The article is from 2013, the guy has gone to greener pastures since then, quite literally: he's "farming trees".[1]
Pixels Don’t Care (2013)
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#22Was anyone else distracted by the lack of apostrophes? I guess semantically they aren't necessary since there is no missing information but for some reason I found it distracting anyway.
Yes. I stopped reading after two paragraphs because of the hiccups it caused in my parser.
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#23... But we care about pixels. Particularly the few that make up apostrophes.
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#24Just like in sports, you get paid more for what you have done vs what you could do.
Having a few really good pieces of work to show off is no guarantee that you'll consistently pump out good work, or that you haven't left clients high and dry before. Since a third party has no real way of gauging that except by your track record, they're taking more of a chance on someone with less of a track record. More risk means they need more reward, which means you get paid less.
Most of us COULD run a Fortune 500 company as well as the average CEO but we won't get the chance, nor compensation, until we have the experience.
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#25Was anyone else distracted by the lack of apostrophes? I guess semantically they aren't necessary since there is no missing information but for some reason I found it distracting anyway.
I didnt even notice.
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#26This sounds similar to a post of a blind programmer. Those are good arguments for privacy. Sometimes you got something to hide. Not a crime but because you don't want to be discriminated. Sad that it has to be this way.
To me, this is the main argument for privacy. When I hear people say "I've got nothing to hide, so I've got nothing to fear", I immediately think "Well aren't you lucky?" Having nothing to hide is a privilege, but the weird thing about that mentality is that I think very few people actually have that privilege. How many people, for example, would not be negatively impacted if the text conversations around their last…
I've thought about, and used, two possibly opposing, strategies to make life easier for others:
(a) Insist on privacy especially when you have "nothing to hide". I once refused to send a photo with an application (which is still a thing with the really slow-to-adapt companies in my country). I'm square in the majority in any characteristic a photo may reveal, but I was hoping to give some cover to those who don't want to give a photo for whatever reason, and fear being judged just for that.
(b): I'm rather careless with some information that others would be afraid to reveal, hoping to normalize it ever so slightly. There are still too many things that are really really common, but taboo to mention because nobody knows how common they are because it's taboo... Examples may be mental health issues, being bisexual/poly/etc.
Also, if you are in high regard and can afford it, you can do everyone a favour by rejecting certain common but harmful practices: Are you no longer productive at 4pm because you didn't sleep well? Go home!
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#27Was anyone else distracted by the lack of apostrophes? I guess semantically they aren't necessary since there is no missing information but for some reason I found it distracting anyway.
I found the swearing more distracting, but then I'm apparently old-fashioned...
Rgds
Damon
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#28Was anyone else distracted by the lack of apostrophes? I guess semantically they aren't necessary since there is no missing information but for some reason I found it distracting anyway.
And yet I didn't even notice the punctuation was missing until you mentioned it, since I enjoyed the story.
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#29I'm going to be downvoted for this.
While privacy is important, and a meritocracy is, well, meritocratic, these systems weren't formed overnight, and aren't even necessarily accepted as 'right' in many parts of the world. Historically, social barriers (e.g. discrimination against short people) are changed through exposure, discussion and sometimes fighting. Writing a post like this is only part of the answer. Taking the opportunity to understand the bias and discussing it with those who hold opposing viewpoints is another part of the answer.
Privacy is a right, don't use it as a crutch.
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#30Was anyone else distracted by the lack of apostrophes? I guess semantically they aren't necessary since there is no missing information but for some reason I found it distracting anyway.
I found the swearing more distracting, but then I'm apparently old-fashioned... Rgds Damon
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