a_imho

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   by a_imho 6y ago

   It’s called the “world in chains” scenario, where, like the preceding thought experiment, a global totalitarian government uses a novel technology to lock a majority of the world into perpetual suffering. Why would anyone do that? If the
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   by a_imho 6y ago

   I'm at the opposite end. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to play new games if I ever had the time, then realize the chore of making accounts, buying into walled gardens, installing platforms just to download 50GB+ games with o
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   by a_imho 6y ago

   Perhaps skeptics is a less loaded term?
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   by a_imho 6y ago

   I find Hanlon's razor a wishful thinking at best. I do not think there is any evidence backing it up.
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   by a_imho 6y ago

   Does not work in older browsers 'flat is not a function'.
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   by a_imho 6y ago

   For the dollar amounts, maybe, though I personally disagree. The associated risk is absolutely not the same however. Also, the idea of luring people with good salaries but valuing their time as 0 is a bit contradictory.
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   Ask HN: Pushback on Interviews?

   2 points by a_imho 6y ago|4 comments
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   by a_imho 6y ago

   This is super cringe and is not even effective. Want to get a raise/promotion? Apply for a new job.
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   by a_imho 6y ago

   Voting is a popularity contest, electing representatives via sortition is perfectly valid and imo more closer to the idea of democracy.
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    Google recently introduced yet another opt-out nagbox. It shows up for example on search and youtube. Non compliant. Repeat offender. What should be the right course of action? As far as I'm aware GDPR was not supposed to be another Co
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    Where is that stated? As a European I would very much expect GDPR to send home the companies who can't play according to the laws.
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    Nah, for example Google/Alphabet is a continuous offender ever since GDPR become enforceable and was already fined 3 times according to https://www.enforcementtracker.com/
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    In my experience people are wary of smart TVs way more than other smart devices, especially phones. Why is that?
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    You may read our site as usual with advertisements and tracking (you may revoke your consent at any time). How about not forcing a consent in the first place?
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    Or you can consider the reverse, it is not American tech workers who are overpaid, but remote workers who are actually underpaid. Would it be so bad if $T companies could not discriminate remote workers? https://elsajohansson.wor
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    Do they offer 10% TC increase in case you move to NY/SF?
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    What Is Sortition?(equalitybylot.com)

    2 points by a_imho 6y ago|0 comments
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    Many went through the school system, it is their very own experience that makes them skeptical.
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    Yes, the powers which could regulate do not have any interest to do so.
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    I had a recent discussion with someone who argued that new senior leaders deliberately push for major changes even though they suspect the efforts will fail. Such changes make the organization increasingly dependent on the new leader, and
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    We judge others based solely on their actions, but when judging ourselves we have an internal dialogue that justifies our mistakes and bad decisions. This is called Fundamental Attribution Error https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    Disagree. For people caring about privacy recommending Firefox has/had been the default for a long time. At this point in time many are conflicted. Clearly moz://a is in bed with major privacy violators and can not be trusted
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    Rust, Idris, Julia - pretty arbitrary imo.
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    I am not sold on the premise that plumbing code is bad or not business logic, being explicit is no trouble, it is part of the story. How is writing a factory method worse than writing Spring configurations? Personally I prefer to write Java
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    I don't see any problem with that, in fact, being explicit is a huge plus. I would take that any day of the week over untraceable code. To be more precise, I'm not just baffled by the popularity of Spring, I don't even compre
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    I don't understand why is it better to have something wired up by annotations than explicitly writing java code. Is 'new' obsolete? At least tools (including IDE) can look for method calls, annotation strings not so much. I&#
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    Could concrete be substituted for the underground use case, like putting a metal container into the ground and call it a home? I'm fascinated with the idea of having a house with (mostly) passive temperature control. Could an undergrou
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    I know next to nothing about virtualization, are these patches Microsoft specific, or do they benefit others as well?
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    What happened to TVs, phones, fridges, ... ?
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    by a_imho 6y ago

    I don't get the confusion 1. Most sites are blatantly non compliant, see opt-outs (presets). For example if someone from covered regions does a search on Google right now it presents them with 2 buttons, 'I agree' and 'S