed.

I'd like to get the media outlets and public more educated. To get the story confirmed or denied (by the police).

Maybe a few "police cameras (again) prove wrong accusations" with wide coverage would go a long way to discourage fabricated stories.

Now about the access and publishing. That one is the hardest to get right considering presumption of innocence and privacy.

The only idea for now "here is the recording, faces blurred. If it's not enough, we'll gladly see you in court. What? No court? We didn't think so either." Hopefully I can come up with a better one.

Have you considered online tools such as Cloud9, replit etc.? If so, is the problem missing features, workflow or pricing?

They will most likely detain you. And grill you for quite some time.

Then seize your electronics, because "you have no need for devices you cannot unlock" (fictional quote) and most importantly you cannot prove they're safe (forget about them having to prove they're not safe).

And finally, they would most likely deny you entry.

Given that lately I've read hundreds of comments on US Customs here on HN, this is the picture I've painted in my mind.

Not trying to sound like a wise guy, but I can see another option: the state of the system is in flux, constantly trying to improve, finding new ways to do it, using new and updated technologies etc.

On top of that, microservices are supposed to be self-contained, but they do depend on each other to some degree.

I agree with you two above, but think the unmodified recording should not be for the public to see. To avoid pitchforks. Below is why I agree that bodycams are the real solution instead of citizens with cams.

Imagine someone records police violence and posts it online. Only they cut off the first half where the suspect did not comply and was aggressive.

Now there's an angry Internet mob which crowdsources the address, phone and a lot more, just from the recording of the police officer's face.

Sadly, in our time and age, it's the first one to report that has the patent to "truth".

In case my story helps:

Below are the results. The road was hard.

I experienced a similar bump when transitioning from high school to university and then right before my bachelor's degree.

I was looking for something. Had no idea what it was. Everyone else seemed to be doing fine. It was very frustrating and demotivational.

I cleared the first bump by meeting a great group that accepted me and challenged my wit every waking minute with them. It helped me turn my brain on not only for school, but I also started working.

Even though I still had no sense of direction and constantly training my brain on the world around brought about a period of numbness and depression, I was very focused on any task I either had to do or wanted to learn.

The second bump was university where I was already working/studying 50/50. Had to choose work or school and I chose both. It worked out.

Put aside the fact it was the wrong masters or even the wrong university, I pulled it off just to prove a point to myself.

I've started aiming very high in math, optimization, complexity. I was bad at all of them, but my reasoning behind that was "master this and you will be beyond fabulous".

Studying on my own helped a ton. The books that don't make sense in course start making sense, because there is no one else but you to interpret them.

Now at 33 I am finally getting constant influx of challenges and new problems to play with. And I am ready, because I chose not to shut my brain off earlier.

I may not be the "happy" type, but as long as I can use my mind and get constantly challenged, I don't feel the desperation I used to.

One last thing. I had abysmally low self-esteem. I still struggle, because I have a lot of more intelligent and/or accomplished people around me.

Though that's better than the other way around, because it keeps you on your toes and eventually you can learn how not to underestimate and degrade yourself. I learned that I cannot compare to everyone, but I can try to get as close as possible by working hard.

Advice to my past self: 1 constantly think about everything 2 try to get to the bottom of it 3 study on your own 4 if your spec sucks, switch masters early 5 try lots of different courses 6 aim higher, even if you cannot make it 7 be skeptical, but learn to assess your value better 8 don't think small, e. g. only in terms of your country

It takes a real "pro" player AND experienced DM to pull that off.

I heard a story about such a session where everyone was pissed off, but had fun all the same.

It's very hard to find balance. The right amount of evil at the right time. Stabbing everyone in the back during a boss fight would not fly.

Let's pretend you developed a piece of software you want to sell. People download it without paying you. What do you do in that case?

Which, as mentioned is a systemic problem that has to be solved by training. And/or you can set up cron jobs to do the cleaning. Or have some conditional script triggers.

> - Interview people who were there about what the journalists were actually doing and what happened when they were detained

Agreed

> - Mention the political background of the reporters and/or any history of participating in protests

That is (or should be) irrelevant unless you want to support a story. We do not know if they were actively involved.

If you say they were Democrats, some people can conclude they provoked it. Others may think it's the Republicans attacking innocent journalists.

Same with being active in the past. How does that tell anything about this case without creating bias.

What if I was active in environmental protests, but I just cover politics as a job?

> - Explore legal precedents and ask experts to help explain why they may have been arrested

You would need to ask the policemen. Not the "grunts", the ones who gave the order. They should know why they gave it. But they declined to comment. So the answer of any expert might be "if they were detained, they probably did something wrong".

> - At least mention the fact that if we don't know all the facts, we can't assume they were wrongfully charged

I believe we should conclude "they were brought in and it could be for a number of reasons:

a) they broke the law b) they refused to cooperate c) they didn't to the best of their ability prevent someone from breaking the law (I don't know if this concept applies in USA, I'm from Czech Republic) - that includes even just calling a cop d) they were scooped up to sort out later (determine their contribution or provide testimony) e) it was a mistake"

I tend to sound forceful, but I'm not ill willed. I'm trying to raise some points that I think do or don't bring value to reporting on this issue.

Thanks

Thank you very much for taking the time to answer the swarm of questions. It's a ton to think about and make it my own.

I'm in a somewhat similar situation to you, but on the upward slope. If you don't mind, what was the breaking point for you? How did you approach your recovery? How much time and effort did you put into getting your business off the ground? How do you manage to combine enjoyable work with delivery (nowadays it is the mantra - everything has to at least help provide value for customer)? How do you handle employee's failures and your own?

I have started to think about these points a lot.

Given I basically have a coworking workshop (it's a 3 friend little webdev company), there is a lot to consider.

Solving and handing over of my current obligations, dedicating to my shop, or starting a new one my way, or finding a new place to soak in more experience (I'm 32, but somehow my brain still works well enough to quickly absorb new stuff).

This is something I was wondering about in regards to the US Constitution and law.

Say I have a website. I collect male nipple pictures. I reject female ones.

Am I required to provide equal opportunity?

I'd say it's my decision, because it's my website. Would the site being a business (even making just ad money) make a difference?

(I'm from Europe, so I have some blanks in understanding the US system)

To add: other than cost transfer, it enables better scaling for the companies.

In case it might help you:

For projects where there's possibly only a dev or two and the project/client, we had success with producteev. It's much less complicated than e.g. JIRA.

If you set up rules for tags and priorities you can manage delivery quite well with it.

Highest priority is reserved for blockers.

Sample of our tags: affects customer, bug, feature, change, production, technical debt

Settings > personal > location (Android 6 at least). You can disable the privilege in Settings > device > apps > Uber > permissions.

For pedestrians: In my city I have yet to find a bogus one. They are there to control traffic flow. You press it, you get a green light. You don't, you can die waiting.

It's there to allow the priority traffic to be interrupted only if necessary.

I believe I heard something like "press a button for a faster signal", but that doesn't make any sense at all.

Municipalities want to control the traffic in the most efficient way. Not to give any troll a button to break things.

However there are several places where there are e.g. sensors to allow for a favourable signal for drivers. But then again that is mostly in places where they would wait for a green light for a long time.

The theory and practice in the transportation field is quite interesting.

> So, the possibility of things like, say, a researcher not mentioning something that is standard practice in their lab

I'd suggest a different formulation: "standard practice in their field"

Standard practice in general cooking? That's ok. Standard practice in my kitchen? That's a problem.

The research is IMO like a meal recipe a knowledgable chef should be able to reproduce.

Though it is understandable why one would forget to mention something. Especially if they thought it was general practice to do something their way.

I would fear the same, but I believe this is all too good for the media to pass on.

Imagine the headlines comparing how much an average person pays on taxes with Apple.

The other camp will indeed slam EU for butting in (again).

It will mostly depend on the news outlet's agenda.

Despite that, it is wexing that they wouldn't come across this issue during testing. Maybe it's a production issue. I am very interested in a technical explanation from either Google or Niantic. They surely had to test iOS app and check their Google permission page. Otherwise it would be really sloppy testing.