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by hnaccount141 5y ago
This presumes that the metrics they optimize for are intended to represent usefulness to actual users and not, say, ad revenue. Even if they do intend to optimize for usefulness, this doesn't mean that they have metrics that accurately
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
In terms of cultural differences, the blue/white collar divide is definitely massive. I believe the parent comment is looking at it in more economic terms, where the worker/employer distinction is more meaningful.
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
I've gotten in the habit of reading for 30min-1hr before bed recently and It's been helping a lot, especially when I'm not in a good place mentally. It adds a nice buffer between whatever I was doing in the evening and bedtim
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
It does indeed seem likely, but the evidence we have at this point is circumstantial. Until we have concrete evidence, stating it as fact is premature.
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
If you send a hash, the hash itself effectively becomes the password. If the server is compromised or the hash is intercepted, the attacker has everything they need to authenticate as you. With private/public key pairs, the same scenar
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
> You are aware a catalytic converter is a wear part that is a component of the exhaust system, right? Not op but I didn't realize it was a wear part, and I would imagine that most people don't either given how long they last o
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
Amazon isn't exactly well known for their high hiring standards.
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
I've found Hugo to be a good option. https://gohugo.io/
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
I don't think it's a negative in absolute terms, it's just an argument against loyalty to a company. Loyalty is a two way street, and is defined by how people treat each other when times are tough. It is common for companies
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
It'd be interesting to see how much of the interest in the no-OS option is due to Linux vs people choosing to buy a Windows key cheaper elsewhere.
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
Let's be clear here, the "system" in question is just exploitative management. If management knows a worker will be taking their leave they can either hire to make up for it or adjust their productivity expectations for a few
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
One of the most common arguments I see repeated here when unions come up is the idea (not sure if it can be backed by evidence or not) that unions protect underperformers and stifle top performers. Combine this with the fact that most Ameri
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
I definitely agree that his comments there were irresponsible and harmful but framing it as him making a suggestion that people try the things he's describing doesn't seem like an accurate representation of what he said.
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
This is critical. Public policy cannot and should not be based purely on science. Science can give us hints as to how me might be able to optimize for certain things, but it can't tell us what things to optimize for. That's a ques
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
This is a great point, and one that I wish was more widely understood. In my anecdotal experience at least the latter group by far outnumbers the former, and treating the "good faith but poorly informed" group as you would the bad
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
> Just imagine the politician of your nightmares being in control of the regulations. Even the worst politician is (ostensibly) accountable to the people. Corporations are not.
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
Worth noting that Waterfox was acquired by System1, an advertising company. While I've seen no evidence that this has affected the browser itself yet, I'd be a bit concerned about the incentives this creates. https://sy
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
> If these were caveman times and those people were drinking from a different stream, we would tell them not to drink from it. Fortunately our understanding of statistics has advanced somewhat since the time of the caveman.
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
When Chicago did the same, they saw an increase in the rate of returns. https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/10/30/20940677/chicag...
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
If someone wants to steal a book, why would they come back and pay the fine? The only people who would pay the fine are the ones who want to continue checking out books, so preventing them from doing so if they have a late book is incentive
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
I think it depends on what mental health support means. If it means helping pay for therapy and managers making accommodations and being genuinely supportive of people when they're having a hard time, that's fantastic. Unfortunate
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
> Or more philosophically speaking, whose fault is it that people living under democratic rules don't challenge the efficacy of their governments? Or, perhaps more importantly, why? Because, in the US at least, average people have v
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by hnaccount141 5y ago
> Collaboration is done better in person. I believe anyone who disagrees with that is actually only disagreeing for selfish reasons (i.e., they want to continue WFH), or they go through mental gymnastics to justify it in their head. Plea
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by hnaccount141 6y ago
It's not a question of trust, vulnerabilities can happen to anyone. Even if the devs at Microsoft were perfect (they aren't), all it takes is an rce in one of the libraries vscode depends on. (Like Chromium, which has happened bef
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by hnaccount141 6y ago
Waveshare has one. Haven't used it personally but it seems to suit your needs. Though at ~$50 you're probably better off just getting a Pi 4B + PoE hat. https://www.waveshare.com/compute-module-4-poe-board.htm
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by hnaccount141 7y ago
> But it's good only for 20-30 minutes, then it's soaked from the moisture in your breath and no longer does its job. The study linked in GP seems to directly refute this. "Overall protection factors calculated per type of
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by hnaccount141 7y ago
> I tend to far more blunt with my comments probably because I just get a kick out working up the zealots on both sides. HN is not the place for that sort of thing.
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by hnaccount141 7y ago
Of course. But I'd must rather a company do the right thing for the wrong reasons than just do the wrong thing. Besides, corporate "values" are flimsy and change at the drop of a hat. Profit is the only incentive that remains
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by hnaccount141 7y ago
> instead of complaining about surveillance in intelligence, which likely doesn't relate to you, why not complain about "normal" civil liberties in a criminal law context Because some of us believe privacy to be a human ri
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by hnaccount141 7y ago
Big fan of Arq! Been using it to backup to my NAS + Wasabi + Google Drive for the last year or so and it's been rock solid. https://www.duplicati.com/ is a solid FOSS option as well though I've found it to be a mu

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