cluse

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by cluse 1y ago
Having a child predecease you is one of the worst things that can happen to a person in general. This is a common sentiment in humans. The strange thing is that you mentioned you're trying to follow "logic." This is not logic
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by cluse 3y ago
Well, we're talking about someone who was in legal trouble for taking information from academic libraries that he thought should be free for all. He was willing to put himself at a great personal risk for the sake of making information
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by cluse 3y ago
Her argument wasn't that you should be able to go from level 8 to 10 in two years. Her argument was that she should have come in at level 9. The Bloomberg article clarified it like this: "She came into the job with 23 years of exp
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by cluse 3y ago
As some others have mentioned in this thread, the most important problems are often not the most interesting. For example, Code for America has several "civic tech" projects where volunteer software engineers can make apps to make
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by cluse 4y ago
The tone of this thread is so unrelatable to me. I feel like the total opposite of the sentiment in this thread. I want to work in a place that pushes me to do better and fulfill my potential. I know that's hard, because true learning
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by cluse 4y ago
Google offered several times to work with Apple to get full compatibility with their messages. Apple refused every time. This is Apple's deliberate choice.
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by cluse 5y ago
You sound like you work at a larger company. I've worked at large companies and it's amazing how many resources large companies can waste, and how easy it is for people in those companies to hide that waste. It drives me crazy whe
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If we want more humane technology, we need more solutions journalism [pdf](assets-global.website-files.com)
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by cluse 6y ago
I wish there was a way to maintain git version control while still being able to send and receive files from attachments from people who struggle with the idea of reading or reviewing something in any way other than by getting an email atta
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by cluse 6y ago
An inclusive culture is one where you feel like you belong, and you don't feel a pervasive sense of being alienated, a sense that other people don't want you to be there. The sense that your contributions aren't valuable to t
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by cluse 6y ago
I think if Yale had a true meritocracy for admissions, they would have a majority Asian student body. And I think if they actually admitted all of the Asian students that fulfilled their acceptance criteria, they would probably want to expa
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by cluse 7y ago
Social media platforms are designed to show you content that is more likely to get you to engage with the site by sharing the content, liking it, or commenting on it. This creates an incentive for people to write provocative and controversi
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by cluse 7y ago
In my opinion, based on 11 years of using Reddit, these things support good online conversations. I'm of the strong opinion that social media platforms should put less emphasis on general content aggregation (think of reddit's &qu