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by seneca 5y ago
Not saying you're wrong, but that's not really how people who refuse the COVID vaccine I know think. They think "I do not understand the risks of the vaccine, and I don't trust the people telling me it's safe, so I&
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by seneca 5y ago
A guide to bien pensant.
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by seneca 5y ago
Dead on. So much "research" is modern western Lysenkoism, accompanied by endless demands to "listen to the science". Corrupting science, whether for political or financial gain, is existentially threatening, but seems in
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by seneca 5y ago
> we are going to talk about what diversity, inclusion, and belonging mean to you. Genuinely curious. Do others see this as a red flag? That would be an immediate deal breaker to me, as it suggests the company is dominated by political o
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by seneca 5y ago
> But the real explanation is that realistically 90% of people meet their spouses in university. I believe in the last census it was found that something like 48% of American adults had an associates degree or higher educational attainme
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> Why can't we invent a system of corporate management in which the employees have the majority stake in how the company operates? We have, it's called a co-op. There aren't many that are terribly successful, but no one is
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by seneca 5y ago
The lack of self awareness is staggering. I struggle to think of a single website that has done more damage to western civilization than Twitter. Facebook is a disgusting mess, but a bunch of out of touch old people sharing propaganda pales
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by seneca 5y ago
This kind of rhetoric really doesn't belong on HN.
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by seneca 5y ago
That's actually really interesting. I wonder if there has been any research around this preferred marketing race phenomenon. It's interesting that an asian country would show preference for whites, while a white country shows pref
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by seneca 5y ago
> I imagine it's similar to how people of color feel when seeing seas of white faces on product pages past. This is an American company. The US is largely white. A product page for an Indian company wouldn't shock anyone by pri
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by seneca 5y ago
It really has gotten incredibly heavy handed. Their entire marketing campaign for this phone seems to primarily focus on social engineering.
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by seneca 5y ago
> Activists have no problems openly discriminating against Asians because whites, blacks and Latinos think of "Americans" as whites, blacks and Latinos. Asians are considered foreigners. I don't think this is true. Asians
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by seneca 5y ago
> Diversity means increasing representation. In a situation with limited resources, increasing representation for all means decreasing representation for some. This is the natural conclusion to pushing for equality/representation. T
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by seneca 5y ago
I believe you're replying to the wrong post and poster.
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by seneca 5y ago
Yep, exactly. The key question is to ask why this stream of concerted effort is pointed at taking down Favebook, and Twitter is left alone.
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by seneca 5y ago
> I think what the link is saying is that, people are inherently biased, and to try to pretend otherwise is "potentially harmful," because you still inject your own views in biases into a topic, while pretending that you don&#x
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by seneca 5y ago
Facebook is an awful environment, but this political witch hunt is many times more dangerous than anything social media can do. It's a charade, parading out the typical "threat to children" and "dangerous to society&quot
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by seneca 5y ago
The price of displays has come down. Color e-ink is new tech, and as such is more expensive.
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by seneca 5y ago
> Can you explain where the veiled racism is in that? Sure. It implies his success is because of his race. It also implies his bad behavior is because of his race. Both of these statements ignore his agency and individuality, and suggest
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by seneca 5y ago
The Very Short Introduction series is a fantastic way to get a good over view on a range of topic. They're well written and pretty accessible.
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by seneca 5y ago
It's always interesting to watch things like this ratchet up. My grandfather was an immigrant and he only ever spoke English, even at home, and was proud to. He didn't teach his children his native language. When I was young it wa
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by seneca 5y ago
Yeah, just strangle the golden goose and we'll eat like kings tonight. Tonight.
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by seneca 5y ago
> Everything is getting too expensive, and the only reason we don't feel this too much just yet, is because often times cheaper alternatives where available. Dead on. It's pressure from both sides, so to speak. Not only are we
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by seneca 5y ago
Argue about the source all you want (you should really look into the group behind the Epoch Times before you interact with it much. Short answer is it's a highly politicized Chinese cult), but the actual article has a point. Wikipedia
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by seneca 5y ago
> Agreed; if you’ve accepted a job offer, reneging on that deal because your current employer made you a better offer isn’t a great look. It’ll be remembered by the hiring company and the individual who made the offer, and that can foll
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by seneca 5y ago
> management has the mindset that we're all cogs until it's too late I hate reading this. Not because I think people who say it are wrong, but because so many engineers have had experiences that lead them to believe it. During
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by seneca 5y ago
It's really depends on your relationship with your manager. 99% of the time, it's a bad idea to say you're interviewing. If your manager is someone you trust, and they genuinely have your interests in mind, you can talk to th
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by seneca 5y ago
> Replace "China" with "The USA" and "Eastern" with "Western" and the other way around and not much of meaning or value would be lost. This is nonsense, and basically textbook whataboutism. Compani
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by seneca 5y ago
I think there's a potentially valid argument in saying "who better knows how to protect us from these people than one of their own?". It's perfectly valid to doubt their motivation (and I do), but there's a reason d
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by seneca 5y ago
I, personally, would still pick AWS.

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