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by np- 5y ago
While this seems intuitively true, it seems to me like the opposite is happening. Every advance or increase in technological efficiency creates exponentially _more_ demand for developers. Think about every tool and library that comes out; a
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by np- 5y ago
The problem is, everyone is in the second category over a long enough time frame. Hong Kongers probably thought the same, but suddenly there were crackdowns, and state actors probably would have loved to have unrestricted access to peoples
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by np- 5y ago
> one instance of a person who is smart and not happy This premise does not lead to this conclusion: > Stupid people are happier then smart people. Which is your first sentence and seemingly the thesis of the first comment. > Kids
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by np- 5y ago
>So if anything that proves that being smart does not make you happy That’s because one anecdote doesn’t “prove” anything regardless if one says the word “prove” or not. You got one datapoint and you extrapolated negatively from that—all
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by np- 5y ago
To be pedantic, an equally valid conclusion is that intelligence and happiness are independent variables with no connection, not necessarily that there is an inverse correlation.
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by np- 5y ago
I rented a bicycle in Florida a few days ago where the merchant took an imprint of my card (yeah, in February 2022). I'm not even sure how that can possibly be cheaper than one of those Square devices at this point.
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by np- 5y ago
> We programmers and data scientists Instead of semantically correct Python, programmer and data scientists’ jobs will be to work in semantically correct English. Fundamentally the job won’t change (you’ll be programming the AI rather th
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by np- 5y ago
For me I have found that traveling helps break that "tunnel vision" which I occasionally find myself stuck in. And it's very hard to realize you're stuck in it until you break out of it. Traveling helps me realize that t
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by np- 5y ago
Were all these deleted episodes just about COVID misinformation? All 113 of them? I haven't listened to them but the other comments on this thread seem to indicate that is not the case at all.
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by np- 5y ago
Pretty sure some people’s brains are just stuck in an infinite dopamine kick loop. I consider it similar to the opioid epidemic, where people’s brains have been re-wired to compulsively do things they might not want to do. Next time try ask
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by np- 5y ago
That's fair, and I'm not saying it's as easy as flipping a switch. We are all social human beings wired to easily get caught up in the day to day panic, especially when someone is breathing down your neck. But you need to con
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by np- 5y ago
Why not? You can care about delivering beautiful code. You can care about ensuring the workplace is a pleasant place to work for all. You can care about your relationships you’re building. You may even be a huge fan of the product you’re bu
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by np- 5y ago
> When you push yourself to your limits at your profession, a lot of stuff clicks into place and you learn so much. Maybe a cynical take, but if you’re pushing limits then you’re probably just learning the right corners to cut, shortcuts
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by np- 5y ago
You can care about your career and your self improvement while still maintaining healthy boundaries around the mental effort expended for your job. We’re in it for a long time but jobs come and go
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by np- 5y ago
What I’ve found is that you can care about things like craftsmanship, problem solving, and quality while not being bothered by the day to day short term project level thinking.
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by np- 5y ago
To be fair to the parent comment, you need to click “By Ethnicity” to see that Asians and White earn similar pay comment (at least on the mobile version), it does not appear without a user interaction. However the general conclusion that Ca
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by np- 5y ago
The reason is that any earnings miss is a signal that Facebook has already peaked and is on its way down and out. Especially considering all the other negative news around it, it might not be able to recover from a tailspin
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by np- 5y ago
> What is so good about stupidity that it has to be exposed so free to the public or what is so special about it that it can't be distinguished from intelligence ? The problem is: who gets to define “stupidity” and “intelligence” a
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by np- 5y ago
> "Is your job set up to fulfill tasks that were, generally, arbitrarily designed by some gatekeeper?" But isn’t this basically every job that doesn’t directly support a human need (like food, clothing, shelter)? Just arbitrari
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by np- 5y ago
Yes because limiting a vice based on what a few people “firmly believe” has always worked so smoothly and successfully in the past and has never caused any major societal issues. Worked so well in America for alcohol and drugs, why not give
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by np- 5y ago
> Well, screw the governments, I want to make positive-sum trades You and what army? And I’m not even being facetious, you’d probably need an army to go against your government and economically aid an enemy like this. And therein lies y
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by np- 5y ago
Maybe it was Halo 3? The one that focused heavily on matchmaking play (I played on Xbox if that makes a difference)
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by np- 5y ago
That’s actually interesting—I used to really be into multiplayer games when I was a teenager into my early 20s, and have some great memories of virtual hangs with friends both real and offline. My interest in online gaming basically dropped
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by np- 5y ago
You can contact your 911 call center through a non emergency line (numbers available here when you enter your state/region: https://www.nasna911.org/contact-911 ). You can then call and set up a time window for outbound
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by np- 5y ago
Can’t seem to reply any deeper on the thread, but also I never specifically mentioned CI. The only rule is that if you release a phone app, 911 has to work 100% of the time, no exceptions. That is the law. Also, this is Google and Microsoft
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by np- 5y ago
Every app vendor who sells a phone product in the US? Uh, yes? It’s the law. 911 Call centers literally make testing available for this. And all you really need to test is that you’re making the outbound call properly without shit hitting t
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by np- 5y ago
To prevent this from happening again. To force their hand to ensure that their incentive structure changes to test and verify emergency calls _first_ regardless of how long it takes even if it slows revenue generation before releasing their
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by np- 5y ago
Kind of similar but maybe in a different context—there are a few tools that I’ve written for myself that speed my work up significantly but I haven’t widely disseminated. It’s not because I don’t want my coworkers to succeed, but more that
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by np- 5y ago
Not OP, but I think it’s more in context of using websites in ways that weren’t originally intended by the original devs. One small example is using hidden internal APIs to show dislikes on YouTube. Another example might be something like f
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by np- 5y ago
> if you can't focus, perhaps you just _don't want to be doing whatever you're doing_ This is the thing that always gets me when reading things about productivity, how to get more done at work, etc. At first glance, the is

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