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by throwaway84742 8y ago
You appear to be thoroughly brainwashed. 1. It’s not a “nominal” government, but the actual one. 2. The use of chemical weapons by Syrian government has never been proven. Moreover, it has no incentive whatsoever to use them. 3. Iran is not
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
Why is it so expensive? Most shots can be filmed in a strip mall.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
Sure, but I don’t live in NYC, and traffic is terrible where I live, and it’s not economical to improve it without fast, cheap boring technology. PS; interestingly, Moscow metro has more riders, in spite of a smaller city.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
Not at all. We could use some out of the box thinking of Elon’s caliber here on Earth as well. A week ago I was in Moscow. Their subway is truly insane in its scale. It’d be pretty cool if something like this could be built in major US citi
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
I had employees who would ask to “work from home” and then not actually do much, hoping I won’t notice. But good managers do notice, of course, especially when some of the peers work from home as well and turn in reams of high quality code
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
His essay about machine translation is quite illustrative of the issues of cultural context as well. Even the best translations lose a substantial chunk of meaning, because it’s often not just what the author said, but also how he said it,
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
That’s because Russians themselves find it difficult to fully contextualize Dostoevsky. A couple hundred years from now they may not be able to do so at all, and the full depth will become inaccessible to anybody other than historians of th
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
Please don’t take this as a put down or anything. I’m sure much of the meaning in Indian literature is culturally inaccessible to me as well. The problem is 100% symmetrical, one just needs to be aware of it.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
As a manager: some people can work from home, and some just can’t. The problem is, you don’t know which is which when recruiting, and firing someone even remotely in a protected class is a huge hassle. Even so, if I were to start a company
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
I don’t know man, I was poor myself at one point, and I’ve found Steinbeck’s characters to be very 3D and relatable. Grapes of Wrath is more like an impressionist painting. He doesn’t draw every detail, you’re supposed to transport yourself
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
As a Russian, I don’t understand how Americans can “get into” Dostoevsky or Tolstoy. The cultural background required to understand them is simply not there, so you’re getting maybe 50% of what’s there, and that’s an optimistic estimate. Li
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
You forgot /s. Some HN readers may take this at face value.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
It means they didn’t have to make any effort whatsoever to get attention and help of their male peers. Interpret this as you wish.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
To add to this, the best way I found to improve work life balance is when I arrive at work, I’d set the countdown timer on my phone to 8 hours and 30 minutes (to account for lunch) and when it starts beeping, I get up and leave. In the mid
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
I think there’s an aspect to this that you did not bring up. Systems like this can be fragile. There’s no way for a human to bail in a socially acceptable manner if conversation ends up in a dead end.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
No, creepiness exists in your mind only. Believe it or not, we valued the fact that those women were there and we tried to help them out in whatever way we could. My field of study back then (guidance systems, weapons design) is even more m
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
The word you’re looking for is “chivalry”. An outmoded concept in these modern times, but alive and well back then.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
Why would they be “weaker”? I don’t get what you’re trying to say.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
I just don’t see how that could be. When I was studying, we had 2 girls in a peer group of roughly 90 people. All they had to do to find a lab partner is have a pulse. Interestingly, both have graduated, and neither is using her degree now.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
I think the entire benefit of this (assuming there is any) is in setting aside a few minutes per day to fully relax. I’m also pretty sure a power nap would be better, but it’s generally less socially acceptable, especially in a work environ
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
People commenting on this post, please state if you have kids or not. The reason is, people who don’t have kids tend to be extremely naive about parenting. My take: there’s no such thing as universal “good parenting” advice. Kids are differ
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
Thanks for the explanation. I know a bit of Google Kremlinology, but FB is almost completely opaque to me, even though I’m a shareholder.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
Who is “David Marcus” and why should anybody care?
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
IIRC the hull of much larger Russian nuclear subs (the ones that are always near the US East Coast) is made of titanium too.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
My guess: 1. Most of the stock vested 2. FB mafia is moving in and there’s no stopping it Educated guess from watching several acquisitions slowly disintegrate (though not at FB)
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
>> Soon Trump will be out of office If he reunites Korea and keeps the US economy going (and I do believe both of those things will happen), “soon” will be late 2024. For semiconductors that’s eternity. Intel and TMSC will be cranking
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
3x the comp -> 3x the drain. Pretty easy. Pay more.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
Just to help Rocket Man along with his decision making.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
Huh? I thought it’s been the computing platform for roughly the past billion years.
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by throwaway84742 8y ago
Through the sheer motive force of his gigantic balls.

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