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by questionableans 1y ago
At a global level, a more reasonably sized human population is exactly what we need, and a decline in birth rate is the most ethical way to achieve that. We have to find a way to make it work, because otherwise our trajectory takes us beyon
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by questionableans 1y ago
Not destroying society is in the best interest of Apple shareholders, whether they believe it or not.
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by questionableans 1y ago
You mean because people don’t value education and want to vicariously cosplay as rich bitches, because that’s what the consumer media feeds them?
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by questionableans 1y ago
The true measure of a country isn’t a number like GDP, per capita income/wealth, or tax revenues. It’s how good of a place it is for everyone to live. If we have to keep family members out because medical costs are out of control, we’v
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by questionableans 1y ago
It’s hard to move around in his current state.
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by questionableans 1y ago
Because conservatives are, by definition, people who don’t deal well with change. I wouldn’t go that far, but I’ve heard it called a mental illness masquerading as a political position (well, there may be something to that in some cases). T
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by questionableans 1y ago
That’s an unusual definition of superstars. It sounds like you’re talking about very lopsided people who are experts at one thing?
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by questionableans 1y ago
I would love to see less pay inequality, but unfortunately, the median household in the US really doesn’t have it great due to the costs and risks of everyday life. For comparison, I live in a place that is typically considered as tier 3 or
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by questionableans 1y ago
Corrupt Autocrat Lives Matter movement, anyone?
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by questionableans 2y ago
Under $100: lightweight battery operated LED headlamp See and be seen in the dark, while keeping your hands free. Great for taking out the garbage or checking the mail at night, especially because we don’t have much lighting outside (unless
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by questionableans 2y ago
Under $100: Reusable respirator masks + P100 replacement filters. They were harder to get earlier in the pandemic, so I bought a less popular brand in addition to the popular brand one I already had from a repair project. Reasonably comfort
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by questionableans 2y ago
I’d honestly rather be paid less and have more equal pay across society, while not having to worry about age discrimination or medical debt or something wiping out my savings and throwing me out on the streets, however unlikely that may see
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by questionableans 2y ago
I’m sure they mean total compensation, as reflected in employee W-2 forms. Modulo a few details, public company stock-based compensation is as good as cash the moment it vests (and in fact is cash if you make an automatic sell-all election,
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by questionableans 2y ago
At Meta, $400k would be high E4 or low E5. That’s someone earlier in their career who probably feels fairly anonymous and is used to taking all the deals they can get to live cheaply, even if they don’t need to anymore.
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by questionableans 2y ago
At Meta, $400k would be high E4 or low E5. That’s someone earlier in their career who probably feels fairly anonymous and is used to taking all the deals they can get to live cheaply, even if they don’t need to anymore.
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by questionableans 5y ago
It helps with being able to measure whether you're advertising to the right people. Traditional mass media advertising made a lot of money off of showing ads to completely irrelevant people. Targeted advertising makes even more money o
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by questionableans 5y ago
It doesn't have to be that way, but that's typically the most profitable strategy, because most products actually suck.
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by questionableans 5y ago
> Also, fact is that matching consumers with products that they like doesn't just have enormous business value, but is actually socially positive! Well, sometimes. But what people want is not always good for them or for society at l
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by questionableans 5y ago
I doubt it’s just one chemical, but various kinds of plastics and adhesives, and possibly some electronic components are all likely contributors. For example, on the 8th gen. iPad, the keyboard connector is surprisingly smelly. Heat increas
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by questionableans 5y ago
Have you tested the laptop’s materials for offgassing? I’ve had problems with offgassing odors that never seem to go away on multiple monitors, MacBooks and an iPad in recent years. This leads to headaches that makes it impossible to use th
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by questionableans 6y ago
Another thing to keep in mind is title inflation. The role that most companies these days call “Senior Software Engineer” is actually an intermediate-level role (e.g., 5 years of experience). Staff is arguably where the actual senior-level
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by questionableans 6y ago
Interesting question. As someone else pointed out, TPM is a role more like what you’re describing. For Staff+ engineers, communication and high level architecture are just the tip of the iceberg. You have to understand the problem domain an