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by paulcole 1y ago
If you want to see this in action in the US, wait until someone says that they hate driving. Then ask them what they have done to drive less. 99% of the time you’ll see accountability go out the window.
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by paulcole 1y ago
So you’re against the internet not technology?
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by paulcole 1y ago
Your data doesn’t show what you think it shows for a variety of reasons. Let’s say I like fruit (particularly oranges) and usually buy $10 worth of them. I go to the store and they’re out of oranges but I still buy $10 worth of fruit (apple
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by paulcole 1y ago
> Avoid mentioning any practice which involves technology. Why? Isn’t your doodling using “technology”? Or do you mean “Avoid mentioning any practice which involves technology that I don’t like.”
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by paulcole 1y ago
> Hate to be the… You don’t seem to hate it that much?
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by paulcole 1y ago
Seems like your company has an issue with avoiding tough conversations? How much do you trust the feedback you got? If your soft skills are so good why are you getting bodied by this guy? If your are such a great leader why are your reports
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by paulcole 1y ago
> not in as stark terms, and not recently What’s stopping you from having a frank talk with him on Monday?
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by paulcole 1y ago
> I have never heard this sentence said by anyone who wasn't deeply invested in status and perception games. 100% agree. It’s almost always an engineer who’s used to being respected because they’re an engineer and have 0 soft skills
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by paulcole 1y ago
Why the heck would you resign before talking directly to the other employee about the issue?
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by paulcole 1y ago
Have you brought it up directly with the other person?
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by paulcole 1y ago
What country are you in and what was the article?
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by paulcole 1y ago
Sounds fun!
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by paulcole 1y ago
> If this pisses you off, ask yourself why. Why would it piss me off that you’re so closed minded about an incredible technology?
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by paulcole 1y ago
Woman whispering in Thai in the background for some reason
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by paulcole 1y ago
Bro never spent 2 hours watching Margin Call in 35 second chunks with a weird filter on top.
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by paulcole 1y ago
You’re at least half right!
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by paulcole 1y ago
> The present level of hysteria really is unprecedented Were you alive when lamplighters or whalers or typists were put out of business? Or is it just fun to say that it just so happens that the peak of hysteria is right this very minute
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by paulcole 1y ago
I see. So it sounds like you’re saying that you’d feel smart if you were scammed out of your money?
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by paulcole 1y ago
I think you accidentally quoted yourself there! You might’ve meant to quote the question I asked and then meant to answer it?
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by paulcole 1y ago
> You say this as though it's trivial to just see that Tesla is a scam. I asked if a person would feel dumb that they had been conned. Isn't the answer going to be yes even if that con is very sophisticated? Paying a lot of mon
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by paulcole 1y ago
But wouldn’t you feel like an idiot if you didn’t do due diligence and were conned? I don’t particularly like saying, “well the law was supposed to protect me…” in a case where my idiotic decision was completely preventable.
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by paulcole 1y ago
> The devil is in the details, but the map justifies (and encourages) closer inspection. Wake me when you’ve been encouraged enough to complete your (justified) close inspection.
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by paulcole 1y ago
Did you even take a cursory look at the article?
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by paulcole 1y ago
No, no, no. You don’t understand. He wanted to see something that validated his completely unresearched yet strangely strongly held theory.
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by paulcole 1y ago
Sorry you must’ve shared the wrong link. The one you did share has this as the first sentence: > The nothing to hide argument is a logical fallacy Let me know which link I should be looking at that isn’t a fallacy.
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by paulcole 1y ago
I don’t know why you’re downvoted. It’s a good and fair answer. I disagree with it to some extent but at least it makes sense.
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by paulcole 1y ago
How clearly are you able to define “actual work” and “toying around?” Or is this the case of every HN discussion where what you do is “actual work” and what other people do is “toying around?”
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by paulcole 1y ago
In the screenshot the author must’ve accidentally cropped out the text that confirms he’s buying a license to the book and not ownership of the book. I doubt he would’ve done that intentionally to make his indignant point.
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by paulcole 1y ago
> I can't think of any other example of people writing and mailing poems to themselves How many people’s emails have you checked to see if they do this?
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by paulcole 1y ago
It's not a logical fallacy if I believe it.

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