I find it entirely appropriate that recruiting managers wear their biases on their sleeves, in this manner. As representatives of the organization, you put its core values and culture at the forefront. You represent…
>From a practical standpoint, this research may ultimately lead to insights about how to improve people’s psychological and physical well-being. If overexcitabilities turn out to be the mechanism underlying the…
Thanks for elaborating so well on your initial premise, I think you bring up some good points about how this kind of interactive problem-solving can be an effective tool available to the interviewer. For better and/or…
I think you've touched on a crucial point here about making the comparison "fair". In my view, I find the "trivia questions" approach to be an abdication of responsibility for the difficult, nebulous task of assessing a…
> What if you consider part of someone's job to be communicating concepts to people, possibly with the help of visual aids and diagrams? Perhaps it would be more effective to have the candidate whiteboard a concept that…
"Be the first one at your daily stand-up, and run it like the Scrum master you know you are." Surely a true alpha would declare that scrum and agile are "dead".
One aspect of the protomolecule that I quite enjoyed was the manner in which Earth, Mars, and the Belt attempt to control and leverage it to assert their dominance or, at least, maintain a balance of power. It speaks to…
According to Aristotle [0], there are three types of friendship: friendship of utility; friendship of pleasure; friendship of the good. I find this to be a useful framework for considering the varying kinds of platonic…
Never let a crisis go to waste.
There are also innumerable CG videos on YouTube, targeting children, which appear to be algorithmically generated. Using a combination of popular kids characters (Elsa, Spider-man, etc.) and ostensibly canned…
Isn't "-man" an abbreviation of "human"? Justin Trudeau made a gaffe recently when an audience member referred to "mankind" and he erroneously insisted that she instead use the term "peoplekind". Surely "humankind"…
I think we can take that a step further and heap praise on women for choosing work that involve caring for children, the sick, and the elderly. Long periods of crunch-time in tech/finance/etc. can be draining, but IMO…
Entirely correct... but only for media outlets and advocacy groups I disagree with, of course! </sarcasm>
I'm a little confused as to why you're being down-voted, save your audacity in being cautious about nutritional "experts" having a poor track-record in their dissemination of advice. Mere decades ago, the statement that…
We’re catching up on the public-transport front! http://uk.businessinsider.com/public-transit-ranking-cities-...
In general, I find that assuming that other players will act rationally or in their own best-interests (according to my subjective definitions) is inadvisable. If OP has a major problem with the quality of their hiring…
The following is just my opinion: Marx certainly used logic to reach his conclusions about the sunset of capitalism in advanced societies, and the dawn of a communal society in which abundant resources remove incentive…
My observation is that polite, decently-articulated comments are generally well-received at HN, and snarky, mocking comments are not tolerated. Stating an incorrect opinion as fact is not tolerated, but opinions are…
>a modicum of financial safety net This is why I'm generally in favour of policies that create jobs, as the welfare system has utterly failed in creating upward-mobility for those in need and their progeny. (Edit: it's…
How does this not create a voting blocs among those who pay income taxes (incentivised for less spending), and those who rely on public-welfare (incentivised for more spending)? There is much evidence to suggest that it…
>covering the cost of a moving-average window for the previous x amount of years of spending In principle, I like the concept of anchoring taxation to spending, because it could mitigate the political viability of…
>The U.S. is supposed to be land of opportunity, where the belief is that anyone can thrive given liberty and opportunity, and that talent does not depend on the wealth of your parent To offer an alternative…
At the risk of sounding glib, I can offer Mr. Gates >220 trillion reasons why increased taxes won’t necessarily improve the fiscal solvency of the United States, in and of itself. Debt and un-funded liabilities are…
I have a hypothesis: perhaps we should interpret "would anyone like the last pork chop?" as "Does anyone need the last pork-chop?". Scenario A: the Provider offers the last piece to the group. If everyone is…
Japan is unrivaled in building long-lasting wooden structures using only joinery (no nails, screws). This allows the wood to expand and contract harmoniously without cracking. Multi-story buildings (temples are a great…
I find it entirely appropriate that recruiting managers wear their biases on their sleeves, in this manner. As representatives of the organization, you put its core values and culture at the forefront. You represent…
>From a practical standpoint, this research may ultimately lead to insights about how to improve people’s psychological and physical well-being. If overexcitabilities turn out to be the mechanism underlying the…
Thanks for elaborating so well on your initial premise, I think you bring up some good points about how this kind of interactive problem-solving can be an effective tool available to the interviewer. For better and/or…
I think you've touched on a crucial point here about making the comparison "fair". In my view, I find the "trivia questions" approach to be an abdication of responsibility for the difficult, nebulous task of assessing a…
> What if you consider part of someone's job to be communicating concepts to people, possibly with the help of visual aids and diagrams? Perhaps it would be more effective to have the candidate whiteboard a concept that…
"Be the first one at your daily stand-up, and run it like the Scrum master you know you are." Surely a true alpha would declare that scrum and agile are "dead".
One aspect of the protomolecule that I quite enjoyed was the manner in which Earth, Mars, and the Belt attempt to control and leverage it to assert their dominance or, at least, maintain a balance of power. It speaks to…
According to Aristotle [0], there are three types of friendship: friendship of utility; friendship of pleasure; friendship of the good. I find this to be a useful framework for considering the varying kinds of platonic…
Never let a crisis go to waste.
There are also innumerable CG videos on YouTube, targeting children, which appear to be algorithmically generated. Using a combination of popular kids characters (Elsa, Spider-man, etc.) and ostensibly canned…
Isn't "-man" an abbreviation of "human"? Justin Trudeau made a gaffe recently when an audience member referred to "mankind" and he erroneously insisted that she instead use the term "peoplekind". Surely "humankind"…
I think we can take that a step further and heap praise on women for choosing work that involve caring for children, the sick, and the elderly. Long periods of crunch-time in tech/finance/etc. can be draining, but IMO…
Entirely correct... but only for media outlets and advocacy groups I disagree with, of course! </sarcasm>
I'm a little confused as to why you're being down-voted, save your audacity in being cautious about nutritional "experts" having a poor track-record in their dissemination of advice. Mere decades ago, the statement that…
We’re catching up on the public-transport front! http://uk.businessinsider.com/public-transit-ranking-cities-...
In general, I find that assuming that other players will act rationally or in their own best-interests (according to my subjective definitions) is inadvisable. If OP has a major problem with the quality of their hiring…
The following is just my opinion: Marx certainly used logic to reach his conclusions about the sunset of capitalism in advanced societies, and the dawn of a communal society in which abundant resources remove incentive…
My observation is that polite, decently-articulated comments are generally well-received at HN, and snarky, mocking comments are not tolerated. Stating an incorrect opinion as fact is not tolerated, but opinions are…
>a modicum of financial safety net This is why I'm generally in favour of policies that create jobs, as the welfare system has utterly failed in creating upward-mobility for those in need and their progeny. (Edit: it's…
How does this not create a voting blocs among those who pay income taxes (incentivised for less spending), and those who rely on public-welfare (incentivised for more spending)? There is much evidence to suggest that it…
>covering the cost of a moving-average window for the previous x amount of years of spending In principle, I like the concept of anchoring taxation to spending, because it could mitigate the political viability of…
>The U.S. is supposed to be land of opportunity, where the belief is that anyone can thrive given liberty and opportunity, and that talent does not depend on the wealth of your parent To offer an alternative…
At the risk of sounding glib, I can offer Mr. Gates >220 trillion reasons why increased taxes won’t necessarily improve the fiscal solvency of the United States, in and of itself. Debt and un-funded liabilities are…
I have a hypothesis: perhaps we should interpret "would anyone like the last pork chop?" as "Does anyone need the last pork-chop?". Scenario A: the Provider offers the last piece to the group. If everyone is…
Japan is unrivaled in building long-lasting wooden structures using only joinery (no nails, screws). This allows the wood to expand and contract harmoniously without cracking. Multi-story buildings (temples are a great…