bmmayer1

15 ms·

121.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
Loved this passage and its relevance to Product development in particular: > I’d learned one very simple trick: say yes. Simply say yes. Like Joseph E. Levine, on “The Producers,” said, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.
122.
Mel Brooks Writes It All Down(newyorker.com)
22 points by bmmayer1 5y ago|4 comments
123.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
It really makes you think about how many of the things we know today are based on very loose wisps of foundational information, and this makes knowledge both more precious (because it's so hard to come by), and also should give us grea
124.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
The incentives of holders of public office are completely warped. If you represent taxpayers, the last thing you want is for your city / state / county to face a huge settlement bill, so it's all denials, all around. This mak
125.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
Working link for title: https://kk.org/thetechnium/class-1-class-2-problems/
126.
Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court(nytimes.com)
3 points by bmmayer1 5y ago|1 comments
127.
A-ha – Take On Me (Remastered in 4K) (1986/2010)
3 points by bmmayer1 5y ago|0 comments
128.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
This is a predictable consequence of a shortsighted legal requirement. How many people will be deprived of work opportunities because of this law? How many jobs will Colorado lose over the next decade or more until the legislature realizes
129.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/927/ But also, I applaud this effort at simplifying workflows, recognizing how difficult it is to program around productivity where everyone seems to have a different way of doing thin
130.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
It's clear that people are just doing this...ironically.
131.
Bill Maher declares Apple CSAM tools a 'blatant constitutional breach'(appleinsider.com)
13 points by bmmayer1 5y ago|5 comments
132.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
This seems suspect. Almost anywhere you look throughout all of history, in countries with rural areas and urban areas, poor people flock from rural areas to urban areas for the opportunities and wealth that urban environments offer. This is
133.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
"the special function of certain Newspeak words, of which OLDTHINK was one, was not so much to express meanings as to destroy them. These words, necessarily few in number, had had their meanings extended until they contained within the
134.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
The Olympics is really my favorite sporting event. Although, I think I have a problem with that silver medal. Because when you think about it, you win the gold - you feel good, you win the bronze - you think, "Well, at least I got some
135.
Gail.com(gail.com)
4 points by bmmayer1 5y ago|0 comments
136.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
No I'm not claiming that. I'm claiming that there's something to learn from the history of similar claims and examining why the assumptions in them ended up not being true, to help possibly mitigate similar assumptions today.
137.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
I recommend reading about the Simon-Ehrlich wager of 1980[1] and also about Thomas Malthus[2]. Many very smart people have speculated many times in the past that major population-reduction strategies must be undertaken, and these doomsday p
138.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
$1 billion in top line revenue in 2020. Wow.
139.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
Am I the only one who thinks that police officers should be paid more, not less? These should be highly specialized and trained jobs that are hard to get and easy to lose if you're bad at them / criminal -- seems like the reality
140.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
The long-term operational strategy of the CCP (and probably every other foreign hostile power) is clear. Backdoor all critical and vital systems. Keep finger on button. Presumably, our folks at the NSA are doing the same. This becomes the n
141.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
You are right. My bad.
142.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
How is Google a monopoly? Serious question.
143.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
Not necessarily. The international Red Cross was famously invited to tour Auschwitz[1] where they were given a carefully staged show of how well their prisoners were being treated. Plus prisoners would have been in danger. [1] https:/&
144.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
The Americans strafed the concentration camp my grandfather was working at in 1944 from air -- my grandpa still carries a scar from that. It was definitely not an easy decision to attack or not attack these camps.
145.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
Not always. My grandfather, who was in Auschwitz, ran into, and confronted one of his own Kapos[1] on the street several years after the war. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapo
146.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
If you supported the firing of Antonio Garcia Martinez this should make you happy. If you thought that Apple overstepped their bounds by punishing a new hire for old creative work, this should outrage you, too. Unfortunately there doesn&#x2
147.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
There will always be a market for faster travel.
148.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
Just a caj 1896x return
149.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
My question is, why is this any of your (or my) business? Why do we feel it necessary to involve ourselves in a situation we have neither the context nor the authority to have an opinion?
150.
by bmmayer1 5y ago
> repeatedly on the wrong side of history Also repeatedly on the right side of history. It's really intellectually dishonest to ignore one over the other. > they cannot even face that I don't know who "they" are, b

More ›