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Likewise. The guy bought two laptops to compare for a week and returned the one he didn’t like, then later that year did the same thing between two TVs. When he went to return the …

Between the natural born sociopaths and decent people being stressed to no end, I don’t see this getting better anytime soon.

I’ve contended since the beginning that final round interviews/power days should always be done in person. This gets tricker with small fully remote firms, but I see no reason a co…

That was my previous understanding too, but this was the protocol of a large healthcare system. Their logic was that only symptomatic animals can spread rabies, and once symptomati…

I’m not sure I follow. What’s uniquely American about killing decision makers? Especially morally questionable individuals? Yeah, it’s a garbage way for society to operate but this…

> Next cookie cutter CEO to be installed will just continue the same shit. Maybe, but what lays outside their door will always haunt them. There’s no replacement that won’t have th…

After a potential exposure myself the state’s protocol was to capture and monitor the animal. If it displayed symptoms or died, it was assumed positive for my vaccination purposes …

Well, both of those are subjective terms but if it’s effective it’s effective. The most effective movements are usually a combination of protest and civil disobedience. Considering…

I know the whole point of cloud services is to pick and choose, but in general I wouldn’t express “outrage” or scoff when comparing Azure to AWS. I recommend Azure to the smallest …

This one’s on Jack Welch - a pioneer in short term gain over long term building. You absolutely can juice a company’s performance by going dog-eat-dog, but inevitably when the smok…

> Is it more or less rational to assume that we have some special intangible spark? My comment is predicated on the belief that yes, at this moment it is more rational to assume we…

I’ve heard similar equivalencies in the past and I don’t know what the root cause of someone feeling this way is? Apathy? I’ve heard coworkers argue that enjoyment from video games…

Considering a significant portion of art appreciation revolves around the artist themselves, the talent and story they possess, and the level of effort and expression that went int…

> One of the VPs leaves, then ruins another company the same way. Often the target company is exuberant they got themselves a FAANG VP and bend over backwards to “let them work the…

These statistical models certainly don’t have will, they hardly have understanding, but they do a great job at emulating reasoning. As we increase parameter sizes and increment on …

I mean, sure I can do anything. However i won’t because despite it not being in my training data, i recognize that blindly running updates could fuck my day up. This process isn’t …

> Why are they in leadership roles? Because they’re useful to the bottom line and are anti-social enough to destroy anyone who threatens it. People and moreover mentality like this…

If it makes any of us feel better, the wave of articles on this are more than likely an astroturfing campaign for early awareness of the movie.

I work less in the office. Too many distractions. Also the corporate productivity difference is only marginally better, but I get to spend significant time surrounded by my wife an…

Some of the most affluent parts of the country still rely on well water. Look at horse country 45min outside of Philadelphia, they seem to have pretty good teeth. Now for your tone…

And in my experience you run out of those individuals rather quickly and start cutting well-intended employees after only a few years. After that, you start firing hard working ind…

> kind of a stupid idea because it makes your other employees nervous And in the medium and long term solidifies a self-serving culture rather than individuals working towards the …

I mean, when things go bump on our farm my wife won’t hesitate to grab the rifle and haze a black bear or coyote. I’ll lay down my life for my wife and kids but I assure you she ca…

To everyone’s surprise, we still are engaging in trench warfare. Maybe the USA isn’t currently involved in a war where they’re digging and in the trenches, but Eastern Europe right…

I think that’s what they were saying but their comment was so low quality it’s hard to be sure.