Given the nature of the system, when would she have been notified that she needed to take control? Additionally, what did Uber tell her about how the system operated? Ultimately it is on Uber for the lack of serious…
> Seriously, think about it. How can someone who isn't qualified to do your job, actually manage you? When put in a leadership position, above all "resist the urge to manage". I don't want a manager, I want someone who…
It is the bullshit asymmetry principle: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it. As another person mentioned, DerbyCon got tired of dealing with it…
> You’re being tricked by gurus of the mind to send your money to someone else. How this is legal represents a gap between traditional laws and modern times. Eh, this has existed for decades at a macro level in…
"I'm left with opinion on those days that not much of anything has happened regarding X. But folks still need views!" In a strange way it validates how well off we are, particularly in the U.S., that outrage needs to be…
There is a differentiation here in important to the company vs. important to the individual. As mentioned in other threads, as people mature they often begin to look for meaning in their work beyond pure compensation.…
Again, the op stated these things are put there to "show how people react to stress" -- my post was a response to that, there is no re-creation of a stressful environment in the situations I stated. "I know it's totally…
"Interviews are necessarily more stressful than typical work. That's not just a property of whiteboard coding." My sister, a pediatric ER nurse would disagree with you. The interviews are largely behavioral and are a…
I agree but have a bit different take... "For instance, machine learning is now widely used for surveillance and advertising in ways that violate basic presumptions about privacy rights." Those same mathematical…
You screen name has triggered me as I was once bullied by someone named Jonny. I'm getting a lawyer...
What are the limits of culpability and what are you responsible for? The article is pushing that definition beyond the first order effects of safety. And the proposed solution is that gate keeping is done by the press…
And yet that is not even close to the hand-wringing being discussed in the article: "In my first ever AI class, we learned about how a system had been developed to automate something that had previously been a person’s…
"If Boeing and Airbus weren't artificially inflating administrative barriers to entry we'd definitely have more competition, and consumers would benefit, not suffer." From the article: "For Bombardier, development of…
So, make city living even more expensive?
"Very few of the lessons my parents taught me apply in the corporate world. Be honest and straight with people, assume good intent, take responsibility, etc." "All that behavior will do is paint you as naive. Sure…
"Third level of safety: optional part-time work." Don't you find it hilarious that a blog on financial independence tries to talk about safety nets vs. risks and devolves to: Well, sh*t just get a job I guess, but call…
From my own experience, most people have not. I work in aerospace and there are a large number of employees with 30+ years tenure who are of retirement age who need to stick around because of the quality and cost of the…
You can't claim to be financially independent and come back two years later with this gem: "The secret is that my wife is no longer really retired, and in fact she started a business that is now big enough to FUND OUR…
I really hope that more people would look at it that way. Just my own personal experience, but I've honestly seen the trial-by-fire method used either at the sole exclusion of, or weighted more heavily than actually…
People have been using this tactic for ages, whether it be for political, professional or personal gains. The software engineer who is rewarded for putting out the fires, when in reality they are a serial arsonist...…
In assessing the current poisonous political environment with respect to all parties... “It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was…
From the long view, no. Regimes that use pain as control inevitably break as at a certain point, people will no longer willing give that up. This is history. Walk down to a local AA meeting and see people who at some…
"I just struggle with understanding what's wrong with people these days." On one hand, it is fundamental human nature (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World#Comparisons_wi...). On the other hand, it is a…
Bull. The question as-is ("How do you create a memory leak in java?") is poorly constructed and will, a significant portion of time, lead down the wrong path when interviewing. Both you and the interviewee have to make…
"That is, in a Darwinian way, clearly the product survived WITHOUT implementing the changes someone thought it needed." ...and this is one reason that many business die, the assumption that past performance is…
Given the nature of the system, when would she have been notified that she needed to take control? Additionally, what did Uber tell her about how the system operated? Ultimately it is on Uber for the lack of serious…
> Seriously, think about it. How can someone who isn't qualified to do your job, actually manage you? When put in a leadership position, above all "resist the urge to manage". I don't want a manager, I want someone who…
It is the bullshit asymmetry principle: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it. As another person mentioned, DerbyCon got tired of dealing with it…
> You’re being tricked by gurus of the mind to send your money to someone else. How this is legal represents a gap between traditional laws and modern times. Eh, this has existed for decades at a macro level in…
"I'm left with opinion on those days that not much of anything has happened regarding X. But folks still need views!" In a strange way it validates how well off we are, particularly in the U.S., that outrage needs to be…
There is a differentiation here in important to the company vs. important to the individual. As mentioned in other threads, as people mature they often begin to look for meaning in their work beyond pure compensation.…
Again, the op stated these things are put there to "show how people react to stress" -- my post was a response to that, there is no re-creation of a stressful environment in the situations I stated. "I know it's totally…
"Interviews are necessarily more stressful than typical work. That's not just a property of whiteboard coding." My sister, a pediatric ER nurse would disagree with you. The interviews are largely behavioral and are a…
I agree but have a bit different take... "For instance, machine learning is now widely used for surveillance and advertising in ways that violate basic presumptions about privacy rights." Those same mathematical…
You screen name has triggered me as I was once bullied by someone named Jonny. I'm getting a lawyer...
What are the limits of culpability and what are you responsible for? The article is pushing that definition beyond the first order effects of safety. And the proposed solution is that gate keeping is done by the press…
And yet that is not even close to the hand-wringing being discussed in the article: "In my first ever AI class, we learned about how a system had been developed to automate something that had previously been a person’s…
"If Boeing and Airbus weren't artificially inflating administrative barriers to entry we'd definitely have more competition, and consumers would benefit, not suffer." From the article: "For Bombardier, development of…
So, make city living even more expensive?
"Very few of the lessons my parents taught me apply in the corporate world. Be honest and straight with people, assume good intent, take responsibility, etc." "All that behavior will do is paint you as naive. Sure…
"Third level of safety: optional part-time work." Don't you find it hilarious that a blog on financial independence tries to talk about safety nets vs. risks and devolves to: Well, sh*t just get a job I guess, but call…
From my own experience, most people have not. I work in aerospace and there are a large number of employees with 30+ years tenure who are of retirement age who need to stick around because of the quality and cost of the…
You can't claim to be financially independent and come back two years later with this gem: "The secret is that my wife is no longer really retired, and in fact she started a business that is now big enough to FUND OUR…
I really hope that more people would look at it that way. Just my own personal experience, but I've honestly seen the trial-by-fire method used either at the sole exclusion of, or weighted more heavily than actually…
People have been using this tactic for ages, whether it be for political, professional or personal gains. The software engineer who is rewarded for putting out the fires, when in reality they are a serial arsonist...…
In assessing the current poisonous political environment with respect to all parties... “It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was…
From the long view, no. Regimes that use pain as control inevitably break as at a certain point, people will no longer willing give that up. This is history. Walk down to a local AA meeting and see people who at some…
"I just struggle with understanding what's wrong with people these days." On one hand, it is fundamental human nature (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World#Comparisons_wi...). On the other hand, it is a…
Bull. The question as-is ("How do you create a memory leak in java?") is poorly constructed and will, a significant portion of time, lead down the wrong path when interviewing. Both you and the interviewee have to make…
"That is, in a Darwinian way, clearly the product survived WITHOUT implementing the changes someone thought it needed." ...and this is one reason that many business die, the assumption that past performance is…