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by tharne 6y ago
In a senate that's split 50-50, Joe Manchin has exactly as much power as every other Senator. Right now he's just the only one willing to use it.
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by tharne 6y ago
It's not such an easy decision. Sure if you have more reps, each constituent arguably has more access. The flip side is that they have more access to a less powerful rep. If you had 10,000 people in congress, sure it'd be a lot ea
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by tharne 6y ago
Yes, this would impact the next election cycle, occurring in 2022, and the effects would first be seen in the congress sworn in in January of 2023. The states with changes in seats are responsible for the redistricting. What this means in p
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by tharne 6y ago
> I think we are really close to regular people using matrix. I wish this were true. We're not even that close to getting regular people to use Signal, at least not in meaningful numbers. Perhaps your friends family are more tech-sa
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by tharne 6y ago
The video is half an hour long, but well worth it. Not mind blowing stuff, just a good story.
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by tharne 6y ago
Humans aren't products.
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by tharne 6y ago
This is my experience too. People, including myself initially, vastly underestimate the impact of a language barrier and time zone issues. I'm not in charge of how we hire where I work, but if I were, I'd happy trade 5 Asia-based
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by tharne 6y ago
I don't see the point of this. You already have a ubiquitous, easy-to-learn, high-level language that's great for data science, it's called python. If you're a JavaScript developer who wants to get into data science but
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by tharne 6y ago
It's becoming more and more of a struggle to find basic things that aren't "smart". I can't stand it. Most things in our world do not benefit by being able to run software and connect to the internet. Or, if we&#x27
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by tharne 6y ago
I think you identified the next great charity, "The foundation for the forgotten children of unwoke parents".
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by tharne 6y ago
You're asking parents why they might have trouble competing for their children's attention vs. a company with essentially unlimited money and some of the best programmers and marketers in the world? I sincerely hope you're be
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by tharne 6y ago
Good luck with the letter. It's hard to convince someone who's certain that they already know everything.
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by tharne 6y ago
Yes, most U.S. universities require a broad range of subjects outside of one's chosen major. This is a good thing in my book. You have your whole life to develop an ever-narrowing level of specialization.
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by tharne 6y ago
When I was younger I commented to another coworker about how I didn't understand why employers place such high value on the MBA degree when the stuff learned obtaining it isn't all that useful in a real business. My coworker shook
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by tharne 6y ago
> It is that it is an unknown side effect that did not come up in the original studies. It's not clear that this even has to do with the vaccine. If you gave 7 Million people a glass of water on the same day, I'm sure at least
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by tharne 6y ago
The technology behind this vaccine has been actively worked on for over a decade. Yes, these vaccines have been sent to market faster than normal, but they certainly have not been "rushed".
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by tharne 6y ago
That's very much true. When I first got out of school, I found myself in an industry where I was very much not a good cultural fit. While I did find a job, I had trouble advancing and I was never able to get a job anywhere else in that
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by tharne 6y ago
That's typically that way I've seen it used. You can't put in a formal applicant eval, "So-and-so is an a--h--- who you couldn't pay me enough to work with".
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by tharne 6y ago
> strong culture at a company is something that that will be adopted by new employees This is not true. The relationship is bi-directional. Yes, culture can influence new hires, but the reverse is also true. I've seen first hand tha
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by tharne 6y ago
Obviously, you need to have safeguards against discrimination. However, you also need to give hiring managers leeway to go with their instincts. Often when interviewing someone you'll have a gut feeling about them, sometimes good, some
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by tharne 6y ago
God bless you, man.
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by tharne 6y ago
You clearly do not have small children.
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by tharne 6y ago
Kudos to you, I and most people I know haven't cracked that particular nut in a meaningful way. It may be an unpopular opinion on this site, but I don't think the human mind is especially well-suited to remote work. We're soc
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by tharne 6y ago
The whole "remote work is the new normal" didn't last long.
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by tharne 6y ago
> Stock Spacemacs is like a fully-tricked out Vim configuration, made by and for "plugin" junkies. That is a fantastic description of Spacemacs
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by tharne 6y ago
Not "doing it wrong", making a tradeoff. That's true of software in general. You can use (often older) more stable tech and lose access to some newer features, or you can used the latest and greatest and get a few more featur
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by tharne 6y ago
I never said they were doing it wrong. I said the distribution matters. If, for example, you are running Arch Nightly and constantly pulling in the latest and greatest features, you're likely to see some stability issues. If you'r
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by tharne 6y ago
> The WSJ Opinion page is not a place where reasoned thinking happens. Fair enough. But to their credit, at least the WSJ has the decency to clearly distinguish their Opinion page from their actual news. The NYT seems to have given up ma
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by tharne 6y ago
It worked out so well for the American Steel industry and the Auto workers, let's try it for programming. What's the worst that could happen?
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by tharne 6y ago
I prefer vim as an editor, but in terms of being a unique and fascinating piece of software, emacs wins hands down. There's something really cool about the fact that you can't easily answer the question, "What is emacs simila

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