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by groby_b 3y ago
That presupposes there is one canonical correct decision. Most decisions are far from that. There are multiple different proposals, with different set of trade-offs. Choosing the right trade-offs requires broad input with many different per
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by groby_b 3y ago
"Just because you change doesn't mean I have to, does it?" If it comes to shared language, it kinda does. I mean that not as a moral obligation, but as a matter of practical usage. If everybody but you has agreed on a meaning
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by groby_b 3y ago
It's pretty well understood language is defined by its use, prescriptivism is a fantasy, and "I'd like to oppose change as long as it doesn't single me out too much" isn't exactly new human behavior. It's
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by groby_b 3y ago
Saying "These are huge claims with insufficient evidence, let's wait for clarity" is hardly "being no-fun wet blankets". It's understanding how science works. "And the only thing you wish went differently
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by groby_b 3y ago
Sure, but (now flagged) OP was specifically criticizing the FDA. Which very much didn't make this argument. And, fwiw, I think it's important we don't conflate criticism of institutions with criticism of statements random peo
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by groby_b 3y ago
You can dislike billionaires without making questionable ad-hoc diagnoses disconnected from actual knowledge about the disorder. Chewing scotch tape is many things, "out of the usual" certainly being one of them, but it's now
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by groby_b 3y ago
You might want to note that this claim is not even repeated by the NPR and USA Today articles, just mentioned as wrong. As for the FDA, they have linked to a toxicology study showing conclusively that BVOs are extremely problematic. Europe
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by groby_b 3y ago
Yes.
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by groby_b 3y ago
Outperform mediocre humans means AI cars replace something shitty with something less shitty. That means the net danger of traffic as a whole goes down. Setting an unreasonably high bar - like "drive with perfect record" - will
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by groby_b 3y ago
If we untie this from Musk for a moment: Twitter's user composition has changed tremendously over the last 12 months, whatever the reasons. That means for a lot of people, folks that they'd gotten to know quite closely suddenly
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by groby_b 3y ago
Those people are expressing grief. Twitter was one thing, and has changed into a substantially different thing. Something that has been a meaningful part of their lives for, in many cases, well over a decade. If you care about those people,
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by groby_b 3y ago
It was never edgy, but always stupid. Let's not elevate it.
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by groby_b 3y ago
Re-read the part on making the value legible to the company. That's the same as you saying "prove you can deliver value". If you can't do that, or if you truly don't add value, then yes, your number will come up. An
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by groby_b 3y ago
No, I'm not suggesting a blacklist. I'm not sure why you'd think "sustainable process" implies a blacklist. What I am suggesting is that if you're so stressed out by the time you spend on reviewing things tha
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by groby_b 3y ago
The "safety" of your job depends on the value you add, and on making that value legible to the company . Sometimes, you have frontline managers who make a team amazing - I'm talking multiples of productivity. They're ra
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by groby_b 3y ago
This isn't quite as trivial as "but people have a right to property", because the government has rights too. The US has long had property taxes, and they are entirely legal. I advise reading the 14th amendment as well: "
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by groby_b 3y ago
If reviews of bad code can waste their time to the extent that it's a serious problem, the kernel maintainers failed to set up a sustainable process. If there is a volume of things that shouldn't get to your inbox, you make sure y
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by groby_b 3y ago
So what? First, if you fly off the handle every time somebody pushes some bad code, you might want to find some help, because it's going to happen a lot. Everybody writes bad code from time to time, and the more people you work with, t
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by groby_b 3y ago
Given that it was never "your" land to begin with (what, did you create it?), that's not an unreasonable approach.
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by groby_b 3y ago
That's an upside, not a downside.
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by groby_b 3y ago
Gaslighting and confabulation are very different things. Gaslighting are deliberate lies with the intent of creating self-doubt in the targeted person. Confabulation is creating falsehoods without an intent to deceive. When we're discu
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by groby_b 3y ago
Alas, part of my life, and a part in alignment with my values that I really enjoy is "Run projects of huge complexity". As well as "have multiple hobbies" and "travel a lot" And all the "live your life fre
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by groby_b 3y ago
"Hey, you can't afford to care for your pet. I'm willing to spend several thousand dollars of my own money, but there's likely more care in the future, and I'd like to ensure the animal then lives with somebody who
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by groby_b 3y ago
"K-Ting ourselves is going to be a hard sell at the shareholder meeting" Not if you launch first, and present after ;)
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by groby_b 3y ago
Note that, as we cling to geographic borders, some metals might well become unobtainium for some countries. But yes, agreed, it's way too expensive. And so we're not even going to make that happen. That was the point - it's m
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by groby_b 3y ago
I know it's a personal piece. I'd prefer if the author used ungendered language, but my amount of upset about that not happening is close to zero. I'm not the language police. I do, however, very much object to folks moving g
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by groby_b 3y ago
Nope. We can't even make asteroid mining happen, and that * Is also shiny and has movies * It's cheaper by a good number of orders of magnitude * It has massive commercial value (bringing home piles of gold. Well, platinum metals)
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by groby_b 3y ago
The text is specifically referring to 'wife' - the underlying assumption (or fact) that the team all have wives. Not a single husband[1]. It's not about 'helping out your spouse', the 60s comment was in reference to
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by groby_b 3y ago
Good luck finding out which seat that wireless connection is coming from, though :)
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by groby_b 3y ago
Moz/Linux/BSD probably qualify. None of them would be possible without some kind of corporate support. FreeBSD is probably doing the best, but even for them they need corporate donors[1] Linux absolutely is carried to a large part

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