Young suicidal people in the Defi, LUNA and UST Reddit forums yesterday was hard to watch. This will only get worse. Regulation needed
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Great overview of tech impact on politics, economy, people generally etc...
This is where I initially found the story of the tape mishap. Many more terrifying ones in there, especially the one about the B52 disintegrating and dropping a near armed nuclear warhead over North Carolina...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/20/usaf-atomic-bom...
According to press reports, based on Pentagon briefings, a NORAD staffer caused the mistake by mistakenly loading a training/exercise tape into a computer, which simulated an "attack into the live warning system." This was a distortion because it was not a matter of a "wrong tape," but software simulating a Soviet missile attack then testing NORAD's 427M computers "was inexplicably transferred into the regular warning display" at the Command's headquarters. Indeed, NORAD's Commander-in-chief later acknowledged that the "precise mode of failure ? could not be replicated."
Fascinating, but frightening.
Initial thoughts are that the main difference is now we have HD video and for some reason the controllers remain silent after the explosion... Why the silence? There used to be at least some reaction from the controllers. From an "oh no" to "obviously a major malfunction"... no sh*t Sherlock...
I think this is an optimistic view of human nature.
I suppose these animal robots could help with same-day deliveries.
Let's assume it's tongue in cheek that the author says the best marriage is when "you've been dating at least 3 years before getting engaged, making a combined $125k salary, go to church together regularly, and don’t worry about your partner’s wealth nor looks".
All the data says is that those happen to be some attributes of long lasting marriages and not necessarily when combined together.
How can we know what about the pressures of a marriage where the the couple can't afford to go away on a Honeymoon? What social pressures could there be on a couple that spend over $20k on a wedding? How can we know about the stigma of ending a religious marriage when you go to church every week and invite 200 people to your wedding?
Most importantly - there's zero information about the quality of the marriage...
The site is responding intermittently but as rhiever says you can get it here https://i.imgur.com/rABtgo9.jpg
edit: I hate to write so negatively so I'd like to say that it's great that there's so much useful and honest marriage advice on here as a result of this discussion.
It's not a sincere relationship at all - they're just trawling through their latest LinkedIn Premium search.
For many of us 'Were you mis-sold PPI?" is almost a daily question via SMS.
The sad thing is that at some level it must work.
I don't expect to be contacted by recruiters I've never met before on an almost hourly basis during the week.
For my company, this is a genuine nuisance and most of our phone calls are from clueless recruiters offering candidates that don't even have the skills we're looking for.
Even if we needed a recruiter, I'd hardly choose one that called out of the blue. It's getting to the stage where we have to put warnings for recruiters not to contact us because we get so many it's harming our productivity.
So that's why I hate on it.
As an employer, I can say I've never had a good recruitment experience even outside of this situation.
However, I don't expect them to stop any time soon. If this is also a problem for anyone here, the best result is to quickly politely tell them you're not interested. Perhaps ask where they saw your details. Put a note there. Don't stay on the phone for the inevitable questions they've been trained to ask to keep you on the phone. Just say no if you value your time.
It would also be good to see Shopify Payments launch in the UK - hopefully this money will speed that up. Our clients are often concerned about the double commission (payment gateway + Shopify) on the lower plans, though I know it's money well spent and an equivalent bespoke/self-hosted ecommerce solution would be orders of magnitude more expensive. We have to explain this to our clients a lot though and a simplified and cheaper setup via Payments would be great.
We've watched Shopify since 2009 when we started our business and even in that short time the progress in what the platform offers has been outstanding, as has the support. Today we rarely use anything else for our clients as we don't need to, even 'high end' features are available when you take in to account the app store.
A lot of people here are commenting on the limitations of Shopify, which I agree exist, but the key thing is that they don't matter to a huge number of small/medium businesses. Shopify has enabled so many fantastic businesses that would have been otherwise stuck on crap platforms.
All this from a RoR developer that was dissatisfied with the existing market offering.
If you watch Tobias speak - interview on TWIT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxBaDs0sGPw - you'll be enamoured with his vision, which this funding will let Shopify pursue.
This is a refined and enlarged version of a comment I posted on the OP.
Our clients just have to mention in their marketing material to their customers 'gift voucher code' rather than 'coupon code'.
* Work for cheap/free if you have to. You want to do this quickly, if you do a site for free the client will be more willing to go ahead straight away as it requires little decision making. We did a website for a primary school and a couple of photographers we knew to start off with. Charities might be good to approach for this.
* Fake sites sound like a good idea but why bother when you could actually help other businesses/charities and get 'real-world' experience of dealing with clients.
* You need to have low prices to start with. Small businesses are willing to give other small businesses a shot, but won't have as much budget as bigger companies. Over time you can decide where you want to take the business and start charging more as you build a reputation. Your aim at this point is to build a portfolio, so you can charge more later on. Our day rate has more than doubled since we started out.
* Classified ads on Gumtree or equivalent in your area. We met two of our biggest clients through classified ads (just be honest, link to your site and try and get across your ethos).
* Examine personal network, previous employers etc... they already trust you and may have work that can keep you going.
* Get involved with a co-working space, this is a great way to meet prospective clients and other small businesses.
* No one else ever seems to recommend this, but cold calling worked for us, though I admit it was painful. We got one of our biggest hedge fund clients via a cold call. We don't really use this any more as our business comes from word of mouth, but it's something you can do if there's a specific type of client you want and you know how to pitch them.
Remember this is one of the hardest bits, once you gain some momentum and build a portfolio it will get easier.
I saw a similar article earlier in the week that stressed an important point. When delegating, make sure your team understand why you are doing something. Give them context so that they understand what the outcome of their activity should be. Not "refactor commenting MVC" but "users are complaining that commenting is slow and are leaving the site". Make the best use of their time and yours by giving them the information and opportunity to meet the overarching objective without your interference. That also frees up your time to spend more effectively.
How would this work? You'd reference deliverables in individual commits? And maybe add time in the commit too? E.g:
git commit -a -m "Added delete confirmation [t:20]"
Would add 20 minutes to a matching deliverable name (the project would be derived from the repo).