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Why is complexity bad?

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54399) • United States 20 Jan 19

I wonder sometimes why people freak out about complexity. The world we live in is extremely complex. For example stop lights. The goal of a stop light is to manage the flow of traffic between two, three or four...

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Does complexity mean bad?

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54399) • United States 17 Oct 18

I always wonder as I consider systems. First, the software architect definition of system is well virtually everything is a system. Inputs, business process and outputs is the simple "definition" we will go with. That said...

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Today world is a bit complex.....

vishy229 @vishy229 (27) 29 Nov 11

Completing an education is the ultimate goal of a student coz dats the way you are recognized in the society n datz the way society accepts you now a days. Is the today so called Social world is changing into in what position are...

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The Idea of a Hero or Anti-Hero

carlynganda @carlynganda (749) • Philippines 5 Jul 10

I think people are complex, they are not good or bad, black or white and I think labels are destructive. The choices we made specially when we were young don't decide who we are. It just adds up to the people we are...

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garyatwork @garyatwork (8) • United States 23 Feb 10

Hi, all: I'm 69 years old, semi-retired from the newspaper industry (sports writer at The Miami Herald) and living on Social Security and pension. I give significant monetary assistance to a lady friend, and that, combined with a...

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Hilarious pronunciations - fun never the less!

vanny @vandana7 (102698) • India 31 Dec 09

I am guilty of quite a few. :) Well, I was watching this movie, in which the actor pronounced complexity as comeplexity - which is how it should be pronounced anyway. And I remembered how I didnt put two and two together. I...

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Is simplicity foolishness ?

bhanusb @bhanusb (5709) • India 30 Nov 09

In most of the cases simplicity regarded as foolishness. Simple persons don't understand the complexity of life. Is it the cause the simple persons are are regarded as fool?

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Is time the new currency?

faridii @faridii (79) • Pakistan 1 Aug 09

We often talk about complexity and inconveniences in our lives, but are we really just talking about tasks that take up more time than they should? Is time now the currency we use to judge value? View A: Time is the new...

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What if we, the human race, are an alien's ant farm?

handsomeitaliano @handsomeitaliano (1050) • United States 2 Oct 08

I guess, more precisely, what could allow us to refute the possibility? Just as we are complex in comparision with ants, couldn't there be a species more complex and intelligent than our own? Why could life not be a cycle of...

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Software Complexity

eddyaftermath @eddyaftermath (39) • Nigeria 22 Feb 08

As a software engineering student, i am often faced with alot of complexities designing even the most simplest sofware. Issues that bother my mind at first is whihc development style should i use, traditional Programming or...

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When your self-esteem dips.

Ronimas @Ronimas (699) • India 27 Apr 07

You don't know to ride a bike or drive a car. When you see people much younger than you doing this, it will be awful. What will you do next?

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complex or complicated?

symontimea @symontimea (842) • Romania 26 Jan 07

The use of the term complex is often confused with the term complicated. To understand the differences, it is best to examine the roots of the two words. “Complicated” uses the Latin ending “plic” that means, “to fold” while...

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How to make life easier?

rajgupta @rajgupta (208) 16 Jan 07

How to make life eaiser...? as and when time is movign life is becoming ...more and more...complex...difficult, fast and joy less.. how do u make ur life happy..joyfull...?

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