themoonbus

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by themoonbus 5y ago
Maybe this is an unpopular opinion because it is misogynistic garble. I think you should spend less time giving advice and more taking it.
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by themoonbus 7y ago
I don't love using slippery slope arguments, but I feel that it's appropriate here...
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by themoonbus 7y ago
Because Google is the decider of what constitutes "slow"? You have a single organization deciding what the threshold is between slow and fast. And, they also have a Google-approved solution (amp) that I'm sure they will tie i
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by themoonbus 7y ago
Walled gardens and proprietary software can allow for fantastic user experiences in a way that open platforms often cannot match. However, I feel focusing on the user experience misses the main point - the web is an open platform, and this
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by themoonbus 7y ago
"A history". As I said, you are interpreting that word differently than they are. I think it's valid to interpret "a history" to mean "something that happens with some amount of frequency". I also suppose
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by themoonbus 7y ago
The person you are replying to didn't say it's impossible for a cyclist to kill a pedestrian, just that it doesn't happen very often. They cited a statistic, you found an anecdote to counter. The disconnect seems to be around
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by themoonbus 7y ago
What's the benefit of targeting only people who have been part of a high profile layoffs? Seems like a smaller pool on both sides-less people to recruit, and less recruiters who specifically are interested in these types of candidates.
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by themoonbus 7y ago
Sure, its possible that they place "greater emphasis on academic education" etc., but then you have to ask yourself what is the reason behind this. As an Asian American who has had good academic success, my best guess is its socio
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by themoonbus 7y ago
On the flip side, in college you learn why stating something is true 100% of the time can be problematic.
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by themoonbus 7y ago
So the bar you're setting is based on the some of the bloodiest conflicts in human history?
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by themoonbus 7y ago
Employees "would be paid a week of severance" - I haven't gone through something like this, but that seems low. I know when the money runs out it runs out, but I hope employees weren't totally blindsided...
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by themoonbus 7y ago
You don't understand why it's informative to hear a viewpoint on a topic from someone who has had a different experience than you? Why are you on this site?
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by themoonbus 7y ago
The job of the guild / union isn't to give everyone a job who wants one, though. It's to ensure that people who have a job are treated fairly.
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by themoonbus 8y ago
Funnily enough, I am one of those people-my partner and I have one car between us (in LA), and I rely pretty heavily on Uber pool (or the Lyft equivalent) to get around on a day to day basis. However, it feels unsustainable. I can't im
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by themoonbus 8y ago
Which LA is thankfully building
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by themoonbus 8y ago
You say "even with higher pricing", but are also saying that higher pricing (due to taxes) would ruin the services? Uber and Lyft fares are unsustainably low right now, and at their current prices, they depress public transit inte
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by themoonbus 8y ago
I think it's simply a byproduct of silicon valley's fetishization of the word "failure". Anything that isn't a runaway success is re-contextualized as a "failure" so that it can function as blog title shor
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by themoonbus 8y ago
I bet there are far more people who didn't leave similarly-positioned-but-unsuccessful startups and regret it... maybe spurred on by the survivorship bias (or non-survivorship bias, in this case) of those who left a successful startup.
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by themoonbus 8y ago
Specifically, the New York Times and the New Yorker. They've both been around for 100+ years. Sometimes the tech industry bubble produces hilarious comments...
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by themoonbus 8y ago
The system as it currently stands is also being wrecked by human nature, though...
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by themoonbus 8y ago
How do you figure-do you have any specific cases you're thinking of? Like the platform itself, the brand and positioning of a company is constantly evolving.
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by themoonbus 8y ago
I can't speak to individual anecdotes, I was talking about healthcare spending overall. It's not speculation, here are some sources: https://wire.ama-assn.org/ama-news/growth-health-spending-sl... Also, regar
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by themoonbus 8y ago
How do you figure? Please elaborate on this. I don't see how subsidized premiums and guaranteed coverage would be a detriment to freelancers... Yes, the cost of healthcare was cheaper back then, but it likely would have risen more with
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by themoonbus 8y ago
Dictionaries reflect common usage and shared understanding, they're not some infallible source. If the technology community started using the term "open source" in a different way, the dictionary would have to be updated to r
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by themoonbus 8y ago
Snark aside, it is good to take a step back and re-evaluate life priorities. And also importantly, to be more mindful of work life balance... and if you're in a position to do so, advocate for more positive balance between the two at y
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by themoonbus 8y ago
I think a more accurate title could simply be "not working for a year is fun"... and then the immediate reaction is "no kidding".
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by themoonbus 8y ago
The previous generation you're referring to is one that actively discriminated against women and people of color in the work force... probably wasn't hard for them to keep politics out of the work place because there was more homo
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by themoonbus 8y ago
It's an interesting question, but a sample size of 2 doesn't necessarily answer it. Maybe the rich do work more hours on average, but is it because they are appropriately compensated for hard work? Seems like the trend in the US i
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by themoonbus 8y ago
Nobody's free speech rights were violated? I can't believe this has to be explained on hackernews... https://xkcd.com/1357/
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by themoonbus 8y ago
Tweets by paid employees don't count as data points. And yes, I do consider multiple investigative reports finding similar issues throughout the world to be a pattern https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17

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