longtimegoogler

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by longtimegoogler 3y ago
Jesus. That was kind of tone deaf. Not everyone laid off is an Engineering Director who has worked at Google for 18 years. That guy probably could have retired years ago. There are many who were laid off for whom that isn't true.
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by longtimegoogler 3y ago
My child studied the Yamaha music program which starts at age 4 or 5 and emphasizes singing everything using fixed do solfege similar to Suzuki but with group classes They developed white key absolute pitch meaning they can recognize any na
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by longtimegoogler 4y ago
Strong disagree. Getting into a top University is hard but once you are there matriculating isn't. In fact many of these institutions suffer from grade inflation.
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by longtimegoogler 4y ago
I don't think an equivalent GPA at a more prestigious school signals anything of the sort. In fact many more prestigious institutions grade fairly leniently on the assumption that their students are already ahead of the curve. The few
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by longtimegoogler 4y ago
Same. I have never met this proverbial rest and vest guy making 7 figures. Most everyone I know is scrambling to survive the performance reviews and get to the next level. And if your productivity is very low you will get put on an improve
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by longtimegoogler 4y ago
I'm not sure how much that reflects general attitudes. That show is also set in Shinjuku which I believe houses a lot of strip clubs and other similar activites.
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by longtimegoogler 4y ago
These days we seem to be obsessed with tearing down any successful institution. I am skeptical that redistributing endowments will have a large net positive impact. That said, I never attended an "elite" institution and have lamen
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by longtimegoogler 4y ago
It's the same at SpaceX. Everyone I know who has worked there said the pay sucks and the hours are long and the only reason to do it is a passion for the industry. Musk seems to be modeling his companies on the video gaming industry.
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by longtimegoogler 4y ago
Robin hood.
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by longtimegoogler 4y ago
One downside to Bridge is that it is a much less visual game than Go and Chess. Personally, that is what drew me to the other two games.
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by longtimegoogler 4y ago
Yes it can.
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by longtimegoogler 4y ago
Verbal abuse can be as damaging to people as physical violence. If you go up to someone and call them a slur, then you have committed verbal assault: "the use of offensive language directed at a person, where such language is likely to
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by longtimegoogler 4y ago
As an ethnic Jew, pure un-moderated free speech is a frightening prospect for me. I can't wait for twitter to become another Parler or 4-chan filled with hateful content. As someone impacted by this kind of speech, I don't see how
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by longtimegoogler 4y ago
Well argued and I agree completely.
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by longtimegoogler 4y ago
Yup. THat's what I was going to say. There data suggests that everyone kind of estimates their ability similarly so that more skilled people underestimate there ability (impostor's syndrome) and less skilled people overestimate th
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by longtimegoogler 5y ago
And on the right, Fox let go some of longtime staffers who were not sympathetic to the networks coverage of the 2020 elections. ESPN fired Jemele Hill for calling Trump a white supremacist. If you want to claim that the NY Times is left-lea
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by longtimegoogler 5y ago
It's funny that you are being downvoted and that HN thinks mainstream media is a bigger problem than Qanon.
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by longtimegoogler 5y ago
I would say it jumps to unsupported conclusions. It is true that few companies own most of the mainstream media produced in this country. As someone else who worked at one of these companies stated, that these companies are just pedaling pr
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by longtimegoogler 5y ago
Agree, but it doesn't fit the narrative.
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by longtimegoogler 5y ago
The article doesn't really show how this situation has evolved over time. Before cable didn't we essentially only have CBS, NBC, and ABC? When I see other sources like OANN, or the disinformation being peddled from some corners, I
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by longtimegoogler 5y ago
Amazon...
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by longtimegoogler 5y ago
One's opinion on this probably depends on identity and political views. From what I understand, Trump blocked the National Guard from supporting officers during the Capitol insurrection, so it was supported by the President at the very
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by longtimegoogler 5y ago
The question is who is the mob. I fear the crazies much more who stormed the capital and tried to overthrow our democracy than some online SJWs who are going to try and cancel someone for having an unpopular opinion. Not that either are gre
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by longtimegoogler 5y ago
Any evidence of this claim? It hasn't been my experience. For instance, I believe that politeness is more valued in Asian countries like Japan and Korea and I would disagree with your assertion. Anecdotally, I've found Russians to
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by longtimegoogler 5y ago
I've long thought the same. I've often thought that the University system in Europe, in particular Germany, is a much better model for higher education. From what I gather, admissions is entirely merit based there and money isn&#x
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by longtimegoogler 6y ago
That site is a shit show. Do you have a better source?
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by longtimegoogler 6y ago
It's not that odd if you consider that Germany is a democracy and Russia is a dictatorship with a history of poisoning dissenters. Read the story about this mathematician who has been sentenced to prison for 6 years in Russia. https:&
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by longtimegoogler 6y ago
That's why right wing topics dominate on twitter and Facebook by a large margin. It couldn't be that the "tech cartel" is concerned about a specific subset of speech designed to insight violence.
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by longtimegoogler 6y ago
Your narrative is so false, it isn't even funny. The most liked and tweeted content on Twitter and Facebook skews heavily towards the right. Fox news is the most watched news show in this country. Your spin on the whole situation is a
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by longtimegoogler 6y ago
It's real in some cases, but for many it isn't. Many of my friends are decently well off, own a home, with good jobs and support Trump. These people support him because they don't like paying taxes, immigration, BLM, wokeism,

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