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by amirmc 9y ago
Nice idea but I think this is only really going to change when either the incentives change (i.e. not ad-based) or there’s legislation/regulation of some kind. Until then, the BigCos will keep doing what they’re doing, because that’s h
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by amirmc 9y ago
Rationale here: https://reasonml.github.io/guide/what-and-why
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by amirmc 9y ago
Because intricate things with downsides that are difficult to understand is exactly where legislation can protect consumers. The whole 'if consumers care' thing is kinda bullshit. They simply don't have the time or ability to
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by amirmc 9y ago
> ... but really, this comes down to what Google (et al) considers criminal incitement to violence, We have courts and a legal process to decide such things. I find it strange and worrying that so many in this thread are happy to l
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by amirmc 9y ago
I didn't know Amazon did this. It'll make me think twice next time I purchase certain items. After a quick search I found this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=... Even
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by amirmc 9y ago
> I'd be curious to see how I could participate in the current environment. It's the political process. Although many tech people I've met seem allergic to doing anything that seems like 'politics'.
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The search for the killer app of unikernels(unikernel.org)
2 points by amirmc 9y ago|0 comments
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by amirmc 9y ago
> ... non-slaves produce more value than slaves, Probably not to the slave owners, or anyone involved in the slave trade. They had little incentive to change. Claiming that capitalism somehow spurs these things is the wrong way around.
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by amirmc 9y ago
> In case you’re not familiar, a meritocracy is a political system where power is allocated to those with the most ability. In the case of Silicon Valley, this equates to “the best ideas win and the best people get promoted.” IMHO the
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by amirmc 9y ago
I think the above comment is somewhat orthogonal to getting paid. The issue is that the Apple App Store is the only marketplace (realistically). For example, I try to avoid the Mac App Store and buy/download direct from the vendor, whe
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by amirmc 9y ago
> Unfortunately, researches and studies of personality statistics of vary large group of people(for example, behavior of an ethnic group) are very difficult and most importantly: they are politically incorrect, considered harmful and fo
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by amirmc 9y ago
I think the point is that a lot was released in the manufacturing of those parts.
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by amirmc 9y ago
You've still not said anything about 'how boards work'.
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by amirmc 9y ago
You think that a board seat (the group that the CEO reports to ) is a consolation prize? That makes no sense at all.
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by amirmc 9y ago
Why not turn that argument around to yourself? You should know from ... the 1200+ days you've been around, the huge number of shut down notices in that time, the other posts here, and every single comment that's ever been made a
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by amirmc 10y ago
> * ... would lead them necessarily to establish legal entities to prevent that spreading* They already have multiple legal entities. And there are two different things being conflated here. 1. Info/data that was generated and per
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by amirmc 10y ago
When those datacenters are in your own jurisdiction, but the Global HQ of the company is in a different jurisdiction, then you have a problem. This is bigger than corporate vs individual interests. What you're really saying in the
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Announcing MirageOS 3.0(mirage.io)
12 points by amirmc 10y ago|0 comments
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by amirmc 10y ago
This seems like an opportune moment to remind people about the Tyranny of Structurelessness article. If you haven't come across it before, it's definitely worth a read. http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny
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by amirmc 10y ago
Yup, I think the same (although, unfortunately, I don't think the legal/regulatory system is equipped to handle it as they're made up of the same people). The earlier comment implied that there was some form of cost/bene
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by amirmc 10y ago
> "There's a third possibility, which is that people are rationally aware..." I agree that this possibility exists but I also think it's a tiny minority of people online. There's enough info out there to dem
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by amirmc 10y ago
> By the same argument you can predict that everything will fail and be right most of the time. Yes, exactly. It's worth reminding people that for every success there are many unheard of failures. I find it lazy when people claim
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by amirmc 10y ago
Sure, we can point to exceptions after the fact. That doesn't mean every company is going to follow those trajectories. In other words, criticism is still valid.
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by amirmc 10y ago
I love this! If I'm ever in a position to accept an award I'm going to steal this opening. It's certainly more entertaining than the affected humility we see. Of course, even this approach will have its own shelf life — mean
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by amirmc 10y ago
I agree with your comment. The new title seems to be taken from the article itself though (as opposed to just made up by someone). "Using these three measures of supervisor competence, we found that employees are far happier when they
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by amirmc 10y ago
> "I didn't realize how thick of a skin I have due to my arts background." Unfortunately, I think this says more about the programmers today and the culture they expect, rather than your resilience. (that's not mean
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by amirmc 10y ago
> People spend years at medical school or law school to become a doctor or lawyer. True, but both of those are professions . Qualifications that you carry irrespective of your employer. Being 'a Google engineer' is not the
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by amirmc 10y ago
> I think the disadvantages can be solved by non-pure functional languages, and that there is a lot to gain for new programming languages in this area. We don't necessarily need new languages for this. There are already pragmat
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by amirmc 10y ago
> ... you shouldn't allow yourself to become dependent upon said service continuing to work. This is easy to say but can be difficult in practice. Even if they did provide a phone number, there's still no guarantee. Any busin
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by amirmc 10y ago
The community efforts are largely volunteer-driven by many people who also have day jobs (including me). Indeed, things could be better but given how much does get done, I'm willing to cut them some slack.

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