throwawaymsft

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by throwawaymsft 2y ago
Infinite, because the median counterfactual is never getting around to this P4 “nice to have” issue that’s languished in the backlog.
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by throwawaymsft 5y ago
https://www.theonion.com/facebook-employees-explain-daily-st...
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by throwawaymsft 5y ago
Yeah, it’s wack how people want to buy the laptop with the best perf per watt ever.
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by throwawaymsft 5y ago
A few seconds isn’t bad to boot an OS, no? ;-)
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by throwawaymsft 5y ago
If you’re in the tech industry, FIRE is an option closer than most. You can build your own tenure to pursue what you like.
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by throwawaymsft 5y ago
It’s gotta be the mangoes! Unfortunately the internet has a large selection bias. Anger, outrage, etc. are more viral than quiet contentment. Misery loves company and all that. It’s hard to change opinions online (especially when people go
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by throwawaymsft 5y ago
People think the virus has a strategy, like it’s playing a sport and deciding an outcome. Tell the Black Plague its strategy of killing 30% of is suboptimal. Or to the species driven to extinction by a disease. “Inanimate object, that was s
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by throwawaymsft 5y ago
Tu quoque, COVID: we foolishly ignore other fixable problems so we should ignore this too?
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by throwawaymsft 5y ago
Why isn’t the burden of proof on the lone BSL4 lab in the country doing research on that very class of virus to prove its innocence?
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by throwawaymsft 6y ago
Sure, the system generally may loosely correlated with the long-term preference of the populace depending on the government, such that people don't revolt. But the system is designed to keep itself in power or maximize its own goals. I
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by throwawaymsft 6y ago
What is clean air worth? What do you pay for it? In the US, you pay taxes which are distributed under the purview of a democratic republic, whose officials may decide to create an EPA, which may enforce rules, etc. Tautologically, clean air
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by throwawaymsft 6y ago
Most replies are having their Green Eggs and Ham moment. I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam I am. Meanwhile, people who have actually used it, find it great. It's a wonderful framework.
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by throwawaymsft 6y ago
Yep. Most of the advice here is about how to be a better employee and navigate a system that doesn’t have your best interests at heart. Instead, work to free yourself from needing that system at all. Then you don’t need a life of playing po
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by throwawaymsft 6y ago
Long term: Don't become a peasant, live life on your own terms. https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-si... If you like hacking, you can arrange your life to do that.
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by throwawaymsft 6y ago
The long-form format is a huge part. The regular media is not incentivized to air a 3-hour interview with a thoughtful interviewer. No, you'll get a 2-minute clip on CNN designed to extract click-bait soundbites from the guest.
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by throwawaymsft 6y ago
“Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray’s case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely n
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by throwawaymsft 6y ago
Thank you so much for sharing this. A lot of people will knee-jerk react with "push, push, you're worthless, push" and I have deep appreciation for this wiser attitude.
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by throwawaymsft 6y ago
Easy, after first imagining the pink elephant you aren't supposed to.
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by throwawaymsft 6y ago
Check the incentives. For corporate managers, your salary is generally proportional to the number of people you manage. Who cares if your 1000-person org doesn't accomplish anything, you're a big shot now. On a sports team, coache
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by throwawaymsft 6y ago
Not always. The best code is no code. Sometimes you can clarify requirements (and realize the request is redundant with existing capabilities), adapt workflows, combine existing features, etc. If someone has a request, the first instinct sh
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by throwawaymsft 7y ago
"A classic is something everybody wants to have read, but no one wants to read." -Mark Twain Many want to have had done a startup.
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by throwawaymsft 7y ago
Not OP, but I saw people wasting their lives on "big projects" that actually had little impact. (And that's if you're lucky enough to have it ship and not be cancelled.) Imagine you are designing the McDonald's hamb
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by throwawaymsft 8y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_segregation_in_the_U...
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by throwawaymsft 8y ago
Being bored for 40 years isn’t your only option. http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-sim... You can move towards a life designed the way you like it. Good luck.
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by throwawaymsft 8y ago
Thanks for taking the time to clarify, I mostly agree with your updated version. Global wealth can grow but is not necessarily (or often) distributed, and not everyone is in a circumstance to grow it on their own. You may enjoy the elephant
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by throwawaymsft 8y ago
It's helpful to separate natural resources (land, woods, oil, etc.) from wealth (valuable possessions). We take natural resources, often plentiful, apply labor + skill, and get a more valuable product. We're wealthier as a result.
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by throwawaymsft 8y ago
Why doesn't the absolute share matter? If I give everyone an iPhone and a few people get an iPhone + Macbook, is that "bad"? Isn't everyone better off? (Yes, humans can be petty and jealous, but they are objectively bett
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by throwawaymsft 8y ago
What "pretty decent" physical resources does making software consume? (Beyond energy, which is renewable.) The internet and other tech doesn't create new wealth? Why has the size of the economy grown exponentially since the i
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by throwawaymsft 8y ago
Many people think the economy is a fixed pie. Do a quick google: inflation adjusted gdp per capita is increasing exponentially(!) over time as we find new ways to create wealth. If the pie were fixed our living standards should decrease ove
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by throwawaymsft 8y ago
When you invent the wheelbarrow, stack bricks into a house, plant a seed, where is wealth diverted from? Who is losing? What shrank? Potential wealth is ‘finite’ because humans are finite but there’s no practical limit. (Just like there’s n

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