usaar333

33 ms·

361.
by usaar333 6y ago
There's multiple problems with a Rooney Rule: 1. You'll lose candidates to companies that close faster. In fact, you'll likely lose the best candidates. 2. Can be gamed by hiring managers. If they want to close a rec fast, th
362.
by usaar333 6y ago
Their section about demographics controls in the paper was really unclear (kinda surprised you can get this published being so vague). What does a final number with the controls active even mean? I doubt accuracy was identical within each g
363.
by usaar333 6y ago
> It’s more about the wage gap. Perhaps things differ outside of software circles, but at least here this isn't true. People used to have larger families on much lower incomes. It is that with do much opportunity now, the opportuni
364.
by usaar333 6y ago
The assumed prevalence rate (infections/cases) seems really high. Youyang Gu's modeling assumes more like 1 in 3.5 caught implying a 2x lower infection rate and thus a lot further from herd immunity ( https://covid19-pro
365.
by usaar333 6y ago
Currencies can be valued based on interest rate differentials. Bitcoin is a bit underdeveloped there.
366.
by usaar333 6y ago
Baseline questions: Did Tesla ever match 401k contributions? How rare is it for large companies to not do so?
367.
by usaar333 6y ago
They stop growing. The ambitious people leave first when they realize growth is slowing. Ultimately, only the less ambitious are left.
368.
by usaar333 6y ago
That's a separate problem that needs to be debugged. [It sounds like there's distribution problems that may be temporary or may require vastly simplifying our distribution rules - e.g. just set up drive-thrus and tell any elderly
369.
by usaar333 6y ago
> However, making such changes that are not supported by adequate scientific evidence may ultimately be counterproductive to public health. I remain sympathetic to the argument that we're maintaining too high of a standard of eviden
370.
by usaar333 6y ago
I agree with Palo Alto, but how is Mountain View restrictive by Bay Area standards? It's added a higher percent of people than Oakland on the past decade.
371.
by usaar333 6y ago
I don't really view the skill vs luck as a "moral" question. In the end, everything is luck - we're a product of our genes and our environment. What you do want to ask is what the proper incentives need to be to have a
372.
by usaar333 6y ago
"qualified" is completely arbitrary. I can just set the threshold high enough such that there aren't enough "qualified" people domestically.
373.
by usaar333 6y ago
Facebook tends to be one of the highest payers in industry. It's possible paying even higher would net more people, but overall math suggests the best N people won't necessary be US citizens or permanent residents.
374.
by usaar333 6y ago
Well, they are rare though. If I have a problem finding 2,000 qualified people in X time then that skill is rare.(I recognize "qualified" is the company's threshold to call). The problem at the core is the law itself. Why don
375.
by usaar333 6y ago
Agreed, but there's conflation in these reports between cognitive diversity and demographic diversity.
376.
by usaar333 6y ago
> If a company does not figure out how to hire, retain, and promote people who are not white men Agreed. Not hiring the best talent is always bad for a company. If you are biased against your best talent, you've selected worse talen
377.
by usaar333 6y ago
Well and classism against more affluent students displaced when some poor kid of any color at some rural school gets an advantage. Or favoring kids that are first to attend college is displacing kids with better-educated families. I don&#x
378.
by usaar333 6y ago
How does this compare to UBI?
379.
by usaar333 6y ago
Why are the drivers driving for Uber and not say being Instacart shoppers where they can be employees?
380.
by usaar333 6y ago
This isn't about healthcare. Part time employees don't receive it; instacard doesn't provide healthcare to their shoppers as it caps hours at 30 ( http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-instacart-s
381.
by usaar333 6y ago
The most acute problem here is for parents with children age 2-5 getting hit when daycares shut down. Older kids can do online classes on their own somewhat; younger kids? nope.
382.
by usaar333 6y ago
It's certainly selfish of them to be resentful but humans are selfish to some degree by nature. I do see why childless people are resentful. [note: I'm the parent of a small kid] This same problem exists with every preferential
383.
by usaar333 6y ago
Any IPO at this point (combined with standard 6 month lockout) will result in capital gains being realized no earlier than 2021.
384.
by usaar333 6y ago
Disinformation being defined as "disagreeing with official government statements"
385.
by usaar333 6y ago
Again, I'm not following. Even if Uber drivers became employees I don't see why they'd even get health insurance. (This seems to be more about minimum wage, workers comp, UI, etc. which they would get)
386.
by usaar333 6y ago
Why aren't they doing that already?
387.
by usaar333 6y ago
Didn't AB5 just codify a court decision and in some sense actually exempt people from being employees?
388.
by usaar333 6y ago
Making them employees doesn't give them health insurance. Only if they work over 30 hours a week, which Uber is highly incentived to cap. Besides, what you are actually stating is that Uber riders should pay for Uber driver's heal
389.
by usaar333 6y ago
> Unfortunately many gig workers don't have the privilege. I'm assuming here but you probably had another job and benefits. There are many workers who don't, and are turning to Uber or Lyft just to put food on the table an
390.
by usaar333 6y ago
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/9/6/20851575/uber-lyf... There's no objective "better" here. Some drivers may have done better with higher fares being passed onto them. On th

More ›