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by cassalian 6y ago
What motivation does a crow have to build a jumbo jet? Furthermore, the vast majority of humans have no idea how to build a jumbo jet, and throughout the vast majority of human history, there were no jets - jumbo or otherwise - does this me
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by cassalian 6y ago
> crows know what they know and can ponder the content of their own minds, a manifestation of higher intelligence and analytical thought long believed the sole province of humans and a few other higher mammals. I've always found the
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by cassalian 6y ago
I too have been having issues with finding good info on this situation. Hopefully something will come to light that provides a little more explanation as to the anger directed at Bella. :shrug: I would not be surprised if this is just being
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by cassalian 6y ago
The outrage at Bella Thorne seems misguided... After all, she did not change the policies, only fans did. Did her actions increase only fans timelines for these changes? Maybe. But at the end of the day, I don't think that justifies th
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by cassalian 6y ago
IMO having a hippocratic oath for software engineers is entirely pointless. There are plenty of people who would say the words with no intention of living up to them - not everyone is going to share your values. I can't say for sure, b
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by cassalian 6y ago
People seem pretty upset about their clipboards, I wonder if apple/google will listen and make the reading of your clipboard something that you must get explicit user permission for (similar to your camera). IMO this is how almost ever
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by cassalian 6y ago
And how does driving fit into your argument? It is both putting others and yourself at risk and yet we allow it... My point being that we can each sit here and pull out example after example that proves either side is correct. As such, is i
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by cassalian 6y ago
Did I say that you could not lose respect for that person? I simply pointed out that because a single person's motivations are selfish does not mean we should work to spite that person. If I have made the argument that we must respect
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by cassalian 6y ago
> The motive behind his dangerous tweets and tantrums is pretty clear for everyone to see. Does his motive necessarily matter? Or more specifically, is his motive reason enough to essentially spite him? If Elon wanted to cure all disease
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by cassalian 6y ago
> Damore committed the ultimate sin in the corporate world- he caused a huge PR mess. I agree with you; however Damore is only partly to blame... IMO the leaker of the memo is just as responsible for the PR mess as Damore is for writing
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by cassalian 6y ago
> Unfortunately, I just learned that I'm not getting hired. Seems like a ton of effort to go through to not get hired. I'm curious as to why he wasn't hired; IMO it seems kinda strange to go through 8 interviews only to be
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by cassalian 6y ago
IMO the reasoning is more likely "you have to use our official app" rather than "text messages are expensive to send so let's discontinue"
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by cassalian 6y ago
> if we want to keep travelling then we must explore ways to travel that don't endanger others. Last time I checked, traveling by car very often endagers others, and far more than flying, even when considering covid. https:/&#
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by cassalian 6y ago
> Again: Contact tracing (with intervention) is not only a reasonable solution, it's basically the only current viable option to get going outside of a cure or vaccine. Based on the rest of your comment, I am having trouble understa
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by cassalian 6y ago
I work for a company that processes job applications for many other companies so I can say: yes, people are hiring, particularly in software, and it's actually up 3% from the glorious pre-covid days
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by cassalian 6y ago
Not every software department has been so lucky... I had similar thoughts to you and what do you know? A quarter of my team was let go yesterday.
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by cassalian 6y ago
I am far from a lawyer, so would someone with a better understanding of the law explain to me why this wouldn't potentially violate laws around trade secrets? If someone uses a 'personal' email for setting up their business&#
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by cassalian 7y ago
Makes you wonder how someone could approve that pull request...
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by cassalian 7y ago
I tend to take a similar approach to trying to be productive for the sake of keeping my stress levels down (and motivation up!). When I'm failing to feel motivated or keep focused, I generally stop myself and instead ask myself why tha
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by cassalian 7y ago
No disagreement from me! Just trying to clarify what I believe the parent would have interpreted as "too much 'social assistance'" in case it wasn't obvious for some reason
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by cassalian 7y ago
Not the parent, nor am I saying I agree with the parent. But I'm pretty sure the answer to your question is: "It also seeks to give workers new protections, including paid emergency leave, with both 14 days of paid sick leave and
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by cassalian 7y ago
I have a feeling that the EARN IT act will pass based on that it so cleverly disguises it's ability to ban end-to-end encryption... I imagine most elected officials will hear something like this: Person explaining: "It's esta
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by cassalian 7y ago
Thank you for the link! ^_^ It looks like Barr has been pushing pretty extreme views for longer than I've been alive :/ I can definitely see why you would use the word fascist to describe him
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by cassalian 7y ago
"I'll wreck you on twitter, you flatten me on Facebook; we both cash out" ;)
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by cassalian 7y ago
My initial reaction to reading about Barr makes me want to agree with you. However, I really haven't looked into him too much - tbh I only really know about him from popping up in HN articles (where he is always cast in a negative ligh
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by cassalian 7y ago
I appreciate someone coming in with a different viewpoint. I admit that I haven't actually watched him talk, and only read 'choice' quotes from him in articles. I will have to take the time to watch him speak and google aroun
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by cassalian 7y ago
Can anyone explain why William Barr seems so intent on trying to change technology in such major ways as this? Does he not understand the implications of the things he proposes? Or worse, does he understand the implications and proposes the
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by cassalian 7y ago
Now that you mention it, I use "you" for my future self a lot... "you've got to do the dishes when you get home"
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by cassalian 7y ago
Does anyone else use the pronoun "we" to refer to themselves in their internal monologues? I'll often find myself switching between "I" and "we", for example, this morning I had to run the dishwasher and m
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by cassalian 7y ago
I imagine that must be pretty frustrating considering that I get annoyed if someone doesn't check out my PR within a day... IMO the best thing to do is exactly what you're suggesting: continue to lead by example, raise this as a c

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