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by advael 9y ago
Reading this article was great for me. It provided a perspective that I needed with a compelling argument for it. Reading the comments was a huge mistake. It mired the previous sense of insight with contradictory perspectives supported by c
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by advael 9y ago
That's an absolutely insane way to do statistics. You can't just say "it's a deterrent" and then magically assume that anyone who pays their debts wouldn't have in absence of the evidently horribly inefficient
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by advael 9y ago
Seems like a bare minimum for such a contract term to be equitable, but seeking work while you have a job is so obviously encouraged by the current labor market that a non-compete clause strikes me as unpalatable unless it comes with guaran
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by advael 10y ago
Honestly I'd suggest that the company in question takes a little bit of time to construct a toy project of medium size that's relevant to their application domain and asks the candidate how they would solve it. This gets the candi
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by advael 11y ago
A lot of stories like this are coming out, and it really leads me to wonder: Why do the FBI, the courts, and prosecutors have such strong incentives to convict someone? This story elucidates a lot of problems: Poor standards on the part of
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by advael 11y ago
I almost didn't click it because I thought the same thing. I'm so bored of all this ridiculous cohort-as-horoscope business.
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by advael 11y ago
>That said, there seems to be a bizarre tendency to give 'technologists' a free pass on ideas and actions that are quite obviously negative for free society and human rights. I think tech billionaires occupy the position of the
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by advael 11y ago
Because the short-term incentive of turning a profit doesn't match up with the long-term incentive of benefiting everyone. The latter can lead to the former, but it's neither sufficient nor necessary.
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by advael 11y ago
So wait, according to this article: People who are nice, team players, selfless, etc. cluster near the top and the bottom of our hypothetical payscale graph. People who are narcissistic, egotistical, entitled, and overall "assholes&quo