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by rafiki6 9y ago
I really don't get the facebook hate...the internet != facebook. You can opt out of using Facebook. You can use private connections and browsers to make sure you aren't being tracked by facebook. Facebook is non-essential. If you
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My "rebuttal" isn't a "rebuttal". It's taking the serious lack of objectivity in the article to task. Yes, I am calling democracy into question. Especially representative democracy which is the only real democr
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There was no argument being made here. Just some frivolous claim that since Google is a big scary ambitious company and unelected we should be worried. No. Back up your absurd claim with evidence. 1) Who's to say that "elected&quo
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How to design a hiring process that's fair for everyone(work.qz.com)
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What do you think you are lacking? Do you have any leaders you admire? Why? What would YOU like in a manager or a leader? Books are good, but management is mostly common sense and not being a prick to your people. Don't buy too much in
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by rafiki6 9y ago
This applies to a narrow definition of a start-up. How do you account for businesses that require high-level or academic expertise of the product? Or a sound understanding of the market? Your chances of success are much higher with any ende
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when things get physical, they get real...
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Is there any actual sound peer reviewed research indicating the results of their predictive system will lead to more great hires? Cus it didn't seem so in the article. The article made it seem like HireVue is working off some false cau
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by rafiki6 9y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/35mjw8/what_i_ask... I think that might be a good place to start. A company this small, you really really need to be considering what they are doing and where t
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Start a company...
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by rafiki6 9y ago
In Canada we have this thing called the CRTC. It's kind of like the FTC but much much worse. Basically, it's our communications commission but it's heavily staffed by ex oligopoly employees. Canada is in a tough situation whe
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What's not clear...it's even in the title. Inequality leads to economic collapse. Here's the end of the article "An economic model that allows the richest members of society to accumulate a larger and larger share of the
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The feeling I get reading this, is that there's lots of groupthink and a whole lot of luck among VC's...
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When inequality grows, empires shrink and eventually disappear: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/feb/05/inequality-... And let's not kid ourselves. Those on top intend on staying there by g
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by rafiki6 9y ago
Here's one take DLT and Blockchain: https://hbr.org/2017/01/the-truth-about-blockchain TL;DR, it's gonna take a real long time to make blockchain useful, if it even is. Further, I have yet to see a real
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Expert Panel Debunks AI Hype(eetimes.com)
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In the book Sapiens, the author makes a rather well researched and convincing argument that humans truly had their best times as hunter/gatherers. Generally if you were part of a tribe, you ate and survived and likely even reproduced.
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by rafiki6 9y ago
This constant debate about industries that are good or bad for women is getting a little old and tired. As with all things in life, I find the broader culture tends to affect workplace culture tremendously. Women have tended to shy away fro
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by rafiki6 10y ago
Good recruiters are a rare breed, but they do exist. You always have to remember that recruiters are middlemen and their ultimate goal is to get paid to place. Somethings I generally look out for are who are this recruiters clients and how
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Ask HN: How would you modify the corporate hierarchy?
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The cost of developing the software should include the inherent risk it poses if it fails.
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Same way every other engineering profession did it. Grandfathering + an initial ramp up period.
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The first thing you'd need to setup is a lobby to make it mandatory to have it be legally required to have a licensed software engineer sign off on code going into a production system. Generally the rest of the engineering professions
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Not sure how your value analysis differs. Clearly "test the product" isn't good enough with empirical evidence. Otherwise we wouldn't have large security and data breaches that result in money and productivity loss.
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Wrote my comment before I saw this, +1
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Do humans fall under those "systems"...I definitely know some people who need to. Disclaimer: I haven't read the article so this comment is purely internet sarcasm
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I'd size it out based on initial requirements and take it from there. Some things to consider 1) how much "stuff" do I need to keep track of 2) What's the fastest way for me to do it 3) what's the implications of do
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by rafiki6 10y ago
You've listed a lot of great qualities of C++ as a language. But you've also failed to mention that C++ is rarely taught in CS curriculum, most people don't know it, it's got a steep learning curve, and those great featu
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by rafiki6 10y ago
This is going to be very dependent on where you live. Generally speaking you have to open a brokerage account to be able to buy and sell stocks, and most online brokerages operate within their jurisdiction because stock trading is a part of
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Ask HN: Where Are AI, Blockchain and VR Currently on the Hype Cycle?
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