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by kitsune_ 2y ago
My theory, which is kind of informed by what I saw it play out in my company: The reason is a psychological one. Most leaders derive their power from in-person interactions. Remote and video calls severely impact that. Those leaders also
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by kitsune_ 2y ago
Isn't that the point of RDF / Owl etc.?
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by kitsune_ 2y ago
My grandmother fled Nazism (and Stalinism), she would turn in her grave seeing how blind half of your electorate is.
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by kitsune_ 2y ago
I don't know where you work but what you describe sounds like a widget factory.
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by kitsune_ 2y ago
In holacracy you have lead links which partially fulfill that role. And of course nothing prevents you from creating roles that are accountable for other managerial tasks. As a lead link you can do relative prioritizations (X is more import
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by kitsune_ 2y ago
All possible because of the work of countless unpaid moderators.
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
Insane is a bit of a strong word, no? If Musk was a visionary he would have built trains, not cars.
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
Over 20 years ago, at my first job, a co-worker told me that the evening before, he got a phone call from their best friend who phoned him in shock and told him they just survived a plane crash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
The main problem with the Agile industry is that the certificate mills give people the idea that they have to know nothing about software to work on/in software. Also Scrum as outlined by people like Jim Coplien would probably be kind
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
From a moral philosophy perspective, corporations like Google display a concerning ethical imbalance when they fail to proactively uphold the common good in scenarios where there's no direct financial benefit. A question to HN, since t
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
I know I sound salty here, but 10 years ago I got ridiculed on go-nuts, with dismissive comments from Rob Pike, because I dared to suggest that the way go get and module imports over the wire 1. worked, 2. were advertised in all their docs
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
Yeah, or maybe it's "just" ADHD. "Just" in parentheses because it's a horrible condition to have. Russel Barkley with a succinct video on "ADHD as Motivation Deficit Disorder": https://www.
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
I'm paying for YouTube Premium and I fully expect them to do the same thing once they've squeezed the lemon dry and need to find more money in this perverse game of rentier capitalism.
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
Cough, a couple of those countries are in Europe..
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
My breathing is impaired as well, there is simply not enough space in my mouth as a result of the fix.
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
I have the same shit, it sucks.
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
As a child my teeth were corrected by pulling my lower jaw back with elastic bands. Not only do I have a weak chin because of this, but in hindsight I think my tinnitus might be related to this as well.
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
People who never had the misfortune to work with a truly toxic manager or co-worker are often oblivious to the damage they can cause. I'm speaking of psychological damage, burn out, anxiety, stress, depression, health problems. Naming
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
OpenAI Inc.'s mission in their filings: "OpenAIs goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return. We think that artificial
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
About the 90%, this is very much a game of musical chairs and game theory in general. If your perception is that there is a high likelihood that Altman might return it's prudent to sign the letter. That's why I think the past few
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
All the board did is replace a CEO, I think there is a whiff of cult of personality in the air. The purpose-driven non-profit corporate structure that they chose was precisely created to prevent such things.
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
I think the steward-ownership / stewardship movement might suffer a significant blow with this.
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
Thinking about life in such narrow group identities is a failure of imagination in my view.
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
It's absolutely mind blowing that we as humans were able to increase a constituent part of the atmosphere from from 0.028% to 0.04%. Written like that it looks small but, each part per million of CO2 in the atmosphere represents approx
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
In my experience many teams have problems establishing a clean code base with ActiveRecord.
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by kitsune_ 3y ago
Good bye reddit.
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by kitsune_ 4y ago
A couple of months. Also, there is a world of difference between knowing the topic on a superficial level and training and evaluating a model yourself.
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by kitsune_ 4y ago
Definitely, most people using noise to treat a noise problem will sooner or later get tinnitus and hearing loss if they do this constantly over years. Btw, I have tinnitus, it's not fun. Protect your ears people.
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by kitsune_ 4y ago
Always the same story with these guys...
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by kitsune_ 4y ago
Nah, most of Scrum is fine [0], even insightful I'd say, but yeah, the certification industry that drives its adoption is a scam. The problem is that nowadays people have to be in the software field whether they want to be in it or not

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