I read both articles and don't understand why wikipedia would ever have to sell. Would they really go bankrupt before putting in ads on the sidebar? I'm sure they understand the only reason another company would buy them is to monetize and they have the potential to very easily do that themselves (even though it's against their values). The only way I see wikipedia's downfall is if they make a lot of "unethical" choices over and over (e.g. allowing companies exclusive access to their articles, paid removal of articles, banning users because their articles don't reflect paid advertisers' ideas, etc)
I also recommend the kitchen mats at costco. I'm not sure if they still sell them but for $15 I couldn't tell the difference (well any large difference) between it and the $150 ergo mats I've tried.
You can jump on a stationary bike when you code! I have my road bike on a trainer in front of my computer (standing desk) and I can code while training. The height is almost perfect because the handlebars go under the keyboard platform (it's still not comfortable though). Most of the time I'm just watching tv shows but I've done some coding while cycling before.
I really don't think someone just said "hey everyone we're all gonna plan during our SCRUM meeting today." My guess is everyone in the group already participated in some exercises (maybe the group has an "exercise" time when everyone does some basic working out which is optional but everyone has been participating). Then during one of the exercises (with everyone participating), someone throws out "let's all plank tomorrow during our meeting." If anyone just moans or says "nah" they scrub the idea.
Once we did a "hike" during our work meeting (this was my last job at a swimming pool so everyone besides the cashiers was very athletic) and everyone loved it.
This is what I recommend too. If someone declines me politely with a reason like "Sorry I'm busy today, maybe next time." I'll probably wait a week or so and invite them again if I want to eat lunch with them. If they reply with something shorter like "I got something to do, sorry," with a less kind intonation I probably wouldn't invite them again.
I think the algorithm would show which photo the "most" users would like is. What if you're someone who loves cats like no other and puts a cat on your shoulder (or wears a cat t-shirt or something). You're probably going to have a lot less "likes" than a "normal" picture of you, but the odds of you getting along might be much lower (I'm sure the average individual likes cat people less than the person who picked a person with cats in their picture).
Maybe his response would have been "Thank you for memorizing obscure formulas. Unfortunately, we look for motivated employees who study relevant topics pertinent to work."
Like really I don't know what to expect. I wonder what % of programmers can actually solve the problem without studying the solution (I'm sure there are many out there but I would guess most are from a mathematical field/background).
I was recently asked to calculate the fibonacci sequence value in an O(log n) time complexity. I had no clue how to do it and explained that I can solve it in O(N) easily but don't even know how to approach the O(log n) method. I knew there must be some trick using factors but didn't even know how to start the problem. I looked it up later and one of the ways is using matrix multiplication (an implementation I still wouldn't be able to do without seeing pseudocode).
Aren't hammock's real bad for your back over longer periods of time? This is just something I've heard and not researched but I had the impression you needed your back mostly "straight" when sleeping.
I totally read that in the opposite way at first. I thought he was saying "today is high volume, fast paced..." then I read the rest of the article and was a little confused.
I only got about 4 hours on an older ultrabook (about 5 years ago) with an SSD. I'm not sure what you get these days but under in the 3.5-4.5 hour range isn't very good IMO.
Wow I've never heard of that. The most tabs I've ever personally used is around 25 to do some server stress testing (very low-scale). The most I've ever seen is around 35 from one of my coworkers that uses tabs instead of bookmarks for some reason.
Can't you pick up an XPS or thinkpad with essentially your ideal specs and linux? The one thing is you won't get great battery life on the ultrabooks because they usually have smaller 4 cell batteries I believe.
Ahh. I'm guessing he has complete rights to not fly, but I don't know if they have rights to physically remove a non-aggressive/dangerous passenger. I of course don't know the law.
So I don't know how much you know the law, but I worked at a public swimming pool (run by the city) and we had a patron that was screaming at everyone and refused to leave (she was in the water). We called the police and they told the lady if she didn't get out they'd jump in and remove her by force. She got out and left. Are the circumstances that different in this case if the lady refused to get out and was forced out by the police? (I'm not defending the police or United here but wondering the legality)
Did they issue you multiple $50 vouchers like the other person said? I fly mostly from SFO to HND (Japan) and it would be worthless if I only got $50 off a flight.
The one terrible experience I had with United is when I was flying from Japan to SFO connecting at LA. We arrived at LA and didn't see our connecting flight on the flight status screen and went to customer service. The lady said "well it was cancelled and they should have told you in Japan. We can't help you now." Both flights were WITH united and when I asked for another flight she said "I'll send you tomorrow. OK?!" Well it wasn't nearly as bad as some of the others' have experienced and didn't cause me to boycott them but these recent allegations that have surfaced seem pretty serious.
I think that's a little overboard. If you just wash your hands with soap and water and dry them with a non-bacteria infected towel I'm guessing you shouldn't be at risk.
Thanks I'll look into this. For 3+ months I tried my best to eat well over my daily energy expenditure by drinking lots of juices and eating tons of pasta. I would just end up feeling bloated (I'm a guy) and have to cut down on actual food intake after a few days and my weight goes back to before. I know muscle gain is the best way to gain weight but I actually want a little more meat (I'm 5'8 and 135lb [~173cm/59kg])
I really wonder this too. I've known people who used daily contacts but would leave them in for multiple days at a time (and one was a swimmer). I've swam a lot with my contacts before as I'm mostly blind without my contacts and don't want prescription goggles. This article makes me a little more reluctant to go swimming with contacts but I throw them out every night.
Has anyone here who's not trying to lose weight try any of these diets? I'm thinking of trying the every other day diet because it supposedly helps your immune system and boost focus (I don't know the validity of this part). I have no intention of losing weight though and have actually been trying to gain weight.
If he lived next to the bars or downtown that would probably be reasonable, but I can't imagine he would bring in too much money (as opposed to living in a large metropolitan area).
That's the reason there are no cabs and I don't blame cab drivers. They don't get paid to sit around 40 minutes to find a passenger. I'm surprised that finding an uber in one of those places is not difficult either.
Outside of the US, a lot of the population is very condensed (well the US is to some degree) making cabs and public transportation much more efficient/effective IMO.
I'm really surprised at how the search is going too (by the article). "Go find these documents." "Didn't find them." "Okay go again." "Okay." Now if you're an employee that has any of those documents and you weren't searched the first time, there's no way you'll be caught with the documents by the time the second search starts.
How is the mortality rate of wind and hydro calculated? Is it from engineers being killed during maintenance/construction? It feels like those two would have a mortality rate or something similar to "a house."