Hah! I've been thinking about this a lot lately ever since watching a documentary on a pretty internet-famous guy with autism (I'm not going to name him, but you probably know who I'm talking about if you've spent any…
Eh, way in the future though. It's a classic tragedy of the commons. Each individual company is better off discriminating, but ultimately it causes a depletion in resources (i.e. employees) long-term.
Isn't this just eerily reminiscent of what happened with depression babies? Widespread, extended, negative macroeconomic event happens. Those experiencing these events at crucial development points in their lives…
The article doesn't say that. As an aside, long-term (which is where we really care about "healthy" anyway), you would probably expect body builders to be healthier than some classes of athletes, with various…
Hm, this article reads like kind of a puff piece for Amplio. > similar efforts to “grade” American schoolteachers, for instance, have perhaps generated more controversy than results. Yes, for good reasons, namely... >…
They're most likely thinking about it from the flipside: grand juries rarely (if ever) vote to indict police officers involved in fatal incidents. Not that it changes the point of your argument, just guessing where the…
That's seriously insane. Hypothetically (realizing there are numerous practical obstacles), could this be challenged in a federal court? It seems like an egregious violation of the sixth amendment.
Wow. Totally crazy. My takeaways: 1) Don't be born a poor urban youth 2) If #1 is unavoidable, don't have friends (and don't go anywhere because you might get jumped because you don't have friends) 3) Never be in any…
Hm. While good advice, this seems like just general life advice not specific to programming. If you're the kind of person who says things like "TextMate is for n00bs" (or some variation of such) you're probably just a…
Hmm. Preface: I do not work at Google. > I would love to see one single company that isn’t dominating a market with no cash cow in-flow that can succeed without strict discipline, sharp focus, hard work, and hands-on…
Yep! Not a cushy job by itself, by any means. Certainly requires two people working full time, all the time. This is in contrast to 30 years ago, where one working spouse was sufficient, though perhaps not comfortable.…
> Working in an Amazon warehouse is a pretty average blue-collar job these days. Eek, I hope not. That doesn't bode well for blue-collar work in America. Working at an amazon warehouse will net you roughly $13/hr…
Interesting. The detour at the end about weed is also kind of weird. Not sure how I feel about it. Sure, addiction of any kind is something we should probably investigate and help treat. It's still weird to hear what…
> Most companies provide better benefits than what is legally required Cool, let's just bank on the generosity of companies. > Unlike something like cancer pregnancy is not an accident. If you can't afford to pay for…
I'm not sure I find this article all that compelling because I think it's founded on a faulty premise: > Email is the "dumb pipe" version of communication technology, which is why it remains popular. Email might be a…
> then potential MDs would stop going through the program seeing that on the other side you are just abused. Not necessarily, for the same reason that people join fraternities/sororities even knowing that 'hazing'…
> Is this just one of those cases where, if you made it through medical school for an obscene number of years, you "don't care about the money" I think it's more like "holy shit I have $300k in medical school loans, I…
> I categorically reject the notion that any city which has the longest commute times in the entire country as having a good transportation system By how much? What's the variance like compared to other cities? Are we…
> They cut some low-hanging fruit (and route 47) They cut 20+ regular routes. Even if they're "low-hanging fruit", that's a lot. > Seattle is even holding a vote in November to buy service for expansion. I wish for the…
Unless it's changed DRASTICALLY in the last couple years, yes it's a shit show. I would frequently walk home from Fremont to Ravenna because it was 2 AM and there was no way to get home aside from getting in a cab (and…
Having lived in Boston, SF, Seattle, and now NYC (and having visited LA on numerous occasions), not at all surprised to see this. Even considering the population differences, NYC wins by a large margin if the goal is…
It could be a much faster, nicer way to answer the question 'where are you?' This is obviously anecdotal, but I've had to call 911 a couple times (I live in NYC, things happen on the subway). Explaining where I am took…
> I noticed you get unwarrantedly defensive Uhh I don't think he was defensive at all. I think he made a very good point. I would bet large amounts of bitcoins that no VC wrote any of this, save MAYBE part of the…
Part of me wonders if security will ever be something people actually care about, and value. Home depot had a huge, huge security breach. Their stock price? Up 12 points from last year. I'm not sure what it would take…
> I don't imagine you'll find that it was particularly oriented toward rehabilitation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_League_for_Penal_Reform
Hah! I've been thinking about this a lot lately ever since watching a documentary on a pretty internet-famous guy with autism (I'm not going to name him, but you probably know who I'm talking about if you've spent any…
Eh, way in the future though. It's a classic tragedy of the commons. Each individual company is better off discriminating, but ultimately it causes a depletion in resources (i.e. employees) long-term.
Isn't this just eerily reminiscent of what happened with depression babies? Widespread, extended, negative macroeconomic event happens. Those experiencing these events at crucial development points in their lives…
The article doesn't say that. As an aside, long-term (which is where we really care about "healthy" anyway), you would probably expect body builders to be healthier than some classes of athletes, with various…
Hm, this article reads like kind of a puff piece for Amplio. > similar efforts to “grade” American schoolteachers, for instance, have perhaps generated more controversy than results. Yes, for good reasons, namely... >…
They're most likely thinking about it from the flipside: grand juries rarely (if ever) vote to indict police officers involved in fatal incidents. Not that it changes the point of your argument, just guessing where the…
That's seriously insane. Hypothetically (realizing there are numerous practical obstacles), could this be challenged in a federal court? It seems like an egregious violation of the sixth amendment.
Wow. Totally crazy. My takeaways: 1) Don't be born a poor urban youth 2) If #1 is unavoidable, don't have friends (and don't go anywhere because you might get jumped because you don't have friends) 3) Never be in any…
Hm. While good advice, this seems like just general life advice not specific to programming. If you're the kind of person who says things like "TextMate is for n00bs" (or some variation of such) you're probably just a…
Hmm. Preface: I do not work at Google. > I would love to see one single company that isn’t dominating a market with no cash cow in-flow that can succeed without strict discipline, sharp focus, hard work, and hands-on…
Yep! Not a cushy job by itself, by any means. Certainly requires two people working full time, all the time. This is in contrast to 30 years ago, where one working spouse was sufficient, though perhaps not comfortable.…
> Working in an Amazon warehouse is a pretty average blue-collar job these days. Eek, I hope not. That doesn't bode well for blue-collar work in America. Working at an amazon warehouse will net you roughly $13/hr…
Interesting. The detour at the end about weed is also kind of weird. Not sure how I feel about it. Sure, addiction of any kind is something we should probably investigate and help treat. It's still weird to hear what…
> Most companies provide better benefits than what is legally required Cool, let's just bank on the generosity of companies. > Unlike something like cancer pregnancy is not an accident. If you can't afford to pay for…
I'm not sure I find this article all that compelling because I think it's founded on a faulty premise: > Email is the "dumb pipe" version of communication technology, which is why it remains popular. Email might be a…
> then potential MDs would stop going through the program seeing that on the other side you are just abused. Not necessarily, for the same reason that people join fraternities/sororities even knowing that 'hazing'…
> Is this just one of those cases where, if you made it through medical school for an obscene number of years, you "don't care about the money" I think it's more like "holy shit I have $300k in medical school loans, I…
> I categorically reject the notion that any city which has the longest commute times in the entire country as having a good transportation system By how much? What's the variance like compared to other cities? Are we…
> They cut some low-hanging fruit (and route 47) They cut 20+ regular routes. Even if they're "low-hanging fruit", that's a lot. > Seattle is even holding a vote in November to buy service for expansion. I wish for the…
Unless it's changed DRASTICALLY in the last couple years, yes it's a shit show. I would frequently walk home from Fremont to Ravenna because it was 2 AM and there was no way to get home aside from getting in a cab (and…
Having lived in Boston, SF, Seattle, and now NYC (and having visited LA on numerous occasions), not at all surprised to see this. Even considering the population differences, NYC wins by a large margin if the goal is…
It could be a much faster, nicer way to answer the question 'where are you?' This is obviously anecdotal, but I've had to call 911 a couple times (I live in NYC, things happen on the subway). Explaining where I am took…
> I noticed you get unwarrantedly defensive Uhh I don't think he was defensive at all. I think he made a very good point. I would bet large amounts of bitcoins that no VC wrote any of this, save MAYBE part of the…
Part of me wonders if security will ever be something people actually care about, and value. Home depot had a huge, huge security breach. Their stock price? Up 12 points from last year. I'm not sure what it would take…
> I don't imagine you'll find that it was particularly oriented toward rehabilitation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_League_for_Penal_Reform