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I'd recommend blind auditions, just like the best professional orchestras use to hire "the best players". But they need to be blind from absolute beginning to sign the job offer. This culture fit nonse is nonsensical. If culture means that much in an almost entirely at-will environment- it is straight up discrimination. Have a probation period for the love of Pete! -just like the orchestras do. Why is this so hard for a bunch of really smart so-called scientists?
Sam Harris has a great book called "The Moral Landscape" on this very subject, of toxic social values and how morality relates to the purging of such values. There's also a Tedtalk he gives, which essentially explores this idea.
They may not be well suited for expensive land like Hong Kong, but many other places they can make economic sense. I wouldn't consider them for anything more than 4 floors --but they can address some niche housing needs in other places.

They don't have to be dull or bad, if retrofitted the right way.

Now, granted, now that we've developed techniques to build with very standard modules (rather than traditional pre-fab), container MFGs could tweak their designs to fit better into homebuilding. A bit wider a bit taller, a bit lighter, a bit better thermally. All addressable aspects.

With respect to aspect, we have shotgun houses and single-wides as other aspects which have worked in the past. Those basic dimensions could inform what might work for a modular all-purpose building block. Legos for housing.
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It doesn't quickly saturate when the two sides of the market need to be within a few miles of each other.
40%?

Is that tax amount typical?
Something this author gets that most people (of all political stripes) don’t: whether a culture is “better” than another is not even a well-formed question.

We must ask “better at what?” We must define some criteria to measure, and speak in those terms, not in ill-defined terms like “just better”.

The author speaks mostly in terms of specific consequences of different value systems. This is not the same thing as declaring a culture (usually the speaker’s own) to be “better” in some ill-defined way.
Well take a look at this:
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/07/05/can-facebook-upd...
Sure, but it's literally untrue for only one person in the world, or let's say a handful of people if you want to restrict by geography (although it seems the richer you are, the easier it is to shift wealth around).
They may not even be nice people. I've seen young hooligans smiling at packpackers while they were discussing what good stuff they might have in their backpacks. The backpackers didn't understand the language so they just smiled back.
TL;DR is WeWork just an open office but for (way too many imho) many companies/people in one space?

Are Wework spaces similar across the world? I have to work in a central London one sometimes and I find it horrendous; it is almost literally good for nothing; way too noisy and loose for meetings (even in the closed spaces; they are glass and not soundproof) or actual concentrated work (with noise cancelling headphones it is bearable). At lunch, because most of the space is open and attaches to the central area, it smells like as mix of whatever people are eating which can be interesting (kebab onion with garlic sauce mixed with pizza mixed with fish mixed a spicy curry smell) and lingers for a long time. Nice looking wooden floors so when people wear heals you can hear them literally everywhere when they walk around (programmers who are supposed to be focused with noise cancelling headphones all look up every single time; noise, all glass, heals (probably female) so they look). Beer opens at 4 pm so drinking commences at that time too. Too many people allowed in there so if you didn't strictly book rooms they are all full and meetings cannot ever go over time.

It is more a clubhouse than an office. I could not really work there for long stretches so I wonder if all these places are the same as a formula or this one is just unique that way.
Hey apparently I can't respond to comments older than a certain time frame, so I'm piggybacking this here.

Apropos DNC + Russia hack evidence:

https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf

You have that low faith in the FBI/CIA/NSAs conclusion?

Also CrowdStrike security firm isn't the only one, it is also Fidelis Cybersecurity, Mandiant, SecureWorks and ThreatConnect.

I'm completely open to being wrong on this though, it just seems like the body of evidence points in a particular direction.
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You could replace "honor" by any other kind of value system and you could still interpret is as a points system. That's because of the Von Neumann-Morgenstern theorem [1], which basically says that any kind of well-behaved (i.e., not self-contradictory) preferences can be modeled as a points system (called utility function).

Heaven points. Money points. Sex points. Altruism points. Whatever you are trying to achieve in life, it can be reduced to a points system.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann%E2%80%93Morgenster...
Well, to avoid continued infringement, wouldn't Netflix have to either get to an agreement or recall and destroy their entire already-produced stock? I suspect the former would be way cheaper...
> and the occasional "weirdness" of the text might put off native English readers.

If it is occasional it won't put anyone off. If is barely legible throughout the whole text, it will.

I'm not a native English speaker (or writer) but I would not consider any other language than English to write in. Or read in for that matter, it has some kind of "off" feeling to it for some reason.
So if the Netflix shot it, the author would not be compensated.
In the current situation, he wasn't compensated.

Is there a tangible difference for the "victim"?
Just checked, you’re right, I have 10.5 on it.
Cool.

How are working conditions: organized, chaotic or brutal?

Are there reasonable accommodations for the reality of life's un/certainties like doctors appointments, family/dependent emergencies and similar?

Are workers paid a living wage for the area?

And what's the prevalence or seasonality of CamperForce workers?
> The thing is that Linux users are self-selected power users. If you want something to just do your work, you'll stay with Windows or macOS (or whatever your computer came with).

Not always, I had my dad using linux for years because he got a new lease of life out of an old machine and this was a time when windows would get random malware installed just from regular web browsing. The default solitaire that came with Kubunutu alone satisfied 90% of his computing needs. The configurability of KDE was a constant issue though, even when I locked the the taskbar/desktop he found a way to screw it up.

The problem isn't configurability, just the way it's handled. KDE (at least in my terribly outdated experience) adds all kinds of options in things like right click menus or application menus, this confuses and scares ordinary users. I find the gnome approach of having a dedicated app (tweak tool) for configuration is much better for ordinary/casual users, it moves all the clutter to a dedicated place instead of stringing it out everywhere. For power users there is nothing wrong with putting the config in a dot file or scripting language.
Why?

How many people on Tumblr really care that Yahoo or Verizon owns it?
How exactly do you believe a random photo is to be compensated?

If it were on a stock photo website, sure. Otherwise, how do you believe the transaction were to be arranged?

It wasn't work done for Netflix. He put it somewhere and did NOT expect to be paid for it.
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> One of the corollaries to this, if you're teaching, is that your time should be spent NOT on the details––not, for example, on the step-by-step algebra to solve some complicated algebra to solve some integral––but rather on the bigger concepts (e.g., the general strategy of how to solve that sort of integral). Give students the rough path and let them fill in the details, rather than just giving the turn-by-turn directions.

I'll argue the exact opposite of this in math class. I preferred lectures here the prof walked through the problem step by step and I could copy those steps down to my notes, and then apply those same steps for other problems.

The textbooks always skipped a lot of steps in the middle, making them hard to follow along. It ended up being the beginning, a bit in the middle, some magic, then the end.
He asked customer support where to take his complaint, not to address his issue. They sent him to the pr email, if he was given the corporate contact he would have gone there.
I also anecdotally find that value of honor impairs conversation because it distracts people with shame-management and it makes criticism a matter of face.
Like I care what people who think Russia rigged the election for $100K think. Next thing you know I’ll be caring what flat earthers think
Great to see Rails chugging along and focusing
Well let's say that someone criticizes a "honor" system person for being violent. Someone interested in the truth would not react violently to that criticism because they would acknowledge that as a contradiction and that doing so would prove their critic correct. Someone only interested in "honor" points would react violently toward the critic because that's how you get "honor" points, by getting revenge for insults. The person interested in the truth can recognize a flaw in their fitness function. The person only interested in "honor" points never questions the rules. Their is no procedure to question the rules in the "honor" points system just as a computer is unable to question its programming.
It's illogical to make value judgements about cultures, there is no objective way to do it. What makes one culture "better" than another? Survival? Virality? Honor? Piousness? Lawfulness?
Every culture values these things differently.

Calling it politically correct shows your own failing to comprehend something outside of your own cultural frame of reference.

Notably I could make the same point about morality as the author makes about honor, as it is just another social construct.

Morality holds individuals back from getting what they want, instead they go around accumulating morality points even when no one powerful is watching. Clearly anyone who respects morality as a cultural value is PC wuss.
Thanks, that's a good catch. nice "built in" gains
Why not create a blockchain where ACTIONS online = PROFITS. The bigger actions would payout more, but coin is actually minted through online content creation, where you the creator of that content get compensated based on an algorithm.

Could even have that algorithm take in external things and re-calibrate the coins you were paid (i.e. give a bonus) for social media reach, or number of views...

E.g. : You post a video. -- You get 10 props. User B submits a comment. They have 500 comment karma so they get .01 props. User C submits a comment. They have 0 karma.. they don't get any props. User D has negative karma -- they actually have to pay props to comment till they're out of the hole.

Over a month you get 10k views, so the algorithm looks at all views across all videos for the month, and pays out a bonus where each view = 1 share out of the bonus pool of newly minted coins. Say there were 10 other users all w/ 10k and 100 props for grab you could basically give each 10 props as a bonus.

Obviously comments/etc isn't a huge time taking thing like creating a video, so video creator should get more.

I'm imagining something like Reddit + Steemit combined with some added rewards systems to keep users involved and providing QUALITY content, the karma system would be setup to basically try and ensure better quality.
No, you're completely politicizing an issue based on your warped world view. That's just as damaging as fake news.

Here's an article from 2014 discussing fake news: https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2014/08/30/large-the-intern...

Here's an article from 2011 discussing the measures taken against fake news (to little effect) since 2006: https://www.freepress.net/blog/11/12/21/truth-about-fake-new...
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It's very strange, why does Wikimedia believe its information should be accessed free of charge while other information should not? Why would any ISP believe the same thing? A megabyte is a megabyte, why dictate where it should come from? I see self interested answers. Everyone playing the game is a winner (Wiki gets users, ISPs gets visibility, users get wiki access), and everyone with a small website gets left behind.
The claim that it is tightly regulated could be subject to debate. The amount of regulatory capture currently occurring plus what occurred in the previous decades squarely classifies the United States as a plutocracy. The AT&T merger may be blocked, just because Donald Trump (via the Justice Department) doesn't like CNN. Think about that. It's an incredible consolidation of power.

While I agree it's hard to outlaw or regulate loss leading, since it seems to be a common go-to-market strategy, it prevents the smaller guys from competing. It allows those with the upper hand (more capital) to remain dominant and starve out the competition. And the feared result, could very well occur. I wouldn't trust the United States to regulate as heavily as it used to, especially under the purview of Donald Trump.
Yeah but this guy stole Netflix's IP when he made the VHS in the first place...
Well, have you reported the bugs, or helped debug them?
I wish everybody in the world could read this post. Seriously thank you for writing it.

This really reminds me of something Christopher Hitchens would have written, somebody whose writing I miss dearly.
I agree with your reasoning and question
Press has no duty to be positive towards anyone. Critical thinking is what they do and they're very good at it. They often criticize the government, but they stick to facts and check their facts. Surely you don't blame them for pointing out falsehoods ? Why don't you instead blame people who lie ? Whenever an opposition member makes a false statement they point it out too.
The headline was certainly provocative and misleading. Could interpret this as a bit of signaling risk with early investors cashing out at a discount, but I don't think that's fair. There isn't really precedent for a $4B+ non m&a or IPO liquidity event for private company shareholders. The liquidity discount that private equity investors use is typically 20-30%, so now that I think about it the 30% discount seems like a logical liquidity discount to anchor on
I have a 2008 Black MacBook (the BlackBook). I couldn't find much in the way of installing anything on it (I'd honestly looked at Ubuntu and Debian).

I found this for FreeBSD (https://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook#Apple_MacBook_support_...). Maybe I'll give it another shot.
Media live is for live video. You have video on demand it seems. Slightly different. S3 or MediaStore + CDN. MediaConvert sounds right tho.
I'm not sure I understand the point of your comment. Could you expound?
or you make a draft or concept and they use that as the final
By the time I had Sun stock, I would have had to pay someone to take it. Still loved working there.

I cashed out a bunch of bitcoin for what I thought was going to be a near peak price at the time, $800. Fortunately, I never agree with myself completely, so I saved a few for the long run. Thinking back, I can't really say I would do anything differently with the information I had at the time.
You're still without that money for three days, instead of zero days. Credit cards act like a buffer to your real money, so disputed transactions have no real effect on you.
2 works in Windows, xfce and Unity too, mostly (and has been for years). The focus stays on the calculator if you wanna type into it, but you can still scroll whatever your mouse is over.

1 certainly works in any Linux DE I've ever used, as long as I make the terminal stay in the foreground whether it's focused or not. Personally, I prefer to use guake for sucha usecase, however.
I share no kinship with a stranger just because they have they carry the same passport, speak the same language or have the same colour of skin. To imagine otherwise is an extraordinarily dangerous error.
I feel that down voting without any currency is too cheap. Instead, if people have to use up 1 karma to downvote then people would be more considerate about down voting. This would also restrict people who are just negative in general that likes to downvote everything. People who has looks of karma is free to downvote however they like.
This article should have led with Uber, the author picked only on quarterly YoY and posted a misleading statement about losses, when it was just a decline in income. Yes, very shallow analysis.
> Actually, for non-startups (i.e., 99% of new businesses), loans from banks, family, and friends, are the primary form of investment. This method of investing does not require the investor to be accredited.

Precisely because its illegal to do it otherwise..you are making my case for me with this statement.

> If the increased capital is coming from employees, then this is just a circular transaction: the money goes from the employee, to the company, back to the employee again = no net financial difference.

It could be divested from other less profitable capital investments like index funds, real estate or straight down cash.
That lower competition of capital for startups means less startups and thus lower wages.

> Oh no! Juicero would never have existed!...Wait, that's a good thing, and the very existence of Juicero and other wasteful startups suggests that the problem is too much capital, not too little.

Thats your opinion, but you are making a comment on a site run by an institution whose primary goal is to make more startups.
There's a screenshot somewhere in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiMNbjzYMXo
Even domestically, moderate politicians were dragged into it. The narrative had been set up by the hawks and regime changers that if you don’t support invading Iraq, you’re for the terrorists and against America.

Even though the lie of Al Qaeda training on Iraqi soil was paper-thin, anti-war politicians and celebrities were shouted down and shunned. It didn’t matter that it made no sense, that Al Qaeda was expressly against the Saddam regime, the momentum was overwhelming. Everyone wanted to trust in the Bush administration’s war effort. The nation was temporarily unified after 9/11.
This is nice! Too bad it's tied to one platform (Windows), instead of some more generic API (like SDL or opengl).
> But the reason that costs of living are cheaper may not be entirely disconnected from the fact that life feels cheaper in general

Of course the low costs of living are related to the general economic situation, most people there are very poor by western standards and Bali infrastructure is at it's limits and has poor safety.
Matt Levine is one of my favorite finance / business writers of all time. Really good grasp on technical financial details as well as the complex incentives that drive markets. He doesn't really get how the tech world works (maybe that's changed; haven't followed him regularly in a year or so) but a lot of fintech people would benefit from reading him
Rebooted one of my AMT machines so I could take a video of what you see on the physical screen during boot while the remote console is active: https://youtu.be/GDD8os3ZeCI
Agreed, cryptocurrency= Bitcoin in the public's mind. Perhaps that will change in the future
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It's not "illogical" to say that a culture which executes homosexuals is inferior (in that aspect) to ones that don't. You can argue about the standard, but it's straightforward and logical.
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This. That's pretty much exactly what I did, although it was more like 800x because bitcoin. It gave me quite a bit of peace of mind to know that even if I was wrong, I was wrong in a very reasonable way and not completely out of the game.
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If there were a better way, we would be doing it. Recruiting is half science, half art. There is no formulaic way to guarantee you'll find the perfect hire. There likely never will be. People are fickle -- you could find the perfect person for a position who could have the ulterior motive of "resting and vesting", and not being the leader in your organization that you'd hope they would have been.

So we take proxies -- like degrees from renown (or at least accredited) institutions, prior employer prestige, and years of experience as signals for what may be. But ultimately, we can never know.

Even with a whiteboard coding exercise, the subject could get lucky and know the question. Or get nervous and fail miserably, but would have succeeded on the job.

There is no good answer for how to reliably choose talent. If there was a prescribed way, we'd do it. The best that we've come across in our industry is to say, "well, the candidate could implement algorithm <x> on the whiteboard, so maybe they know a thing or two".

Also, you might be over estimating the amount of time/effort we should put into hiring. Most employees are at will, so we can quickly get rid of them if they aren't a fit. In a world where employment trends further and further towards being ephemeral, why should we invest any more than we do?
An obituary is not going to get shared widely or get many clicks (unless it's a celebrity), so obviously it will be ranked poorly by Facebook's algorithm. But it is Facebook's choice to rank content based on click rates and virality, so in a way they did arrange it so that post would not be seen.

"Our algorithm did it." does not absolve anyone of their responsibility in choosing to use that algorithm.
Also: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/device-security/bit...

More also: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn632182(v=ws.11...
I don't think the author grasps it either, especially when he uses morality as an outcome rather than just another cultural value. Assessing the quality of the outcome requires a cultural perspective itself, and even if from that cultures perspective the outcome is poor, the values that the culture would have to change may be worse.

If my culture does not accept that slavery is acceptable, but is aware that it will be wiped out by the cultures that do allow it, and chooses that fate, my culture is not inferior for doing so from my perspective.
I agree with Aaron, the major themes of the show were decline and depravity. All of the main characters were self-destructive. Honor and pride had little to do with the series.
> Blatantly false. An employee can receive unlimited amounts of stock as compensation. They're simply limited in their ability to expend their own financial resources to acquire stock of non-traded companies.

Today, employees negotiate the bulk of their stock only once: when they know the least about the company they work for. Not only that, but the information they have is asymetric with investors, because share classes are not the same which makes for a very convoluted and intrasparent market.
Also, the majority of startup employees that quit do not excercise their options to the fullest: but they dont have the ease to sell those options to third parties, because of SEC rules. i.e. someone not able or willing to purchase stock when he leaves a company is most likely going to lose them. All consequence of this restriccion of buying and selling stock. Check out Sharepost for an example of this unmet market that drives down compensation.

> Very true. But this isn't one of the harmful regulations. And even if it is harmful, it prevents significantly more and greater harm than it inflicts.

What's your math to make this claim. I'm willing to be convinced in a strict utilitarian sense.