ikeyany

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by ikeyany 9y ago
You could take a year-long class on the psychological influence (some call it social engineering) of Facebook and you'd barely scratch the surface. One example I find particularly interesting is how Facebook slowly expanded what would
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So the point of salaries is to not have to pay overtime? No wonder everyone is becoming a contractor.
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It seems odd to cling to 100 year old data. Just run a few studies today and see what produces 'optimal' work weeks.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
I think generally yes, we as a society look down on those who are starved enough for attention and validation to constantly need it from strangers. That's pretty much how society has always been.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
During your interview, you can demonstrate strong technical skills even if you aren't asked about them. You can also demonstrate strong soft skills. The latter is generally seen as less 'merited' and generally gets paid less.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
I would agree that in itself, working 9-5 is unfulfilling. But most people see work as a means to a more fulfilling end.
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Of course. Though it depends on what you were looking to get out of it.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
They'll keep the psychiatrists employed for decades, wondering why internet fame isn't fulfilling.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
That sounds dreamy. 40+ hrs a week of required butt-in-seat time is bizarre and depressing.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
You'd think it's because it's illegal that it attracts 'seedy' people. But if it weren't so taboo?
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Procrastinators will feel vindicated by this.
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There's too much money to be made to worry about long-term effects.
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They're called limousine liberals/champagne socialists.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Perhaps we should look inward. Perhaps our understanding of "good" is fundamentally flawed.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
The phrase you're looking for is "cultural hegemony"[1]: 'The mode of being of the new intellectual can no longer consist of eloquence, which is an exterior and momentary mover of feelings and passions, but in active pa
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by ikeyany 9y ago
> I don't recall anyone attempting to publicly shame me for not being "conservative enough". Proof that you did not grow up in a very religious community.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Are they actually super? Do you really think they would have amounted to anything if they happened to grow up in poverty or with a poor education?
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Maybe it isn't so sad. I'm not necessarily saying that we live in the best of all possible worlds. But human existence has been much more brutal for thousands of years.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
That is true. Even outside of messaging apps, I very frequently see maximum growth as an inherently optimal metric to shoot for.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Why do we adhere to the assumption that number of users is the ultimate metric of software success? I would like to hear from devs who aren't interested in expanding for the sake of expanding, who still consider their apps to be very s
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by ikeyany 9y ago
That's why it's essential to have a well-rounded education, even if you're a technical wizard.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
I think "no one really knows what they are doing" is repeated too often and has more or less become meaningless. After are, there are people out there who know what they're doing. A better way to phrase it is "no one rea
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by ikeyany 9y ago
The industry chases away all the talented people with soft skills by telling them those skills aren't "merit-based".
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We need to bring in cheaper, more desperate H1-BMWs from overseas.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
When the world around us appears to be that way for good reason (and not because of happenstance), we feel secure and validated.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
It's phrased combatively because wording like "self-assembled clock" plants an intentional picture of naivety. I'm okay with HN readers pointing out when it happens.
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> Assuming that you retire Thus proving most workers (as in >90%) do not have that choice.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
> Let's be honest If you're going to make such a claim, you should provide some sort of proof. By your cynical logic, engineers are no more than nerds who don't have the stones to go into finance--where the money really is
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It's a bit cynical to say that's done simply in the name of gender. There are certainly many talented people who move away from tech because they look at it from the outside and observe that tech "isn't for them". T
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by ikeyany 9y ago
That picture will only be 'good' from your subjective frame of reference, or whichever frame of reference your AI's training data adheres to.

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