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.
> simply because it is so far remove from the actual engineering workflow. Err, what? Fizzbuzz is NOT a riddle. It's intentionally meant to be a stupid simple test, and everyone has written stupid simple code at some…
Eh, he's not wrong (even if he's being a Walter about it). HR is not a union for employees. HR is there to protect the company: It just turns out that the company's theoretical (keyword there) interests and the…
> That means always out looking for great people who are also a cultural fit and bringing them in regardless of whether there is an open position. > I speculate that there is a type of HR role that could fill this need…
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…
Unless I misread this, the reason he was incarcerated to begin with: > Asheem was charged with conspiracy in the third degree. The evidence was the gun charge to which he had already pled guilty, and photos, which he…
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…
Sorry, just going through I just saw your comment, but I thought you deserved a reply. > apparently the medical system even under such physiologically unhealthy conditions still has all the MD's it needs Interns will…
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…
It seems like the major gripe is against passwords like "p@assword", not against passwords like "correcthorsebatterystaple". If you truly choose 4 words randomly, the number of possibilities is > 1e24 (at least 1…
You didn't answer any of my questions.
> 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…
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.
> simply because it is so far remove from the actual engineering workflow. Err, what? Fizzbuzz is NOT a riddle. It's intentionally meant to be a stupid simple test, and everyone has written stupid simple code at some…
Eh, he's not wrong (even if he's being a Walter about it). HR is not a union for employees. HR is there to protect the company: It just turns out that the company's theoretical (keyword there) interests and the…
> That means always out looking for great people who are also a cultural fit and bringing them in regardless of whether there is an open position. > I speculate that there is a type of HR role that could fill this need…
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…
Unless I misread this, the reason he was incarcerated to begin with: > Asheem was charged with conspiracy in the third degree. The evidence was the gun charge to which he had already pled guilty, and photos, which he…
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…
Sorry, just going through I just saw your comment, but I thought you deserved a reply. > apparently the medical system even under such physiologically unhealthy conditions still has all the MD's it needs Interns will…
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…
It seems like the major gripe is against passwords like "p@assword", not against passwords like "correcthorsebatterystaple". If you truly choose 4 words randomly, the number of possibilities is > 1e24 (at least 1…
You didn't answer any of my questions.
> 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…