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It's not mine...
Well it's not mine...
I know let's say it's alien...
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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Dr. Occam is busy, but Dr. Obvious is available.
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This[^] is showing on Sky next week.
Coincidence? Yes. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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'Break up Google and Facebook if you ever want innovation again' I think I may have seen this movie before
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So that explains why I've been struggling to innovate at my job. It's worse than that! The other day I couldn't decide what to make for dinner--damn Google and Facebook.
modified 29-Nov-17 14:20pm.
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No doubt you looked up suggestions on Google, posted about it on Facebook and Instagram, and shared short clips on SnapChat...
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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There have always been "wow that's fast!" computers, but we didn't start calling them supercomputers until 1964. From "Whoa!" to "Too slow!" in record time
And looking at Seymour Cray's suit in that article really makes me believe the stories I read about the tunnels (and elves)
Edit: fixed link
modified 28-Nov-17 17:59pm.
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Broken link?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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yeah, thanks. Fixed.
TTFN - Kent
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And they'd be even faster if it wasn't for Google and Facebook.
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The act of nodding positively affects the subjective likability of people by about 30 percent and their approachability by 40 percent, according to a study. So that's why people come into my cube when I'm trying to fall asleep
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We break down why understanding the current maturity of DevOps leads to successful implementation. What?! Executives overestimating a new methodology? What is this world coming to?
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All executives hear is, "blah, blah, blah, blah, you can hire fewer people, blah, blah, blah..."
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Executives overestimating a new methodology?
Exactly. The definition of an executive: a person who underestimates the actual complexity of a task and who overestimates the ability of some newfangled methodology to reduce that complexity.
Makes me wonder how they actually manage to do #2.
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Marc Clifton wrote: The definition of an executive: a person who underestimates the actual complexity of a task and who overestimates the ability of some newfangled methodology to reduce that complexity.
Too long to be a bumper sticker, not poetic enough to be BillWoodruff, but nonetheless it is wisdom
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: not poetic enough to be BillWoodruff
There is no imitating the master.
Kent Sharkey wrote: Too long to be a bumper sticker
Executive: clueless
Does that fit? 
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I've met some wonderful execs over the years in some of the largest companies in their field. The great people. Smart. And so on. The problem is communication. People in tech never talk to execs like people. Everyone is afraid. Nobody talks. They're not technical. That's why they hire tech people or the PMs that will in turn hire tech people.
Once you see it from the execs side, you start to realize just how much technical people don't really communicate. I'm not saying every exec is perfect, but they can't work with what they don't know. In other words, if they mis-estimate something, then look inwards at how well the communication is or isn't.
Jeremy Falcon
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+1
It is true #notallexecs (hi, Chris and Dave), but there is a reason for the reputation in many boardrooms.
You are very right that communication-in both directions-is what is needed.
TTFN - Kent
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: People in tech never talk to execs like people.
Agreed. And contrary to my other cynical responses, I have often found talking to execs to not just be inspirational but also to get a better understanding of the bigger picture. Same is true for marketing people, which I've had many positive experiences with.
Jeremy Falcon wrote: you start to realize just how much technical people don't really communicate.
Exactly. I worked at a game company years ago where I broke the policy "we don't talk the artists" which, in ironically, had the effect of isolating me and my team from the rest of the developers, because we were breaking the rules. Go figure.
The irony is, in every instance I've experienced, the better I communicate and the more people I communicate with, the better the product turns out. We humans seem to suffer collectively from the "obvious blindness" disease. 
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Marc Clifton wrote: Same is true for marketing people, which I've had many positive experiences with.
Yup yup. I love marketing peeps. They be friendly and all.
Marc Clifton wrote: The irony is, in every instance I've experienced, the better I communicate and the more people I communicate with, the better the product turns out. We humans seem to suffer collectively from the "obvious blindness" disease.
Yeah man. We as humans are supposed to connect with other people. It's how we advance. It's how we feel good, etc. One of the things I usually say to folks to illustrate that is, how do you punish someone already in jail for life... you put them in isolation. Devs tend to do that to themselves freely. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: One of the things I usually say to folks to illustrate that is, how do you punish someone already in jail for life... you put them in isolation.
Brilliant! Short and sweet.
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Thanks man.
Jeremy Falcon
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Marc Clifton wrote: I broke the policy "we don't talk the artists"
Many years ago, soon after I started a new job, I walked into operations and asked them some questions to clarify some things with the code. They said I was the first engineer to talk with them (literally) in at least a year if not two. That explained a lot.
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