morgante

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by morgante 10y ago
Nothing you just said contradicts the point being made. Most people have to work on things they don't necessarily find fulfilling. That doesn't mean certain wealthy people don't find hobbies which also happen to make them mon
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by morgante 10y ago
Sure, I agree that most people aren't doing work that they would do for free. I don't think that's true for most wealthy people. By and large, every wealthy person I know is working on things they find deeply interesting and
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by morgante 10y ago
Or maybe some people actually enjoy their work and find it fulfilling.
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by morgante 10y ago
I use it as a simple way to share credentials over insecure channels.
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by morgante 10y ago
You don't have to put your private key on Keybase servers to use Keybase.
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by morgante 10y ago
I think the key here is that replies actually have to go to the CEO. I've seen way too many companies implement this where any replies are actually just sent into normal support channels.
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by morgante 10y ago
> Ads are not inherently evil, the omnipresent associated tracking and surveillance is. Do you really not see how thinking "tracking" is evil is an inherently ideological statement? I do not care if Google tracks literally ever
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by morgante 10y ago
That definitely does not meet the standard of ABP's acceptable ads program and it would be banned if found.
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by morgante 10y ago
Exactly. There are also huge problems associated with paying for many of these free services. If it were a pay-per-search model then I'd have to make a mental decision every time I do a search. This would impose massive cognitive overh
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by morgante 10y ago
A lot of quality content I find is on niche blogs where I might only read an article or two. These blogs are often advertising supported. I'd much rather outsource the work of whitelisting to ABP than having to do an individual conside
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by morgante 10y ago
Then people like OP would complain about how ABP has sold out to the inherent evil of advertising and capitalism.
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by morgante 10y ago
You need to get out of your box. Stop assuming you speak for everyone with such ridiculous statements as "the only thing people want from such a program is to block all ads and trackers." I don't give a single hoot about trac
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by morgante 10y ago
> is better than Adblock Plus in (all?) ways (see the README for more details) That's only if people agree with your ideology. Instead of making blanket statements which are inherently subjective, just explain why you prefer Adblock
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by morgante 10y ago
I could go on for days, but it's generally a low-profit and low-margin business where even the most successful companies are not huge successes.
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by morgante 10y ago
The way I think about it is that general efficiency gains flow to the customer, while my unique efficiency gains are mine. So if it might take the average developer 100 hours to finish something but I can do it in 80, then I should charge a
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by morgante 10y ago
Exactly. The legal industry predominantly uses hourly billing and making up "equivalent hours" would be extremely unethical. It's part of why I encourage everyone I know (particularly developers) to switch from hourly to fixe
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by morgante 10y ago
I have met him and he is generally a very decent guy, but like I said his perspective is informed by specific experiences.
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by morgante 10y ago
I guess I'm not in the habit of accepting anything anyone says at face value. It doesn't mean he's running some long-running conspiracy, it's simply a reminder that his perspective comes from a particular position.
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by morgante 10y ago
I think Spolsky has done a fantastic job of building a an employer brand that attracts developers. It allows him to attract quality developers at under-market rates. I don't necessarily think this is even a conscious act on his part. I
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by morgante 10y ago
I hope nobody is dissuaded from working on side projects by this post. First of all, restricting contracts to only work related to the company's business is not unheard of (even outside of California). Every company I've worked
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by morgante 10y ago
I would strongly encourage people to think twice about trying to sell software to lawyers. It's a Sisyphean task. They are, as a rule, extremely anti-technology and conservative. At a previous startup, we had built software which was s
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by morgante 10y ago
I agree that they don't operate like startups enough, but it is in fact the goal of Alphabetization. You're right that it's not working well enough. That's why I think they'd be better off simply making GV the large
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by morgante 10y ago
> For Amazon is there high turnover in software engineering? Yes. Amazon has, by far, the highest turnover amongst tech companies. [0] [0] https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/amazon-rewards-emp...
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by morgante 10y ago
> Should they be allowed to buy all their employees the best mattresses available because a good night's sleep helps productivity? Yes, potentially though it'd probably help to have data supporting that. But things like company
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by morgante 10y ago
> Self-driving cars also need to not have any accidents that humans would have easily avoided. Why? If they're overall much safer, then that seems like a net win to me—even if their failure modes are not identical to human ones.
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by morgante 10y ago
This is exactly what Alphabetization is meant to solve. A federation of companies can more effectively allow individual divisions to operate like startups. Additionally, it's a lot easier to push experiments when they're not attac
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by morgante 10y ago
I'm guessing you're mostly looking at career sections for technology companies. In general, tech companies have quite high revenue per employee. You're probably also looking at startups, which don't yet have material rev
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by morgante 10y ago
> This may be where our mindset differs, but I believe the best and only course of action is for people like you and me respond civilly and with reason, and to prove why hga is misguided. Sorry, but I don't think hga is merely &quot
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by morgante 10y ago
> I can imagine pushback along the lines of enforcing speech rules, which I'm somewhat sympathetic to. That's why I suggest this higher standard for only political threads. It's a lot better than banning them entirely.
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by morgante 10y ago
I know that dang has been making a concerted effort to encourage the Principle of Charity, something which I definitely commend. That actually could be a good way to moderate political threads by requiring an even higher standard of conduct

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