NeverFade

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by NeverFade 2y ago
The internet created vast new opportunities for software engineers to create value. Generative AI is about replacing software engineers in creating that value. These are very different things.
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by NeverFade 2y ago
Hamas is the favorite to win an election in Palestinian state: > If elections were held today, Fatah would lose to Hamas 17 to 34 percent. https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/03/22/poll-hamas-remains-p..
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by NeverFade 2y ago
You'd rather Israel doesn't have the technology to target terrorists with precision, and instead will be forced to use crude methods to carpet-bomb large areas where they hide?
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by NeverFade 2y ago
They didn't just "protest" their company's work with Israel. They took over company offices, including the office of Google Cloud CEO in Sunnyvale, and refused to vacate them for 9+ hours.
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by NeverFade 2y ago
In what form of government is a vocal minority of activist workers allowed to take over their employer's place of business? Please don't say "communism" as they would be sent to the gulag or worse in every communist regi
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by NeverFade 3y ago
Employment is high, but real wages have been trending down for more than 2 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_wages#/media/File:Wages_i... So the average working person is in fact worse now economicall
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by NeverFade 3y ago
Actually doing it is of course only for other people.
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by NeverFade 3y ago
Yes, they're already crippling international shipping: https://apnews.com/article/red-sea-yemen-houthis-attack-ship...
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by NeverFade 3y ago
The threat has already been realized. Ships are already being rerouted en-masse due to Houthi attacks: https://apnews.com/article/red-sea-yemen-houthis-attack-ship... We all know the US military can defeat the Houthi
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by NeverFade 3y ago
Now the Houthis are facing a competent military, that is so infused with progressive moralism that it can't use any of its competencies, and is very careful not to kill any Houthis. Unless this paradigm breaks very soon, Houthis seem f
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by NeverFade 3y ago
Yes, MBS is terrible, and his regime is autocratic. Also, intelligent mature people make policy based on real-politik and the aggregate sum of its consequences. They don't just respond to whatever moral sentiments they experience in th
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by NeverFade 3y ago
Iran is using the Houthis to apply pressure on a regional rival, Saudi Arabia. The Saudis used to be a close American ally against Iran, but purist progressives in the Obama and now Biden admin pushed them away, and Iran was able to bring t
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by NeverFade 3y ago
Without presenting a full argument, just based on your own post, if everyone is starting to do this almost in unison, in cartel-like fashion, then each individual company has no consequences to worry about.
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by NeverFade 3y ago
Seems like the good old false Marxist argument, in a sexy new "mathematical" package to appeal to a geeky crowd. I predict it will do extremely well here.
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by NeverFade 3y ago
Their economy was stagnating for at least a decade before 2018. They've gone from near-zero growth to negative. It doesn't matter what the reasons are, really. The pandemic hit everywhere, and their choice to "value free time
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by NeverFade 3y ago
The EU economy fell way below the US (after being roughly equal) because they were never able to compete in the new digital economy. All the big tech companies are American. You also have to ask yourself why the ECB and European governments
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by NeverFade 3y ago
Stagnation isn't "a good thing" when you're comparing to societies that are progressing. And it may be a zero sum game, when stagnating nations are drained of talent and brains, so this model is even less sustainable, as
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by NeverFade 3y ago
The only problem with this model is that it doesn't seem to be working long term. Economically, Europe has been stagnating for a long time, and recently its been in a decline. So it's a nice model as long as you can maintain it, w
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by NeverFade 3y ago
"Hate speech" isn't well-defined, which is the core of the problem with any policy trying to censor "hate speech".
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by NeverFade 3y ago
What if you discuss sensitive health-related details with someone other than your doctor, for example your attorney? The privacy issues here are bottomless, and so are the legal issues.
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by NeverFade 3y ago
It seems like violations that used to be rare and unique, and a huge deal like Watergate when they blew up, have become completely routine. Seems like we get such stories every week now.
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by NeverFade 3y ago
Yes. Consider the case of Sandra A. Sellers, who was cancelled and fired after remarking that black students consistently end up at the bottom of her class: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/us/georgetow
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by NeverFade 3y ago
I can't think of a "good faith" reason for why the grievances of some races are elevated to a top priority, while the grievances of other races, that are often more recent and relevant, are not just ignored - but these races
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by NeverFade 3y ago
The promoters of "social justice" decided to penalize the Vietnamese the US harmed 1 generation ago to atone for the sins of 4 generations ago. The real reason is because they want equity - equal outcome for all. That means penali
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by NeverFade 3y ago
Also, embedded stereotypes are strengthened when the bottom of every class is full of AA admissions.
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by NeverFade 3y ago
The social justice movement presumes to "make things right", but often it's hard or impossible to do so, and trying can have the opposite effect. Case in point: a black family whose great-great-grandparents 200 years ago were
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by NeverFade 3y ago
I suspect the real reason for this is to make job hopping harder, and improve the employer bargaining position.
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by NeverFade 3y ago
If pay for UK engineers is so low, and housing costs are so high, that you cannot possibly afford a place with a private office - then your condition is materially different than US engineers. So much so that the discussion of your situatio
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by NeverFade 3y ago
The typical engineer will absolutely be able to afford this, especially as their remote status allows them to live in a low-cost location where they can rent a small house with a yard for the cost of 1br in SF.
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by NeverFade 3y ago
> Homes are full of distractions Offices are even more full of distractions, over which you have far less control. At home, I can designate my own closed office. I have full control. I can remain distraction-free. How does that compare

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