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finnthehuman

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    Bit rude to armchair psychoanalyze. Also wouldn’t change anything about whether the firing was justified.

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    Comment #49084508

    Oh. I see the disconnect between us. To me, either the culture bubble is extremely strong in your area, or being able to admit alignment with ideas shared by a major political part…

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    Comment #49080786

    I feel like this thread is full of two camps: People who think it's sweet that their colleague is taking vacation to visit family at the end of august this year. And people who und…

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    Comment #49080554

    >I'd like the people I work with to feel safe talking about their family, their disabilities, their religion, their culture or subculture Yes, you want to feel like the people arou…

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    Comment #49080318

    "psychological safety" in the workplace? Auzla always lies. HR always lies. HR always lies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpYs-aM8I8U

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    Comment #49021530

    > not sure how to square this with the dramatic improvement in LLM capabilities A good tech demo doesn’t matter to the business if the products don’t become profitable at the scale…

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    Comment #48951463

    > we don’t even expect humanity from big tech since that’s what we’ve become accustomed to seeing. There is a difference between humanity in communication and saying the problem wa…

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    Comment #48926320

    I can not agree harder. A rando that knows a little therapy language and has good intentions is dangerous. Turn and run.

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    Comment #48890033

    > The hearsay is essentially repeating what was announced publicly. Their job listing might as well have said, “now seeking applicants for total shit show”. It’s bad form for us to…

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    Comment #48860350

    The bit about stream viewers is interesting. What is the typical viewer experience? I assumed watching streams is similar to watching vs participating in sports. I played a few as …

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    Comment #48690914

    I also find it frustrating that articles expressing personality spicier than “safe for work milquetoast” are treated like out of pocket ranting.

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    Comment #48687426

    Wasn’t that a story with ffmpeg a few months ago? And people were getting roasted for even the suggestion that google should contribute patches?

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    Comment #48647044

    > It was true in 2005, but still? As I described in another post here, a modern strategy is to get a beefy server than can run the same ABI I’m already sitting at an expensive comp…

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    Comment #48633818

    Software projects are too large to be left to licensed practitioners if you want to ensure quality. It would require the producing company to follow a formal quality management sys…

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    Comment #48633639

    I think articles like this are roundabout arguing something different from their text. It’s not about how much to half ass our hobby projects that were often halfassed without AI. …

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    Comment #48599201

    Agreed. I wear headphones because open offices suck and I like music. I’m not trying to avoid anyone.

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    Comment #48567526

    >I can assure HN that they want to be on the grid as quickly as possible. In a conversation about negative externalities, I don't see the purpose of such a statement. If everything…

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    Comment #48294472

    It doesn't prevent people from outsourcing their thinking to AI. People don't bother preparing to discuss topics beyond what AI told them. If they have access to their computer dur…