yellowpencil

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by yellowpencil 2mo ago
Im not the OP but most people outside of HN don't have multiple offers to job hop between FAANGs so the choice becomes "make money to survive or not".
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by yellowpencil 1y ago
A positive change for sure but what about the kids who were stunted developmentally during that time? In a nearby elementary school they are now touting teaching kids “AI literacy”. At an age where they don’t even have enough of a world vie
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by yellowpencil 1y ago
A friend of a friend has been in a rough patch with her spouse and has been discussing it all with ChatGPT. So far ChatGPT has pretty much enthusiastically encouraged divorce, which seems like it will happen soon. I don't think either
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by yellowpencil 3y ago
Them being a charity isn't an automatic license to use anything on the internet?
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by yellowpencil 3y ago
I'm in a big city and that is certainly not the case. I can submit preferred locations but ultimately there is a very opaque selection process and there is no guarantee made other than a seat somewhere in the system. I know some famili
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by yellowpencil 3y ago
In public schools the only way to "vote with your wallet" is to relocate, the next best option which is less disruptive to a family is to opt out of the school system if the means are available. What other options are there?
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by yellowpencil 3y ago
Dogma I'd guess.
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by yellowpencil 3y ago
See Cambridge, MA as an example. https://www.boston.com/news/the-boston-globe/2023/07/18/camb...
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by yellowpencil 3y ago
The US federal budget deficit for the month of June was $228 billion. Money is being spent and the money printer is running no problem. The administration clearly does not view this as an important issue.
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by yellowpencil 4y ago
Who is “we”?
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by yellowpencil 4y ago
If there are “externalities” brought upon the state due to separations, ie strain on public services (crime, welfare programs, school, healthcare, etc) doesn’t the state have an incentive to do so? Playing devils advocate here.
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by yellowpencil 4y ago
Which company does Twitter use to send these SMS messages, Twilio?
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by yellowpencil 4y ago
Somewhat tangential but an acquaintance at a Fortune-500 level company mentioned to me they are converting tons of currently salaried employees to hourly. These are white collar desk jobs at corporate HQ. I have to infer theres some sort of
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by yellowpencil 4y ago
Agree - any propagandist paying attention the last couple of years is acutely aware of the contemporary efficacy of labeling "Science" as a manipulative stiumuls. Run a few biased "analyses", pay for placement in a journ
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by yellowpencil 4y ago
I think you're conflating short stints/job hopping and resume gaps. How does a "temporary period of non-employment" preclude someone from "providing more value to your company"? There are infinite reasons why s
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by yellowpencil 4y ago
That's true to some extent but has nothing to do with "resume gaps".
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by yellowpencil 4y ago
> a long gap is a warning flag on a resume. Sorry but it's not at all. How dare they not spend every waking moment wage slaving away! People live their lives, this type of thinking shouldn't be normalized. What other subconsci
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by yellowpencil 4y ago
Not op - think it’s more along the lines of “humans evolved with nature as a constraint” and industrialization has the ability to remove that constraint.
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by yellowpencil 4y ago
VC got their IPO, thats all that ever mattered. it was kind of funny to see the PR campaigns ramp up - placement in news articles, podcast interviews with the founder, partnerships with fast food chains. after the smoke cleared there was ne
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by yellowpencil 4y ago
because they literally can't. ignoring the $1B budgeted cost, they are also facing massive execution risk. adobe is signaling their confidence in their ability to innovate/execute with the acquisition price - zero confidence. even
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by yellowpencil 4y ago
figma raised $330+ million over the years...have there been any public breakdowns of the VC/founder/employee equity split?
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by yellowpencil 4y ago
Just my opinion, but your original comment comes off as comically dismissive of what Figma has done. Adobe, a company with literal billions in cash and thousands of engineers, wagers 20 BILLION dollars that it is not easy to compete or rep
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by yellowpencil 6y ago
> antitrust battles against Big Tech will dominate the next four years of economic policy Almost zero chance this happens, imo. Big tech spent _heavily_ on Democrats (98% of contributions [0]) and the Democrats have complete control for