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by octokatt 6y ago
I'm guessing there's a lot more deliberate troll farming hitting HN, and threads like this (and how far up this incoherent rant of a post went up the list) lend credit to that.
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by octokatt 6y ago
I'm going to point out briefly that any preference you may have noticed would be a symptom of a society that says a full work week is 40 hours, and therefore needs to change. Attributing this to a gender, instead of to a society (predo
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by octokatt 6y ago
1) Sometimes yes, especially to be able to pull down large banks of data and sort through it. [1] 2) Besides "Google can afford it", Google is making money off of the snippets they're displaying along side ads in searches. G
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by octokatt 6y ago
I forgot how much I hate the comments section of any mention of gender on Hacker News.
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by octokatt 6y ago
I read this, then reread it because the punchline didn't match the tone throughout the article. The point is that "consent is sexy" doesn't go far enough towards teaching people how to have a healthy relationship. No on
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by octokatt 6y ago
We need to look at the costs of social distancing, sure. We also need to look at how a lack of centralized response means the good work done to socially distance was wasted in part because as a country the US never took this seriously at th
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by octokatt 6y ago
1) Yes 2) Yes 3) Weekly, but either of us feel free to cancel if we need the time back My direct report is our product manager, and has his schedule packed with meetings. Keeping a 1on1 on the calendar means I can nab him with questions du
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by octokatt 6y ago
It's n=1, but the nineteen-year-old in my house genuinely enjoyed these heroes, especially the racial and gender diversity. It's the first comic book they expressed interest in after we showed them the initial summary. I kinda fi
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by octokatt 6y ago
I have a unique perspective on this, as I have had problems with cognitive clouding, have all my life, but have still managed to be a good data scientist. First, do all of the responsible things listed below (estate attorney, eat healthy, e
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by octokatt 6y ago
I still miss Hydrox cookies.
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by octokatt 6y ago
I'm seconding the call for a better definition of "you know NOTHING about Christianity". Given this is written in English, I'm assuming applicants to your study can know that a cross is a significant thing in Christianit
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by octokatt 6y ago
W. L. Gore and associates have a nearly entirely flat organization with self-directed employees. No teams, no managers, just leaders, and people decide I’d they want to follow a leader. [1] As organizational structures go, it’s worth shari
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by octokatt 7y ago
It hasn’t been released yet, but know that Microsoft is looking to hit this space as well with their Money app. If you’re looking at DIY budgeters who don’t want third-party access, I’d make sure that subviews of specific goals, like a pay
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by octokatt 7y ago
Somewhat misleading headline; they will be spun off in 2.5 years from WeWork. It's good news... as long as they survive that long. WeWork is cratering, I hope it doesn't take Meetup with it.
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by octokatt 7y ago
Who would have thought that dismantling the fourth estate into a money-making, race-to-the-bottom, sensationalist scheme would have long term effects on public awareness of catastrophic events? [0] [0] Manufacturing Consent: The Political
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by octokatt 7y ago
This is a clear externality caused by having a contracting company between an employer and employee. Contracting companies are incentivize to increase their margin by reducing benefits, including maintaining employee health. If we're
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by octokatt 7y ago
Correct. The question OP asked is much broader than what the paper's subject matter, and does not support evidence for the conjecture. Instead of asking again "maybe men just outcompete women because they have an inherent advanta
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by octokatt 7y ago
May I suggest you read the paper before (re)commenting this trope?
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by octokatt 7y ago
The most helpful framework for approaching bad parts of a social system is to build similar structures for working with a bad code system. The strangle method for dealing with a legacy code base can work for social situations. Create an ov
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by octokatt 7y ago
> why must it be this way Companies used to have Ombudsman; literally a board member who did nothing but listen to employee complaints and help them e heard. This tended to lead to unions, which reduced company profitability, and was re
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by octokatt 7y ago
This so much. During the winter, I've had the option to work from home, and taken it just to wear lined sweatpants and sit by my personal heater in my home office rather than in an open office with a door one row open.
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by octokatt 7y ago
Plastic. We're now drowning in a new problem, but plastic and its impact on sanitation (particularly medical sanitation, like disposable needles, which then supports vaccinations) has dramatically improved life quality and length. Los
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by octokatt 7y ago
Industry hasn't caught up yet with the iPad, because it's a very different tool. But you can see it start to happen. An iPad is becoming the default point of sale system in a lot of places. My wife works with autistic kids; he d
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by octokatt 7y ago
This... still seems like a lot better than Chrome. No personal data is being collected, just basic telemetry data on browser function for debugging and an IP address. I'm going to call this Mostly Harmless. Meanwhile, the article is
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by octokatt 7y ago
The reason here is to use a rough filter to ensure women, already discouraged from an ongoing media narrative, don't get discouraged again during their first couple of events by random coder-bros or even "are you here with your bo
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by octokatt 7y ago
Can a connection be formed between ethics education for tech, and ethics education in general? I get it, ethics isn't a "hard skill" like programming or math, but can we move forward with problem solving with a confirmed axio
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by octokatt 7y ago
I agree that unrestricted access used to be desirable. I remember happily helping people get around baby-sitter controls. I don't know if we know more about it now or if the engine has improved, but some weird radicalization factions
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by octokatt 7y ago
I guess it can help sound passionate, but the list together doesn't sound interesting -- it sounds like an AI read a bunch of minimalism lifestyle blogs and output "interesting_backstory.txt". Nothing on the quirks list is ac
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by octokatt 7y ago
Was anyone else really put off by the congratulatory tone of the article, and the #Quirks list on the resume?: https://github.com/emilwallner/Emil-Wallner-LinkedIn-Resume#...
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by octokatt 7y ago
*After a certain level of wealth _and knowledge of investment markets_, your money will work for you. For the majority of people reaching a certain wealth point, they leveled up their knowledge with their incoming cash flow. For lottery wi

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