mattparcens

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by mattparcens 3y ago
Without bound?
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by mattparcens 3y ago
381 comments so far and not a single Insane Clown Posse joke?!?
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by mattparcens 4y ago
Alternately, defining harassment solely based on the perceptions of the receiver, as many organizations do, creates a comparable problem of subjectivity. Perhaps something like commonly-agreed "community standards" should be the
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by mattparcens 4y ago
"I learned it from you, Dad!"
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by mattparcens 4y ago
I disagree with this principle.
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by mattparcens 4y ago
He never should have worn that dress.
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by mattparcens 4y ago
Perhaps the 4 month old is not "manipulative" per se, but it also cannot be argued that the kid is doing much of a cost-benefit analysis as to whether it's worth waking Mom and Dad up for this (whim/legitimate need).
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by mattparcens 4y ago
Everything?
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by mattparcens 4y ago
For the love of God, if you have one of these don't drink liquids while you're unmuted.
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by mattparcens 4y ago
I vowed never to use this site because I found certain elements of their code conduct to be questionable. Why not prioritize everyone’s safety over anyone’s comfort? And the bit about “reverse -isms” is wholly ambiguous. It screams to n
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by mattparcens 4y ago
microservices
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by mattparcens 5y ago
Might read something from the zero unvaccinated deaths, though.
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by mattparcens 5y ago
But isn't it the government that allows the healthcare system to hold you financially accountable for opaque and arbitrary bills?
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by mattparcens 5y ago
Seems like a collective action problem. Maybe U.S. CEOs, celebrities, and other public figures should all coordinate a day (or longer?) of CCP public slams and digs?
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Some Workers Want Covid-19 Recovery Accepted as Evidence of Immunity(wsj.com)
3 points by mattparcens 5y ago|2 comments
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by mattparcens 5y ago
Previous infection should be recognized as proof of protection and exempt employees from vaccine mandates, some workers say
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by mattparcens 5y ago
The status quo is not necessarily a bad thing, for instance if you have a lot of activist coworkers who want to "burn the system to the ground," then I, for one, become a huge supporter of the status quo. One must remember that th
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by mattparcens 5y ago
It's unfortunate that it's necessary to provide this reminder within almost every message thread. It's basically a straw man fallacy, and the fact that it's probably unintentional on the part of the committers tells you
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by mattparcens 5y ago
I largely agree with most everything that you said, regarding enforcement pragmatism and the like. But I must remind that, at least in this particular conversation, we're talking about people who've just had the illness in questio
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by mattparcens 5y ago
No one said anything about multiple cards, nor about any databases whatsoever. Single-mindedness is not a rationale for imposing medical treatment on people. I'll circle back to my driver's license analogy - the bouncer does not n
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by mattparcens 5y ago
One might argue that there is also fairly little downside to not getting the vaccination. And without some hard numbers comparing the two fairly little downsides we shouldn't attempt to compel people's behavior either way.
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by mattparcens 5y ago
Cognitive load does not justify imposing potentially involuntary medical treatments on people, particularly not onto people for whom the benefit is likely of very little marginal value. The cognitive load could be built into the "vacci
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by mattparcens 5y ago
Aside: (that's an excellent quote and logical point) - I read the Wikipedia article on the author of that essay, and got an extremely strong impression of being told how to feel about him, more so than being presented with facts about
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by mattparcens 5y ago
Between this, the coming back into the office, to the general rumors of Amazon's work culture going back for years, I find it hard to imagine a more undesirable place to work.
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by mattparcens 5y ago
Tell it to the guy's under-developed 18 year old frontal lobe.
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by mattparcens 5y ago
Potentially demeaning nomenclature aside, do men and women have a differential opportunity to [better phrase], and if not, is this fair? And while it might be nice for the men who dominate all desirable, successful professions, does this he
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by mattparcens 5y ago
ACLU is to Civil Liberties as MTV is to Music.
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by mattparcens 5y ago
Apple employees objectively claimed to feel that the statements were sexist. I don’t think we can objectively distinguish someone’s claimed feelings from, say, their getting caught up in the fervor of a movement and attempting to persecut
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by mattparcens 5y ago
As someone who has had their past > 1/2 decade of work thrown out, (across multiple companies and projects!), due to low cost sensitivity on the company's part, or just poor planning, I at least halfway admire your question, if
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by mattparcens 6y ago
I'm going to wait out the debate as to whether success is entirely caused by hard work, or entirely caused by luck, until the internet sorts it out.

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