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931.
by psyc 8y ago
“You are implying” Ok. “You are wrong.” Reward is a gigantic superset of reputation enhancement.
932.
by psyc 8y ago
Evolution endowed us with faculties. We have a lot of flexibility in how we deploy them. Go read Yudkowsky’s Adaptation Executors Not Fitness Maximizers for a somewhat related thesis.
933.
by psyc 8y ago
Exactly this. It seems the article and most nerds assume the conclusion that giving must be for reputation enhancement.
934.
by psyc 8y ago
I’m on my second remote job, and I find all HN threads on the subject contain this bizarre exaggeration about how different it is, and how you need to be a certain kind of person, and have stellar communication skills. I feel like it’s the
935.
by psyc 8y ago
I'm not seeing the problem.
936.
by psyc 8y ago
Same thing any motivated, funded, competent organization could have done at any time. Replace it with something functionally equivalent, but optimized.
937.
by psyc 8y ago
IMO this is really the only relevant point.
938.
by psyc 8y ago
As a long-time professional game engine programmer, it is hard for me to see consternation over things like this, and avoid judging it as mainly ignorance. The amount of code in an engine that needs to touch the graphics API is tiny. A hand
939.
by psyc 8y ago
Nor mine, but it seems overwhelmingly the norm among my peers in Seattle.
940.
by psyc 8y ago
Lol. The last thing the homeless need are more consequences. Let able-bodied and able-minded folk suck up their token share of the suffering.
941.
by psyc 8y ago
I’ve been a game developer for decades. Companies that are categorically in the game industry tend to be full of shitheads and oversized egos. I have mostly solved the problem by working in game organizations within BigCos.
942.
by psyc 8y ago
The blockbuster leads tend to be very attractive, but in general there are plenty of famous actors who aren’t.
943.
by psyc 8y ago
I agree that it’s an over-opinionated definition. I wouldn’t go so far as calling it doublespeak, but it’s like 1.5x speak.
944.
by psyc 8y ago
Only on the human-readable level, which, when your brain is as big as mine is, doesn’t even like matter.
945.
by psyc 8y ago
Don’t you mean Envisioning the Future?
946.
by psyc 8y ago
Hedonic bliss is very different from, say, extremely motivated high-optimism. The latter can easily get you hospitalized and medicated for mania. People around you will not accept it unless you have a lot of charisma and status to back it u
947.
by psyc 8y ago
I once had $100K in cash. I spent it trying to get a business off the ground. If I had it to do over again, I would most likely buy a house. If I didn't want to do that, I would stick it in Vanguard, and then promptly raise my 401k con
948.
by psyc 8y ago
This is the only comment in the whole thread that comes anywhere near the way I think about this subject. Everyone is presuming that people have their value systems formed by watching movies. I think that's as false as it is dismal. Th
949.
by psyc 8y ago
It isn't binary. Neither is there a binary choice between ending the company, and letting them do whatever.
950.
by psyc 8y ago
I agree it's roughly the same as it's been. I think its ubiquity has made the FB situation worse.
951.
by psyc 8y ago
This has bitten me in the past. When I worked at a certain company, you had to do a full 8 hours of whiteboard coding in order to transfer laterally. So I was permanently stuck in the team that hired me, despite having the best possible per
952.
by psyc 8y ago
Sorry, I was wrong about that. I was thinking of Lenovo Solo, but that is Google Daydream-based. However MR does not inherently require a detached PC. HoloLens is a PC.
953.
by psyc 8y ago
There are already standalone Windows MR devices with 6dof. HoloLens has also had 6dof for years. Vive has a stand-alone 6dof as well, but it’s only in China so far.
954.
by psyc 8y ago
Yes. https://www.dji.com/dji-goggles
955.
by psyc 8y ago
2/3 of Twitter appears to have no other purpose than to continually identify minor differences of opinion and perceived grievances, and then invite all your followers to castigate the offender.
956.
by psyc 8y ago
Every other device doesn't need the adapter. So I have to manage keeping track of the adapter, still. No thank you.
957.
by psyc 8y ago
I have one pair of nice headphones. One. The adapter is an inconvenience I don't need. I've had my iPhone 7 for a year and this is still a vexing issue.
958.
by psyc 8y ago
Simpler: I put my dumb thing on the web. I do not care who you are. I do not care where you are. I don't waste my energy giving it another thought. "I got a letter from your government the other day. I opened and read it. It sai
959.
by psyc 8y ago
I have quite enough to do to comply with my own country's laws, thank you very much. Where would this end? Would I eventually need to know the laws of every nation so that I can do what you feel is ethical? Or do I just follow other co
960.
by psyc 8y ago
I'm not sure I understand the question. As it is now, the vast majority of my transgressions in real life disappear into a memory hole. What makes the internet so special in that regard? You want there to be a permanent digital rec

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