Hokusai

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by Hokusai 7y ago
> But your boss is not, and never will be, your friend. I agree with the sentiment. I am still friends with people that were my direct reports many years ago. But, when I was their manager, I treat them fairly like any other employee. Th
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> Is there a good reason why we allow capital to organise itself and not labour? It is a matter of for whom is easier to organize. Capital can organize pretty easily, you may need only half a dozen companies to change a full labor market
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> I wish there was some sort of scoring system for product packaging that would take into account the quantity and environmental impact of the packaging. It already exists: https://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/re
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> "I was openly accused of damaging my country's reputation by talking about corruption," I have seen this at a smaller scale in several companies. Human resources will negate any wrong doing of abusive upper management to
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> but today next to nobody really thinks or talks about it. How much that is similar on how Linux evangelization is also harder to find? Linux won the battle, Cloud computing is mainly an unchallenged Linux realm. I see many institutions
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> If they do, the concerns in this article do not apply. Most users are not your typical HN reader. Whatever is the default, or easy choice is the one that they are going to go for. Regulations were needed to forbid dark patterns with fi
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> Why the hell would they do this? Is the basis to half of the software industry. e.g. The cost of developing and installing the full Enterprise version of Windows is the same that to develop and install the Home version. Still, Microsof
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by Hokusai 7y ago
I like that the article present two different points. One is that the Internet is a reflection of the socioeconomic reality of the world. Languages with less, or just poorer speakers are less represented. The lack of representation causes a
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Java Naming Conventions (1999)(oracle.com)
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> It's assumed that we're all legally kids until 18 now Not really. There is more nuisances when it comes to the law. e.g. In many places you cannot drink until you are 21, in other the age of being able to consent to sex is lo
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by Hokusai 7y ago
"Amazon told shippers the service, known as Amazon Shipping, will be paused starting in June. It was available in just a handful of U.S. cities." I was going to list my opinion why this is not relevant in any measure. But, that it
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I love the joke. But, it is a serious problem. One key part is that naming is important. This is always a fight I am willing to take. Acronyms, fantasy names, names of teams or legacy names that does not represent the functionality of the m
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by Hokusai 7y ago
I have a digital signature for all my online interactions with the government. In Sweden, for example, there is a system named BankID that is used to access your bank account or pay your taxes. The last time I used a fax was one connected t
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> is being spread by liberal/lefty This part of your message does not help. To divide and radicalize people it will just make society weaker and individuals more irrational. For the virus there is no party lines nor nationalism. For
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> I get the impression they feel the economy is just some superfluous activity to keep the masses engaged. I understand your frustration, but, remember how news talk about computers and how much simplification is needed to get the overal
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> 'Normal life' includes hundreds of thousands people dying of infectious disease each year that nobody notices. I really think that people notices when a loved one dies, whatever the cause. What makes you think that normal peo
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> All people care about is getting from Point A to Point B in a quick, reliable and safe manner. Drivers also care about having a safe work environment, reasonable working hours and a fair pay. Capitalism is not just about consumers, but
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by Hokusai 7y ago
It is a known fact that Amazon instructs its employees to manipulate on-line communities: https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/23/what-is-this-weird-twitter...
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by Hokusai 7y ago
The regulation already exists, ridesharing companies just decided to break the law and challenge the definition of "employee" and "taxi" because ridesharing companies have an app. That was weird from the begging. All the
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> All the Nordic countries underestimated the pandemic. All countries underestimated the pandemic. From China to the United Kingdom, USA or Italy, every country underestimated it. The main difference is the attitude once lock downs are n
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> Denmark is roughly the same culturally and regarding worker's rights So, all the Swedish jokes about Denmark are wrong? ;) > yet had a very strong response from around 12 March. I think that Sweden is in the wrong not taking i
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by Hokusai 7y ago
Sweden has also a small population. Values from smaller populations are less statistically relevant. Once the number of infections growth the number will be more significant. Small number are problematic. There are 2.27 Popes per square kil
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> After a long winter, it's just become warm enough to sit outside in the Swedish capital Yeah. This sounds very weird. No, you do not want to sit outside. It is sunny, but cold (4 to 8 degrees). > It‘s been a record breakingly m
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Sweden is quite different from other countries, that explains the slow spread of the virus. Many companies allow employees to stay home for minor flu symptoms of the employee or their children. You will be fired in countries like Spain if y
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> many unintuitive parts I think a more concrete term for unintuitive is outdated. The use cases for Copyright law were defined a century ago when society and technology was different. It is difficult for current citizens to understand
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> This shape, called a hyperboloid, minimizes the amount of material required to build it I guess that to build it "for its required purpose" is implicit in the sentence. I agree, that the author could have gone into more deta
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by Hokusai 7y ago
To use the Facebook SDK is a rocky mistake. It includes all kind of telemetry that is send to Facebook, whenever the user is connected to Facebook or not. In the company I worked for, they read the code, you have access to it, and stripped
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> It is amazing (and absolutely terrifying) as to how belligerent Americans are to any sense of being told what to do. A good % of them will purposely do the opposite just to exercise their freedoms. "Small government" is part
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> I'm amazed that it's spreading so fast in US. That speed is an attribute of exponential growth. It has happened in all countries. One day there is one death a couple of weeks latter a hundred, the lock down comes shortly aft
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by Hokusai 7y ago
> Two years worth of research confirmed the sword is among the most ancient ones ever found, dating as far back as 5,000 years ago. Two years? But, I have seen Hollywood movies that they just need a magnifying glass and 5 minutes to get

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