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by unsui 3y ago
Will take a page from George Carlin on this, regarding "soft language" and euphemisms that conceal the underlying reality (e.g., Carlin's example of "shell shock" vs "PTSD", and many others...) The reason
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by unsui 3y ago
I got the opposite gist than you did. That he focused on things you consider "platitudes" may have more to do with the significance of these platitudes (primarily those having to do with "soft skills" ) than any more tec
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by unsui 4y ago
> The challenge is figuring out what that other stuff is. Unfortunately, the major problem is something you pointed out in your blog post: > We must resist the temptation to anthropomorphize them. The reality is that, we in meatspace
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by unsui 4y ago
Whoa. Where has this been all my life? Reasonable price, great selection of periodicals and newspapers. Definite value.
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by unsui 4y ago
I find it pretty ridiculous that people are arguing that these models act with comprehension. That is a much larger claim with a significantly greater burden of proof.
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by unsui 4y ago
I am in the fortunate position where both my wife and myself work from home. It has been an incredible privilege being able to spend quality time with the person I care for the most without the pressure to optimize what little precious time
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by unsui 4y ago
Literally just had this situation come up in a recent 1:1 with one of our junior devs. He asked about being able to work on greenfield projects focusing on AWS technologies. I had to go into a historical context data dump on the value of ad
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by unsui 4y ago
Looks like there are thousands (perhaps millions) of people who are just naive then, who just were thinking strategically, serves them right, etc.... I'm not disagreeing with you, but your tone lacks empathy. Fuck them, I got mine, tho
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by unsui 4y ago
> Was Microsoft supposed to cancel the event at the last minute but still pay Sting his full fee that had already been contracted? Yes, on both counts. Optics matter, apparently enough so that we're talking about it right now. Also,
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by unsui 4y ago
> Next to no one uses Android, etc. Seems like a self-selection bias, possibly based on socio-economic factors that determine who you surround yourself with. In my personal circles, I only know 1 person who uses iPhone, everyone else use
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by unsui 4y ago
Reverse-engineering is inherently an inductive process, whereby you have to make educated guesses as to what the model is, iteratively. Samba is a great example of how this is necessarily an imperfect model, and definitely not an optimal pr
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by unsui 4y ago
I've never seen the source, but was reminded of this excellent homage: - https://youtu.be/BQXbbWVJ4sA?t=133
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by unsui 4y ago
> You hate half of humanity This reeks of all-or-nothing thinking, which itself reeks of deep insecurity (a very likely root condition of being disagreeable). It's one thing to have differing thoughts and opinions. It's anothe
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by unsui 4y ago
This is definitely one of those little trivia factoids that is surprising to me: Apparently, WinME actually introduced at least one evolutionary improvement that stuck around, and wasn't a complete dead-end.
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by unsui 4y ago
I think it's fair that it's not a difficult question: Why choose X over musk? - X isn't erratic and unpredictable/capricious - X has a solid track record of working with stakeholders and partners for win-win relationship
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by unsui 4y ago
Exactly. It's just a CYA statement, basically saying "oops, I meant to do that...", and leaving the door open to make more oopsies as intentional "experiments".
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by unsui 4y ago
maybe the law is wrong? yeah, rhetorical question, but the issue here isn't necessarily adherence to local laws, but rather having some principled stance. yeah, I'm hearing it, "principled stance"... one can dream
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by unsui 4y ago
It's frustrating to regularly hear people (particularly on HN, but not exclusively) justifying, or even just giving a light nod of approval, to Musk's horrendous "leadership" via firings, simply because twitter isn'
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by unsui 4y ago
At this point, being fired by Elon should be seen as a badge of honor.
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by unsui 4y ago
If anything, remote work actually supports my social needs much more thoroughly than working from an office environment. At home, I am within a few seconds from my wife (since she is working from home too), which allows for a significantly
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by unsui 4y ago
> I'll see myself out. yes, please do
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by unsui 4y ago
One can only dream. For all of Musk's proponents' claims that this is a boon for "free speech", such free speech is anathema to corporate interests, particularly advertisers and corporate partners (we only need to look a
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by unsui 4y ago
spoken like a true temporarily-embarrassed billionaire. As others have commented on, the real issue is that, in order for someone to accrue that amount of money in the first place, there has to be such a systemic societal inequality in rega
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by unsui 4y ago
> Congress can fix everything that’s happened in the last few weeks via proper laws. Can it? In principle, sure, anything can happen. In practice, given how it's not possible to pass any legislation without a filibuster-proof majori
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by unsui 4y ago
Related HN link on Dave Cutler and his work on creating NT. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18977868 Just ordered a copy of the book "Showstopper"
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by unsui 4y ago
Reading the various discussions on HN, it is obvious that HN skews male. The vast majority of threads are either regarding the interpretation of legal frameworks and their implications, or asserting a-priori values on start of life and foll
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by unsui 4y ago
Hi Elon!
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by unsui 5y ago
Agreed. Pre-scheduling is ONE way of getting people in sync, but not the only way. For me and my team, there is a LOT of ad-hoc communication, preferrably in public slack channels, which leads to extremely productive conversations. Furtherm
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by unsui 5y ago
That's not quite true. WFH was instituted as an emergency response to COVID-19, thus it can't really be stated that employers forced WFH upon employees capriciously. Enlightened employers can and have seen the value of hybrid poli
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by unsui 5y ago
This is laughably false. Materialism, aka "physicalism", simply posits that all phenomena have an underlying physical basis, i.e., no "spooky" or magic stuff. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physi

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