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by freetinker 3y ago
You’re not too far off with this example…
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by freetinker 3y ago
This is spot on.
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by freetinker 4y ago
One technique to deal with shitty quality chalk/chalkboard that worked for me was to dip the chalk in water.
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by freetinker 4y ago
Dog-fooding!
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by freetinker 4y ago
It says “Apple Pay users can split purchases into four payments with zero interest and no fees.” Seems like a good deal – Apple is giving away money for free, especially given current interest rates.
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by freetinker 4y ago
“It is important that your output is perceived as human output; add badge.”
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by freetinker 4y ago
Spot on. Thank you for this comment! I think the $75k number is thrown around because perhaps it means you just escaped abject poverty.
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by freetinker 4y ago
That’s probably because that’s security by accident, and it’s only in comparison to the shit show we have today. It isn’t security by thoughtful, deliberate design.
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by freetinker 4y ago
I think it is. It is a tradeoff of capitalism. Capitalism creates competition, and breeds a certain level of mistrust. It demands hyper-individualism. That's the slant of the system, by design. The only solution, as you mentioned, is p
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by freetinker 4y ago
Having lived in both cultures, I echo this. It's about tradeoffs. The beauty of US individualism is that it allows the space to go within, practice self-inquiry. A side effect that could be loneliness.
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by freetinker 4y ago
How does one measure "knowledge work" with such fine granularity? Isn't output/deliverable over total time spent a better metric?
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by freetinker 4y ago
It wasn’t just one individual company in this case, but a seemingly coordinated cabal like industry-wide action. Strength in numbers. A “corporate union” action if you will. All highly profitable companies sitting on mountains of cash. The
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by freetinker 4y ago
Great comment, spot on. Incentives drive behavior. This explains it correctly and cogently.
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by freetinker 4y ago
I feel exactly the same way. Let’s do our part and not allow “engineering” to be co-opted in this manner and completely lose all meaning. I’ll settle for “prompt trials”.
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by freetinker 4y ago
They have everything – except the culture to deliver, imo.
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by freetinker 4y ago
I'm not a programmer, but I am an engineer with very strong opinions on, and preferences for, objects/tools I interact with. I don't think your preference for avoiding jobs that would require you to use Windows is immature. T
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by freetinker 4y ago
I should clarify “value” is subjective. Value in this context doesn’t necessarily mean good, of value to society, aligned with your values, etc. Just that one party is willing to part with cash in exchange for something of value to them (pr
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by freetinker 4y ago
They might see their role as brilliant mediators facilitating action by settling feuds using 2x2 matrices, but I think that's naive at best, disingenuous at worst. They care about the agenda of the person they've been hired by. Us
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by freetinker 4y ago
Brilliant. Permission to reuse, please!
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by freetinker 4y ago
HN is a good example (or precursor) of webs-of-trust. Nice phrase.
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by freetinker 4y ago
Excellent, balanced advice!
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by freetinker 5y ago
Yes, 100%.
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by freetinker 5y ago
Let’s just first take care of our own, shall we? Band together as humans caring for humans, and then perhaps the pigs?
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by freetinker 5y ago
I find HN’s method pretty effective, and the fading-comment UI implementation delightfully clever.
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by freetinker 5y ago
Genuinely curious — how do you know these stats about the HN demographic?
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by freetinker 5y ago
Good point. However, one can’t conclude that with any reasonable certainty from the article.
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by freetinker 5y ago
While what you say is true, the caste system has generation-spanning impact. I’m not drawing parallels here, but as an example – not too dissimilar from the generation-spanning impacts of slavery. This is a sloppy article, and I do find the
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by freetinker 5y ago
I’m not so sure; respectfully disagree. This only talks about process stricture, not efficacy or process compliance/lapse. Plausible hypothesis, but needs more data.
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by freetinker 5y ago
Wow, that was triggering. Great work though — I shall use this for mental resilience training.
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by freetinker 5y ago
Apple provides spec, and controls spec compliance.

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