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"including Facebook’s sharing of data with the dark arts firm Cambridge Analytica—and ever-growing worries about the tech giants’ monopoly powers." We only care about this because …

"There's a cultural difference here. In a culture of collaboration that experience is simulated for the group to grow mutually." So, to 'grow mutually', we need to use ideas that n…

There is also evidence that the gender pay gap is due to other circumstances: -women not negotiating what they are actually worth in terms of pay -women taking less risks and less …

"Oppress my voice and project what they think I should be (super-ego acting like a child)" I'm in my 40s and am managing a team of developers in their 20s. What may sound like oppr…

Don't accidentally delete the entire table because you left off a WHERE clause.

This is so simplistic. Yeah, it might be better if we had less cars on the road, but the US is very large and not that easy to traverse without cars.

Anyone can slap down some code and get something to marginally work from a tutorial they read online. The skill (and subsequent value) comes in when priorities change, things need …

"When you do your post-mortem, focus on actionable outcomes rather than placing blame. Because ultimately anyone can screw up at any time." I disagree with this. You need to place …

"I was once a tech lead of a team where the architect had been berating and criticizing a team member for weeks over something he thought should take a day" As I've gotten more exp…

"I'd argue that for easily digitized works, there's no such thing as scarcity." Since AI can't create great pieces of art or digital works in a short amount of time, there still is…

Do you think if Uber suddenly was forced to make all of these drivers employees with benefits, that everyone would continue to have a job?

"Quitting her job meant she could spend more time with her daughter and offset some of her childcare expenses, but it also required her to make lifestyle changes" There are many wo…

It feels weird that I have to argue for safety and the scientific process in a forum for supposed intelligent people. It's very anti-intellectual.

It might not work because it hasn't been completely tested. The human is the test and people may die during the testing process. Why should anyone go to jail over this? The startup…

With the amount of lawsuits in the US for people that are willingly harming themselves or abusing drugs: Cigarette companies still getting sued for smokers dying of cancer..even th…

"You set up a strawman and destroy it without answering any of my questions; this seems like arguing in bad faith." I gave you a scenario that is very possible without some sort of…

I love VSCode. I switched over last year and it's by far the best editor I've used in a long time. The plugin system is great too.

Let's say I'm a startup with a new idea for a treatment. I don't really have the funding to actually go through the proper testing and I decide to use humans to test my new ideas. …

What a horrible idea. Clinical trials with no oversight or regulation of patients that may or may not even know the consequences.

"It may seem strange for a bookstore chain to be developing and selling artisanal soup bowls and organic cotton baby onesies. But Indigo’s approach seems not only novel but crucial…

"As unfair as it may have been for out-of-state retailers to avoid the sales tax burden" This article blames the retailers, but they are just going to be a pass through. The consum…

I think it's a great idea. But, it's pretty obvious from the people testing it out that it has some major flaws.

If it's such a great way to make money, why did you stop?

These sorts of articles seem to be primers for a socialist government and a scary reminder that there is no utopian fantasy. So the answer to a crumbling system (because this is wh…

Exactly. It will become very difficult to get away with murder in the future because they can now link familial DNA.