logicalmonster

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by logicalmonster 3y ago
> Are you going to die practicing? Probably not, but it's bullshit in the sense that solving leetcode problems on the fly is not typical day-to-day programming work in ~99.9% of jobs. And even when creating a complex algorithm is a
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
1) Be wary of companies that try and use take-home tests for free labor. According to Glassdoor reviews, ClipboardHealth is one that comes to mind that is allegedly notorious for this. 2) Asking for a "take-home" challenge before
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
The rave sex scene is frequently critiqued when the Matrix movies are discussed. I don't think a lot of the criticism of the Matrix's sex scene was actually about Neo and Trinity having sex, but about how it was shot and edited an
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
At that size, you likely don't and shouldn't have wasteful committees and formal approval processes. At that size, you probably have a certain pecking order of "who has the final say" and know everybody in the company. S
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
Do you happen to have any JOI videos to explain this concept?
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
> every romance plot on TV now has to demonstrate a high degree of intersectionality It's not hard for people to begin noticing how unrealistic many stories end up becoming. It's shoddy writing and story-telling and the artific
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
There's no right answer, but do you value a short-term or long-term monetary payoff more? If you're content playing a long-game and taking a bet that Neuralink is successful as a company, it might be better for a career to spend s
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
I'm not expecting sense in technical matters (or any other matters for that matter) from head-in-the-clouds bureaucrats. The real blame should go to the browser makers and standards bodies. It's their job to save people from this
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
"AI" is enough of a buzzword today that a certification of any kind might give you an edge in getting your resume noticed by whatever automated or manual means a company uses to whittle through the job applications. That said, if
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
You can't make an informed comparison without understanding the details between all of your potential choices. For the specific surgery you mentioned, it seems like the choice is a 6% 5-year survival rate without the surgery, versus 25
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
1) IANAL, but there are circumstances and legal jurisdictions where truth is not necessarily an ironclad defense against defamation claims. 2) Ironically, I think the stronger the defamation laws, the worse the problem of defamation becomes
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
> Dr Janice Duffy successfully argued in 2015 and 2023 that Google published defamatory extracts from American website RipOff Report on its search engine page, despite her notifying the company and asking for the posts to be removed. Per
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
I'm not a computer science teacher, but I'd think that what React is even doing would be too confusing without understanding a basic bit of HTML and CSS first.
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
I understand that the law might not take this into account right now, but if cops get some qualified immunity from lawsuits in the course of doing their jobs, it seems a fair trade to me that they should similarly be restricted in some ways
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
There's 1,000 potential reasons why you might be rejected for any job. It could be subtle discrimination, it could be not wanting to pay you what you're asking for, it could just be a crooked interviewer reaching for a reason to h
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
The galling thing to me is that these "lifetime bans" do nothing to stop scammers because they can easily create dozens of new companies and identities to continue ripping people off with. For them, it's just a cost of doing
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
I could be perfectly content with a traditional up/down physical light switch. But depending on the smart bulbs you choose, there's a lot of really cool features that might make it worth it to you despite the slightly more complex
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
1) It looks like both links got cut off, though the Figma one still works. 2) I can't help you with your request to contact the founders, but are you interested in others' feedback of your redesign?
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
> Is there a way for us to give this topic the attention and thoughtful discussion it deserves? Nope, sorry. Some victims of war are more equal than others.
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
1) If this insider guy is also charged with crimes, and may be able to get more leniency by changing his testimony to throw others under the bus, how can you trust that his testimony is genuine? 2) I wonder if the judge interfering with SBF
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
I think Brazil seems cool in so many ways, but it seems very politically corrupt. Also, one one observation is if there's a Reddit video clip of some crazy random shooting or assassination or off-duty policeman shooting, it seems to al
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
Seems pretty cool, but I wonder if a random noise in the room or outside might accidentally trigger the loss. And there might not be a good way to play this in a loud apartment. That would be kind of upsetting to lose because of some loud n
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
Michael Scott answered this question in The Office, and his hilarious answer is that he wanted people to be afraid of how much they loved him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4M8fqD0wyM
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
> But then that brings me to the part about “friend who works big tech and he has no chill for Indians”. Like, Indians period? I very much like a lot about Indian culture and people, and I've met a couple of very sharp Indian progra
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
> Most of the applicants we got were living in cities far away and not willing to relocate - even though the job spec clearly stated this is an in-person role in this city. The reason this might happen so often is that a job is incorrect
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
FWIW, this headline seems pretty misleading. X wasn't fined for some actual child safety concern, but because they didn't fill out a government form requesting information with all of the answers filled in such as providing the av
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
Thank you for your response. Based on your comment, you seem to be operating close to the idea that economic value comes from government dictate. If this is the case, I suppose there's no reconciling our respective positions. (And no p
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
Is the goal in this scenario preservation of human knowledge for rebuilding society, or trying to end the conflict?
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
> I will never understand the idea of gold as a supposedly crisis-proof currency. Doesn't gold have some unique material properties that will likely always be in demand? It is malleable and ductile, inert/doesn't oxidize,
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by logicalmonster 3y ago
* The best test for checking humanity in this time period is probably the same one that a human working customer support for a big corporation would also fail: steer the conversation towards saying something moderately controversial about a

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