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91.
by smcg 4mo ago
Your backyard first.
92.
by smcg 4mo ago
I agree those are two common scenarios where it would be painful. Those two people were not good fits for their roles, so hopefully they found something more appropriate.
93.
by smcg 4mo ago
I've seen people fired that produced 10x+ their salary in value. That certainly isn't desirable, nor is it necessary. In one case it was because a flailing upper manager was trying to find a scapegoat. I don't see ethical peo
94.
by smcg 4mo ago
The Steam Machine was $250 less before all of the price increases from hardware buyouts. Go complain to Big Tech. You can install Steam on almost any Linux device. The Steam Machine is great for those who want a portable console-like device
95.
by smcg 4mo ago
It confirmed that management would be a bad choice for me. If anything I think that the article is going to give people the ability to say "no" if they are on the fence. I don't want to sell. I don't want to politic. I d
96.
by smcg 4mo ago
This to me feels like an example of Microsoft poorly copying (a bad feature from) Apple.
97.
by smcg 4mo ago
As a kid who started on Windows 3.1, the 95 Start menu made so much more sense. It felt revolutionary.
98.
by smcg 4mo ago
The goal of human-computer interaction is to make accessible software that is intuitively easy to use for the most people. We need to make this mandatory in CS education (again).
99.
by smcg 4mo ago
When are we going to start designing UIs based on scientific HCI instead of marketing BS? Or has that gone the way of the dodo?
100.
by smcg 4mo ago
Statistically, customer service bots save a lot of time that humans spend on the customer service side. A lot of them are gathering basic form information that would take up more labor time. If you want more humans in customer service then
101.
by smcg 4mo ago
Have you seen the lists of members of rich people's group chats? Rich people coordinate much better than non-rich people.
102.
by smcg 4mo ago
My Samsung TV sometimes auto-plays Fox when I turn it on. It's very annoying.
103.
by smcg 4mo ago
I read a lot of books when I was younger, but I also read a lot of magazines. They gave me something light in between books. Now devices have replaced magazines and they suck you in.
104.
by smcg 4mo ago
targeted, expertise, fast... pick 2
105.
by smcg 4mo ago
I thought this was one of the most important skills to have early in my career.
106.
by smcg 4mo ago
I used linear algebra to implement PageRank in my Information Retrieval class. I also used it extensively in my AI and ML classes. You can't pass a ML class without a good foundation in linear algebra. Not to mention, discrete mathemat
107.
by smcg 4mo ago
Operation Paperclip sure was great at bringing a bunch of fascists to the US.
108.
by smcg 4mo ago
I agree with you. Fundamentally, this is an article about the effects of market capitalism. Everything can be converted from cultural terms into economic terms.
109.
by smcg 4mo ago
I'm sorry, what? What happens if you try to share news on Facebook? Does it bury it in the algorithm?
110.
by smcg 4mo ago
Unless Seth gets the ear of some high-up executives, I don't think this article will change anything. The workers "ruining" products have to do their job, and often don't have much input into these decisions.
111.
by smcg 4mo ago
Surely one of the cameras saw who it was...?
112.
by smcg 4mo ago
I think we should have a letter writing campaign to shame residents of Atherton. There's not that many of them.
113.
by smcg 5mo ago
It's very common in US private schools.
114.
by smcg 5mo ago
It's difficult to assess which students have a chance of success without standardized testing. "In 2024, over 25% of the students in Math 2 had a math grade average of 4.0". Math 2 is the remedial elementary and middle school
115.
by smcg 5mo ago
shop class and drivers ed used to be offered by schools...
116.
by smcg 5mo ago
do you know of a better recommendation algorithm?
117.
by smcg 5mo ago
this article seems like a nice view into what things were like in 2015 but we've come along way since then.
118.
by smcg 5mo ago
Bob forbid someone have standards
119.
by smcg 5mo ago
My friends and I got yelled at for doing anything fun outside, and we couldn't go beyond our yards. Then the neighbor kid chased my friend with a knife and we really couldn't go anywhere until the little perp got committed.
120.
by smcg 5mo ago
have you looked at satellite maps of the US? there are plenty of places that are concrete jungles with little green space.

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