alex_lav

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by alex_lav 3y ago
> But they did pay for it If both parties paid for a service, why share a password? Because one party didn't pay for it.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> We know that if programmers have zero meetings then they get to build stuff that no one will ever use. Typical agile arrogance. Yes, clearly it is impossible to define requirements without a meeting. For sure.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Tells me all I need to know about both of our collective confidence in bitcoin :) Enjoy the day!
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Trying to take something you didn’t pay for certainly seems like stealing? You can rationalize it how you want, but it is what it is.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Why is it “enshittification” to stop users from stealing your product?
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> Curious if you'd be willing to share what percentage of your net worth is tied up specifically in BTC?
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Yeah I just...don't agree with any of this post. Cryptocurrency has done more harm than good by a really wide amount. Even ignoring the environmental cost, it's pitched as "a global financial safeguard, protecting vulnerable
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Well this is an amount of hyperbole I simply won’t interact with.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> - A tendency for managers to gear up more heavily with negative rather than positive feedback prior to reviews to reinforce their evaluations > - A tendency of some reportees to play the performance review game, focusing on keywords
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> money transmitting and money laundering seems to be kind of synonymous with bitcoin, no?
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> The games industry’s “profit at any cost” mentality cannot be sustained. I'm confused. How does this writer believe businesses exist? A quick google suggests the game had an all-in 60m loss. And every year they continue to operate
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by alex_lav 3y ago
If they can, they should! This is true for all things related to employment.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Seems like you're associating characteristics found with specifically bad employees as universally true for all WFH employees.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
But...the advice is about ultimatums...
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by alex_lav 3y ago
...what's this related to?
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by alex_lav 3y ago
shahar-26393.medium.com, the most reputable of sources.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Title should probably Fast HTTP Test Automation
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by alex_lav 3y ago
If you provide sources, does that mean you’re right?
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> It's an extremely thoroughly sourced article about the issues already reaching crisis points in this year, 2023. I didn’t have to, because the title affirmed what I’d find. And as a person that already believes in climate change,
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by alex_lav 3y ago
What do you think this changes about my post? A person with an obvious bias writes content supporting their bias.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> Doomsday author We're making no attempt to hide the bias anymore, I guess?
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> but it's the first language MIT taught their CS students Right, which was fine because 1.) They're students at MIT. They'll be employable pretty much no matter what if they graduate 2.) They spent several years learning
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by alex_lav 3y ago
It seems...off...to tell someone to learn probably the least employable frontend framework, so they'll have "excellent mental models" for the most employable ones...
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> What we have now is a circus. After 4 years of async being in stable. I stopped really paying attention to Rust about 5 years ago, and am asking purely out of ignorance/curiosity, but has the community/leadership approach cha
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by alex_lav 3y ago
It's funny. This discussion keeps getting pulled in different directions. Are you advocating that we automate PPE use in the workforce? Otherwise, what's the point of this comment?
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> And PPE requirements are commonly mandatory Yes, and it's mandatory to drive the speed limit. And yet, here we are.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Where they'll continue to come up with half measures and platitudes, yes. Because it's a very hard problem to solve and enforce. Glad we agree!
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> Employers must provide PPE. Firing skilled laborers harms both the employer and the employee. > Workers must wear it or be let go. Firing skilled laborers harms both the employer and the employee. > This is not hard. It seems ver
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Yeah, it's really wild how many tradespeople prefer "safety squints" to legitimate eye protection. Nobody that ever lost an eye on a jobsite thought they were going to lose an eye that day, so I'm not sure why "I kn
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by alex_lav 3y ago
If I come back to this site in a month, what're the odds it's still on sale?

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