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over the years I have seen a good 30% refuse to do it I'll do reasonable take homes, but I'll often pass on interactive coding sessions. I don't like coding in a browser, and I use…

There is too much to learn out there It's crazy. I sometimes get the itch to learn a new language like Rust, but I haven't even come close to reaching the bottom of all the languag…

I'm working with a junior dev now and the phrase that I keep repeating is "slow the fuck down". He's completely frantic with the copy and paste. I'm watch him google something, cli…

There are already self replicating carbon drawing machines. They are called trees.

Everything is going to be okay.

>Are you unaware that the Free Software Movement is a political movement first and foremost? Bingo. It is a political movement. One rooted in idiotic ideologies that no thinking pe…

>its possible to convince people of really anything with enough exposure Not really. You can spend days, weeks, and months; millions of dollars; thousands of paid shill accounts; a…

>Within reason of course, nobody wants Nazis or Pedophiles to spread their opinions because they are obscene. Who decides what's reasonable? Who decides what constitutes a "Nazi" o…

That's a very diplomatic way to say he's crazy and people who put him on a pedestal are crazy for doing it; despite occasionally have a valid point. Also I agree 100%.

>Do not most free democratic countries practice 'secret ballot' voting specifically because not doing so caused all kinds of problems like voter intimidation? Seems like you answer…

Public voting is not status quo outside of Debian. In the real world the only places that have public voting are places that are controlled by dictators.

But it's deceptive and political to complain 3 and 4 are too similar but then not also state that 1 and 2 were too similar. 2 also lost votes to 1 being similar. Also 3 and 4 were …

But NOTA and Affirm the Public Vote are not the same. Choosing ATPV would have changed the constitution. NOTA would not have changed the constitution. If this were an American elec…

>If those two were represented as a single "NOTA" option, that option would have won the ballot in terms of votes. Looks like Option 1 and 2 were similar enough to "split the vote"…

There are exceptions. Mostly in the realm of regulations. Sometimes you pay for programming that you simply have to do by law, even if you don't actually want it.

>if that were the case we would all run "programs " 24/7 on our computers and produce infinite value. Ever heard of bitcoin mining? j/k :D

A penny saved is a penny earned. Many programmers are employed to automate tasks and reduce labor requirements. That adds value to the organization. You are splitting hairs by sayi…

If you work 40 hours a day and you feel everyone around you is moving in slow motion and you need to fill your day with extra stuff just to give everyone else a chance to catch up …

>because results on other sites aren't trustworthy Reddit is gamed way more than google. Paid posters, moderation of anything against a narrative. Google search may be dying, but r…

I have to occasionally remind myself that games have not become bad. I've gotten old. I can only imagine what it's like to be 12 and play Fortnight. They can republish Command and …

What is a fairer way to allocate resources than you produce for me and I produce for you? Seems to me any other system is open to being gamed. Sure there are people born into gener…

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That's one theory. Another theory is that the ad industry is exploiting a human nature that has been there long before ads or industry. How would we test that theory? How would we …

>More likely they hired workers who created that wealth. More likely they hired workers and everyone created wealth together. A worker can't work until someone builds the assembly …