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by a4isms 5y ago
Ok, I’ll adjust it. Thank you.
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Do people of color actually take matters into their own hands? Irrelevant, my comment is about white people taking matters into their own hands by torturing and murdering black people, which is a specific case of the comment about communi
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Let’s be clear: It has a zero-tolerance policy for some people. Some get life sentences for crimes committed while juveniles. Others get an “Aw, they’re just boys being boys pass” for their entire lives, right up to being appointed to the
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by a4isms 5y ago
We people of colour have a shorthand way to describe this system of yours: Lynching. Communities who think they "know who did it" will bypass the right to legal representation, will bypass courts, will bypass proof of guilt beyond
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Apple’s AirTag trackers made it frighteningly easy to ‘stalk’ me in a test(washingtonpost.com)
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If that’s the only reason this is interesting, we’re talking about digital fashion. It’s isomorphic to a celebrity endorsing a product. “Is this person an expert in using this product? No? But it’s selling like hotcakes because this person
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Let’s say I make stoves, and I become aware that somebody could maliciously alter the stove to turn it into an IED. Realizing this, I make some changes to make the stove harder to turn into an IED. Is the argument really, “Are you aware tha
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We were working on a directory of users and their contact methods for an application, when one of the engineers asked, “Has anybody considered how this might be misused by a vengeful ex-partner should an office romance break up badly?” Nobo
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Too eek out a living is to be a character actor specializing in expressions of surprise. To eke out a living is to supplement with great effort for only incremental gains. To kee out a living is to release an Indian Tamil-language techno-th
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by a4isms 6y ago
This strikes me as a struggle where the terrain is “asymmetrical information.” The company has all the data and uses it to optimize its business, at the expense of the drivers, who are given only enough information to incentivize them to do
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Delivery Drivers Are Using Grey Market Apps to Make Their Jobs Suck Less(vice.com)
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The expression “employee activists” makes it seem very one-sided. What about old-school companies where everyone played golf. If you were, say, someone who liked hiking and canoeing, you might have been made to feel like you don’t fit in. I
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I dearly wish that when people use the phrase “cancel culture,” they mean exactly what you say here. If they did, it would include trying to “cancel” people who sympathize with white nationalism. But it would also mean people who belittle o
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Cruelty may not be bound by time and space, but historically, cruelty has been “unevenly distributed.” If we were sitting side-by-side in the Warsaw Ghetto, I might agree with you intellectually, but nevertheless my immediate concern would
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I applaud your optimism and boundless faith in humanity. But as a POC, I point out that America has a long tradition of taking children to witness lynchings, and the children would cheer. Or to beat foxes to death with sticks. I don't
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They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines–and Started a Cold War(wired.com)
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Most essays like this begin by pointing out that a company that over-focuses on X is headed for trouble, for almost any value of X. They then present Y, which if properly pursued, will solve the problem of X. Both sides of this argument are
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Reminds me of “anti-flash white,” developed for bombers during the early years of the cold war. The theory was that the specially formulated white paint would reflect enough of a nuclear explosion’s thermal energy to allow the aircraft to s
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by a4isms 6y ago
I have social anxiety. Despite this--or maybe because of it?--I have worked in sales and have spoken at conferences for going on two decades. The combination is not rare: Many people who have social anxiety find that “structured/direct
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Another case of a lie--or misunderstanding due to reposting clickbait without engaging critical thinking--circumnavigating the globe at internet speed while the truth is still putting on its pants.
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I have worked with 50% remote people for decades. There are all sorts of ways this can be productive. The most obvious, which may or may not appeal to the majority of HN’s demographic, is people with families. If you’re 50% WFH, you can str
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Tearing down Chesterton’s Fence: "Don’t demand that people stop doing a thing until you fully understand why they think it was worth doing. Only when you fully understand their perspective should you then argue with their specific reas
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Thirding.
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An evergreen conversation: "I love C++." —Alice "Oh? Which C++?" —Bob Every successful C++ team defines its own C++ subset.
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(Cleese collects fifty million dollars, goes to the bank and takes the entire amount out in cash.) "I won, I won, I finally came out ahead!" Prunella Scales appears. "Thank you, Basil!" Yoink.
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How to Overcome Cynicism(scottberkun.com)
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Both movies and books agree it's downhill. Also what we would call "skeleton" today. And if you go by the books, a course in Bentley repair is not necessary because James "has a guy."
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I did not read the OP as making normative claims, I read the OP as making claims about things that quite possibly could be measured, provided the author stoped waving his hands and was specific. For example, the opening two sentences: I tr
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Apple Sues Former Employee for Leaking Trade Secrets [pdf](daringfireball.net)
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I have opinions about writing. So does Mr. Graham. What our opinions have in common is that they are not falsifiable . Unless we validate our conjectures with empirical evidence, we're really just sharing our taste. "Oh no,"

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