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by dividefuel 3y ago
I don't think a 'new version of old Facebook' can succeed in the medium term, for a few reasons: 1) I don't think a platform can get enough critical mass like Facebook did. It's much easier to get a smallish circle
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by dividefuel 3y ago
Would it be a bigger surprise if Planet 9 existed, or if Planet 9 doesn't exist? This isn't my field of study, but as I understand there's a good amount of indirect evidence for a Planet 9... and still no direct proof. Assumi
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by dividefuel 3y ago
My view is that many jobs in major chains (e.g. Starbucks, fast food, retail, etc) become low skill because any of the real thinking skills are pulled into separate corporate offices with totally different roles. Decisions like how much to
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by dividefuel 3y ago
Yes, this, thank you for clarifying. These major platforms offer a much more streamlined UX for passively consuming content than a web browser, and most people seem to prefer that simpler UX.
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by dividefuel 3y ago
I think there are many reasons why SU would fail, but the biggest to me is that so much content is that so much content is produced just for the major social media sites. SU wouldn't offer net value over just using those apps. For exam
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by dividefuel 3y ago
The causes seem two-fold. One is that most people consume content in apps, so most creators create contents for that audience. TikTok, Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, YouTube, etc are where users are, so it's where creators put their conten
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by dividefuel 3y ago
To me the solution is clear: if a job requires in person attendance, compensate the worker for one additional hour per shift for commute. This still provides some compensation without needing to discriminate based on commute distance, a
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by dividefuel 3y ago
Yeah. It took some extra steps to install on both a new Android phone and a new Mac. I'm tempted to remake its functionality in a spreadsheet, but haven't mustered the will power yet
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by dividefuel 3y ago
I use YNAB, and I totally agree that broad categories are preferable. It's really easy to proliferate categories, but rarely do I find the granularity useful in hindsight
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by dividefuel 3y ago
At least they're giving people a full 9 months to relocate, including aligning it with the typical school year.
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by dividefuel 3y ago
This sounds great, but it's difficult to pull off when career and family can pull everyone to different regions. My core group of close friends formed in university. The school pulled us all in from wherever we grew up, and unsurprisin
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by dividefuel 3y ago
Shouldn't that burden be on the company? If they're shifting the working model, which is a major upheaval for those affected, shouldn't they cite some clear facts or research on why? It seems like all I've seen is platit
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by dividefuel 3y ago
Sierra Nevada always fills that niche for me: ubiquitous and of reliable quality. I don't like every SN beer, nor are they my absolute favorite, but their popular ones are consistently solid.
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by dividefuel 3y ago
I was just at Disney and noticed this too. Their rides are also designed to quickly load and unload people, so their lines are always moving relatively quickly. The lines also don't always follow a simple switchback path, so it's
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by dividefuel 3y ago
Are there consistent major differences in time spent in transit for public transit / walkable cities VS cars? My understanding is that transit time is often similar, it's only the method that changes. E.g., most people probably ai
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by dividefuel 3y ago
I feel it's a kickback to the companies that provide care. If I bring up any health issues I'd like to discuss at my annual exam, it's billed as a doctor visit because it's no longer "preventative" care. For th
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by dividefuel 3y ago
I spend a lot of time listening to music, so I built my own music player for my large collection of MP3s. I'm not a big fan of streaming and could never find a player that did all the things I wanted, so I figured it'd be best to
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by dividefuel 3y ago
My naive theory is that we're well into the diminishing return stages of the S-curves of many of our technologies. We need major breakthroughs that can start new S-curves.
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by dividefuel 3y ago
I'm a technical writer at a FAANG and I'm terrified about LLMs taking my job. I don't worry (yet) that LLMs can produce better docs than I can. A big part of my role is speaking to people to understand what users need to lear
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by dividefuel 4y ago
This would be an interesting premise for a science fiction story. You could imagine a species realizing that the only way to survive long term is to keep hopping to new star systems every billion or so years. And when they get ready to hop
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by dividefuel 4y ago
As a millennial, the advice we often received was "just go to college, it'll almost always be worth it." Now, the advice I give to those younger is "go to college but only once you know what you're trying to get out
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by dividefuel 4y ago
I wondered this a lot when I was a student in the 2000s. What fraction of kids take the tests seriously? What fraction put in the same effort as they would into their academic tests? I had some friends who were poor students and didn't
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by dividefuel 4y ago
I think that's the goal. I think Amazon wants to downsize more, but they know that repeated waves of layoffs look bad to investors. Plus, they want to end remote work. Mandating RTO lets them solve both. 2.5 months also isn't very
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by dividefuel 4y ago
My guess is Amazon is using the current layoff frenzy in the industry as an opportunity to end remote work with minimal resistance from workers. They also know and accept that many people will choose to leave: the attrition acts as a layoff
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by dividefuel 4y ago
It's a bit of both, right? Look at doctors, a highly-paid and highly-qualified position. Even with all the training that they go through, you can still have a doctor who seems incompetent or, more commonly, who doesn't know how to
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by dividefuel 4y ago
I think we tend to see the opposite cycle playing out more often: "We can't hire enough teachers" -> "Let's reduce the requirements" -> "These teachers aren't very good or qualified, there'
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by dividefuel 4y ago
For #2, "six figures" has a connotation of being a large annual income for one person to earn. It's similar to being called a "millionaire". This is a bit outdated now, especially after the last couple of years, as
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by dividefuel 4y ago
I don't understand these comparisons. Sure, the pay per hour worked might be the same as someone who works full time year around and earns $100k annually. But that doesn't mean teachers are paid $100k. They're still paid $60k
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by dividefuel 4y ago
Does it make sense? You're selecting workers based on where they already live or where they're willing to relocate to, not based on performance or strategic company need.
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by dividefuel 4y ago
In a large company like Walmart, do the managers really have enough power here to sway outcomes? Without a union, managers seem powerless here unless enforcement falls to them.

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