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by hibernator149 4y ago
If engineers are unwilling to commit to a schedule, then here are some things that might help: - Make sure that the requirements are solid (you can't commit if you don't know to what you are committing) - Make sure that the enviro
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by hibernator149 4y ago
- Manager: How long would it take to migrate from A to let's say B? - Me: How would I know that? - Manager: Just make an educated guess. - Me: Maybe X months? I really don't know. - Manager writes down X. - Me makes a mental note
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by hibernator149 4y ago
I feel many posters here could avoid a lot of cognitive dissonance by accepting this: "Alcohol is bad for my body, but I enjoy its effects. This is my trade off to make and it is worth it to me." Instead I see a lot of rationaliza
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by hibernator149 4y ago
Yeah, I'm really envious of US citizens with all their hands on experience with active shooters. /sarcasm I'd much rather be in a low-gun apocalypse than a high-gun one. Because I can run away from a guy with a knive, but not
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by hibernator149 4y ago
My country was incredibly barbaric just 80 years ago. We changed our norms and are much better now, but still lots of room for improvement. Countries can change. I see no reason for not calling them out for their (apparent) barbarisms as lo
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by hibernator149 4y ago
That would only be true if salaries made up 100% of their costs. There is a finite fix point for the price that is less than infinity.
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by hibernator149 4y ago
Disclaimer about sonification (especially when related to space): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocq3NeudsVk
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by hibernator149 4y ago
After some research, it seems like ozone is a last resort treatment in non-evidence-based medicine when vitamins and magical crystals can not cure the cancer or HIV. At least, that is what the first page of Google results tells me. So I wou
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by hibernator149 4y ago
My favourite channels on Youtube, once they become large enough they start to include sponsoring/ads. Production quality goes up, but my enjoyment and trust goes down. I prefer the old hobbyist internet over this manipulative and shall
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by hibernator149 4y ago
But the poster has found a place where they enjoy it. Why should they change that?
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by hibernator149 4y ago
These slaughterbots will completely shift military strategies, just like atomic bombs. In the last 100 years (and probalbly even further back) it has been incredibly difficult to fight an opponent who was fortified in a (bombed) city. Ukrai
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by hibernator149 4y ago
Everytime someone says: "Our robot/drone can be used for finding hidden people in hard to reach locations" the cynic in me thinks that these are just codewords for: "Our killbots will revolutionize the urban battlefield.
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by hibernator149 5y ago
Yes, I agree with your points. Superdeterminism could be a way to salvage my worldview. Even so, accepting non-determinism from QM does not cause me as much cognitive dissonance than the problem of conscioussness.
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by hibernator149 5y ago
My pet theory is that people who think that consciousness is not a hard problem are P-Zombies that can't experience the problem. On a more serious note, as a materialist, I have a really hard time accepting that my self/experience
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by hibernator149 5y ago
How could you make sure that you haven't just bought a very expensive Trojan Horse?
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by hibernator149 5y ago
The only way to perceive actual reality and truth is to be magically endowed with this ability? The author of this quote can't imagine how this ability might result from evolution? Personal incredulity does not count as proof. Naturali
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by hibernator149 5y ago
The article mentions the "aha" moment when you finally understand something complicated by building a mental model of it. Are conspiracy theories the "fast food" version of this? You get a lot of (fake) understanding for
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The Danger of Deep Procrastination [2009](calnewport.com)
24 points by hibernator149 5y ago|7 comments
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by hibernator149 5y ago
The job of HR is to hire people. So HR absolutely loves job hoppers, even depends on them. Given this system, this reddit story is the logical conclusion.
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by hibernator149 5y ago
Comparing vacination to forced sterilisation is pretty extreme. What makes you think that these are on the same level?
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by hibernator149 5y ago
I wonder if this fight over cookies is just a diversion. If we ever get an effective law or tech for cookies, won't the advertisers just shrug and switch to browser fingerprinting? I feel like the only solution is to educate users abou