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by 40acres 8y ago
There are many ways to skin this cat: people characterized online as SJWs are mostly persuaded by the push for equal opportunity, neo-liberals will be persuaded by the untapped economic potential that is covered up by discrimination. There&
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by 40acres 8y ago
I'm gonna be honest here: it sounds like you're mainly getting your perspective on these issues from internet forums rather than non-internet sources. However you want to describe these movements, one thing is clear: if America ha
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Economic stratification is not simply a natural phenomenon. Especially at the current global levels of inequality. Policies and institutions had to be built to create and sustain this level of inequality. I'm not surprised that Califor
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by 40acres 8y ago
> Fantastic thread. Identity politics flavored social justice warfare peeves me because it misses this grand overarching point: there is untapped potential here. I feel like you're just taking a shot at "SJWs" without real
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As others have mentioned, the league optimizes for this somewhat. For instance: East Coast teams often go on a West Coast road trip where they will play in Denver, LA, Portland, Utah, etc. for a stretch. Also, often times West Coast teams p
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by 40acres 8y ago
One of the trainers mentioned in this article, Ben Kenyon, is actually a neighbor of mine. He lives in the same apartment complex. I haven't seen him since the season started but when I do he always seems like he's running at 150%
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by 40acres 8y ago
I'm not a security export, so "encrypt everything" is simply a hand-wavy way to say "handle low hanging security holes". When you look at the cause of some of the large breaches in the past, many times they are very
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I've learned the difference between strategy and tactics through agile development. During our pre-planning and sprint planning sessions, our PO usually lays out a plan of our priorities (strategy) occasionally he will suggest implemen
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Software, including open source, has a high fixed cost (lots of developer time and effort to get version 1.0 out the door) and a low marginal cost (once it's out there you can distribute via homebrew, for example, for no additional cos
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by 40acres 8y ago
This article really goes off the rails, so I'll just respond to the original point described in the first paragraph. To the question: are coders worth it? The answer in my opinion is yes. Software engineering in general is a type of la
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I would've thought by now the security consultant industry would be really robust and large corporations like Marriott would be advised to handle low hanging fruit like "encrypt everything". Anyone know the current state of t
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There are definitely powerful SIGs that operate on behalf of more traditionally marginalized groups, the NAACP stands out. But a look at some other SIGs highlights that those in powerful positions often exert their political influence throu
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I find 'Pythonic' more of a higher level philosophy about what "good python style" looks like more than elitist, but I can see how it can be warped by an elitist mindset. Whenever I write Python I try to keep it 'py
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I like the idea but am not fond of the execution, particularly around the aesthetics. One of the reasons I love Python is because of it's syntactic brevity and conciseness, once you get to intermediate python there are some weird forms
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I agree with this point. Earlier today I made a similar comment regarding the lack of political strength among software developers, for such a well paid (relative to most Americans) trade, it's hard to name a powerful special interest
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The New York Times recently published some charts showing how each state generates its electricity: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/24/climate/how-e...
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I think traditionally you're right, but I'm noticing a sea change. With tech companies becoming more diverse I think you're seeing a break in the cultural stereotype of developers: the google walk out regarding sexual harassm
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> I'm not sure who a politician would talk to if they wanted to be pro developer. This is part of my point, I can't think of any organization, no matter the size that is "pro-developer" this can be anything from advoc
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by 40acres 8y ago
Software development is a relatively new job compared to others, but thinking about the politics of the bay area highlights to me how weak politically the "institution" of software / information technology is as a special int
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by 40acres 8y ago
Why are roads an elastic demand but it seems that other transportation methods, like light rail, aren't? I've seen cases of quite a few expensive lines and rail-stops that have lower than expected utilization, but it seems like ne
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by 40acres 8y ago
I commend Facebook for allocating more resources to enforce its community standards, what's the point in outlining standards if there is no enforcement? I'm not surprised that the initial implementation has had some rough patches.
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There is literally no barrier preventing a company from creating its own platform from scratch. If you want to enable an infrastructure that supports no holds barred speech online you can start today, you may not be able to Stripe or Cloudf
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A lot of times in these discussions folks like to abstract the actual instance that causes a controversy like this and instead change the conversation to rant about political correctness, centralization, and free speech. If you wrote what t
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Centralization isn't the problem here, if you look back at history there are more platforms for people to speak their mind than ever before. Before you the internet you had to deal with the three major networks to get on TV and most ex
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"Rockstars" are real but I think the idea has been warped. Every field has an elite set of performers who outshine the others. I don't see why software development would be any different.
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Another question is regarding open source tools, maybe it's a US bubble but I don't think I've heard of any Western companies adoping Chinese open source tools.
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I'm really interested in hearing more about this, especially when it comes to software development in cities like Beijing and Shenzen. The stories make it seem like China's developer culture is really harsh, almost absurd in the i
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Reading this article both made me cringe and gave me hope. The cringe comes from the fact that the parents described here just don't seem to give their kids a break of unscheduled time, I understand the pressures to give your children
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True, eventually these platforms will either die or innovate to the point where their original implementations seem distant. My bigger point is regarding the nature of a gaming platform vs. a more traditional feed based app as effective soc
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I haven't played Fortnite, but from what I know it took a somewhat resurgant form of gameplay (battle Royale) and added some innovations to great success. I can see Fortnite having a multi year run, but gaming is a completely different

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