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Previously known as "on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet%2C_nobody_know...
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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 wan…
While I agree, it's important that this is perceived as "this is how things should work" rather than "I'm high status so I can do this but you can't".
And this is why I think fulltime employment is the wrong way to go for many people today. In fact the whole "we are an institution and you are a peon" mentality needs to be disrupted. More companies should hire on a project basis and share the revenues. More companies should try holacracy and abolish a top down chain of command for everything. Then people can really will be compensated on their merit, ie their contri…
The problem with this is employees being unwilling to take on risk. In general they want to get paid a good amount whether the project succeeds or not.
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I honestly do not think most of us could. I hand out with three groups of people: geeks, hacks and lawyers. All of them often easily think they could easily do any other job. This includes the lawyers and journalists thinking that making software is easy. Based on that, I think we're as deluded as they are.
Agreed. I know that "fudiciary duty" is a thing, but not what it involves. There are laws about accounting standards, but I can't even say what standard accountants need to rech to know those standards. I only found put a year ago that, in the UK, the (director?) of a Limited company can become personally liable for company debts if they trade while insolvent. Import and export laws? Nope. Which parts of an employmen…
Probably not :)
Even copyright law that's "simple" on paper gets sooo hairy so fast in practice - just look at all the FOSS licenses :)
Just 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…
I appreciate your optimism; at the same time, I think it is somewhat unwarranted.
Running a 10-person company is challenging enough to have your shrink on the speed dial. As for Fortune 500 CEOs, those are superhumans on steroids (or cocaine and alcohol), who bend reality by their very presence. You have about the same chance of approaching their attitude as becoming an Olympic athlete.
Thankfully, there are other ways to achieve happiness (or make money, if you want something more quantitative) without becoming a big company CEO. One thing I know for sure: I don't envy them.
Like anonymous works can't exist in the physical space?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_work
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anonymous_artists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anonymously_published_...
Them I remember taking them as interns is part of the discrimination; and they'll be better promoted in physical companies where they can invoke anti-discrimination laws, rather than being only promoted by their skills.
Then remains those who are really discriminated against: Those who are neither protected by being good-looking nor by the laws, like the (short) author.
Pixels don't care, but next time you read statistics about how white people are paid more than average, remember which side this guy falls on, now that he succeeded. The strange world of statistics.
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I found the swearing more distracting, but then I'm apparently old-fashioned... Rgds Damon
Please don't sign your comments on Hacker News. It's against the site guidelines, and ultimately clutters the page. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
The article is from 2013, the guy has gone to greener pastures since then, quite literally: he's "farming trees".[1] [1] https://mobile.twitter.com/kneath
Interesting read from his blog: http://warpspire.com/posts/next
Granted this is a mixed metaphor, but an excellent insight into 21st century civilization nonetheless. Captures a vague feeling I (and probably many others) had, but couldn't put my finger on.