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paulkon
7y ago
if a solution were to be created, could the company be held liable for obstruction of justice via aiding and abetting? I guess this could be taken care of with an extended terms of service which lay out how the product shouldn't be use
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paulkon
7y ago
I'm gonna print that out and point to it when my friend asks what I do at work all day.
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paulkon
7y ago
Are you able to work remotely as well? If you don't mind, what percentage of annual is stock options?
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paulkon
7y ago
Could you elaborate on the overtime culture you've experienced at said faang company?
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paulkon
7y ago
Seems like the team leads at Microsoft including Dave Cutler, etc. all the way up to Bill Gates rewarded the meritocratic process more than any other company at the time.
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7y ago
Do cars have something equivalent to an airplane black box?
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7y ago
In that case, why use a whiteboard instead of a collaborative text editor like coderpad, repl.it, or even gnu screen? Testing in an environment completely different from 'production' isn't going to give a super strong signal
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A Brief History of the Disposable Coffee Cup
(feast.media)
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7y ago
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paulkon
7y ago
Money.
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paulkon
8y ago
You're paying into SS but that money is not being set aside for you, it's being used for current retirees. The next generation will have to pay into SS for you and betting that SS will not change it's payout conditions till t
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paulkon
8y ago
Misappropriation of funds due to lobbying and regulatory capture. The film 'Vice' on Dick Cheney outlines just how permeable American government is to such non-public interests. It's no wonder tax avoidance is such an interes
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Green ‘Moon Shot’ Not Possible, Physicist Tells NERC Forum
(rtoinsider.com)
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8y ago
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8y ago
If the goal is to graduate alumni which will donate the largest amounts, then a large donation up-front from a well-connected individual is one such filter which achieves that goal without delay.
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paulkon
8y ago
I second this. Someone who is alone yet spends large chunks of their time on entertainment (facebook, instagram, snapchat, netflix, etc.) may just be deferring being "in the moment" and the positive benefits or learning, working o
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8y ago
India has 4 times more people than USA and much greater density. Odds are greater that people around you will be smoking.
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8y ago
I'm not the author, but I'm very happy to have found this tool and thought it would be helpful.
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NegativeScreen, invert your screen colors
(zerowidthjoiner.net)
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8y ago
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8y ago
https://zerowidthjoiner.net/negativescreen I've been using it for some time now. By default I look at my phone, tablet and computer monitor in inverted mode. Video content is watched as normal. Makes it way easier to g
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8y ago
How many of these could be outsourced to trusted third parties?
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8y ago
What if automatic micropayments were made on content request? Directly from the browser.
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8y ago
People are more willing get on board with bots acting like people than the other way around. The speech disfluencies used by Duplex in the salon and restaurant interactions are perfect examples of why natural speech sounds natural. It'
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11y ago
VC firms should have increased regulation to decrease anti-competitive rigged bidding behavior.
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11y ago
I don't think it's moving memories around. If you desire a very loose OS comparison, it may be cleaning up temp files.
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Epigrams in programming
(cs.yale.edu)
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11y ago
This makes me want to dig into assembly after all.
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11y ago
I've always wondered why Real Analysis isn't introduced earlier in math education. It might make it easier to grasp concepts introduced in upper-level math.
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11y ago
I think a startup which claims they're going to change the world should break up the process into bite-sized phases. Early on, it's simpler to function as a small business; one which caters to a niche sector of the target market.
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11y ago
Makes mathematical sense, yet not quite common sense.
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Don't Become a Scientist (1999)
(physics.wustl.edu)
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Spritz vs. Traditional Reading
(spritzinc.com)
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