lindy2021

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by lindy2021 5y ago
We'll see more companies go the way of Coinbase and Basecamp. Companies sidetracked with politics will bleed the apolitical.
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by lindy2021 5y ago
Which is why they are pushing to make DC the 51st state in tandem to ensure that doesn't happen. https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989119412/house-democrats-pas...
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by lindy2021 5y ago
> Kickstarting a network is a difficult problem Crypto networks can solve this through incentivising early adopters, e.g. https://bitclout.com > A way to ensure sane content moderation (child porn / abuse, etc) while
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by lindy2021 5y ago
The original meaning of "religion" in Arabic ("Din") is law. What you call "religious error" is tantamount to "illegal behaviour" to others.
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by lindy2021 5y ago
Nothing more permanent than a temporary solution. When does it end? Or is this the new normal?
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by lindy2021 5y ago
What's the point you're trying to make? That irredeemable companies are a nightmare to work for? Well of course they are. And just like irredeemable relationships, you need to move on and improve your judgement to avoid a repeat.
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by lindy2021 5y ago
You're hired to produce value, not instigate political change. If your goal is to "force my values on the employees, and silence dissent (no bigoted discussions at work)", then go start your own company (although your demands
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by lindy2021 5y ago
> is our company discriminating, even unintentionally and do our LGBT and minority employees feel as safe and valued as our straight cis white employees This is an HR responsibility. You either trust them to avoid and eliminate discrimin
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by lindy2021 5y ago
If you don't trust your employer's HR department, then why did you accept the position?
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by lindy2021 5y ago
We already have a solution for the issues you described, HR. Defiling work communication channels with political opinions only serves to distract, deride, and divide.
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Zoom cancels another academic event with Palestinian activist(thefire.org)
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by lindy2021 5y ago
Yes. Jews have been treated as literal monsters for millennia and the rest of the world has lived with it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsions_and_exoduses_of_Jew...
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by lindy2021 5y ago
The real test of a fair system is to build your "contextualization engine" and then hand it over to your ideological enemies to run.
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by lindy2021 5y ago
How about modelling? It's dominated by women while men are relegated to the proverbial shadows.
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by lindy2021 5y ago
That's clearly inconsistent. You don't let 14 year olds vote, drink, drive, or own a gun. They are expected to make mistakes. Chastising them for a private comment made outside of school is inconsistent with their obligations. The
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by lindy2021 5y ago
The amount of effort expended, e.g. - always additive, never proactively refactoring - a proclivity towards reaching for SO rather than reading the manual - inconsistent formatting, number of line breaks, ordering of identifiers, etc
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by lindy2021 5y ago
Have observed a strong correlation between conscientiousness and how developed a country is. This is undoubtedly due to a self-selection bias in developed countries, where there are a million opportunities, wherein only those deeply interes
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by lindy2021 5y ago
“To figure out if someone is an idiot, call him an idiot and check if he gets upset.” It’s intentional: https://mobile.twitter.com/nntaleb/status/129716309534169907...