jonbronson

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by jonbronson 7y ago
Let's not lump conservatives in with Trump supporters. It's unfair to conservatives.
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by jonbronson 7y ago
You misunderstand the paradox. It's not merely 'rationalizing' to recognize that the paradox demands that we do not tolerate intolerance. The system simply does not work if we tolerate the intolerant.
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by jonbronson 7y ago
These are hardly extraordinary claims. If you survey the daily news from dozens of media outlets for the past 3 years, what was described above is barely scratching the surface of the platform in question. The content itself, on the other h
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by jonbronson 7y ago
Demonstrating a lack of ethical values in personal life seems like a good measuring stick to whether one might demonstrate ethical values in a professional setting. But more importantly, how can participants interact with any event or proce
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by jonbronson 7y ago
It's important to recognize that the ethical concerns with the current administration go far beyond the scope of simple politics. That's the fundamental issue at stake here. Are we willing to hold the line on ethics, while our pol
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by jonbronson 7y ago
It's a mistake to classify ethical norms as politics. We just happen to be living in an of era populism where rampant unethical normalization is masquerading as politics.
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by jonbronson 7y ago
There appears to be a sizable segment of society that is unwittingly expanding their definition of politics to encompass civility and human decency. To treat them as if these are somehow merely political opinions, rather than the foundation
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by jonbronson 7y ago
Treating the idea of regulation as a binary operation makes this problem seem artificially harder than it really is. If regulations scaled proportional to market impact/value, then you can still have smaller companies that can afford t
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by jonbronson 7y ago
Largley because of a paralyzed legislative branch, heavily indebted to corporate donors, compounded by a polarized public that is largely too distracted to focus on this fundamental problem.
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by jonbronson 7y ago
Demanding even the slightest level of accountability for blatantly misleading or false information does not make them the final arbiter. It's not a binary choice of absolute determination vs completely hands off.
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by jonbronson 7y ago
"In the foundations of physics, we have not seen progress since the mid 1970s when the standard model of particle physics was completed." This seems to discount the explosion of work in the foundations of theoretical physics. Most
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by jonbronson 7y ago
"The hamburger is a great example of “ugly simple”. You are purposely hiding the main structure that allows your users to move around your product freely behind an additional interaction. That is the opposite of simple." The autho
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by jonbronson 7y ago
It's a fallacy to believe that the ability to determine the truthfulness of the content of an ad is binary. 100% or 0%. It's a spectrum. There are obvious truths, shades of gray, blatant misinformation, and everything in between.
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by jonbronson 7y ago
I've read assessments from climate scientists that don't paint nearly as dark a situation in terms of what we CAN do. The hard part is simply making it a political reality. But even ignoring that, it's important to define &qu
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by jonbronson 7y ago
Except individual actions pale in comparison to the impact of industry. The single most impactful action individuals can take to combat climate change is not fly less, or use less water. It's voting for politicians that actually enact
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by jonbronson 7y ago
The spontaneous social justice movements of the past 10 years were not actually spontaneous, their origins have clear lineage back to the 60s and 70s, and the mechanism used to affect this social change helps to partially explain both why i
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by jonbronson 7y ago
Known by experts of the field, the ones most qualified to evaluate claims of the field. The experts of this field are in strong consensus, to such a high degree of certainty that it's basically established fact.
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by jonbronson 7y ago
What? Every engineering team I've been on has done standups at their office/desk/bullpen. It literally takes exactly the amount of time of talking. Then we sit back down and resume work. You don't have to make it a full
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by jonbronson 7y ago
In the very spirit of agile, if standups are not providing your team value, then by all means stop doing them. But, if you are not able to perform a quick functional standup that informs your team about the important work each person is doi
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by jonbronson 7y ago
Or that employee could just stop engaging in selfish behavior. Company cohesion matters more than one toxic employees fixation on a bubbly drink.
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by jonbronson 7y ago
This will escalate the impact of trolls on news articles. Currently, a well-received article might have hundreds or thousands of Likes and Loves, next to a 3-5 Laughs from those wishing to troll/deride the content. At least now you can
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by jonbronson 7y ago
Still waiting on better monorepo support in GitLab.
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by jonbronson 7y ago
I wonder what impact the commoditization of this will have on forgies and fraud.
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by jonbronson 7y ago
That said, it would be amazing to see HDR images of these stellar bodies.
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by jonbronson 7y ago
You'd think they'd make it easier to quickly seem examples of the language.
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by jonbronson 7y ago
Thank you for writing this. As an engineer reading these style of articles, I've witnessed two common reactions: Either the content resonates, and our eyes widen at the site of a simplified and intuitive explanation for phenomenon that
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by jonbronson 7y ago
Precisely. These aren't "merely" politics. These are the issues that shape peoples lives, for now and for future generations. One of the greatest cons of all time was the casting of Climate Change as a "political" i
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by jonbronson 7y ago
Don't mistake a lack of empowerment with hypocrisy. When someone advocates for policy to limit the emissions of vehicles produced by the automotive industry, but happens to drive their car to work everyday, that's not hypocrisy. T
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by jonbronson 7y ago
That the company culture ain't what it used to be.
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by jonbronson 7y ago
Not sure why your comment is being downvoted. It's completely accurate and welcomed counterpoint to a common misconception.

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