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Re: Ask HN: What is a HN unpopular opinion that you hold?

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Post by al_borland »

meiraleal wrote: post #61
paulcole wrote: post #35

Remote is not inherently better than in-office work. They’re different things that appeal to different people. A person who prefers to work in-office with other people who work in-office (no remote team) is not a terrible person who has no social life outside of work. They simply have a preference. A company deciding to require in-office work is not evil. They’re making a decision that they think will pay off for the…

> Remote is not inherently better than in-office work Remote is inherently better than in-office work even if some people prefer to work in-office. AutoCAD is better than drawing in boards even though until a few years ago lots of people would prefer to use drawing boards.

This is highly dependent on the job. Someone working with some kind of hardware design, where the office has expensive 3D printers or CNC machines that allow for prototyping parts they can physical hold could be a great benefit.

A lot can be done on computers, but sometimes it really helps to have something you can hold.

Re: Ask HN: What is a HN unpopular opinion that you hold?

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Post by al_borland »

bediger4000 wrote: post #8

Everyone really should be using Linux. It's not that hard.

The problem with Linux is everyone who has a new idea starts their own thing, so it’s infinitely fragmented, and everyone wants to work on building new things instead of doing the detailed finishing work to actually making it good to use.

Linux could be great, if the community had a way to get organized and focus all the efforts around the things that would actually make it great for the average user. Having developers do whatever they want and hoping it all comes together in the end is never going to get Linux to the point where it’s better for the average user than macOS or Windows.

I thought Ubuntu had enough money and focus to make it happen, but that dream died years ago… around the same time as their Kickstarter phone.

Re: Ask HN: What is a HN unpopular opinion that you hold?

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Post by latexr »

Gerlo wrote: post #67
latexr wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it's still overwhelmingly a force for good in a world that's becoming increasingly autocratic. The two people who hold the record for most votes received in a US presidential election¹ are Joe Biden in first and Donald Trump in second. They set those records in the same election, which was the last one. Donald Trump has said he wants to be a dictator, and plenty of his supporters have said on tape that they want th…

>Donald Trump has said he wants to be a dictator Then he did a piss poor job of that considering he's not the president anymore.

1. He said that during this election cycle.

2. It’s irrelevant to the point whether he can do it or not.

Re: Ask HN: What is a HN unpopular opinion that you hold?

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Post by paulcole »

meiraleal wrote: post #61
paulcole wrote: post #35

Remote is not inherently better than in-office work. They’re different things that appeal to different people. A person who prefers to work in-office with other people who work in-office (no remote team) is not a terrible person who has no social life outside of work. They simply have a preference. A company deciding to require in-office work is not evil. They’re making a decision that they think will pay off for the…

> Remote is not inherently better than in-office work Remote is inherently better than in-office work even if some people prefer to work in-office. AutoCAD is better than drawing in boards even though until a few years ago lots of people would prefer to use drawing boards.

> Remote is inherently better than in-office work even if some people prefer to work in-office.

Yes, by whatever definition of better you made up to fit your conclusion.

Re: Ask HN: What is a HN unpopular opinion that you hold?

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Post by rolph »

badpun wrote: post #65
rolph wrote: post #9

100 years-ish, due to extreme climate changes, we will be destined to live underground, full time surface dwelling will be unsustainable.

What will be wrong with living on the surface, that could be only fixed with living underground? The only thing that comes to my mind is radiation after a nuclear exchange.

weather so extreme, that surface structure cant be maintained
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