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The first 10m is the hardest. The last 10m is a cakewalk.
Re:No Calls on Saturday January 18, 2025 @07:52PM (#42752697)
You're c-suite and you negotiate based on time and materials vs ROI?
Dark side of a Hollywood basement
I went with a PO box to add a layer, but yeah, ham does provide ample identity surface area.
Similar idea [1]:

>Engineering mode shuns uncertainty, because uncertainty may involve risk that corresponds to bad surprises. Discovery mode thrives under uncertainty, especially when a rare but beneficial result leads to finding something new, or a reduction of uncertainty in the face of making strategic decisions.

In summary, to understand the distinctions of Discovery and Engineering modes, one needs to have an appreciation for variation and the underlying distribution of outcomes expected while operating in each mode respectively. Without understanding the asymmetry in their outcome distributions, it would be difficult to convey how these work modes are different.

[1] https://jabustyermancom.wordpress.com/tag/discovery-vs-engin...

Re:Port-scanning the fleet and trying to put out fires on Monday March 25, 2024 @06:10PM (#39821811)
"This engagement taught me that a lot of so-called technical problems are in fact rooted in human issues, and those usually come from management."

Oh hey, I didn't see you there. Welcome to earth.

Re:RStudio: Integrated development environment (IDE) for R on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @12:58PM (#39769226)
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Yes it does.

Creative prosthetics and a VR headset and I'm less confident
Re:R: Introduction to Data Science on Saturday March 02, 2024 @07:39AM (#39572165)
Bayesian stats

Traditional stats

Very fast iteration for data exploration in REPL (vs code or R studio).

Prefer pipeline workflows (Tidyverse/maggrittr).

Prefer functional

Prefer array based.

Prefer 1-indexed arrays (yes there are some of us).

Re:How to Change a System on Monday February 26, 2024 @07:25AM (#39510467)
Shock doctrine. Disaster capitalism. Economic hitman
Re:Japan's Nikkei surpasses 1989 all-time high on Thursday February 22, 2024 @02:39AM (#39464308)
They wish they could but they lost their shirts in 08-09 thinking their ATM, I mean houses, would continue to allow them to do nothing and get rich like it had for the prevuois 25 years.

Worst. Generation. Ever.

~disgruntled X

Re:The Pleasure of Pattern on Saturday February 17, 2024 @07:46AM (#39408957)
>What is the evolutionary advantage of being able to match abstract patterns? Assuming it increases evolutionary fitness, what is the cost of it that kept it from becoming universal?

Likely there is a tension between over- and under-fitting, with behavioral and evolutionary tuning always in flux as conditions change.

Economics <cough>
Re:Why Hierarchy Is Fragile and Anarchy Is Antifragile on Monday January 22, 2024 @06:29AM (#39088374)
Tell my kids that
I aspire to this...

And...

How do you connect with employers, employees, look up companies, jobs, etc.?

Re:Julia 1.10 Released on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @06:34PM (#38788198)
I think you mean Julia is on par with LuaJIT? ..maybe exceeds?
Re:Preparedness Framework on Sunday December 24, 2023 @08:09AM (#38753236)
Preparedness should be driven by the precautionary principle in existential domains. Acting on facts may mean lagging behind points where prudence should be exercised.
Re:Mechanical Watch on Monday December 11, 2023 @03:29PM (#38605083)
I've had spring bars break twice with the Leek. Replacement parts were sent for free!
Re:Vermont May Be the Face of a Long-Term U.S. Labor Shortage on Monday November 13, 2023 @12:31PM (#38252752)
Vermont may be the face of a long term US wage shortage

...fair's fair in supply and demand. Oh, NY times, never mind.

2 planes, 3 buildings.

Hack those numbers.

It's my experience that you get easier, faster or better. Choose any 1, rarely 2, never 3.
Re:Homebrew Website Club on Sunday September 17, 2023 @07:47PM (#37550556)
Love the sparkline next to number of posts.
Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time on Monday September 11, 2023 @06:47PM (#37474719)
What about the part where afghan, I mean Iraqi, I mean Saudi passports come fluttering down.

22 year old long con.

Re:The Worst Programmer on Saturday September 02, 2023 @11:47AM (#37362563)
Stories like this happened is because managers
Throw in Joan Didion (e.g. Play it as it lays, Slouching towards..) to flesh this out even further.
Re:You're Not Going to Make It on Friday August 25, 2023 @02:11PM (#37265149)
They want to live in a world with severe consequences.... A world to make up for the last 70 years.
Re:Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately? on Thursday August 17, 2023 @08:05AM (#37160347)
I couldn't finish it
Applebee's... Does not compute.
Re:What Is Radio Spectrum? on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @05:25PM (#36793651)
One place to start peeling the onion is amature radio. In the US, see: https://www.arrl.org/

Introduction to spectrum, freq allocation (bands) and modes.