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by syndacks 6y ago
Like a teacher who assigns homework but doesn't grade it, a lover who receives a letter and doesn't return one, or a politician who runs on an issue she don't enact -- you're a hypocrite, an unprofessional one, and if ka
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by syndacks 6y ago
As a native English speaker, I have no idea what this person was trying to communicate :)
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by syndacks 6y ago
"If anything ever happens to you, someone owes you money" -- genuinely curious what happens in Europe. There must be malpractice laws that would make someone liable for something if they mess up big time, no? Is it simply that the
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by syndacks 6y ago
Read more books. Seriously, it's the best way to improve your writing.
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by syndacks 6y ago
Copy is a term for the words on a page/site. The writing. The sentences and the construction of their words, purportedly to advance whatever cause the page is trying to push. I think it's a vestige from the days of the printing pr
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by syndacks 6y ago
Or the same people who defend Holocaust denial. I don't know what's going on either but there certainly seems to be an uptick in some straight up embarrassing thinking on this site.
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by syndacks 6y ago
HN is largely a disgraceful place these days, except for content explicitly related to technology.
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by syndacks 6y ago
I take serious moral concern with the notion that we can "spend our way out of climate disaster" as these initiatives ultimately suggest. Furthermore, this makes individuals feel better about doing something (having agency). This
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by syndacks 6y ago
Haha so I was actually thinking about that myself after submitting. Thanks for calling me out -- I guess my only answer to that would be, the bot (by that I meant GPT-3) is using the wrong conjugation of a verb it learned somewhere.
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by syndacks 6y ago
Not sure if this is intentional or not, but this sounds potentially bot-written because of a typo and grammatical error.
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by syndacks 6y ago
For some history on the matter of ethics in medical research, the 'Tuskegee Experiments' was among the most infamous biomedical research study in U.S. history [0]. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syp
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by syndacks 6y ago
HN vehemently attacks FB for removing Holocaust denial groups and upvotes a cat hitting a synth. Not the same people necessarily, but the same community.
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by syndacks 6y ago
Yes, I completely agree with you. The top comment, like many top comments on HN, fails to understand the bigger picture/message, and instead nitpicks one thing thus making everything "false". It's a really, really said p
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by syndacks 6y ago
I have no idea what this is about after reading the first 3 paragraphs, so I stopped reading.
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by syndacks 6y ago
Not everything can be reduced to a O or 1. Our imperfect species often draws a line in the sand and says you're either on this side or that. Sometimes that line is a fucked up line and we go to war over it. And other times, we accept i
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by syndacks 6y ago
Yep, def using the Heavy Duty kind tonight.
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by syndacks 6y ago
Read "Designing Data-intensive Applications"-- it's a great combo of theory + real-application (including some of the technologies you listed).
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by syndacks 6y ago
Kodi, and yes, I believe there is a Netflix add-on that you can authenticate to if you need to ;)
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by syndacks 6y ago
Except that the blanket statement literally is true: public schools are legally responsible for providing education in the least restrictive way to those with an IEP, while private schools are not.
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by syndacks 6y ago
Hi, thanks for sharing. This resonates. What kind of books did you write?
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by syndacks 6y ago
How was Evan able to work on Vue while employed by Google? Didn't his contract have a clause in it (as I know most tech companies do) that more or less states: anything you make while working here is ours, regardless of wether you do i
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by syndacks 6y ago
Your two self reported flaws deserve some reflection IMO. Ask for help on them, whether from boss, coworker, mentor, or perhaps a therapist if you suspect a deeper issue is driving those. Especially the second one -- saying no and setting b
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by syndacks 6y ago
I'm noticing a theme in this thread, which is the literal interpretation of the CEO's comment, paraphrased as "WFH has no benefits". Try to understand that this guy is cargo-culting. He's selling a vision (and a boo
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by syndacks 6y ago
>How does someone in such a high position see things so black and white? The CEO of Netflix is a brand in itself. The guy is selling a message, a vision (and a book!) My guess is, deep down inside, he sees several positives of WFH, but t
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by syndacks 6y ago
Look to Los Altos and Los Altos Hills as examples of the best of both worlds.
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by syndacks 6y ago
>I've experienced months of mania and perceived greatness. That hit hard amigo! Nicely written post.
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by syndacks 6y ago
If you're an aspiring writer and get published in The New Yorker, you've accomplished a lot :)
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by syndacks 6y ago
Hey there -- I had my come to Jesus moment (aka gtfo) with Social Media when I realized that people I didn't even know and care about were evoking feelings of shame, guilt, and/or anger within me. And then I left. Read your commen
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by syndacks 6y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional-reserve_banking Banks do create money, by loaining other people's. I think you're saying the same thing?
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by syndacks 6y ago
>Once upon a time in my career it was standard for devs to wander off into the woods to painstakingly craft a wonder over 3-4 months Care to elaborate on that more? Curious to hear what kind of work streams you were a part of, and how th

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