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Comment Test group was 10 years younger (Score 2) 173

Whereas the control group was 10 years older than the test group. I haven't read the whole thing yet, but it doesn't look like they randomized patient groups. The average age of the control group was 10 years older than the average age getting HCQ & AZM. Not sure how this study survived peer review unless the docs were taking HCQ and THC.
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Comment Programmer Cubicle Alternative (Score 5, Funny) 407

Good for the programmers. 8x10 cubicle with it's own bathroom. Wired for high speed cablemodem. Has a door that closes so nobody can sneak up behind you while you are working.
Good for the managers. Control smoke breaks and general working hours from a master control system. Video surveillance is taken to a whole new level.

Comment Re:You think in words (Score 1) 876

I do agree - we need language to think about things. Similarly, we use the language of physics math to describe and understand things more precisely. If we don't have the language to think about it, it becomes difficult to describe.

Personally, I've found that it's a combination of drawing and words to most effectively communicate a concept.

Comment It depends on the value of the compiled code (Score 1) 249

Most of the software failures that I've witnessed are the result of either

1) Poor quality - eg Lots of code, bad / undefined interactions between the components. Usually results in loss of data
2) Poor user experience - software performs complicated task well, users aren't able to adapt to using the capabilities
3) Misunderstanding of the problem solving opportunity - System solves the problem as designed, however rather than automating an old stupid process to take less time, the old stupid process could be re-engineered to bring added value (generate revenue, save lives, retain employees, etc) to the organization

Fixing the first requires someone that is technical, but not necessarily that technical.
Fixing the Last requires someone that understands the business. They probably aren't technical.
Fixing the Middle requires someone that understand user experience, often an engineer with some empathy, or a business person that is technical.

Good technology requires both technical and non technical contributions for success. That combination is rarer than you would think.

Comment Chicken or Egg? (Score 5, Interesting) 1591

Since this is slashdot - let's talk about the new tech systems:

So will mental health professionals be required to do a check against gun owner databases? Will a mental illness database need to be created so that potential gun buyers can be screened at purchase time? How about house-holding - if someone in the same residence is a registered gun owner, will they be forced to surrender their weapons?

Comment File an FCC Complaint (Score 1) 562

If you live in the US (the posting implies that you do) and you can't resolve the issue with AT&T, then I would file a FCC Complaint.

You can even file the complaint online.

That said, 20%, is not a huge difference - is it worth fighting over?

Remember when people used to be concerned that when buying a 10 Gig hard drive, it wasn't really 10 Gigabytes?

(I hope you weren't expecting me to make your decision for you.)

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