TerminalSystem3

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by TerminalSystem3 5y ago
Yeah, this reads like clickbait. The Verge has really gone down the tubes, I never go there anymore - too consumed with political causes. My guess is that some boss ordered the writer to make the review as negative as possible, probably bec
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
Can someone ELI5 on what a NAS is and why someone would need a NAS?
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
I have worked at a big tech company like this and it was truly one of the most inclusive and welcoming environments I have ever been in. Of course, a lot comes down to your manager and work group. But I am inclined to give the company as a
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
I dunno, dude - I think to the rational folk on HN it does indeed seem hyperbolic, but there are a lot of really pissed off people who are a little beyond the point of rationality. For instance, a recent survey showing 29% of respondents wo
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
Yeah. The thing that makes me believe this most of all is the fact that I have had very similar experiences in my education, and I too would be terrified to attach my real name to some of the experiences I have had. Sad times - I thought Bi
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
I think in general China could easily play a winning hand here by refusing to give into this nonsense. Not just in education, but in a corporate setting, too. Honestly, it probably won't be such a bad thing for the world to have SOME c
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
The reaction to this article kind of says it all for me. Right leaning readers seem to accept the claims, although anonymous, because they have experience on the ground that would make them believe such claims. Left leaning readers refuse t
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
This is a really stupid article. It reads like some english essay written by a college student. The author basically just brings up a bunch of anecdotes where Google did some bad stuff. In my opinion, this reflects a rather naive worldview.
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
This seems like some race bait to me. As you may have guessed, the article says that overconfidence leads managers to see leadership potential and allow reports to "fail up", and of course this is a problem primarily caused by evi
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
What exactly makes you think that demand for SWE jobs will evaporate in the next decade? It looks to me like demand should be higher than ever with all the various car, IoT, security related tech news we've seen recently.
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
A lot of this seems to be pretty politically loaded and will probably outright turn away many readers. But if you can look past this, the article touches on a real issue that nobody really seems to be discussing - the enormous decline in ra
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
From what my coworkers tell me, it's certainly better than it used to be. My old coworker would often fondly describe how he had to take a packed and miserable bus for almost a full day to get to Beijing when he was a kid, while now he
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
I'm definitely against any tweets calling for the murder of anybody, I'll say that. But the "anti-harm" movement is not as benign as you think. For instance, see the firing of David Shor, who merely tweeted a study compa
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
I think your argument is legitimate, but I do think there's a distinction between naturally letting words fall out of favor and forcing it. Words naturally fall out of favor when people simply stop using them - this is a process as old
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
Well said, and I like the quote. I think it's telling that the top response to your comment completely dodges the substance of the comment and just attacks your "diction." It seems to me that these moral purists are basically
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
But here's the problematic part of your statement: "Politically correct mobs are a form of this - they are ugly and indiscriminate, but effective at shaping culture by stigmatizing ideas that have been used to justify harm".
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by TerminalSystem3 6y ago
The problem is that these rules worked in prior times, but social media has given the offended the power to group up with 10000 other people who would be similarly offended. And once they are all offended, they adopt a mob mentality and rui