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by endtime 3y ago
Because most American holidays signify something important beyond a day off. Symbols matter to people. Also, having coordinated time off makes it easier for people to actually reliably take that time off in practice. Which is important for
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by endtime 3y ago
Agreed 100%. I spent ten years at Google, got promoted three times, never did any distributed systems stuff. When I decided to leave about 18 months ago, trying to cram for these interviews and memorize how WhatsApp works was the worst part
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by endtime 3y ago
I worked at Google for 10 years and I always tried to make myself a cubicle by getting a corner desk and then getting soundproof barriers. Cubicles got a bad rap but open plan offices are way worse.
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by endtime 3y ago
Your bottom line is true for me in a different way. I am about to move from NY to TX. My employer only has offices on the west coast. I like my job, and AFAICT they're quite happy with me...but I'm definitely not moving my famil
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by endtime 3y ago
Animals do lots of things we consider unethical and unacceptable for humans to do.
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by endtime 3y ago
> the AI risk crowd get to make up any scenario they want and then say "well it COULD happen". This is very much not what they do.
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by endtime 3y ago
There are about 260 work days per year. Assuming 3 weeks' vacation per year, so 245 days per year, 50,000 vasectomies in 40 years is 5.1 vasectomies per day - approximately one every 94 working minutes for an entire career.
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by endtime 3y ago
That's a pretty good example. But in the case of Fiber, part of the problem was that other ISPs own/control infrastructure (like poles) to which they're legally obligated to give competitors access...and they would just not
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by endtime 3y ago
Well, they weren't Google-wide teams, they were teams for specific platforms/areas within Google. So I don't have any experience scaling it to 100k SWEs. But in many cases it's a question of prioritization and polish. Ju
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by endtime 3y ago
I ran a couple developer experience teams at Google over a period of a few years. The motto was "easy, fast, and fun". Too much software development isn't.
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by endtime 3y ago
There's been a lot of sci-fi, I agree. I see that as quite distinct from Yudkowsky's efforts.
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by endtime 3y ago
> It’s funny how all of the glowing traits that are claimed about Mormons that are cited as reasons to hire them always come from the perspective of other Mormons. I'm Jewish and have a pretty positive (in the standard ways) view of
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by endtime 3y ago
This is how I interpreted the OP as well. Just replying to supply the word "missionary" in case it helps anyone make the connection.
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by endtime 3y ago
> ChatGPT can't play chess, for example Do you really expect this claim to age well? I wouldn't be at all surprised if GPT5 could play chess quite well. The time to worry about AGI...well, was 20 years ago when Yudkowsky start
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by endtime 3y ago
Without agreeing or disagreeing with you, I think you are fundamentally missing the point of the article, which basically addressed this. Even if it is cringe-worthy (or disgusting, if you prefer) it is still possible to feel sorry for peop
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by endtime 3y ago
That doesn't work if people are emotionally attached, and especially if the changes are more subtle than those made by Replika. Did you read the article?
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by endtime 3y ago
> faculty can advocate for themselves and receive less work (vs. getting disciplined or fired) when they are too old to effectively teach and research Why is this desirable (to anyone other than elderly faculty)?
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by endtime 3y ago
How many of these have common non-nautical uses? I don't think I ever use any of these terms, or hear anyone else use them, in common speech.
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by endtime 3y ago
> Google constant failure astonish me. How a company with so much money, so many wonderful engineers can't produce a source of income other than the search engine? I have a slightly different answer than most of the other replies, w
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by endtime 4y ago
Roblox (ONSITE San Mateo) is generally hiring quite a bit. Local to me, we're hiring (in FAANG terms; our leveling system is different) a staff SWE for an APIs and platforms team, and a L4-5 SWE for a team that runs cloud services for
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by endtime 4y ago
Pro wrestling is ballet. Simplest way to think about it.
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by endtime 4y ago
> I ask, how. He is making reductive logical leaps that don't make sense. It's FUD. His Time article addresses this, as does much of his other writing. It really stems from two key points: 1) The vast majority of possible supe
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by endtime 4y ago
I think you are missing some nuance what people are concerned about and why. This article spells it out pretty clearly, I think: https://time.com/6266923/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-open-letter-no... I agree that comparing nu
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by endtime 4y ago
I meant every individual person, not every country.
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by endtime 4y ago
What, exactly, do you think would happen if you reread my comment a little more carefully?
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by endtime 4y ago
Ah yes the old "give everyone in the world their own nuclear weapon" solution.
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by endtime 4y ago
The canonical JSON mapping of protocol buffers uses a JSON-LD @type field for google.protobuf.Any. Other than that, the only use I've ever run into is for Schema.org, which is as you say a "semantic web"-era initiative.
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by endtime 4y ago
> Unless a novel disease emerges or is manufactured that totally outclasses everything nature came up with in earth's history What makes you think this is unlikely? Even putting aside that bioengineering is a very real thing, there
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by endtime 4y ago
I don't get the impression Apple ever caught up with Alexa or Google Assistant. That said, this is a bit different, since the AI tech is a bit more commoditized than with those voice assistants, and the product problem is the hard part
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by endtime 4y ago
You need an @gmail.com account.

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