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Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
Oh the joys of copper mesh Faraday cage rooms. (Did some 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz industrial packet radio work.)
Comment · 11 years ago
Consider a physics class to learn about electricity and magnetism.
Comment · 11 years ago
It's imporant to pick out vulnerabilities and deficiencies compared to other projects to get them addressed, rather than only say nice things. However, the core issue is that people raising them are usually ignored until there's an embarrassing hack or demonstration (Homakov).

For example, all new gem releases should be signed and `HighSecurity` should be the policy but it's taken years to get very little progress. Changing to that policy would prevent entire classes of attacks, attacks that could subtly inject code into all sorts of apps in difficult-to-find ways. Large projects are still shipping unsigned gems, unsigned commits and unsigned tags. If RubyGems were hacked, progress might move slightly faster.

Comment · 11 years ago
Bernie Sanders is the only 2016 candidate serious about kicking out the plutocracy.
Comment · 11 years ago
For example, the hills around Almaden Valley and Santa Cruz mountain foothills are full of deer which are known positive carriers of Lyme Disease. In the 1990's, there were or are signs on the trails indicating this. I believe the same caution applies to hills extending towards San Francisco, which includes walking The Dish at Stanford.

Needless to say: wear long socks and have someone else completely check all of your limbs and back under bright light and magnification for those very tiny deer ticks.

Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
The way to be more productive when the reality of actual unforeseen circumstances hits is for the 10 people to bring their work with them and/or not get sucked into unnecessary meetings or any meeting lacking an attendee relevant agenda. (No agenda, no meeting). Wasting time is a choice on any side of the table. Blame games are bikeshedding, signalling a likely lack of valuable industriousness. ("If you want something done, ask the busiest person you know.")
Comment · 11 years ago
It's possible to push oneself "harder" and regain function ("neuroplasticity"), as evidenced by stroke rehab.

This is why it's vital to do challenging mental exercises like crosswords puzzles, etc. ("use it or lose it.)

Generally though, the article makes sense because the common cell machinery of nerves (which don't divide as much as say intenstine or dermis cells) can be hampered by underlying issues affecting organelles within nerve cells, which then manifests as functional, quantitative deficit at the macro level.

Comment · 11 years ago
Again, if a side hobby/business is getting too time-sink, boring or unsure how to scale it, selling off the value, happiness of customers, employees, vendors, etc. created, is a rational act. Shutting down is only advisable if the business model cannot ever have hope of being monetized AND folks running it lack ideas (and asked around to advisors and such) how to adjust the consumer/producer relationship.
Comment · 11 years ago
Poker face and cordial until all the bodies are dug up and the figure and most importantly, terms and conditions of sale and transition plan are agreed and the check is deposited, because it's tire-kicking until the ink is dry. It's important to telegraph genuine admiration to suggest a shop might have a better home than competing bids.

It's a hard thing to do, trade-in somwthing more precious than cash, labor, time and effort, life... so have a good time and aim make people consistently, insanely happy and always satisficed

Comment · 11 years ago
I was confused as well. A market place is basically lead-gen into the funnel of deciding whom is worth further diligence (interviews, tours, IP review, finances, customer surveys, etc.)

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