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Higher education is used as a proxy for intelligence by companies who are hiring because they are not allowed to use IQ tests. So I think it kind of makes sense that our society is confused about the purpose of higher education.
What evidence do you have to say that liberal => SV successful and not white liberal men => SV successful
Well, i was think more along the lines of reducing barries to the point where anyone can create a real product. For instance, anybody with basic coding skills can create a website or social network. Imagine if anyone with some basic programming skills could build a house, a new car, a form of transportation, a cheaper form of medical insurance, a new robot, etc. We'd see an explosion of new innovation, that really would benefit society. As it stands right now, all the above requires enormous amounts of legal knowledge because even if you had the hardware/AI skills to do it, it's illegal and politically insurmountable.
That's all tech giants in pretty much all countries. And not just their own people, they spy on foreigners too.

There's a reason why russia and china kick out foreign tech companies from time to time. There's a reason why EU demands access to source code/hardware specs/etc from foreign tech companies.

It's why all major nations ( US, China, Russia, etc ) are working towards creating and manufacturing a wholy native tech stack for their sensitive government and corporate institutions.
The app will only run on your phone for 7 days[1] unless you pay Apple an annual fee, which is a non-starter if you want to write an app that you will actually use instead of merely test.

No such restrictions on Android, Windows, or other platforms. Moto Sport 360[2] looks like it will fit OP's requirements.

[1] http://mybyways.com/blog/new-limitations-imposed-on-free-app...

[2] https://www.motorola.ca/products/moto-360-sport#Specificatio...
Not part of the team but they did an AMA not long ago and there is this reply: https://www.reddit.com/r/iexec/comments/7besol/the_official_...

The biggest issue right now is that before the result of the computation is sent you need for the Ethereum blockchain to mine a new block, however as explained it's a temporary limitation so I think one day it could be possible if there is not this problem of delay.
Also you should check Truebit too if you are interested by the subject.
> That God created this universe

As an atheist I do think there is too many people in tech who have a tendency to shit on religion, without considering anyone else around. I agree, there is no god. Lets not go around calling anyone who believes in it idiots, because no good comes of that.

But I also won't put up with some religious lecture. You're the jerk in that situation.

> That marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman.

You're expressing beliefs that others should have their rights taken away. That's unacceptable.
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Holy crap, that sounds awful! Thanks for posting this - hopefully it will help other potential candidates make an informed decision.
Valid point but the main issue is that the ranks of conservatives are filled with discriminatory, bigoted and racist people. Its hard to differentiate a political conservative from a KKK member/Neo Nazi/Anti-LGBT person. And I certainly don't want to work with any of these characters nor will I hire them because if you're a KKK member, Neo Nazi, etc. it shows that you cannot think objectively and rationally. And in that case no matter how good you're with algorithms you'll eventually cause damage to the technology and/or the team.
Which statutory data retention obligations are being talked about with regards to uber? The original commented seems to believe it's obvious.
I suspect that the real ownership of the stock doesn't need to be really solved until a stock operation that need signature happens.
I can vouch for Martin, any Sydney/Melbourne locals shouldn't hesitate to reach out and try to match their skills.

Good luck!
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> Richard Jacobs, a security analyst whom Uber fired in April and now consults for the company, testified Tuesday that up to dozens of employees were trained to used ephemeral messaging systems, including Wickr, to communicate so that their conversations would be clandestine and could not surface in any “anticipated litigation.”

Literally from the article.
> ardent "liberals"

Yeah, I mean those aren't necessarily popular opinions. So if you express them you might find a bunch of people who will vigorously argue against you. If that's upsetting to you, I don't know what to say.

I really, really doubt you're going to get fired. Unless you're expressing these opinions in very inappropriate ways. It's a workplace, after all.
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Does crypto = dotcom?
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no. that's why most corporate lawyers prefer you call them instead of email
You seem to be fixating over the specifics of individual communication mechanisms, which is not the point.

For instance, will an insistence that execs of Uber only talk in air-gapped soundproof rooms be considered incriminating?
Does that hold if it’s company policy to do all communication over an ephemeral chat system?

I’m struggling to understand this. It seems to suggest a company cannot discuss anything potentially problematic unless there’s a log.

From the article:

>companies have an obligation to preserve records that may be reasonably seen as relevant to litigation or that fall under data retention rules set by industry regulators.

So, is that saying watercooler chat is ok over Snapchat but nothing serious?

Edit: I think this is answered well here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15827511
You'll see that when notable stories stop hitting the news so frequently. I think this complaint should be forwarded to Uber. Perhaps directly to the CEO since you might get a big payday out of that.
For far more employers, "ability to program" is something they have no idea how to filter for in a pile of resumes, but "CS degree" seems like it might be a usable proxy.
Amazon continues to sell the "SoClean CPAP Cleaner" even going so far as to stock it out of their own warehouses and offer Prime shipping.

This is a product which has been pulled from several CPAP vendors, likely due to the potential danger[0] posed by leaving Ozone in the CPAP and its ineffectiveness as an actual cleaner[1]. There's also no health warnings on the product and it makes misleading claims ("Destroys 99.9% of CPAP germs").

This product is particularly dangerous because CPAP users are particularly vulnerable to breathing problems potentially caused by Ozone exposure.

[0] https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ozone/default.html

[1] https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/ozone-generators-...
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If they were using an ephemeral messaging app to talk about the theft of trade secrets — a thing that is "black-letter" illegal — then the laws against destroying evidence of criminal behavior might be relevant?
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I think you're the ignorant one if you can't see the point that person is making.
OP said he's learning PHP.
> People underestimate how effective a generalist can be at things which are done by specialists. People underestimate how deep specialties can run. These are simultaneously true.

This is really, really important. In my experience, this is not just unknown but actively ignored and disagreed with (either explicitly or effectively) by a large majority of people involved in software businesses. This hamstrings: companies, individuals' growth, and the advancement of the state of the art.
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In most cases no, but the difference is only due to the greater challenge of recording conversations "in the field." There are plenty of cases where phone calls must be recorded.
Oh—also—do you know what software out there is already used for managing this complexity? Thanks again!
Waymo cars already drive in Phoenix, Arizona (i.e. urban environment) without human drivers.

https://www.wired.com/story/waymo-google-arizona-phoenix-dri...
No, that's a fair point.
I have to be honest, for an idiot like me it was absolutely perfect.

Here's what we're trying to achieve, why we're trying to achieve it and some nice blocks that work towards doing that (with the idea that you make them modular enough and can bypass them).

I can only imagine a real world implementation ends up having all the edge cases in the world, but you gave me a great insight into what some of them are likely to be :)
I concur with jpm_sd, he's referring to the most common employee (the "mode" of the set).
I like that MS powerpoint is the data visualization tool you folks are looking for experience with. Makes Canada seem a bit behind the times!
That's definitely a part of the problem.
shorts + tshirt nearly everyday. Some people dress nicer, but no one honestly seems to care at all. I love that my company culture allows for this. Our founders wear tshirts and hoodies.
> But the difference is, good programmers actually LIKE to code. Even in our spare time.

I have no idea what you are talking about. Working on my side projects is very very different than working for a company. As your child comment says, programming can indeed be an art. I often compare it to the musician who passionately plays their instrument at home, but makes shitty cookie-cutter jingles for advertisements. Or, a pejorative analogy that seems to be more prevalent in popular Western culture, a philosophy major intimately familiar with Cartesian duality and Berkeleian idealism who writes clickbait articles for a living.

You can bet your horses that unless the company I work for creates a product that's very important to me, that I'm putting in no more than my requisite 8 hours. This ignores the host of incidental skills (mathematics, systems design, etc.) that I think a good programmer should study that "side projects" does nothing for.
Good question: would they?

If you named your Canadian fund “500 Maples”, nobody would have a problem.

“500 Poutines” just wouldn’t get taken seriously.
No, it's referring to the statistical mode, the most frequent occurrence in a set, "typical" would be a reasonable synonym there.

It's a roundaboot way of saying those qualities rarely all come together.
I'm not the one "fixated" on the mechanism of communication. I've consistently talked about the motivation for using a given mechanism, and, when specific mechanisms have been raised, whether those mechanisms satisfy those motivations. I even specifically said, "not which tool was used, but why."

Please don't drag the actual point down into the weeds like that — particularly while accusing me of being the one to do so.
Can’t seem to find a translation: what does kimchi mean in Korean?

Edit: never mind. Found it. Haha.
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Haha, nice. We use Tableau mostly. And R Shiny. As a director, you'd be expected to give a lot of presentations though.
Tradition is different from discrimination. Having your own tradition doesn't mean govt should step in promote themselves as saviors.
Join your local YIMBY group! There are so many extremely polarized, "trench warfare" issues in politics. I feel this is one where there's room for real, bipartisan progress.

https://www.brookings.edu/research/reforming-land-use-regula...

"Reforming local land use controls is one of those rare areas in which the libertarian and the progressive agree. The current system restricts the freedom of the property owner, and also makes life harder for poorer Americans. The politics of zoning reform may be hard, but our land use regulations are badly in need of rethinking."
While you (and others) may believe conservatives are fundamentally 'bad' people and Silicon Valley (and the world) would simply be a better place without them, this is short-sighted (amongst other things).
Conservatives and liberals obviously see the world differently. One ways that manifests itself is that conservatives are typically more detail oriented and liberals are typically more creative. As Dr. Jordan B Peterson phrases it: "Each of those different temperamental types needs the other type so economically speaking, for example, we need liberals to start businesses, and we need conservatives to run them." https://vid.me/3Dik

Seems like Silicon Valley would very much suffer in the long term from a lack of multiple viewpoints. Is this not what the call for diversity aims to achieve?

We should be careful not to dehumanize our political opponents. That way lies violence.
I participated in an accelerator run by a large corporate VC. They were supposed to give part of the cash up front (for common stock) and part after (in exchange for a note). During the initial negotiation, they offered to let me take it all up front for common stock. Because we had plenty of cash on hand, and because I wanted to use the post-program note to kick start a funding round, I said I'd just do the regular deal.

When I asked them about the note after the program ended, they said they thought I didn't want all the cash and so they wouldn't give it to me. Years later, and I've only just now gotten them to give the promised funding. I was shocked that they would behave this way considering the damage it can do to their reputation if word got out.
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The root problem is even simpler.

The question that everyone wants from statistics is, "Is this true?" The question that data properly answers is, "Here is how to update your beliefs." Therefore every incentive exists to pose questions that can produce answers which are MISUNDERSTOOD as being answers to the question we wanted answered which we couldn't.

And once a particular way of answering it has become popular, every incentive exists to push it to draw conclusions because conclusions are better than the alternative.

That's why p-values are so popular and misused. That's why you can't keep people from p-hacking their way to something publishable.

My preference is to not fight it, but accept it. Make null results publishable. Have businesses focus on decision procedures, not statistics. You can argue all day with things like https://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-run-an-ab-test.html that people shouldn't misuse statistics. Or you can decide the maximum number of conversions that you'll spend, call that N, stop if one version gets sqrt(N) ahead or if you get to N without a clear answer. (In the latter case, go with the one ahead as the best available answer.)

The second procedure has a rigorous statistical interpretation as "the best answer available with the effort we were willing to put in". But it isn't a definitive answer, and doesn't pretend to be. Complex conversations are avoided. Get an answer, go with it.
> If Uber's quarterly losses were caused by productive spending they could have a chance

I am reminded of John Maynard Keynes' words. "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."

It speaks of the financing coming home to roost before its labors have borne fruit. Uber may be financing productive spending. But if it runs out of money before the spending makes a return, it was for naught.

Uber played two games. One, buying expected long-term profits with short-term loss-making spending. Two, overwhelming the competition with scale. There is an adage admonishing attempts to make up unit losses with volume. Uber sustained losing money at volume by promising investors its long-term gains. As long as Uber could raise financing, the long-term gains were safe.

This dynamic mirrors the asset-liability mismatch that creates banks' run risk. Uber is reliant on short-term fundraising to finance its long-term competitive position. Those short-term backers are now becoming nervous. Just like a bank facing a run, the only choice is to cut, cut, cut.
I think they built their business on shifty ground anyway. The car companies are going to eat their lunch, like GM. Uber planned to do fleets, but perhaps it will be easier to do fleets if you already make the cars.
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Amazon has always been more like breakeven than profitable.

The difference with Amazon is that they would make a core business profitable and then use the free cash flow to invest in adjacent businesses. Users core business is not profitable yet.

Books->general merchandise->3p marketplace->prime->AWS->???

Where ??? Will probably be one of logistics, Alexa, or Whole Foods/Go/Fresh.
On recent macOS, you can group multiple windows from one app together.

It's quite clever, because the convention was already to have simple toplevel windows for each document. Apps can simply opt in and you can get tabs for free.
> Your idea is not valuable, at all. All value is in the execution.

Then why did Amazon patent the concept of a drone that will fly to your car and recharge it?
Decred has had on-chain governance voting for nearly two years now.

https://www.decred.org/
I dislike them quite a bit honestly due to the way things have been developing for a while, but it's getting tedious that every time I open HN all I see is Uber.
Yet a portion of this "burn" goes towards a massive growth rate / expansion. Could Uber "operate" with a 30% haircut to costs, let alone shifting from "market entry" pricing to something more sustainable?
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Well no one is forced used SV services, people are free not to use them. Also my point was not from a consumer standpoint but more from an employee/media standpoint.
Very impressive. Every day still the envelope of what mankind has touched is still expanding because of this craft. It's a tiny mark on a vast universe but for some unspecified reason it makes me feel very happy to know that it is out there and still ticking, I am not looking forward to the day that it eventually will shut down but even as an inert man-made mass that far out it will be an amazing accomplishment.
What does it fire out when firing the thrusters? How come there's propellant left?
Or they lost the war because of bad execution. They had feifdom fights in the upper ranks and Hitler wasn't able to have anyone tell him he had bad ideas (e.g. war on two fronts and locking tanks in Paris instead of letting them be commanded as needed during d-day (which again came down to infighting)).

Germany was also being worn thin on supplies. It's not as if they were in perfect shape minus allied bombings.

Also, the Nazi ideals weren't terrible in the way a business idea was terrible. Many people bought into it.