crdb

58 ms·

391.
by crdb 11y ago
No, it was not motivated by race. Around 9% of Singaporean citizen are Singaporean Indian and 58% of those are Tamil (I attended two weddings in the last 3 years where one of the couple was Tamil) - the same as the non-Singaporeans involved
392.
by crdb 11y ago
You might enjoy: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-hardest-thing-you-have-eve... Also worth reading Legionnaire by Simon Murray, although he seems to be more positive about the long term impact on his life.
393.
by crdb 11y ago
This is not at all how I understood the riots. Roughly: a bus driver arrived in an area where people were partying in the street, and refused to let in a very intoxicated fellow. This fellow somehow ended up in front of the bus (I think he
394.
by crdb 11y ago
Apologies. In this case though, both lines were said in a slightly humorous, rather than provocative tone. It is a trope that any article on Singapore must automatically include both the chewing gum ban and some discussion about the death p
395.
by crdb 11y ago
For background on the Amos Yee case and to put things in perspective: - The laws against insulting religions are part of a wider system to allow for smooth integration in a region that has known genocide and riots as the traditional means o
396.
by crdb 11y ago
It's not about being involved in regional, relatively minor conflict, but about avoiding annihilation. I did not say we have had no war, I said we have had no global wars of the scale seen fairly frequently until WWII. For Israel, the
397.
by crdb 11y ago
Apologies indeed - the great thing about HN is that users take second seat to the content! But sometimes it backfires. On 2. - let's make it simpler then. The OP's (coldtea) premise is that it is not possible to say that one is be
398.
by crdb 11y ago
I disagree, but only based on empirical evidence (and I have no idea how one could measure it scientifically without getting into an argument as to what defines happiness - Maslow?). I've lived in third world, "second" world,
399.
by crdb 11y ago
Have I? "does not necessarily" -> "can have an opinion [...] depends on one's values" This was in response to your original statement: "it makes no sense to say that 2015 music is necessarily better than 18t
400.
by crdb 11y ago
Correct, I should have said constant technological progress. Nevertheless, I think progress does not necessarily imply a value judgement, especially in humanities. The Darmstadt School composers did what they did not to produce better sou
401.
by crdb 11y ago
I'm not an expert in medieval history, but I have worked in India's countryside (specifically: Maharashtra, a few hours from Pune) with an Indian multinational and let me assure you that the peasants there (whose conditions of liv
402.
by crdb 11y ago
Why should there be an end game? The history of human civilization is one of constant progress, with leaps so large they are almost impossible to imagine by previous generations. Imagine telling someone from the era of ocean liners that in
403.
by crdb 11y ago
Well, that works when you manage a small team, but if you were in charge of say, Google Search or Microsoft Excel how would you go about managing hundreds or thousands of developers? Knowing you can't even be around the several hundred
404.
by crdb 11y ago
That's spot on. The best part: Uber is managing to address problems people have been wanting to address for decades but been unable to, as those strikes can be politically devastating. I bet the government is privately patting themselv
405.
by crdb 11y ago
What is in your experience a better way to subtract the effect of personal feelings from performance reviews? How can you scale, and make it fair? Is it even desirable, as an unpleasant but productive person may have an impact on the morale
406.
by crdb 11y ago
He's partly correct: German growth is by design. First, enter a monetary union with weaker economies with dubious credit, at a really advantageous rate for these economies but effectively substantially depressing the new Deutsche Mark.
407.
by crdb 11y ago
China definitely had its own WWII moment, the Great Leap Forward alone probably killed 30-40 million citizen, they executed or chased all their intellectuals out of the country... it was the "price" to pay to ensure there was no f
408.
by crdb 11y ago
Yes, but these are American companies, not Australian. The move is a favour to Washington, not Australian businesses. Australia has been an extraordinary cash cow for global businesses for a few years [1] although the AUD being hammered mor
409.
by crdb 11y ago
That's pragmatic, he/she made the calculation that you have little political weight. Chances are there are people who contributed to his/her campaign or who are members of the community with more pull, and that you and your f
410.
by crdb 11y ago
Whilst I agree with your sentiment as a legal permanent resident of Australia, I think it is dangerous (if very seductive) to blame Mr Abbott. He's been the party attack dog for so long that people focus their energy on making it perso
411.
by crdb 11y ago
Thank you, and I don't really have one. I'm a fan of long form, I think many ideas are complex and high dimensional and suffer from too much summarising. Plus, HN is relatively anonymous. I think I'm relatively easy to doxx,
412.
by crdb 11y ago
"poorly run companies" "strong indication as to the quality of the employer" You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment ;) I think your strategy makes sense and once one has enough experience and ma
413.
by crdb 11y ago
Would you say the average Japanese today is worse off than in say, 1948? This is what's in your average PRC citizen's mind, not what the rate of growth will be in 2040...
414.
by crdb 11y ago
Well, in theory, you could just put the actual maximum salary on the ad, but there's rarely a fixed budget in practice. If someone is very junior or has some other discount factor (in practice that's the only real one), you'l
415.
by crdb 11y ago
The factory workers are as unlikely to be "out of work" as the female population post-the power loom replacing their daily work as thread spinners. Manufacturing is already moving out of China and into cheaper countries. No econom
416.
by crdb 11y ago
"these tests allow the company to burn a lot of a candidate's time, but not the other way around " Oh yes the other way around. At a previous employer, two of us took 3 full time months to review over 100 qualified candidat
417.
by crdb 11y ago
You have a beard, and you carry DE blades on board, detailing how you hide them from TSA scanners on a public forum? Had any "longer chats" with TSA in an airport windowless room yet?
418.
by crdb 11y ago
China is big enough that foreign tourists are but a blip on the radar, despite frequent and cheap flights (I once flew Singapore-Beijing for SGD 17 return on Air Asia). You're talking about a place where even second rate "countrys
419.
by crdb 11y ago
Oh, I completely agree - this is terrible for the company.
420.
by crdb 11y ago
I've come across this a few times. The managers' thoughts were probably along the lines of "great, I got all my code cleaned up/the hard part of my product built for the expensive rate, now I can fire him and pass on mai

More ›