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by tmule 5y ago
It’s how things should be. I don’t bucket people into good and evil. They’re right about A,B,C and wrong about D,E,F. It’s terrible that people’s views on morality tie so closely to the policy platforms of the two major political parties in
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by tmule 5y ago
“ Israel’s assets in the UK have been emboldened by the university collaborating with them to shut down teaching about Islamophobia." As someone who had a Palestinian roommate, I must say that the west has done a great job whitewashing
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by tmule 5y ago
Somewhat tangential: It’s a reflection of how weak family ties in the west are. Politics almost never rends families apart in the rest of the world.
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by tmule 5y ago
Thanks! The values resonate strongly (rarely practiced in industry though - power, the pursuit of glory, and partisanship can and do form a toxic combination).
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by tmule 5y ago
What’s the agenda here? (Fit the description, but am very skeptical of your motives :))
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by tmule 5y ago
IIRC, FB “cross-sold” the Onavo app through the main app without any mention that it was not a third-party app, and without mentioning that data was collected. That’s problematic to most people. Multiple agencies in multiple countries have
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by tmule 5y ago
No, if he’s* a poor culture fit he’d likely be. If he’s doing activism during his personal time, he would probably be a value add. * or she or they
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by tmule 5y ago
Such self-selection is good, and serves the intended purpose (much like the Netflix culture deck). The folks that work at Coinbase wouldn’t want colleagues like you, and you wouldn’t want colleagues like them - so this is a clear win-win.
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by tmule 5y ago
This is a caricature of the “mission-focused” mindset. I’ll preface this message by saying that I am brown, raised in relative poverty in the third world, and left of center on most issues. I’ll also say that I have materially contributed a
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by tmule 5y ago
Without defining truth and correct, the rejoinder makes little sense, your data science credentials notwithstanding. What seems like a plausible interpretation to my un-credentialed, low-IQ self is: 1. Within dimension comparisons in this i
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by tmule 5y ago
Well, there is the work of learning patterns, and then there’s the skill of matching patterns. In the mental model I have, the former yields improvements over time, while the latter probably declines with age. Of course, there’s also collab
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by tmule 5y ago
“lesser-FAANG or whatever” I’m a tad amused that you’re not specifically opposed to the notion of FAANG, but find the notion of a lesser FAANG unpalatable. If you’re okay playing the elitism game, then it’s hard to sympathize with you when
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by tmule 5y ago
I see why this has been downvoted, but agree with the premise that it’s not just about practice (whether you want to call this IQ is up to you). As they say, a good mathematician finds analogies, whereas a great one find analogies between
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by tmule 5y ago
“ They might act selflessly or benefit the nation at some particular point in time, but blindly counting on it being consistently so seems foolish.” I think you’re right. But Chinese politicians are yet strongly motivated by nationalistic i
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by tmule 5y ago
Am seeing a lot of pushback against this take. There are two things to keep in mind: 1. On execution: The track record of the Chinese political establish in bringing hundreds of millions of Chinese out of poverty is arguably the greatest po
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by tmule 5y ago
In America, politicians are controlled by billionaires. This comes at the cost of national interest, given that winner-takes-all systems are gini coefficient maximizers. In China, politicians control billionaires. At least in theory, especi
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by tmule 5y ago
In the healthcare field, getting an annual flu shot is typically mandated as a condition for employment. The principle is the same - risk to others is deemed too high. I bet you’d not enjoy being a patient at a hospital where a bunch of sta
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by tmule 5y ago
It may. It’ll settle at an equilibrium that pushes it far ahead of the US, though.
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by tmule 5y ago
China will hand America its ass either way - in the next decade or two. A large, highly-skilled population with strong national unity is going to be an unstoppable international force. America is more fractured than ever, and more incompete
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by tmule 5y ago
I am not sure I agree with this framing. Equivalent framing: separate the genders since rape is possible, even if rape is punishable by death. This is not just talk - FB does have capital punishment for abuse of access, which creates REALL
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by tmule 5y ago
I’m in the midst of people who essentially have had the same career trajectory, while starting in this country with debt and zero social capital. It’s not applicable to everyone, but it’s also pretty darn attainable - unless you’re convince
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by tmule 5y ago
I enjoy eating, and always look for good recipes. But recipes on HN would be pretty weird. I also enjoy sex. But refrain from enjoying it at work. Moral of the story: there’s a place for everything
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by tmule 5y ago
Strange framing. Working very hard in the US has made my compensation increase 7X in 9 years. I’m not capital (this isn’t a static group, btw), I don’t feel exploited, and I don’t exploit anyone - I invested in myself and successfully optim
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by tmule 5y ago
It is hard to come up with a good framework for this: this is a classic exploration (possibly effective and cheap remedy) versus exploitation (known remedies that are really mostly unavailable to the developing world) mechanism. In general
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by tmule 5y ago
That’s a weird binary - maybe it’s okay to give aid to some countries (that are poor, don’t have half their population espousing racist AF views, that haven’t undermined the US itself)?
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by tmule 5y ago
This stereotype seems like one you got from the press rather than from observing what’s happening on the ground - the best companies in Silicon Valley have overwhelmingly hired East and some South Asians over the last 5 years. The not-at-al
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by tmule 5y ago
Casting a wide net is great. That’s how I would operationalize diversity (alongside high-signal criteria and corrections for restriction of range). However, I’m much less certain of the value or sanguine about the prospects of diversity-foc
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by tmule 5y ago
It’s Leetcode that borrows (steals?) from Google or FB or other big tech companies. Their lack of respect for IP + candidates not adhering to NDAs has brought us to this sorry state. But then .. better it all be public, than privy solely to
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by tmule 5y ago
Google doesn’t ask Leetcode questions. The directionality runs the other way.
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by tmule 5y ago
Except there’s not much competitive programming bench strength in India (happy to link to ample evidence). Really facetious to compare it with China where the bench strength is real, and those thrown by the wayside could have otherwise kill

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