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by villasv 6y ago
I think he mostly does as he preaches. My biggest complaint is the occasional contradiction, but if you read other writing style guides, he is not more contradictory than the average.
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by villasv 6y ago
True in general, but Pinker does so from the preface, so not valid as explanation.
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by villasv 6y ago
Pinker wrote a whole book about this, much better written, in fact. Unlike an HN essayist, Pinker also is an actual wide-audience best-seller. And unlike this essay, Pinker correctly acknowledges many nuances.
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by villasv 6y ago
> Second, what do you tell your friends and family who ask if they should buy bitcoin? I say "go ahead but don't put more than 5% of your portfolio on it, preferably 1% or less". Also, I'd recommend buying a crypto in
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by villasv 6y ago
This. Failing to understand public institutions as public hands is one of the reasons people misjudge politics so badly.
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by villasv 6y ago
> Can someone explain to me how Roblox doesn't violate Apple's "no app stores in the App Store" rule? The games available inside Roblox are impossible to ship as an independent app on the App Store without re-implemen
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by villasv 6y ago
Second Life and The Sims Online are wildly different from Roblox. You're right that the particular sentence you've picked doesn't capture what Roblox did different, but it did transform the building of virtual experiences.
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by villasv 6y ago
> It sounds to me like people get hurt by microagressions because they have been taught that microagressions exist in the first place. And I can assure you that this is not the case. They've always been perceived and caused hurt. Th
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by villasv 6y ago
> 12 years old > too soon In today's terms, a decade of existing but somewhat mediocre results means it's time to move on. It's already proven useful; at the same time, already proven non-disruptive/revolutionary.
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by villasv 6y ago
TLA is the awesomest thing I've ever learned, yet the least frequent technique I use as an "enterprise product" software engineer. No regrets. I recommend watching the video series introducing TLA+ by Lamport, what a wonder.
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by villasv 6y ago
Things have escalated because HR handled the matter badly. The behavior of creating documentation has nothing wrong with it, counting on it to be properly addressed.
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by villasv 6y ago
I assumed nothing, I'm pointing out that there are plausible situations that justify the behavior condemned by parent comment. I'm not passing judgement on this particular instance being reported.
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by villasv 6y ago
As you can see in that definition, intent is irrelevant. Assuming good intent doesn’t change the fact it is regarded as an instance of discrimination. Might be unintentional, but it still is what is is. You keep saying “imaginary”, but micr
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by villasv 6y ago
You definition of microagression isn’t usual or useful. That’s why the rest of the argument made sense, but missed the point.
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by villasv 6y ago
The provided example doesn’t change the fact that it’s bad policy. HR should tell people to assume nothing.
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by villasv 6y ago
It’s good advice for the general public, but it’s a bad policy for HR and a bad response to complaints.
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by villasv 6y ago
> I agree with Google here that you should assume good intent That’s probably because you can afford to. Imagine you’re someone who had to file a grave complaint but the person got off the hook because “it was a one time thing, it’s his
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by villasv 6y ago
I understand the bickering between media and social networks. Aggregators have disrupted the standard media business and a clash was inevitable. Including Substack in the fight, on the other hand, is pathetic. One would expect journalists t
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by villasv 6y ago
The average Joe in my mind doesn't have hundreds of thousands to invest, let alone in illiquid assets such as stocks. If your Joe has enough saved to feel comfortable gambling with a few thousand bucks then sure, actively trading mig
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by villasv 6y ago
Completely off-topic, but I find it weird when someone is making a comment on the warmth of a community says things like “Love was free and it was custom to hug everyone”. So it was normal, then? It probably has something to do with being b
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by villasv 6y ago
Local firefighters and an ambulance will come and arrive quickly? I think that’s exactly the point of the question.
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by villasv 6y ago
I don't think the analogy helps. Digital goods can be sold infinitely many times, unlike your house. Explaining the difference between selling data and selling a service enabled by that data is not as easy as it sounds. It means that a
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by villasv 6y ago
I agree that the most used phrasing of "selling your data" is factually wrong. On the other hand, I think it is approximately true enough for the general public. I don't expect the usual reader to understand how that data is
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by villasv 6y ago
Thankfully, I was never able to find an easy way to short BTC. I would have done it >5 years ago and failed spectacularly. I'm still bearish, but wiser.
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by villasv 6y ago
I'm aware. I just don't care. UI is not even what I'm interested in using emojis for.
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by villasv 6y ago
> [Icon Fonts] Treated like text > [SVGs] They are semantically image elements Sometimes that's exactly the opposite of what I want. What's next, "Stop using emoji, use SVG instead"?
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by villasv 6y ago
I figured something like that would be the reasoning. I don’t doubt there’s a real web of trust, but IMHO that should be a bit more explicit.
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by villasv 6y ago
> Trusted by companies backed by these [...] This feels a bit... underhanded. Good looking solution, though.
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by villasv 6y ago
> To the point where I'd consider them core partners in my journey of building the business. The startup ecosystem in Brazil is probably in a time lag and perhaps this is why my experience might not be as insightful here. Still, I
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by villasv 6y ago
Yes, they do. 100% correct, 100% missed the point.

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