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by jka 5y ago
Context: BS Company are a member[1] of the open source "AgStack" initiative, as previously discussed[2] here on Hacker News. [1] - https://agstack.org/members/ [2] - https://news.ycombinator.com&#x
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BS Company(bs-company.com)
2 points by jka 5y ago|1 comments
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by jka 5y ago
Suggestion / reminder: aggressors, plural (because Belarus is participating; I'm not yet sure what term to use to describe the events, but it's not pleasant).
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by jka 5y ago
First question: what could some of the consequences be if civilian installations of these transmitters did become targets? Second question: would sales of these transmitters increase or decrease based on the outcomes you've presented i
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by jka 5y ago
Fair; the rule itself doesn't necessarily rely on an ontology though, as I understand it. (I'd interpret it as: spend time to understand the other through their own experience -- and when you feel that you have sufficient confiden
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by jka 5y ago
Previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7633600
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The Platinum Rule (2014)(robertgreiner.com)
1 points by jka 5y ago|4 comments
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Avril Lavigne: 'I still do the groceries'(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by jka 5y ago|0 comments
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Aldus PageMaker (Version 4.2)(computinghistory.org.uk)
46 points by jka 5y ago|22 comments
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“Trivia” (A Concept Related to Abstract Syntax Trees)(github.com)
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by jka 5y ago
Thank you, my mistake - I did scan through the article and scrutinized a few sections, but I had missed that. I think I was expecting to find the acronym as opposed to the full expanded name.
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by jka 5y ago
> Forcing someone to process those emotions publicly can be extremely humiliating and can seriously undermine trust building in a relationship. That's an important, accurate observation, thank you for voicing it - understood, I&#x27
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by jka 5y ago
Perhaps a dumb question, but is there a definitive connection between the outsourcing mentioned here and the MCAS[1] system that has caused the 737-MAX tragedies? (I have searched the web to try to confirm a link; there are some articles[2]
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by jka 5y ago
(and yes, I realize there are practical implications to the spreadsheet-ization of performance reviews and compensation adjustments that this could make challenging; I'd wonder whether allowing peers to adjust each other's compens
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by jka 5y ago
Isn't there a chance that it could be problematic (or at least challenging) to reduce employee performance to a single numeric value? To me it feels like employee performance is an ongoing, continuous, qualitative and subjective measur
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OpenBTS – open-source Cellular Infrastructure(openbts.org)
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by jka 5y ago
I hear what you say, but I'd like to add that as an employee, I'd like the option to make my performance data, salary, etc public -- even if it that is not the organization-wide default. The reactions that people have to their o
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by jka 5y ago
> But both micromanagement and chilling effects can be extremely disruptive. Completely agree. > You don't promote honest feedback and constructive criticism when those giving and receiving the comments feel like management are s
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by jka 5y ago
> It can also easily become a vehicle for one or more lurking manager types who simply have to know everything all the time, whether or not that brings any actual benefit to the team. Given that type of character within the working envir
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by jka 5y ago
This makes sense, and it helps a lot when conversation is focused and concise (while also allowing for a small amount of redundancy: people may acknowledge and display their receipt of previous messages by repeating them in their own words)
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by jka 5y ago
It was problematic of me to phrase this as potential phishing, I'm sorry. To attempt to explain - although it could be an excuse: I interpreted this situation as one that could lead to potentially less-familiar users onboarding at a ri
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by jka 5y ago
My previous reply here was indeed obnoxious and I apologise.
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by jka 5y ago
Some reporting on the same review document: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sweden-report-coronavirus-1.63...
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Psychiatry and politicians: the ‘hubris syndrome’ (2018)(cambridge.org)
63 points by jka 5y ago|43 comments
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by jka 5y ago
It can still be sensible to wear face coverings to reduce the spread of communicable diseases, pandemic or otherwise. That said, for many people this has been their first experience of it as guidance and/or a habit.
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Useful IT Policies(github.com)
11 points by jka 5y ago|2 comments
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by jka 5y ago
What difference does it make? :)
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Linux Kernel Self Protection Project(kernsec.org)
14 points by jka 5y ago|0 comments
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by jka 5y ago
Hypothetically speaking, these could also make sense to have available if you'd fear that your enemy might stoop so low as to use video/photographic content of the fallen to harass their friends and families.
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by jka 5y ago
Hey, thanks for asking. I'm an open book - can you explain why those questions sprang to mind? All I intend to provide is observations.

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