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Brad Sams on Twitter — I get that companies have to make priorities and cuts happen but when that same company is trying to spend $70b on an acquisition…it feels odd
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Headline from The Bacon: Florida man suspected of going Nuland on striking mascot, suggests better breeding in order. Takes new bride…
@marcel
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I think the problem is that the regulations are very outdated. Civil engineering boo-boos have been the cause for hundreds of lives. Hopefully JavaScript is never put in charge of something with that power. Is complaining about a stop light really "practicing engineering"? If you claim that a bit of napkin math is engineering, doesn't that invalidate your profession? Napkin math by a amatures is engineering so engineering is napkin math by amatures. Congrats on the wedding btw!