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Not having public zone chat, and even worse not having clan chat in this ostensibly social game is absolute madness. Yes, I'm in Discord voice/text chatting with people I know but what am I supposed to do to talk to the random pubby next to me? It's intensely frustrating when I'm standing next to someone in a public area and want to show them a chest or something, and the only way I can do it is to shoot them until they look at me, then shoot towards the thing I want to show. Communicating how to trigger heroic events is literally impossible.

They claim to be protecting sensitive people from mean people, but to do so they're essentially nuking the ability for the vast majority of people who aren't one of those two groups to communicate and organize for play. It's even set to ignore whispers from people you don't have on your friends list / clan by default, so almost no one knows to change that and cannot be contacted in any way. They should enable zone/clan chat by default with the option to turn it off.

I cannot think of any other similar game on PC that is so constraining to player communication. The Division has zone chat. Warframe does too. The brand new Call of Duty WWII, which isn't even the same type of "shared world shooter" has more social interaction available in their social space ("headquarters").
I looked at this for a while, but I'm not sure I understand what is going on here.

Is this a Stackoverflow competitor or just some sort of watercooler to talk about Github in general?

Feels a little bit random to me.
I've been a company owner of a company with 80 people both for 7 years men and women. I dated my secretary for a while (she came on to me). I never had any problems working with men or women.

I don't subscribe to this androgynous approach to company culture and I don't see why anyone would willingly want to work in such an environment.

You can both be professional and have a fun environment to work in. A place where both men and women want to come and work without having to resort to a complete sterilize the workplace.
Because half the population (or at least a considerable portion of that half) get's offended if I treat them the same as I would men.
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Bring it up with HR. See what happens.
Those sound like somewhat mild examples of the sort of sexual harassment many women suffer.

But the behavior you describe, I would not consider acceptable. I personally would not want to work somewhere that was considered “ok” and would probably at this point mention it to the person involved, HR or their manager.
The issue is not with complete strangers, but with people who you have some level of a relationship with.

For example, if I will invite a male co-worker out to lunch without a second thought, but I would not do so with a female co-worker unless someone else was coming along. This very clearly hurts my female co-workers, but I care more about covering my own ass then gender equality.

I also would not think twice about asking a male co-worker about his personal life, but am much more cautious when doing so with a female co-worker.
My partner is a software engineer, and she has experienced an enormous amount of inappropriate behavior - everything from "was that inappropriate, am I being too sensitive?" to a person getting fired and walked out by security for their behavior toward her (extremely justifiably). None of this has ever happened to me, though.

Even in the more innocuous cases, it leads to a ton of self-doubt. Part of the problem is the volume of it - these aren't one-off instances, but repeated questioning of one's worth as a human being and member of the team.

I like unconscious bias as a model for addressing this because it lets you flip the equation around on these cases. Imagine someone who tells women at work to smile. By accusing them of being sexist, the argument becomes about whether they're being sexist - and they'll inevitably argue that they're not, they're just being nice, people are being too sensitive/PC and in the end nothing happens. And it's really not the individual instance of it that's the problem, but the volume of it - and not just from that person, but from everyone. And this really serves to diffuse responsibility.

Unconscious bias would say to recognize your own biases, and rather than have the argument about whether or not you're sexist/racist/whatever, to think about how you can treat people equally, and correct for your biases. And then, rather than trying to apply labels to people, we can have a real conversation about behavior - and correct ones behavior and build systems to accommodate for these biases.

For example, if someone repeatedly interrupts someone in a meeting, they might not even know it (hence, _unconscious_ bias). If you accuse that person of being sexist, the conversation stops there. But if people subscribe to unconscious bias, it can be a learning experience "hey, I noticed you interrupted X a few times in that meeting" it can be a chance to understand ones biases - "oh, I didn't mean to. I'll be mindful of that in the future." And you can even go a step further, and create systems to compensate - have a rule that one person can talk at a time (say by holding a ball), or a culture where you explicitly acknowledge any ideas you're building on before you suggest something.

Obviously there's no silver bullet to solving this, and there are bigger issues than people being interrupted in meetings, but I've found when people subscribe to this philosophy of self-reflection and mindfulness, it goes a long way in creating a positive environment where people are treated like people.
I have an old-ish Android tablet and have no idea how to update it. I tried and quickly gave up.
Ask HN: Is there a good alternative to ScreenHero out there?
ScreenHero's remote desktop control functionality is a must for pair-programming; haven't really found anything else out there that matches their quality.

After being bought by Slack, their quality/tools/functionality has been subpar (I'm aware it's recent as-of-writing, but still).

Any other tools out there that have that level of control?

Would be especially nice if they're focused on pair programming.
I think there might be a gray area, but it's probably less broad than people make it out to be.
According to their Github[1]:

> To make a feature request, post to the es-discuss mailing list. Your goal will be to convince others that your proposal is a useful addition to the language and recruit TC39 members to help turn your request into a proposal and shepherd it into the language.

Apparently here: https://esdiscuss.org/

[1] https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
I absolutely recommend it if you get the chance. The age of the egg is important. A day or 2 either way can make all the difference so make sure you try it with someone who knows who they are doing. The richer hard boiled egg description is pretty spot on.
Completely untrue opinion of yours.
Right? I'm one of the most socially awkward people I know but even I can pull off a "hey, nice new frames!", "cool T-shirt!", or "nice new haircut!" to a female co-worker without sounding like a creep. Claiming that's impossible to do "safely" – especially from someone in a managerial role, who should know how to talk to people – is just lazy CYA behavior.

EDIT: Side note – one of the clearest (subconscious) dividing lines between "creepy" and "normal" compliments is – how much time am I spending enjoying the thing I'm complimenting? If either your comment implies "I (may) have spent time staring at you to come to this conclusion", or if your focus (eyes/body position) lingers on the person you're complimenting, it will be perceived as creepy. If neither of these is true, it won't.

Examples:

"Nice new frames!" -- noncreepy. Not specific enough to have required more than a second's glance to formulate. Speaker may not even have actually formed an opinion.

"Those pants fit you well." -- creepy. You must have been looking at my butt and thighs for at least several seconds to come to this conclusion. Better: "That's such a cheery yellow blouse!" You could see and judge the color across the office in a second's time.

"I like your haircut", followed by several seconds of silence while you continue to look at me or my haircut -- creepy. You are enjoying this aspect of my body too much. Better: "I like your haircut", followed by topic change or end of conversation.

"You look good today / I like how you look" -- creepy. It's so nonspecific that I don't know what's going through your mind. Better: "I like the new look" (if the "new look" is something obvious), or be otherwise specific.

Note that all the above applies equally across or within genders. I (male) would indeed be creeped out if a male co-worker said one of the "creepy" examples above (with the possible exception of "you look good today", only because I might have more insight into what's in his head, assuming he is heterosexual). And I cannot think of one time a male co-worker has done so.
I can think of plenty where it's appropriate. Again it's about context.
y, I like PUBG better than Fortnite, a lot of people play both though.

PUBG feels more realistic, easier to get immersed in, Fortnite seemed too cartoonish.

PUBG is one of the best games I've played, even if it doesn't feel super polished sometimes.

Each match is unique and something interesting always happens, especially in Squads. Some involves vehicle physics, wiping another squad, making the top 10, last second revives of team mates, close calls, amazing shots, and of course winner winner chicken dinner. If you play with a group of guys, there will always be talk of "remember that one time . . . "
i havent had this problem, no. have you tried it in 57?
Because you're attracted to some more than to others, maybe?
The default behaviour can be to overcompensate.
your example is bizarre. of course you have to use complete strangers as an example, because we're attempting to determine if the gender is the variable of concern, not your relationship.

if you were friends with this female co-worker 4 times as long as the male co-worker I'm sure you wouldn't have any qualms.

why wouldn't you invite your female colleague to lunch? what do you think is going to happen? good lord.
Sad? No! It's always been impolite to comment on people's appearance unless you are close with them. When you make comments about the appearance of your coworker there's so much that has the potential to be misunderstood and it's just so totally unnecessary.

This isn't new either, Miss Manners has been advocating it since the 70s.
On certain things, you cannot treat people the same without considering their needs. A person in a wheelchair cannot climb a stair case.

You definitely want to treat people the same as much as possible.
How the Chinese see America [video]
If it is a problem to update smartphones, I just don't want to imagine the nightmare that is going to be on our doorstep with IoT updates...
It didn't work out for Microsoft, namely because lawsuits and coverage brought attention to the issue of market dominance. That's what people on this HN article are proposing we do today. And it's about time, given that our current economy is vastly different from the one a century ago when anti-trust laws started springing up.

You haven't addressed the core of my previous comment though, regarding how big tech companies today are obscuring their branding to mislead (in my opinion) users to be completely unaware they are even using a (insert big tech company name here) product. The part of my comment you quoted wasn't me trying to talk about the rise and fall of Internet Explorer's monopoly. Rather, it was me pointing out what I believe to be a nasty dark pattern of tech today, where tech companies are building black-box products.
No. What's condescending about it? It's all about context. That's completely missed in this discussion.
With the constant ads for mutual funds with outrageous up-yours fees for just tracking the S&P 500, the endless shilling and apologetics for investment banks and hedge funds, the perpetual armchair quarterbacking of the market by overpaid newsreaders who really wouldn't even be working there if they even halfway understood what they were talking about... why does anyone watch or even pay the slightest attention to what CNBC has to say?
I am not sure where we have indicated that the focus is only on IoT class cores. The E and C class are aimed at that segment and this segment probably will account for the vast majority of cores shipped. So they are the first ones to be shipped. The I class for example, an early version which is on-line will be a full OO core - quad issue - dual threaded.Server, HPC and vector based cores are equally important for us. The core road-map is clearly outlined on the codeline.
Thank you! My apologies for not seeing the page.
Wikipedia says the same thing in the linked page so it’s not just Denmark.

> It is well established that the patient's chances of survival are greatest if they receive care within a short period of time after a severe injury; however, there is no evidence to suggest that survival rates drop off after 60 minutes

It’s a rule of thumb though and in this case it wasn’t so much about survival rates specifically but rather the condition worsening for those with orange and yellow tags during that time frame.
>> Hardly any tv shows that show young non college grads as positive.

Really? See Friends. And looking at a list of top current Sitcoms, RickAndMorty, Bobs Burgers, OrangeIsTheNewBlack, TheGoldbergs, KevinCanWait, even TheBigBangTheory has a leading character without any college education. The setup of the educated character being one-upped or taken down a peg by the more socially aware character is a standard sitcom trope.
Google made a mistake. Those droids are amazing.
You don't have to drop $600 every year and a half. Which would only be $34 a month over that period.

You can drop $600 every 3 years with google devices and have monthly security updates. You could save $17 every month for that 3 year time to buy the next phone.

If you want to stay secure you will, if it not a priority you wont.
I'll reword that "Conservative politicians shouldn't survive that sort of scandal". Representing the conservative voters should mean that you uphold a more conservative personal life, but hypocrites are all too common. I think that adds to the point that I think Pence is being smart, draw the line as far away as you can.
Sweetie has no such connotation amongst the people I have worked with. This is exactly the problem. It's all about context which the metoo campaing completely destroys by equalizing everything.
Nigh near? Your prose needs work..
This has become almost cartoonish. The people being accused of sexual harassment did overtly and obviously abusive things. That doesn’t call for a referendum on the entire scope of male-female interactions. If you have to wonder whether you’re a sexual harasser and aren’t stupid or deliberately oblivious, then the answer is you are not one.

You may still be somewhere on the misogyny spectrum. You may even make women feel uncomfortable with some of the things you say and do. But the term sexual harassment should be reserved for obviously inappropriate conduct, and not be cheapened into some thin-gray-line class of transgression.

Also if our society starts treating flirting with or attempting to date coworkers as problematic behavior, people will lose the opportunity to potentially find mates in an environment to which they’re devoting increasingly larger shares of their lives. The only people who will win in that scenario are the therapists.
Specifically calls (and video) doesn't work. If you just want to message it works fine.
Planetary science programs need a significant boost in funding so that they can perform at least two flagship missions per decade. Missions to Europa, Enceladus and Titan to look for life should be a top priority for NASA.
This clip is relevant to today's issue. Men can accuse just as easily.

American Beauty How to Quit a Job With Kevin Spacey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psNuJuaYqVU
I have found that it is possible to entirely avoid gray areas by abiding by very strict standards that avoid any possible misinterpretation.

I have also found this makes me seem cold, rejecting and unapproachable.

Establishing trust is a kind of bonding process. It involves taking risks. If you put nothing on the line, you don't bond. If you are never warm, trust is unlikely. If you are ever warm, confusion about intent remains possible.

I don't think I can agree with you.
My definition doesn’t require a commercial interest. It’s just amazing to me in an age where politicians are typically benefitting their or their crony’s commercial interests that a guy who is elected on a populist platform is accused of having an ulterior motive for defending the interests of the people as he promised, because that might cause his constituents to elect him to a different office and serve them further.
Let's not forget that FF is also introducing support for U2F devices!
sure, but we're not talking about someone with a disability. we're talking about men and women. why would you even make that comparison, given the context?

by the way, people with disabilities generally want to be treated equally, once accessibility has been reached.
Most phones already come with two persistent implants - the user-antagonistic OS, and the baseband processor!

I'm all for trusting computing devices to act as one's agents, but attempting to do so with anything resembling a modern mobile phone is barking up the wrong tree.

Even though just having one means taking the location-tracking hit from negligently designed cellular protocols, further exposure can be mitigated by using these little snitches for as little personal activity as possible.
I essentially have something like this on my laptop (Chrome new tab) and it was awkward having to explain to the interviewer who saw that on my screen what it was counting down for.
Discovering a Blue Ocean Idea
People have been crying "bubble" my entire life, and I'm yet to see one actually "burst".

The only things close to bubble bursts were scam driven things like the sub-prime mortgage collapse in the USA.
You can get money directly from the viewers with twitch, therefore making it far superior than YouTube. The idea that YouTube is monopoly because people are to afraid of moving to other options is silly
For sure. My wife swears like a sailor now, but she still gets offended sometimes by my repertoire ;) And we've been married for decades. But there's a certain blend of formality and good cheer that's part of professional behavior.

Edit: My point is that I'd never talk that way in a professional context. Or even on HN.

Edit: Also that my wife has picked up bad habits from me.
> The sale came about in part because of the reputation Boston Dynamics had developed for making robots that were too creepy for the general public.

Is this really true? Because this sounds like a stupid reason, even in part, to make a sale.
Beijing Sinnet says it will buy Amazon Web Services’ China business
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I read it as normalizing the null hypothesis, which is that exercise doesn't increase brain size.
Why not divide the map into BSP tiles and thread AI processing/netcode on that granularity?
mostly involving extracurricular activity and people you know somewhat rather than total strangers. asking a woman if she wants to come over to your house tonight to taste whiskey with you and another male coworker, just not quite the same. invite on a group ski trip with a reservation for only one hotel room. join me for dinner to talk about project/feature. a packed car trip to somewhere in a very small vehicle. let's go visit the hot springs (which, it's common knowledge, are clothing-optional at night).

taking that last one further, i was once told it was ok that i had forgot my swimsuit, for that reason. man to man, i thought nothing of it, but by god could you imagine saying that to your female coworker?

none of these things are crimes, but there's zero chance anyone would ever read anything into it or that anything would happen if it's a bunch of guys, while there's clear places a woman might hear a different meaning or have reservations, hence the newfound question marks.

anyway, i'm not the canonical source on this, just attempting to think of my own experiences working in a boy's club.

and of course if a man is truly close & open friends, not just work acquaintances, with a woman, pretty much everything said here may go out the window.
There is literally no reason to believe that developing chemistry is impossible underwater. Interesting and useful chemical reactions happen underwater every second of every day; it is irrational to assume that there is no path by which an intelligent but not technological entity would observe this, utilize those reactions, and refine them.

Electricity is far from impossible either to develop or use underwater, and in fact nature has already done so in the form of the electric eel. More to the point, many aquatic species have specially developed sense organs for electricity, increasing the odds of it being developed for communication.

Similarly, although it doesn't look much like your childhood campfire underwater lava flows can be stable and useful sources of heat great enough for refining ores and similar. Further shaping using hydraulic pressure (equivalent to waterjet cutting or forming) would hardly be unimaginable.

And please feel free to say your mean things-- it certainly can't damage my view of the evidence you've put forth so far.
> Indeed Digital Finance Analytics estimated in a October 2017 report that 910,000 households are now estimated to be in mortgage stress where net income does not covering ongoing costs. This has skyrocketed up 50% in less than a year and now represents 29.2% of all households in Australia.

As of 2011 there were 7.7 million households in Australia (according to the ABS) so how does 910,000 (or 888,207 in the table) become "29.2% of all households in Australia"?

(I may well be missing something...)
Also, after a thread is a couple of weeks old, it's no longer possible to add comments to it.
i will never forget when, in early 2016, i saw this for the first time. when looking at the visualization in terms of weeks, i simply cant believe it, even today. i just looked at it again now. it simply cant be so few weeks. it just cant. and yet it is. i cant believe all the time i wasted.
Ask: Product manager (Business, 2 years exp), how should I start diving into AI?
Being a product manager (Business, 2 years experience), how should I start diving into AI? I don't have a CSE background, however I love technology.
I haven’t had any lag in text entry, but I ran the Windows version for a while (making sure I gave it plenty of time to build up a cache) and my general perception is that Chrome is still faster.

I like the idea of switching to Firefox a lot, but from a performance perspective I’m not seeing quite what everyone else is.
i'm not really talking about "locker room talk". read my other comment for some basic examples.