edc117

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by edc117 1y ago
Completely broken on multiple levels. In a lot of industries now, as an employer you can't win even if you buck the trend and lead out your competitors on wages and benefits. The highest paid warehouse worker, waitress, etc. will sti
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by edc117 1y ago
It's just absolute lunacy. If that's the stated goal (and it sure looks like it), the 'academic left' is at least partially responsible for a large majority of the prosperity of this country over the last few decades.
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by edc117 1y ago
I hope you're right, because his dopey supporters have destroyed any balances or opposition to him other than the courts (which he is also busy attacking and undermining). Non-hysterical people aren't concerned that there's a
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by edc117 1y ago
Pretty hard to forget when he keeps reminding people how abrasive he can be every five minutes.
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by edc117 2y ago
Will they? Trump has said he's in favor of the H1-B program and has given no indications that he plans to lessen or stop it. Tariffs will likely be used as bargaining tools - you won't see tariffs directed at a country because a
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by edc117 2y ago
I understand, and broadly agree for what it's worth - as someone with friends and peers in those groups, I'm very worried about the tone of the discourse. That said, I think it's good to recognize it's not a 0 or 1, open
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by edc117 2y ago
Far too extreme a view. I'm very unhappy with the H1-B program and how it has been used to depress wages for engineers, but I understand (and agree with) the need for us to compete globally and not stagnate. I have nothing but respec
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by edc117 2y ago
And then they don't respond to email or slack. Are they missing it? Ignoring it? No one knows. Meanwhile, time sensitive deadlines come and go. There's no clear, easy protocol that works for everyone, unfortunately. Some peop
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by edc117 2y ago
If you don't have any proof of that, you're no different than those that believe he exists. (Respectfully) Agnosticism really is the only correct scientific approach.
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by edc117 3y ago
Way back in 2012, this affected a lot of my thinking around software piracy/selling software, and I think a lot of it has proven pretty insightful in the intervening decade: https://www.fortressofdoors.com/piracy-and-th
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by edc117 3y ago
Good catch, hadn't seen that. So the researchers, shareholders, and leadership of OpenAI will be happy to give up being ridiculously wealthy so they can be only moderately wealthy, and everyone else gets a basic income? I'm also j
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by edc117 3y ago
A little bittersweet for me, lost an uncle to this about 10 years ago...but still happy and a little inspired, proud of our species. I really hope ours is the last generation(s) that have to suffer through that awful disease.
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by edc117 3y ago
I think kids act like this because society has created this problem, and continues to ignore it because it's financially expedient. There's a great deal of frustration about their impotency to affect environmental change - hell,
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by edc117 3y ago
There was an excellent thread/discussion about it a while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35977891
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by edc117 4y ago
Some might fall into the category you've described, but I'd hazard a guess that a lot more are afraid of the rise of AI due to its owners. The cost to develop and operate these machines is high, and you can be sure whoever is usi
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by edc117 4y ago
Suing and paying fines as a means of preventing abuse of free speech isn't working. Very rich individuals can pay fines without blinking, but the really pernicious one is the lawsuits - a large legal team can make it hell for any smal
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by edc117 5y ago
You forgot the other half of the question - is your solution the only possible answer? - at which point you can really only evaluate all possible combinations. I agree it's one of several ways to test for a 'clever' student,
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by edc117 6y ago
Same meaning, but different context of use is what I think you meant. The context is key in all these discussions. No one thinks 'master' means 'owner of human (black) slaves' in 'Master of Science' any more
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by edc117 6y ago
Hi, As someone who worked in this space for just shy of a decade, you're wrong. The problems often reduce down to challenges that are familiar to most people in large scale software (CRUD entry, redistribution of %s or #s, scaling and
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by edc117 6y ago
As someone that doesn't use reddit much, could you explain? I thought the front page was essentially a combination of popular things from the subreddits you regularly visit?
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by edc117 7y ago
I'm guessing also high COL areas.
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by edc117 8y ago
Does anyone know the answer to this? I'm very curious. I actually wonder if it would be worse to report that you have video evidence of a thief, because they may no longer be liable (hey, we delivered it to where it had to go, rest i
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by edc117 8y ago
Yeah, I know this is becoming common and online markets are a race to a bottom, but in stark numbers like this...it really feels like there isn't a good ending to this story.
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by edc117 8y ago
Similar boat, have to look after my parents now and the difference between my father watching Fox News (well...any news these days) regularly and not is night and day. He's far more angry with it on, its just nonstop outrage and cynic
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by edc117 8y ago
Yeah, and in particular: anonymously. It seems to bring out the absolute worst in people when they can say anything without immediate or visible consequences of their words.
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by edc117 8y ago
Worked in a bank when I was younger (Not WF). Was fairly trivial for us to confirm that the cashiers check was actually issued by us. It shouldn't have been held longer than a day at most, particularly not for a client.
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by edc117 9y ago
Unless your game is actually good, in which case I'd think it would drive sales. Anecdotally, I've bought several after trying the demos for them (and the opposite as well). There's certainly precedent among some of the larg
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by edc117 9y ago
Just my two cents, but agree completely. Remote lets me focus on my work better, and skipping the commute is a huge benefit to my mood overall. Plus far less gas, car maintenance, I can go for a run during lunch... It's also hard to
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by edc117 9y ago
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. Jokes aside, interesting and well thought-out list, thank you. Going to try some of these as I am visiting very opinionated, ornery family this week.
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by edc117 9y ago
Sorry, but disagree. I guarantee you many passionate software developers are working on their development skills - learning new frameworks, building personal projects that carry into their day to day work, and yes, sometimes even developin

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