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by tristor 3y ago
HN is not the place to be a troll. If you have nothing of substance to add, please exit the conversation.
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by tristor 3y ago
I like how this is considered "tough". What would be tough is instituting actual data security and privacy regulations that telcos and service providers have to follow at risk of being fined out of business to be replaced by an o
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by tristor 3y ago
Typically the way it works is the comp structure is such that after a few years in the role you can semi-retire. The goal of anyone who is a CEO is to try throw their hat in the ring, hopefully do a good job, and then step away to help oth
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by tristor 3y ago
> This is no worse than the demands beared by countless $12/hr general managers. That is grossly incorrect. Also, general managers don't make $12/hr. The average general manager in the US makes ~$87k/yr, and can be
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by tristor 3y ago
> Does that mean everyone wants to be a waiter and nobody wants to be a CEO? Unironically, yes. Most people don't have enough exposure to actually understand what the job of a CEO is. I have had that exposure, and I don't ev
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by tristor 3y ago
If someone asked me some of these questions in an interview I would laugh it off to try to help them save face, if they persisted in seriousness I would walk out. My interviewer is neither my better nor my therapist and has no business ask
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by tristor 3y ago
I hope that stuff has stopped somewhat but it was definitely all the rage during the mid-late 2000s. I applied for Best Buy GeekSquad when I was starting my career and “failed” their stupid hour long online psych eval that was probably (or
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by tristor 3y ago
Any company over about 200 employees is not going to perform layoffs this way. They will perform layoffs by strategic function and job role, not by a descending sort on the payroll database. R&D roles tend to be more stable than most
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by tristor 3y ago
This is a great write-up demonstrating how you can use basic tools and a knowledge of networking protocols to identify a failure on the Internet on a hop you don't control. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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by tristor 3y ago
I'm curmudgeonly enough that I'd tend to agree with you, however as someone who travels often I don't think I could ever give up my smartphone. I actually had a smartphone and some other similar devices well ahead of them be
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by tristor 3y ago
There’s no surprise why drivers are worse to anyone paying attention around them. It’s TikTok and similar apps. There are stupid assholes in droves on the road doing 80 while scrolling through videos. If you keep an eye out you’ll start
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by tristor 3y ago
> It would prevent me from losing my money! I filed a fraud claim form that also required an affidavit with notarized signature and Bank of America still won't return the stolen money. That money is gone. As someone who was previous
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by tristor 3y ago
There’s a quiet part I am going to say out loud. On a global scale, population decline isn’t an issue. The problem is /where/ the population decline is happening. Most of the global birth rate is made up by countries with low G
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by tristor 3y ago
Looking at rail fatalities without filtering by intent of the persons involved is equally as fruitless as looking at firearm fatalities without filtering to only homicides. Most fatalities are suicides. Suicides are likely preventable in
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by tristor 3y ago
Do you think that might have to do with relative demand, because most Asians would prefer to emigrate elsewhere, and most Europeans would not? If you combine with that the relative population differences, it creates a striking demand curve
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by tristor 3y ago
My most charitable response would be that /both/ are required, but your example is one where law is taking away privacy, not one where law is granting privacy. The law cannot grant privacy, because the law is slow to act. We hav
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by tristor 3y ago
> The EU already has robust digital privacy laws and is likely to continue passing laws to protect their citizens. I think it's much better to take control away from Apple and place it in the hands of regulators that represent the
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by tristor 3y ago
Hard agree with this take. Also, a good PM should be technical enough to really understand not just how customers use the product but how the product works. you should be able to be the designated person to answer a question from customers
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by tristor 3y ago
> How can one guarantee once tightened bolts remain tight forever? Safety wiring: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_wire This is actually required for some bolts per aviation regulations. I safety wired nearly
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by tristor 3y ago
By listening? Engine braking makes noise, which is why it’s banned in some areas.
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by tristor 3y ago
> Apple maps is ... pretty bad though. I thought the same thing till I bought my new car recently and started using Maps due to Carplay. It has MASSIVELY improved since launch. In fact, my wife is an Android user and we will compare th
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by tristor 3y ago
I used Flattr for awhile but I eventually stopped, because it had low discoverability of where the money was going and it was a recurring charge structure (as I recall), but sometimes I just wanted to spiff somebody one time. It's an
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by tristor 3y ago
I've tried to use Obsidian three different times, and I always end up going back to Standard Notes. I love Markdown, I love note-taking with Markdown, but I really just want something that's clean, simple, and fairly basic. I&#x
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by tristor 3y ago
> If you take away the requirement for success, then sure, anyone can do anything. Part of the disconnect between our positions, and the position of society at large is that society at large sees receiving a college degree as success, or
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by tristor 3y ago
I think there's a fundamental philosophical disagreement between people who have experience in advanced science and math subjects and those who are part of society at large. Society at large operates under a philosophy that /anyo
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by tristor 3y ago
> You'd expect maybe more shoplifting in a college town, lots of poor students under strain and so on. Still the place is thriving. Most data on the issue of shoplifting in the industry show that the people who shoplift are not ones
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by tristor 3y ago
Most of my issues with self-checkout are with the anti-theft measures. What is especially galling is that I live in a state that charges for bags to encourage you to bring your own bags, so of course I bring my own bags. If you use your o
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by tristor 3y ago
> i think this is partially true, but i hesitate to call people zombies. To clarify, I was more responding from the perspective of the workplace rather than the Rust project. That said, I have been an open source contributor off and on
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by tristor 3y ago
Unfortunately, people who take ownership and accountability are often the same people that take pride in their work, which means they aren’t emotionally detached. As long as you're emotionally attached to your work, burnout is a real
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by tristor 3y ago
Mostly because that's not how the kernel is designed. While what you're saying is true, it would require a fundamentally different kernel design. The kernel as it is today is designed to work on a variety of devices, not just VM

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