It is a bit sad to see the smartest engineers in the world all working towards implementing and maintaining the largest spying apparatus in history. We should be focusing on learning from and highlighting people who are…
Heh, I got a chuckle out of that :) Thanks for sharing.
Lobbying itself doesn't involve an exchange of money (its illegal to directly compensate a politician in exchange for services). If you write a letter to a politician its lobbying. Donations, many of which are…
You're 100% correct. Its mostly about finding a system that works for you. As a format fat person I have internalized the fact that my body's hunger signal is broken and that 'eat when you are hungry' leads to weight…
A lot of human progress in core sciences and engineering is on the backs of people toiling the midnight hours on sheer passion for little monetary reward. We owe a great debt of gratitude towards them. In any commercial…
Except CEOs, apparently they're always overpaid. ;)
>States provide the infrastructure and educate the workforce which enables the job creations. Yes, there is a nice division of responsibilities. But ultimately, governments are doing the jobs they get paid for. And…
There were a lot many years from the time of Amazon's inception till they became a monopoly. It seems like your "what could be" experiment has already been done. There was plenty of opportunity, but nobody managed to…
For me, I am convinced that they create jobs, spend money in the economy, help provide valuable goods and services to society, etc. Amazon is famous for not hoarding money but re-investing their profits. Most 401ks…
By that same logic, why should USA salaries be higher than the rest of the developed world? Will you work less hard if you can only get $70,000 versus $200,000? The CEO is an employee. The owners of the company hire…
That which is asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
The quantum substrate being non-deterministic doesn't mean that free-will exists/doesn't exist. It has to be shown as such. What is happening at the quantum level, to the extent that we can understand it, isn't directly…
>Well current scientific thought says yes Link to evidence?
Wind the clock back to a time when you made a decision. Is it possible for you to make a different decision if you had the exact same mood/context/environment/knowledge and all the sub-atomic particles were exactly…
Since its near you, have you tried going there and explaining it to the manager?
>In the glorious future, every website will be chock-full of semantic metadata. Restaurants won't have a 50MB PDF explaining the chef's vision for organic cuisine That is a good idea, especially for visually impaired…
Okay, but I'm not sure what the pentagon papers have to do with coinbase or anything we're discussing here. It goes without saying that I am not proposing a principle that applies in every single situation, for every…
I was not thinking this to be a payroll position. Just a consulting / one-off transaction. In those situations, I haven't heard of any verification of immigration documents... maybe its common, I don't know.
I don't think we should reward employees for bringing the stock up, but blame the CEO for when the stock drops. Its a team effort either way. >That doesn't make the title click bait. It does. Sensationalism and…
I don't know everything about Coinbase's history, but I agree with most of the tweet. Airing dirty laundry in public, and arm twisting management is not really a great strategy. There will always be a power asymmetry,…
Hmm, are you on the hook if they don't disclose this?
> Even here on HN, plenty of folks will comment on all kinds of research they know little about. I don't see anything wrong with that, because all opinions are not equal. I think there is some level of pressure to get…
I don't think low level system APIs when called from an App should be messing with UI components. Can you explain what is better about it?
I don't think its realistic to expect a Windows developer to solve a problem in Excel!
I think news is a public good, and much like paying for educating our kids, there has to be a sustainable funding model to educate the adults as well. But thats my view, and we may have a disagreement. I don't wish to…
It is a bit sad to see the smartest engineers in the world all working towards implementing and maintaining the largest spying apparatus in history. We should be focusing on learning from and highlighting people who are…
Heh, I got a chuckle out of that :) Thanks for sharing.
Lobbying itself doesn't involve an exchange of money (its illegal to directly compensate a politician in exchange for services). If you write a letter to a politician its lobbying. Donations, many of which are…
You're 100% correct. Its mostly about finding a system that works for you. As a format fat person I have internalized the fact that my body's hunger signal is broken and that 'eat when you are hungry' leads to weight…
A lot of human progress in core sciences and engineering is on the backs of people toiling the midnight hours on sheer passion for little monetary reward. We owe a great debt of gratitude towards them. In any commercial…
Except CEOs, apparently they're always overpaid. ;)
>States provide the infrastructure and educate the workforce which enables the job creations. Yes, there is a nice division of responsibilities. But ultimately, governments are doing the jobs they get paid for. And…
There were a lot many years from the time of Amazon's inception till they became a monopoly. It seems like your "what could be" experiment has already been done. There was plenty of opportunity, but nobody managed to…
For me, I am convinced that they create jobs, spend money in the economy, help provide valuable goods and services to society, etc. Amazon is famous for not hoarding money but re-investing their profits. Most 401ks…
By that same logic, why should USA salaries be higher than the rest of the developed world? Will you work less hard if you can only get $70,000 versus $200,000? The CEO is an employee. The owners of the company hire…
That which is asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
The quantum substrate being non-deterministic doesn't mean that free-will exists/doesn't exist. It has to be shown as such. What is happening at the quantum level, to the extent that we can understand it, isn't directly…
>Well current scientific thought says yes Link to evidence?
Wind the clock back to a time when you made a decision. Is it possible for you to make a different decision if you had the exact same mood/context/environment/knowledge and all the sub-atomic particles were exactly…
Since its near you, have you tried going there and explaining it to the manager?
>In the glorious future, every website will be chock-full of semantic metadata. Restaurants won't have a 50MB PDF explaining the chef's vision for organic cuisine That is a good idea, especially for visually impaired…
Okay, but I'm not sure what the pentagon papers have to do with coinbase or anything we're discussing here. It goes without saying that I am not proposing a principle that applies in every single situation, for every…
I was not thinking this to be a payroll position. Just a consulting / one-off transaction. In those situations, I haven't heard of any verification of immigration documents... maybe its common, I don't know.
I don't think we should reward employees for bringing the stock up, but blame the CEO for when the stock drops. Its a team effort either way. >That doesn't make the title click bait. It does. Sensationalism and…
I don't know everything about Coinbase's history, but I agree with most of the tweet. Airing dirty laundry in public, and arm twisting management is not really a great strategy. There will always be a power asymmetry,…
Hmm, are you on the hook if they don't disclose this?
> Even here on HN, plenty of folks will comment on all kinds of research they know little about. I don't see anything wrong with that, because all opinions are not equal. I think there is some level of pressure to get…
I don't think low level system APIs when called from an App should be messing with UI components. Can you explain what is better about it?
I don't think its realistic to expect a Windows developer to solve a problem in Excel!
I think news is a public good, and much like paying for educating our kids, there has to be a sustainable funding model to educate the adults as well. But thats my view, and we may have a disagreement. I don't wish to…