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by sgustard 1y ago
I guess OP hated it when Bill Gates said "personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created." Or Vint Cerf, "The Internet is the most powerful tool we have for creating a more open and connected
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by sgustard 1y ago
The majority of comments here seem to argue the ideal equity share for employees is zero, since it probably won't be worth anything. That seems like an even more founder friendly viewpoint, no? Mass inequality of ownership is how we en
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by sgustard 1y ago
This is useful and informative. But also, no I don't expect companies to keep track of everything that is illegal anywhere in the world, and then not offer it anywhere. Otherwise we'd have no alcohol or chewing gum or pet cats.
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by sgustard 2y ago
From a US State Dept study that I'm sure everyone is surprised is still up: "recent studies have shown that a better predictor of antisemitism is not a right or left-wing perspective but a conspiratorial worldview and a penchant f
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by sgustard 2y ago
Steinbeck was the first name I searched for, so this was great to see even if his major works won't be available for some time. I do wonder how badly the Steinbeck or Faulkner estates are hurt by the sudden loss of royalties? Imagine w
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by sgustard 2y ago
Imagine meeting co-workers on your first day: "This is parpfish, a rock star who is making twice what all of you make. He is one of those 10x engineers you all hear about. Just stay out of his way while he re-architects all our systems
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by sgustard 2y ago
Layoffs are like closing factories that don't produce, cutting products that don't sell, closing deserted retail locations, and so on. Likely bad business decisions got you there in the first place. Maybe market conditions changed
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by sgustard 2y ago
The average tenure of an employee at HP is 6.6 years (source: Google AI) to pick a company that may be outside your bubble. And the lifelong career holding older employee at a legacy enterprise tech company is the kind of worker who is most
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Cutting-edge web scraping techniques(github.com)
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by sgustard 2y ago
Don't miss another excellent takedown of the Da Vinci Code by a renowned linguist: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000844.h...
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by sgustard 2y ago
I was curious to learn why we "never allow the forest to burn", given that Cal Fire for example has a whole department of Prescribed Fire. Sounds like the problem is lawyers and property owners: > One of the primary obstacles t
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by sgustard 2y ago
Uber is almost the canonical example of something that should be an app! I need to do a frequent task, I punch up the app, I'm always logged in with my location pinpointed, I get a little live-updating widget on my phone with my ride l
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by sgustard 2y ago
A trip to Disneyland costs thousands of dollars per person, Taylor Swift tickets the same, but these attract record crowds. Cruises and hotels and restaurants are full. How would you define an economic boom?
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by sgustard 2y ago
The title of his column and book "Metamagical Themas" is an anagram of Martin Gardner's previous column "Mathematical Games". It's clever wordplay turtles all the way down.
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by sgustard 2y ago
Quite often I'm incorporating a new library into my source. Every new library involves a choice: do I just spend 15 minutes on the Quick Start guide (i.e. "copy-paste"), or a day reading detailed docs, or a week investigating
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by sgustard 2y ago
Main issue for me in bed is failure to identify face smooshed into pillow. Raise head and unlock fine, even in full dark. Still requires neck muscle actuation that wasn't required with touch id.
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by sgustard 2y ago
By the same logic, all gas cars should be taxed on a sliding scale, where the more fuel-efficient cars are taxed at a higher rate. It's important to society that we incentivise people to drive the most polluting and climate-destroying
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by sgustard 2y ago
In Safari I pop open Reader, it gives me the full article with no noise. This is the solution for 50% of the complaints I see these days on HN (font too small, too light, ads, popups, paywalls, what's up with web design).
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by sgustard 3y ago
Unfortunately my "serious business" of $2B revenue dropped Zoom and Slack like a hot rock when they signed an enterprise Microsoft deal, because Teams is free, and usability, productivity and job satisfaction be damned, and your j
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by sgustard 3y ago
Of related interest, the smallest grid needed for Simplified Chinese is 8x8: https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/16669/lowest-pix...
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by sgustard 3y ago
I find it more entitled to expect that "property" is a concept that transcends society's needs. Personally I require that my private collection of Picassos is burned upon my death.
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by sgustard 3y ago
Tesla's mobile app features inconsistent toggles right next to each other! - A closed padlock means the doors are locked. Tapping it unlocks the doors. - The word "Open" on the trunk means the trunk is closed. Tapping it open
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by sgustard 3y ago
Microsoft in the early 90s was a half day of onsite interviews with 5 or 6 people, plus lunch. And this was for a summer internship.
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by sgustard 3y ago
For those installation comparing costs, the subreddit has a Heat Pump Quote Comparison Survey: https://www.reddit.com/r/heatpumps/comments/raocha/heat_pump...
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by sgustard 3y ago
This question sort of answers itself, but why skirt the real concern, just add a "Chance of crashing" filter to the flight search? Bonus jobs for data scientists and takes the consumer out of the odds calculation.
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by sgustard 3y ago
Later update: > A Tesla owner who accused the electric vehicle maker of improperly accessing and sharing video recorded from his car must pursue his privacy claims in an individual arbitration rather than a proposed class action lawsuit,
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by sgustard 3y ago
I rely on the stilted style of Chinese product descriptions on Amazon to avoid cheap knockoffs. Why do these products use weird bullet lists of features like "will bring you into a magical world"? Once you LLM these into normal hu
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by sgustard 3y ago
Apple is a massive company that swats away pesky threats all the time. It's like Exxon executives losing sleep over a guy with a hose siphoning gas from the corner station. From a PR standpoint they won't dignify it with a respons
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by sgustard 3y ago
This post title shouldn't say "11/20/23" which implies the interview was today. It was done last Wednesday 11/15.
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by sgustard 3y ago
I live in the middle of silicon valley and have no cell service at my house.

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