julienb_sea

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by julienb_sea 4y ago
This is an unbelievable story and I really enjoyed the read. Thanks for posting it.
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by julienb_sea 4y ago
Tech salaries are a direct result of basic supply/demand. The available supply of workers and the demand for a job are, to a certain extent, independent from how "vital and stressful" the job is. The only bubble that might po
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by julienb_sea 4y ago
Damn Simcity 2000 crashes, that's disappointing
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by julienb_sea 4y ago
No, I can say from personal experience receiving RSUs from private companies that there was no arbitrary limit on how many people could receive them. I don't fully understand why that is the case, my suspicion is that employees receive
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by julienb_sea 4y ago
I mean, this is the way of things. Corporate slacks have bots to correct non-inclusive language, and enforce syntax changes like whitelist --> allowlist, master --> main, etc. IMO it's silly, but nevertheless increasingly ingrain
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by julienb_sea 4y ago
This is inevitably the case with renewable options that don't offer on-demand capacity (i.e. not hydro). The success metric for renewable adoption must take into account the need for on-demand generation, at present the most viable and
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
Kindly provide a single example of an alternative to capitalism that was in any way "successful" by metrics vaguely comparable to capitalistic success. No, you cannot point at China, their success over the past 5 decades was entir
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
The cat is entirely out of the bag. There are many competitors to Twitter (Facebook comes to mind, albeit somewhat different) and the concept of an open online discussion forum, with all its toxicity but also its potential for timely and im
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
This is not how enterprise software works. Audited data privacy is a core selling point of enterprise communication systems like Slack and Zoom, which are able to charge a lot of money for enterprise licenses and have very viable business m
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
Construction of road infrastructure can be compared to construction of tracks and stations, and it's fair to say taxpayers foot the bill in full for both. The difference is that trains operate at a loss even with high ticket prices and
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
Let's be honest, offsets are a brand of corporate social responsibility, similar to marketing spend. They are ripe for abuse and don't do a whole lot in aggregate. To be fair, when we're talking about an airliner buying offse
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
Such a tariff would have wide ranging impact. Low-cost goods are not just finished products going to consumers, it would impact intermediate products such as small chips or modules that are assembled into final products. We also have come t
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
The right to stream content is an asset which can and will change hands. If a streaming service is on the verge of shutdown, its streaming library can and will be sold off as part of shutdown proceedings and other streaming providers will h
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
Well, any changes in sea level and habitability will be a mix of very gradual shift in tidal patterns and acute high-impact flooding events. Areas will not suddenly go from habitable to inhabitable all at once. In the US, it is very expensi
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
Yes, they could, that is the definition of at-will employment. As long as the termination reason is not illegal there is nothing stopping them. Some employers will escort you out of the building immediately once you let them know you plan t
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
"Noon should be at noon" is not coherent in a world where we have standardized time zones across broad geographic areas. I don't think I have to explain why standard time zones are clearly worth the tradeoff around the accura
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
We don't exhibit complete control over our thoughts, that is provably impossible and anecdotally obvious when reflecting on errant thoughts we have experienced. Free will is about behavior, not thoughts. Our free will is demonstrated b
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
This is totally unproven. We have no idea how the market as a whole is going to react. Most companies are going to follow the leaders on this one, and Microsoft and Google taking a clear stance will heavily influence the rest of the market.
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
To be fair, I'm not sure "offline readability" is an actual problem anymore. VS Code and (presumably) other IDEs offer a very simple live-preview window for viewing and editing markdown files.
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
Wind/solar generation have fundamental availability constraints that require supplementing with on-demand generation capacity. Nuclear is not exactly an answer for on-demand capacity because it is not possible to rapidly spin up and do
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
I don't think this argument works. The acceptable price for a good is not actually clear cut. "True" market value is an equilibrium price between supply and demand. Both the supply and the demand will fluctuate and change ove
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
It is interesting that you term me as a climate denier, when in no part did my comment imply I deny the effects and future impact of climate change. I made a point about how global policymaking can and will realistically react to the situat
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
My phrasing likely could have been more clear. China and India cannot curtail emissions without reducing energy availability and increasing costs to their population. This has direct and immediate impact on quality of life and human develop
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
Hot take - graduate school is frequently treated as a "backup" option when getting a job directly out of undergraduate appears difficult or unrealistic. This is a very damaging mindset, as the post-graduate options are not always
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
WSJ has also pivoted quite successfully and maintains pretty much the same operating model as NYT. I realize these are basically the two highest profile legacy news products, so broadly your point stands.
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
Alternatively, attempting to curtail human emissions to some arbitrary level will, unquestionably, have drastic impact on human quality of life worldwide and the impact will be particularly acute on the developing world and those in poverty
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
There are coherent, legitimate reasons for some degree of consolidation within industries. Technology sharing, combining assets, reducing the overhead from separate operations and larger scale in theory lead to a more efficient business, en
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
AirTags are so irritating. If you ever travel with a group its like daily notifications about someone's stalking you with their airpods and there isn't a way to permanently ignore a device.
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
Alternatively, UBI would provide a new income stream to literally everyone, increasing everyone's purchasing power. In a pure supply/demand scenario, the equilibrium price of essentially anything will increase accordingly, i.e. in
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by julienb_sea 5y ago
Buses and subways cannot operate door to door. That is a fundamental service restriction which will always create a need for personal transit. People with accessibility needs, safety concerns or timing restrictions create a legitimate and i

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