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> And I put up a note on my blog offering physics consultation, including help with theory development: ‘Talk to a physicist. Call me on Skype. $50 per 20 minutes.’

Interesting! A lot of times, this is what I want (as the asker) -- to be able to do quick back-and-forth with someone genuinely knowledgeable to identify where my understanding is right and wrong, and where I need to look next. I'd be interested if there were a general platform where you can hire experts on these terms. (Not interested in physics though.)
It's a combination between desktops needing a lot of dedicated space, and younger people not having such space, because they're children living with their parents. Naturally, the youth will gravitate toward devices designed for limited private space (laptops and phones), then when those kids grow up they continue using what they know.
part of the culture

Nah. They're assholes.
My point is that they've received basically no criticism for many of their mistakes. Saying vaccines will prevent the spread of COVID-19 makes no sense if they've not proven so ever, why make a massive policy decision which likely contributed to further spread (many restrictions were lifted due to their announcement, only to be put back later). Or as another example, they continued to require masks for children even as many countries removed that requirement long ago with data showing that it was safe to do so. Or that they mistakenly counted non-Covid related deaths (72k deaths) in their mortality data.

I call out flip-flopping as it reduces what little confidence the public has in their policy decisions and further empowers the fringe in discussions of ineffective treatments. No one is saying they should know on Day 1 of anything. That's a nonsense expectation. I do however expect them to communicate better and to educate the public on the evolution of the disease rather than rushing to any decisions until the data is clear.
I don't. I expect "we" do - or at least we have a pretty good idea. If black-market tritium was worth enough to hungry people in Russia we could probably set back readiness even more.
For those popular science communicators that you mentioned, do you feel that they are misinforming their audience by oversimplifying? Or by leaving them with genuinely wrong ideas?
Supposedly the nuclear weapons development and maintenance was well funded in Russia.
I have no idea what the author is on about. The exit interview is often the best 30 minutes of a bad job!

You can tell them what they are doing well, what they aren't doing well, praise good employees and criticize bad managers.

If you are both professionals, it's a cathartic experience that supports your remaining coworkers. If they are not professional, they weren't going to give you a good reference anyway. But if you are an unprofessional neurotic intent on treating Greg from HR like a captive corporate agent, I guess you will probably have a bad time?
There's a wonderful exploration of "crackpots" in the aptly-named "The Crackpots" by Harlan Ellison in his short story collection "Paingod" (which is excellent). https://sckool.org/paingod-and-other-delusions-harlan-elliso...
Aside from the MAD arguments others have pointed out, there is simple revenge.

You say this is irrational, but that depends on your values.
If you prioritize revenge over avoiding further losses, it is perfectly rationale.

For example, if someone killed my family, I may value killing them over my personal life. This doesn't make me irrational, but rather speaks to my value system and what I am optimizing for.
People are talking about post-secondary education here. You are quoting primary and secondary. Your numbers do not apply.
Could you elaborate? Would love to know more.
I took about three years off to travel after ~12 months of working. It was very difficult to get back into the work force. Partially that was the economic environment. But probably the biggest issue was that I didn't really have the experience to be comfortably above entry level and for entry level roles companies preferred new grads.

That was a non-programming career though. For programmers that can pass a leet code style it's different. You probably could take a dump on a recruiter's desk and still get a job.

But, IMHO, it's wise to get 2-3 years of experience before taking significant time off. At that point you're solidly out of junior/entry level roles and into experienced hires.
I have never done any exit interview, if I had to do one I would just say I got a better opportunity somewhere else. Generally speaking, if you need me to tell you what’s wrong with a place where you spend 8 hours per day, then maybe it’s better for you to spend your days doing another job, but I also tolerate companies because in this system I’m required to have a job to have an acceptable life , but inside I hate any company and the point of this fake "show" that they care about improving is such a bullshit that to me it’s frustrating to be asked to take part in it so that ‘we can learn and improve’ just please
well, but she's kinda famous, so she can do it, I suppose less famous physicist could still provide similar service for less (like a less prestigious law firm)
What's with the assumption that you are quitting a job because it sucks? A lot of times people have to quit or change jobs for their own reasons and only have positive things to say.

And if the job does suck, who cares if you burn bridges there on the way out? You only need to maintain bridges that go to good places.
> but bad gradients

That may be good enough. I would like to find out.
In an exit interview I've done, it was clear to me that HR was trying to spin a story about why I was leaving that didn't align with what I was saying or trying to say. They were nice enough, but it was full of questions that appeared to be designed to invalidate my thoughts or feelings. For example, the question: "But did you have the resources you needed to do your job?" to my point of "I felt like I was set up to fail on these projects."

They also focused on single points that were actually just a small part of a much larger picture, emphasizing them as though to suggest that they were the singular reason for me leaving. It was a frustrating experience, and it felt dishonest. I felt like they didn't want the real reasons I was leaving, they wanted a story that didn't make the company's processes and management look flawed.
I'm in the same boat as you, and have just begun my 2nd sabbatical.

You'll be fine.

I took a similar 3 month sabbatical about 5 years ago and it was one of the greatest things I've ever done in my life. Really helped me get my priorities straight. After it was over I ended up landing my dream job, which I wouldn't have thought to go for if I hadn't taken time off, including a 40% pay increase within a month of job hunting.

Go for it!
I bet the bad science writing sells much better-- readers enjoy the Feeling of Knowing. You're not going to get much of that feeling from an honest article on a complex subject.
I vaguely recall this story and just followed up on it reading the wikipedia page. I am very happy to see that Gibson won the case. They deserve every single cent. Absolutely pathetic behavior from the robber, the assaulters, the protestors, and the school.
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Skilled labor jobs or military service are a great option for people who didn't get excellent grades in high school but are willing to work hard to get a ticket out of poverty. Unfortunately, many educators and parents don't promote those career paths as much as they should.

https://jobs.mikeroweworks.org/
i suspect this is largely driven by pressures to publish in high profile journals, which can tend to take interest in flashy sounding introductions and conclusions.
I'm new to this tool, but can you break down how to correlate the 28 days ago commits with non-core contributors and concluding that it's staggering?
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> I know that new "open" laptops are still available, but most of them--the System76's, the Purisms, etc.--are overpriced in my opinion.

The author cares enough about this issue to write this article, but they are unwilling to support companies that are trying to address the issue due to increased cost. Is this really as important of a problem to the author as the author indicates? How will this issue ever change if companies that try to appeal to this niche market are not validated by consumers?

Reminds me of how many products are now made in China due to savings even at the expense of the middle class of many nations. People weren’t willing to pay more for products made in their own countries, and now there are critical supply shortages created by the wave of the hand of a leader far away.
Anker isn’t cheap though. If you’re looking for the cheapest accessory on Amazon it’s rarely going to be Anker.

The problem is people buying the absolute cheapest item, which is most likely going to be from China. If anything it’s a testament to their industrial prowess that they can crank out “good enough” equipment this cheaply.

But seriously if you actually care enough about quality to dump the USB data, maybe don’t buy the cheapest thing on Amazon. Or buy it with the assumption you’ll need to run diagnostics on it first and hope it doesn’t short out anything or catch fire.
you seem to be conflating Russian military with Soviet military as if they enjoyed a significant divergence, but in reality one is just a progression of the other. the SU35 for example can still stalk down an SR71, just as its soviet SU25 could.

Dead Hand is not a former soviet technology, it is actively maintained, staffed, and funded. as the CCCP invented the ICBM, i have full confidence in Russias ability to deliver it.

Sarmat is the latest ICBM in development with planned service this year. much like their American counterparts (minuteman) missiles and technology are regularly advanced and upgraded.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-28_Sarmat
> I know this is HN where we are probably all biased towards creating software solutions, but do you really think software is the right lever to this problem?

I'm not sure how you got that impression from that sentence, especially because the word "want" was emphasized.
>The author states there is no upside to giving honest feedback of a company in an exit interview, and the one comment I see at the moment which argues perhaps there could be an upside is making the case that the upside is when you personally benefit from stock prices increasing.

He talks about exactly this.
Doesn't condensed matter physics heavily feature harmonic analysis? It's a pity -- if math weren't so damn difficult, we could point all the "crystal resonance" crowd in a productive, fascinating direction.
I agree with you as I've never seen this side of HR and I've worked at various companies in the US (including Amazon, which was by far my best employer).

The tide in the US seems to be normal people vs business with this idea that all businesses are out to take advantage of employees and I just don't feel that's true in a general sense.

Granted, I'm a highly skilled software engineer making great money and with seemingly limitless opportunities in the current market so saying I have privilege is an understatement.
> None of that is true.

Really depends on your AFSC (job code), unit and era. I was in one of the more infamous career fields (Security Forces), and the running joke was that we were "real military" compared to the rest of the "Corporate Air Force". A lot of maintainers I knew had similar sentiments towards other office-based career fields.

And that was only at a stateside base - the dynamic got really weird when we deployed on in-lieu-of taskings to relieve understaffed Army units in Iraq. Their Military Police had a similar level of intensity as us, but most of their rank-and-file in the role were augmentees pulled from other career fields without a law enforcement background.
I'm curious. Has there ever been an x86 laptop on which secure boot can't be turned off? The most obnoxious I've encountered took quite a few steps, from an obscure key combination to even get into the setup menu, to a couple of "are you sure?", "enter these digits to confirm" kind of scare prompts, to at least one restart, before it was off. Felt kind of like unlocking a carrier-locked smartphone. Pain in the ass and a bit scary, but ultimately possible, and once it's done, for good.

After that a Linux install went just fine. Probably would have even without that, given what I read about trusted boot shims and so on.

Mind you, all my (older) laptops still support proper suspend, you know, where the LED will happily blink for a couple of days on battery and you still have enough to use the computer.
The other day:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30886497
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I've always assumed the point was that an employee on their way out would be more forthright in providing honest and candid feedback since they're no longer worried about getting fired, and they would use that feedback to reduce further turnover.

But seeing how rarely that feedback is acted on, yeah...I'm failing to see the point in exit interviews.
I generally agree, but it also depends why you left.

If you left because you hate your boss, yeah probably pass. If you left because you hate your co-workers, yeah probably pass. If you left because you hate the new direction of the company - pass.

If you loved working there but want to work in a different field, your buddy started a company, you got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to move to France - no reason not to go, tbh. If it doesn't work out, they'll happily have you back.
A lot of good quality stuff comes from China as well, including many luxury brands. Why do they only get the reputation for the bad stuff?
I wasn’t being edgy and I did read the link. A one-off donation isn’t a business model.

> Although it's not a typical for-profit business model, we are sustainable

If it’s sustainable, there's clearly something other than a one-off donation. What is it?
> If you are both professionals, it's a cathartic experience that supports your remaining coworkers. If they are not professional, they weren't going to give you a good reference anyway.

It seems to me that the author is suggesting a third type of person: one who is professional until they're criticized.
Sorry, but I laugh... walking sticks for self-defense? They are light Al, not ancient sword or halberds or modern shock-sticks. The #2 is even dangerous, because if you fall badly on a stick you might get hurt far badly than a direct fall, see ski accidents as an example.
I'd personally prefer to leave the enforcement of the law up to police. Private companies should focus on serving customers, not being their nanny, or their teacher. I think most people are more or less aware of both the actual law and the tacit law. Education isn't the issue.
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HR is the subunit of the firm dedicated to minimizing risk and maximizing efficiency across the firm (and thus, independently of the specific business function of other units) in the extraction of surplus value from workers.

Their function within capitalist industry is directly, fundamentally, and uniquely concerned with the manner in which capitalist industry itself is hostile to workers.

A firm in which HR is not generally hostile to the interests of workers is fundamentally maladapted to competition in a capitalist economy and is, ceteris paribus, likely to either fail in the face of competition without this defect or be forced to rectify the defect.
Yeah, it certainly hurts a bit less if you're not the one paying for it.

I know we're in a high income profession, but buying another $2.5k+ laptop just for iphone development isn't a trivial expense if you do contracting (especially if you're not working 40 hours a week).
Webpack is obsolete?

Man, this field really does move quickly.
It seemed like a sore point so I didn't ask questions about it (form things I pieced together it sounded like they were injuried and their copilot, maybe others, died; in sounded like the XO probably didn't have any serious consequence or I think they would have mentioned it). Generally, I would only ask questions about the good stories they shared but let them just share what they wanted when they were not happy stories.
I had a great Thinkpad once, too. But the 2 subsequent models were all shit - laptop board burning (needed a replacement few times), RAM integrity issues, boot loops, driver crashes etc.

Then I tried 2 Dells - both of them shit in all ways possible (and I spent more than Macbooks cost!) - battery life bad, noise bad, performance bad, thermals bad, sound bad, keyboard bad, display horrendous (never get shitty 4K OLED from Dell, it hurts your eyes!)... - that's a machine that costs $4k+.

Regarding the CPU... I was not able to use even 50% of its i9 CPU because of thermal throttling. And when it was on "full", it got like 2 hours of battery.

M1 is like from another galaxy. The sound continues to amaze anyone who hears it. People can't take their eyes off the display. It literally does not have fans. It never gets hot. I can work 2 days on one battery charge.

And most importantly - even though I have only a 7-core M1 Air - it outperforms my i7-7770 desktop as well as every laptop I ever had, even the beefy i9 Dell - and it cost less than $1500. It has less RAM (only 16GB), but that's alright, I never had a problem with it (as a JS developer).
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Why does HR do exit interviews anyway? Basically it's a CYA technique - they want to try to detect lawsuit-related risk like harassment. Maybe as a secondary if they get a lot of bad reports about a manager they might investigate. But mostly it's formalized box-ticking on their part, and should be on yours too.
sounds like a good plan to get tenure. lol
...police...

I had a problem at work. I called HR. Then I had two problems.
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I think they are legal to ride, on the street though, not on the sidewalk.
> for the vast majority of people, most waking hours were actively spent on subsistence and survival until very recently in human history.

have you been to India or another country with a similar wealth disparity in the global south?
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Think of all the things that are Ivermectin-level questionable (cloth masks, 6ft, vaccinated don't spread, 95% effective at preventing illness, airborne, etc.) that have negatively impacted far more people than a few nuts who decided to put all their eggs in the Ivermectin basket.

If you're choosing to go after Joe Rogan and none of the proponents of the other points above, it seems fairly obvious that you're ideologically motivated in your attack.
> On the flip side, the guy is suing for millions and was going to work at a sandwich shop. Is he expecting more than a lifetime worth of value from society because he had an accident?

This is the problem with the completely stupid healthcare system in the U.S.: this kind of moralistic outrage only makes sense in the context of our ridiculously overpriced costs which are the way they are because of perverse incentives in our healthcare system. If we had single-payer health care we'd probably be spending less on healthcare overall (https://decisiondata.org/news/how-much-single-payer-uhc-woul...), and this would never have been a news story.

But, instead, we have these kinds of framings where someone did something stupid and has no way out of their situation besides desperately looking for some way to cover their costs without being completely screwed. How would any of us deal with this if we were in the same position? Coming back to "well he did it to himself" overlooks the reality of our system which is that so many folks with health issues have no options, regardless of how few mistakes they've made. And if we start demarcating who should and shouldn't get health care because of whatever stupid thing they have done, then I imagine we'd first say "well, all you smokers and drinkers, you don't get to have health care any more. Same for you overweight folks. Also you kids who got hurt because your parents weren't careful enough about protecting you when you were in a car/riding a bike/in a pool/etc.--sucks to be you." Etc. etc. This is first and foremost cruel, and more to the point, it is an absolutely ineffective way to determine public policy.

If we stop applying these regressive moralistic arguments to who should and shouldn't have healthcare, and instead frame things in terms of the kinds of public health outcomes we want and the type of policies that produce those outcomes, we get to profoundly better results (which can be seen by considering how other developed nations with non-dysfunctional healthcare systems function, if nothing else). But as far as I can tell, based on my lived experience over the course of almost five decades, Americans mostly don't seem to want to concede to their fellow citizens any of this kind of pragmatism and compassion until they themselves find themselves in similar situations. The majority of the responses in this thread--including yours--seem to bear that out.
Is everyone really doing exit interviews this wrong? At my company the exit interview is with HR. All feedback is anonymous, rolled up with non-exit feedback, and delivered to managers/leads periodically so it can't be easily linked back. As a manager, this has been extremely helpful. HR is not always your friend, but in my scenario there is really nothing to lose.
Must’ve been one doozy of an answer :)
I don’t understand why they don’t just go work somewhere else
Hi! Core team member here, right now we have our hands a little full with the launch week, but will be moving onto v2 very soon!

Best way to get more info is to create a post on the forums, or an issue! The discord contributing channel is a great place too. All the links on the main website https://redwoodjs.com

Speak to you over there!
I too am curious what kind of hardware resources are needed to run the model once it is trained
> Even in the presence of such tests, Java demands that the author cast their objects appropriately.

This is one of the many reasons why I've found Kotlin so refreshing after five years of writing enterprise Java

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/typecasts.html#smart-casts