The ideal model is a scientific abstraction, is to seize the main aspects of the physical object simplified method. In the ideal model, which belongs to the model such as particle point charge, point source; line model such as light; infinite models such as infinite parallel plate and ...
“A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore a computer must never make a management decision.” - An IBM slide from 1979. “It is a job where your goal is to try disappoint people most slowly.” (source). “So the trick is basically to put them (your direct reports) in ...
“A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore a computer must never make a management decision.” - AnIBM slide from 1979. “It is a job where your goal is to try disappoint people most slowly.” (source). “So the trick is basically to put them (your direct reports) in charg...
This was on my mind while I was making you something fun for the holidays. It’s silly. And super easy and fast to make. It will delight somebody little or somebody big. You probably have everything you need to make it – just some brown for the turkey part and some white for the ...
For example, we employ a “scarcity heuristic”: things that are difficult to obtain are often seen as more valuable than things that aren’t. It’s a very good rule of thumb to go by: platinum is rare and valuable. Dirt isn’t. But sometimes it causes us to make bad decisions, and...
To put it simply, art evaluers need to generate facts upon which to base their opinions: namely, facts about (1) the context of the artwork; and (2) the artwork itself. Once we have the facts, we can then make our assessment. The more information we can glean about the context, ...
Realizing your product vision, especially when it’s a multi-year endeavor, requires commitment and buy-in throughout the organization and the flexibility to make tradeoffs. As a business, we need to reach certain short and medium-term milestones in order to remain competitive. Each organization ...
and more. If you've been waiting for a sign to join Peloton, this offer provides you with everything you need to get started. You're more likely to stick to a fitness routine if it's something you enjoy, which is why Peloton instructors make every workout feel like hanging out with ...
Find the appropriate level of code reviews, testing, abstraction, and technical debt to balance development speed and software quality. Shorten your debugging workflow to increase your iteration speed. Use metrics to quantify your impact and consistently make progress. ...
able to flip ideas around in one's head: to see when two ideas don't fully cover the space of possibilities, or when one idea is the same as another but with a couple things changed. But did studying logic teach me the importance of thinking this way, or make me any better at it...