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by koube 3y ago
Usually when left and liberal are used in the same sentence, liberal means center left (clinton/obama) and left refers to progressives (sanders/AOC). I could be wrong but I believe this person is faulting the center left for not b
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by koube 3y ago
I did some decision reading in college for my GEs. They were all incredibly dry, difficult to get through, and I don't remember a single thing about any of them. Depending on how old your kids are you might have an hour per day of free
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by koube 3y ago
Lawmakers don't even read the bills the vote on, they have legal experts explain the implications to them. Would you have a better understanding of a system if you skimmed the source code or if you watched a presentation from the autho
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by koube 3y ago
If we're comparing videos, HIMARS destroyed 5 SPGs, nearly an entire battery of 6[0][1]. GPS coordinates here of all of them being in the same field[2], likely from the same battery. The ability to film drone kills is useful, but that
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by koube 3y ago
The thread now is very different from the thread at midnight when there was low comment volume. This[0] was the only top level comment and there wasn't much pushback, like one person disagreeing. [0]: https://news.ycombinato
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by koube 3y ago
Counter battery radar + $50k gmlrs with better range and better time on target and 182k tungsten balls seems more like a winning plan than a spotting drone and $35k drone that flies slowly, has limited range, is vulnerable to to EW, and nee
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by koube 3y ago
This seems like a very philosophical discussion. I'm not sure what you want here. Do you want me to explain reading the news? You take in new information, and if it disagrees with your prior knowledge, then you make a judgement call on
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by koube 3y ago
I... just explained that. I am confident that the commenters talking about these things are not qualified based on the things they're saying. I wasn't making any allusions to being an expert on military matters. I'm saying th
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by koube 3y ago
I don't have perfect knowledge of this but disagreeing with military leaders based on a couple videos is definitely non-credible. Linking Russian drone propaganda is useful to let people know that drones exist perhaps, but not for much
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by koube 3y ago
When I want to know more about the future of warfare as a hacker news reader I base my opinion on a few cherry picked twitter/reddit videos (plus literal Russian propaganda) and this makes me more knowledgable than military leaders and
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by koube 3y ago
I generally see charts like this in relation to Baumol's cost disease, I'm surprised the linked article never mentions Baumol, but goes on to talk about government regulation and foreign competition. https://en.wikipedi
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by koube 3y ago
That's correct, the price at the end is theoretically the same, but the public doesn't know about the high bidder's price in the second option. The second option (or just a regular auction) just saves you some embarrassment,
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by koube 3y ago
The Undercover Economist book mentions these. They're honest but they're publicly embarrassing for governments in auctions with few bidders, because sometimes there would only be two bidders, one bidding $100k and one bidding $4,
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by koube 3y ago
I think if you take someone like me, and really most people, and have them sit in the office for an extra hour per day, you probably won't see much benefit. But I definitely feel like there are some people who grind work all day, putti
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by koube 3y ago
I just got the nreal air recently. Don't know if the nreal light is the same but the airs can be just used as a display through dp alt without the app. However, instead of a floating screen in a fixed position, it will just be a static
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by koube 4y ago
I used to keep my linkedin fresh just to see what feelers I get. I also funnel all recruiter emails into a folder. (It's a good ego boost sometimes, not gonna lie.) Last time I was looking for a job roughly four years ago, I just opene
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by koube 4y ago
This could be a regional experience. Some states have 70% apple market share, with Rhode Island having 80%[0]. The difference could be even greater for smaller regions within a state. [0]: https://deviceatlas.com/blog/m
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by koube 4y ago
My understanding is that f35s shoots down other planes perfectly well, in modern plane to plane combat. Saying it can't dog fight is a bit like saying a knife is superior to a gun because the gun didn't cut as well. Of course a gu
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by koube 4y ago
Laptops from 2020 have been able to serve the needs of the vast majority of people. Laptops from 2015 even serve the needs of most. Why invent the m1 chip? Now imagine instead of a lesser product causing you to surf the web sightly slower,
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by koube 4y ago
I'm curious how the f35 has such an incredibly negative perception on hacker news. Any reception I see from more military minded communities are very positive [0]. Countries that participated in the Eurofighter program are buying f35s.
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by koube 4y ago
It depends a lot on what you are trying to do. I agree that most photos an iPhone is sufficient. You do not need bokeh/low light/superzoom for the vast, VAST majority of photos. Once you are going for a certain look or a certain q
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by koube 4y ago
I believe it's mostly a UK term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY#BANANA_and_CAVE
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by koube 4y ago
In my experience direct management is much more impactful to lived experience than company policy. Every team will be different, and I can only speak to my own experience, not to the experience of anyone under a different manager. My higher
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by koube 4y ago
Taking a position has a high social cost. Try defending any candidate and you'll get a 10 comment chain where you have to defend your position against multiple internet commenters who are arguing mutually exclusive positions against yo
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by koube 4y ago
There was a recent case where this has been used in the political realm. Someone impersonating the mayor of Kyiv had a chat with the mayors of Berlin, Madrid, and Vienna. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun&
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by koube 4y ago
The US is supporting its ally in a war because it's being invaded by an adversary. IP laws do not fit anywhere in this. You might as well say the US started a proxy war to help hedgies stop the GME moon.
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by koube 4y ago
This is just word play, I never implied anything close to the notion that anyone working a job will be either overworked or depressed.
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by koube 4y ago
That makes sense. Personally I have not heard a single person talk about stress as a SWE, but maybe I'm just not the type of person that people talk to about that. I have worked late a few times but that was for a short time and I cons
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by koube 4y ago
I am confident that I have effectively communicated that working at Google is not similar to a hostage situation, and any attempt at framing my words in such a way is probably trying too hard.
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by koube 4y ago
> I've never met anyone who was actually happy at Google when you sat them down for an honest talk. I know plenty of people that have left google for greener pastures but also many that stayed. Since my previous team mostly went to

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