matrix87

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by matrix87 2y ago
From where I sit, every time the left does something e.g. affirmative action, unhinged illegal immigration, or some other woke thing, they try to soften it, deny it outright, or change the subject, similar to what you're doing I agree
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by matrix87 2y ago
Government funding education != Government managing education
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by matrix87 2y ago
hypothetically, if you sign a noncompete where they're enforceable and resign (without disclosing anything to anyone), how would they even know where you're going or have the basis for a lawsuit? maybe they'd know with execs
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by matrix87 2y ago
I just can't take the people who fall for these seriously Not just the money part, but the whole online-only "long distance relationship" thing. Why would you spend hours investing your time in someone if there's no imme
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by matrix87 2y ago
I just got done interviewing with a big tech company and a successful outcome, I really don't understand how someone could even pull that shit off in an interview. It sounds harder than just doing it the honest way
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by matrix87 2y ago
I wonder, relatively speaking, how much turnover happens because of reorging I just went through a similar thing but decided to gtfo to a different company
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by matrix87 2y ago
after a certain point about 6 months ago, I made a ublock origin filter that excludes all of those posts, just got too annoying for me personally
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by matrix87 2y ago
24M, don't want kids. not going to marry (if no kids, why fuck yourself?). sex is fun but not fun enough to make me consider any of the previous things A bunch of our social activities center around families or dating (and dating cultu
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by matrix87 2y ago
But supposing this happens across the economy, there's less inflation. E.g. if housing costs track tech salaries and soak up most of the surplus available, the relative wealth gained/lost is hard to predict
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by matrix87 2y ago
Layoffs are just a symptom. Overhiring and easy money are the cause. Companies aren't there to "take care of you", they aren't welfare departments They hired a bunch of people who took the money for granted, and at some
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by matrix87 2y ago
Actual salaries haven't fallen. The point of paying those salaries is you have to earn every penny. If they overhire and a bunch of people start taking the money for granted, that breaks down the social contract Half of the perks e.g.
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by matrix87 2y ago
Looks like you read through my bullshit The point of those beliefs is simple: that's what it takes to get results in this economic system. It's toxic fuel. Whether or not it makes sense is irrelevant In this economic system, every
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by matrix87 2y ago
I kind of wish coffee houses had more of this role like how they were in Vienna
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by matrix87 2y ago
I mean, I talk to friends and family about stuff that's going on. But I don't turn to them for actual advice because usually my own advice is better
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by matrix87 2y ago
> A child or partner is hospitalized or dies? everyone processes grief differently > You develop a potentially terminal illness? I mean, I'm probably going to die anyway. At least if you're alone you don't have to worry
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by matrix87 2y ago
Once you're an adult, do you even need one in the first place? I'm 24, I don't go to anyone for help pretty much ever, I just follow my own goals. That's gotten me way farther than most people I know I don't think t
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by matrix87 2y ago
nah it's too expensive
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by matrix87 2y ago
> After a year or two of iterating you're back to JSON, checking if fields exist, and re-validating your data. Every time this has happened to me, it's because of one-sided contract negotiation and dealing with teams where thei
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by matrix87 2y ago
> You get incredibly readable API documentation with protos that isn't muddled with code and business logic. I mean, ideally (hopefully) in the JSON case there's some class defined in code that they can document in the comments
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by matrix87 2y ago
> The wire protocol is not type safe. It has type tags, but they reuse the same tags for multiple datatypes. When is this ever an issue in practice? Why would the client read int32 but then all of a sudden decide to read uint32?
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by matrix87 2y ago
I feel like this article just discusses API semantics, which just feels like a bunch of pedantic best-practices with no actual substance. It doesn't mention any of the things that gRPC offers that the alternatives don't offer, whi
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by matrix87 2y ago
he didn't say he was going to stop hiring them, he said that AI would perform at a similar ability
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by matrix87 2y ago
is anyone else here addicted to melatonin? I feel like my circadian rhythms refuse to work in a way that conveniently fits with the 9-5
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by matrix87 2y ago
This level of political engagement seems kind of out of character for him Is he just kissing ass, or is there genuine frustration on decaying business culture? It feels like both he and Musk are idealizing some kind of past version of SV wh
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by matrix87 2y ago
> lone wolf-ism is what drags us down with respect to what metric? economic growth? that's probably not true, lone wolfism is what drives people to develop expertise in the first place if the metric is community or "sustainabil
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by matrix87 2y ago
yeah I see the same trend, at some point I just kinda decided to mentally slot all of those people into the stupid category, tune them out, and go on living
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by matrix87 2y ago
Humility is relative. Humility in front of actual experts is good. It has to be earned Becoming humble in front of people who suck is learning the wrong life lesson
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by matrix87 2y ago
You and the homeless guy aren't peers, you just did a nice thing. You're not going to classes with him or working alongside him
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by matrix87 2y ago
> Learning how to co-exist with people who aren't like you is a universally valuable experience, especially for people who would fashion themselves as "not average." If those people have worse habits, are less motivated, l
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by matrix87 2y ago
> In this case I don’t think it’s a lack of pressure to join, but the introduction of supplementary technologies that poorly simulate aspects of community There are two big cultural shifts I have in mind here: the "liberalization&qu

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