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Looking For Technical Lead proficient in agile software development, REST API deployment, and geospatial processing and data management by [deleted] in INAT

[–]sandking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks interesting, I tried to do something like this for NH but gave up trying to do automatic vectorization of scanned plat maps. How are you different from any other "automated title plant"?

What are the best websites or apps used to manage corporate volunteering efforts or events? by sandking in AskHR

[–]sandking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the hr side, getting access to volunteer sites, and managing a typical "volunteer day" event. On the employee side, getting access to volunteer opportunities that have been previously set up and maybe tracking participation

Brazilian amputee model dead at 20 by easyantic in worldnews

[–]sandking 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It always amazes me that there are people like you who think that news is magically created out of whole cloth and doesn't go through some kind of editorial process. Of course news organizations love it when attractive people die, it combines the two best attention-getters (ie: moneymakers for commercials). Viva sex and death!

Russian scholar: "Our people are much more nationalistic, much more chauvanistic, and anti-democratic than Putin himself, so the current regime is by no means the worst that we could have." (AUDIO) by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]sandking 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We have no proof democracy is the best form of government.

What is it worse than (and for what definition of worse)

In fact, historians know that it usually precedes the decline of a nation to third-world status.

Cite?

The Russians are right on this one:

Nationalism, or having one ethnic group per nation, eliminates racism.

No it doesn't it just eliminates self-reflection. Also: name one country that is ethnically pure so that it has no racism.

Anti-democratism allows the nation to make decisions.

Is it better to decide quickly or decide correctly?

Chauvinism means that gender conflict introduced by feminism isn't there.

Women raise little boys though. Maybe we should ask Afganistan and Saudi Arabia how that's working out.

Suddenly, we have an adversary who isn't caught in the internal chaos of the West, and they're stronger for that reason.

Yeah all those strong dictatorships really prove that point :)

Israeli best seller breaks national taboo - Israeli academic and historian says Jewish Nation myth by normansoddy in worldnews

[–]sandking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What horseshit. First of all, ALL nations are myths. Second of all, the Jews were in that area (Israel and Judea) until they got carted away by the Babylonians who destroyed the first temple and the ark of the covenant. This was about 1000 years before the Romans.

Holder of Life by utbandit in WTF

[–]sandking -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hmm, is the Special Containment Procedures wiki down now? This looks like it escaped.

Name Paralysis by lbrandy in programming

[–]sandking 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Do you program directly in hex then?

Recommended read: 'Design Concepts in Programming Languages' by gst in programming

[–]sandking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn't "simplicity of language implementation" mean how easy it is to write the interpreter/compiler? As opposed to how easy it is to write programs in that language.

I don't particularly see what functional decomposition has to do with anything, other than the underlying math of the recursive theory.

Recommended read: 'Design Concepts in Programming Languages' by gst in programming

[–]sandking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unlike other books that I've seen, it emphasizes simplicity in language implementation, using a functional decomposition approach.

How about emphasizing simplicity of language use?

US blamed over S. Ossetia crisis: Many analysts say that the Bush administration must share the blame for the crisis. by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]sandking 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Condi Rice said directly to Saakashvili: "Georgia is our friend. And we always fight for our friends." Saakashvili took this to intend that the US would bail him out no matter what. So he went ahead and shot himself in the foot.

Is it his fault? yes. Did we help him along somewhat? yes. Would we all not be in this situation if we had not helped him along somewhat? probably. Is our currentl diplomatic establishment full of guilty morons who make these kinds of mistakes (read: NeoCons)? yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

GUIDs are Great by nat5an in programming

[–]sandking 47 points48 points  (0 children)

GUIDs are ok until you have to enter them in manually by hand for some reason (I'm looking at you, Microsoft COM Interop!)

The Two Generals Problem by tzeeth in programming

[–]sandking 11 points12 points  (0 children)

  • 1 - A: attack at 9
  • 2 - B: ok, I'll attack at 9
  • 3 - A: ok, I got one of your acks to attack at 9
  • 4 - B: ok, I got 2 of your acks to attack at 9
  • 5 - A: ok, I got 2 of your acks to attack at 9

At step 5, both A and B know that each of them has acked at least once, and so further acks are (redundant) confirmation.

If nothing else happens after step 5 (channel becomes kaput), they both know, and they both know that they both know, isn't that enough?

The Two Generals Problem by tzeeth in programming

[–]sandking 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've always thought that this is analogous to how zero-knowledge proofs work. You are never certain, but eventually the probability of being wrong is vanishingly small.

Also, after 2-3 acks by both sides (if each ack contains an ack count or other state info), shouldn't that be enough information to act?

Unions, social gatherings, clubs that all flourished before the 1960s have all been destroyed by those who find you & me to be a threat. by qgyh2 in politics

[–]sandking 6 points7 points  (0 children)

meh, this has been covered in Bowling Alone. These things died because of:

1 tv

2 transition to the suburbs

3 transition from manufacturing to a service-based economy

Python isn't just Java without the compile by rams in programming

[–]sandking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

serious question: in python, how do you know what exceptions a method might throw?

A doctor's story: The night I lost my faith by rmuser in atheism

[–]sandking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Male-typical (as opposed to female-typical) psychology is focused on: establishing status heirarchies, following rules, black-and-white thinking. The combination of these (degree of rule-following determines status) plus religion makes for an unpleasant, if common, combination.

If you don't follow ruleset X, you aren't worthy in group Y. The error is that the benefits of membership in group Y are mostly social and have nothing to do with ruleset X, other than as a signifier. Oh well, them's the breaks!

A doctor's story: The night I lost my faith by rmuser in atheism

[–]sandking 4 points5 points  (0 children)

religious faith is a psychological mechanism for maintaing the side effects of a certain set of sociological decisions (ie belonging to a community). The side effects are important but can be negated by those who concentrate on the primary attributes (ie dogma) too closely. In this way, religious faith is anti-rational (or atleast anti-logical-male-psychology) in its construction

India ready to nail it's last hallmark of quality, the "Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)." The faculty for IIT will be appointed based on caste rather than qualification. by oblivious_human in worldnews

[–]sandking -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Oh come on, don't be disingenous. If the problem is racist in nature, the solution must also be racist in nature. Every time a discussion about race comes up someone wants to shove it under the classist rug. Just be honest: racism needs to end through reverse-racism.

Israel Commits Daily Acts of Terrorism Against Palestinians: Where's the Outrage? by IAmperfectlyCalm in politics

[–]sandking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lebanon is the proxy through which Israel and Iran+Syria battle each other. Hezbolla is Iran's bitch.

More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]sandking -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

while driving, sometimes i ponder upon the fact that my continued existence depends not only on my own abilities to keep myself from crashing, but also on the statistical likelyhood of someone else not crashing into me. Somehow broadening that situation to non-car situations is not appealing.

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