EngManagerIsMe

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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
We've had decades of systematic removal of protections and healthcare for people. There is zero political interest in improving things (and even when there is some , it's opposed brutally.) Both parties are responsible for disman
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
Anyone who has been watching cops over the past few decades shouldn't find this at all surprising. Cops consistently believe themselves to be above the law and above oversight -- especially the NYPD, but the problem is in every precinc
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
It takes ~50 kcals to walk 1 kilometer, and approximately 25 kcals to bike 1 kilometer, and approximately 10 kcals (electric + human) to use an electric bike to move 1 kilometer. I put ~1,000 kilometers on my electric bike last year, which
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
On the flip side, Democrats are just the Republicans from two decades ago. Biden pushing for stronger border patrols, shutting down striking unions, and opening oil drilling is pretty bog standard Republicanism from the 2000s. The two parti
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
The moral panic of the era. Whether it's the internet, rock n roll, dungeons and dragons, Elvis gyrating his hips, the red scare, mods and rockers, violence in games, or even the printed word, there's always someone coming out and
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
Biking is demonstrably more efficient than walking. And electric bikes are even more energy efficient than biking. Sure, manufacturing a bike takes some energy, but there's huge value in people using e-bikes to get everywhere.
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
So I looked through Climatebase, and I found it hard to evaluate the companies listed. There's plenty of listings, but no (easy) way to say, "Show me one entry per company, for every company hiring engineering leaders." I eit
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
I bought some forest land, and I'm restoring it to riparian habitat. It's not world changing, but if a few hundred acres can be returned to a natural state and grow large, carbon sucking trees, I feel like I'll have done a ne
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
Species extinction is very real, and ongoing. There's little more irreversible than a whole species ceasing to exist.
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
If your position is "taxes are theft", and fail to pay them, we're going to disagree on a lot. We can still chat if you'd like.
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
Yes and no. There's some degree of nurture here, for sure. But there's some degree of nature. Misophonia is common in folks with autism, for instance. While there are techniques and strategies for living with autism, it's sim
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
I think the author and you might have different understandings of "lazy". If I pursue a hobby for an afternoon with no financial upside (say, building model kits or painting) I might consider that a "lazy Sunday". I was
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
> I declare your house a public good, it is now mine. Private houses, when used as a primary residence, are typically closer to the personal property rather than private property realm. There's a very real discussion about how the l
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
I have a strong, strong , flight or fight aversion to the sounds of people eating with their mouth open. Like, measurably increases my heartrate, adrenaline spike. It's not rational, it's not something I have control over. It&#x2
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
This is always the response of someone who doesn't understand the difference between "private property" and "personal property". Next to zero percent of people who want to abolish private property want to abolish pe
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
Tax me, tbh. I make $700k a year. If my taxes go towards resource conservation and regulating the commons towards sustainability, I'm all for paying more in taxes. So yeah, tax the other guy who is like me and tax me. (And before you r
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
Yes. Capitalism, exactly.
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
Can you explain a bit more? This seems like basic biology -- cells grow whether they are attached to a cow or not, assuming you provide them with the basic ingredients they need and the environment they need to grow.
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
I always preferred the moniker "clean meat" over "lab grown" or "cultivated meat". It's the same material as meat, but without the ethical questions surrounding the factory production of meat.
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
Can you explain yourself a bit more? It's unclear what point you are trying to raise.
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by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
But equally, I think dismissing their concerns as a pursuit of ideological purity undermines them. Like, I work for a FAANG, I have for a long time. But I also do good within and outside that FAANG. I do habitat restoration, I get involved
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by EngManagerIsMe 4y ago
I assume things like: a) Alleged sexual assault of staffers (which again, alleged, but could be considered evil) b) Leaking of personal information that is of no public interest, e.g. unredacted SSNs c) Leaking private medical records of ot
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by EngManagerIsMe 4y ago
Honestly, good. Our commercial fishing operations have really, really depleted stocks and we need more than a couple years to let them build back up. It's one thing if you are out line fishing and throw back the live fish who are cau
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by EngManagerIsMe 4y ago
> Unfortunately, this means we will no longer need some of the roles on the late stage investing team. Seventeen of our teammates are impacted today. I hate this passive voice. It implies there was nothing that could be done, that this w
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by EngManagerIsMe 4y ago
I live in Seattle, which has strict noise requirements for heat pump units, and will absolutely ensure you are compliant. The electric air website mentions a db measurement, but it's not clear if that's the external or internal
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by EngManagerIsMe 4y ago
In the US, at least, there are generally 3 classes of ebikes, and they definitionally have pedals. Some (class 2/3) bikes might also have throttles. Globally, ebikes are generally broken into two classifications based on whether they a
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by EngManagerIsMe 4y ago
Mine works fine? It feels like a heavy bike, which it is, of course, but it's still very much an adequate bike. Given that ebikes are more efficient than bikes, and bikes are more efficient than walking/cars/trains, the ebi
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by EngManagerIsMe 4y ago
E-bikes have pedals. If it does not have pedals, it's a different type of vehicle.
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by EngManagerIsMe 4y ago
That's super common. It was more common historically, these days it's largely gone away. (Scaleform was the technology that used flash for UI dev)
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by EngManagerIsMe 4y ago
Meanwhile, the gaming world is moving to HTML/CSS/JS for game UI in many cases.

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