danielrpa

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by danielrpa 3y ago
Ahem, I'm an older manager and one of the biggest proponents of remote in my company, and I know many 40+ managers who are big into remote too. So your theory is wrong. More than half of my team live on different states (and even count
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by danielrpa 3y ago
I said what I had to say, so did you. A comprehensive refutal and clarification of my points would be tedious. Nonetheless, I'll address one of your points, the one of the involuntary experience: if your hosts are having you out of the
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by danielrpa 3y ago
I'm a Latin American immigrant. When coming to the US, I decided to fully integrate myself in the culture: attain a high proficiency level in English, US history and culture, marry a native and raise my child in the local culture. I be
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by danielrpa 3y ago
I bought and returned a Pocket Operator. One of the least musical, unfriendly instruments I've ever owned. And imagine, you can buy an OP-1 or seven Volcas! You can get the 2 Circuits and still have money for 2 Behringers! I never foun
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by danielrpa 3y ago
I hope you are not referring to my comment, as I'm not advocating a fully nuclear grid. Instead, I'm advocating nuclear as the replacement for the energy needs that are beyond the reach of renewables in many places - for instance,
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by danielrpa 3y ago
We don't have proven "far cheaper" alternatives. It is irresponsible to advocate for a fully solar/wind grid if we don't have a single working large scale example that is able to sustain, let's say, a city with
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by danielrpa 3y ago
There was no reason for the average user to switch from Facebook. Arguably, it was worse than Facebook due to poor UI: I could never make my wife understand the value of circles, it was simply not the way she thinks about her contacts.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
How are they going to collaborate working from home? Will Sundar blame poor results on the smoke?
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by danielrpa 3y ago
It's not preferable. The problem in this line of argumentation is that it highlights the problems of an imperfect system (a big western democracy) and then extends that to qualify the whole. The US has so many problems, I agree, but wh
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by danielrpa 3y ago
Well according to some people on HN, it's all good and dandy. China is no worse than the US is the latest version of moral relativism we have to deal with. So if they have your data, it's all okay.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
This is the genius plan by Sundar Pichai, who prefers to blame WFH than himself for Google's failures.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
It has become terrible. My best guess is that there is little else to do, and UX professionals keep changing things to justify their jobs. Nothing personal, maybe your job requires you, but we don't need a brand new UX every 3-4 years
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by danielrpa 3y ago
Yes, and irrespective of our opinions on each book... Reading the Bible lets you connect in some form with the majority of your electorate, while reading Kuhn does not.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
Google is one company that has traditionally focused on light clients (Chromebooks) for its employees and now wants all developers to use cloud desktops. This is just a logical extension of this trend for Enterprises.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
That would be okay with me if we could actually get to this level of granularity. Same thing for the streets used by public transportation? Subways alone won't work everywhere, so we'll need buses, and these will need highways too
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by danielrpa 3y ago
I'd never do that, I'm not against subways and buses at all. Let's then ensure that the city pays for that through city taxes (sales, property) and bus/subway tickets, instead of the Federal or State governments.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
Let's do it and while at it also remove externalities for the alternative modes of transportation - including removing the subsides for trains/buses in American cities.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
I like cars and don't want to ride trains or buses. I prefer the freedom and isolation of driving my own large car. I'm willing to spend less on other things than to let go of my car. When cars are illegal, I'll stop driving,
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by danielrpa 3y ago
For those who think that Disney is cancelling this because of the fights with DeSantis... LOL. A corporation knows a lot better than that. Decisions are driven by profits, and profits alone, and neither Disney nor DeSantis would keep going
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by danielrpa 3y ago
UIs were developed in the pre-web world without tracking or analytics. If you clearly explain that the cookie is for improving the UI and the user doesn't want it, it's because they don't care about it as much as you do.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
What a clueless article. Almost every new lasting technology in history has at one point labeled criminal or potentially destructive to mankind. From cassette and VHS tapes, to radio, computers and the Internet,everything at some point was
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by danielrpa 3y ago
I paid 29K+tax for my brand new Mazda CX-5 Select (not the cheapest model) 3 months ago.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
That's also how I feel about my 2023 Mazda CX-5. Made commuting lot less of a chore. And no touch screen so I can keep my eyes on the road.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
We have the same discussion over and over. Let me summarize the comments: some people like working remote, others prefer hybrid and some love going to the office every day. Companies that force a single work style will necessarily lose work
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by danielrpa 3y ago
Star Maker... A book so good, after reading it, I couldn't believe it was possible to write a book like that. Please do yourself a favor and give it a try, it's not that big. Arthur C Clarke and Stanislaw Lem cite it as an inspira
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by danielrpa 3y ago
As an ex Hyundai owner, I prayed that someone would steal my car so I'd have an excuse to get rid of it! Maybe they know almost nobody wants to steal their cars, so no need for anti theft tech :)
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by danielrpa 3y ago
My wife's family is from Louisiana. I love visiting, the people are very warm and the food is great. But after 3 days I want to go back to Atlanta. Louisiana is a terrible place to live , unfortunately.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
Quora is next... I don't have anything against it, but I see hardly a reason to go to Quora anymore.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
The management team believes this is the case. They have a lot of information on the company and individual performance. Do you have any reason to believe they are wrong with this particular choice?
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by danielrpa 3y ago
I like what you are saying but not the last line. Angels exist - what evidence do we have that they don't? ChatGPT points to us possibly going in the right direction. It is so good that people need to write long articles about why it

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