Tallasatree's comments

Tallasatree | 4 years ago | on: Co-founder of Neuralink leaves the company

Love it (no sarcasm)

Tallasatree | 4 years ago | on: IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal email address

You sound as equally fun to be around as the manager you are describing.

Tallasatree | 5 years ago | on: Coinbase to go public on 4/14

$100 BTC : $0 CB.

Tallasatree | 5 years ago | on: Routing the Technical Interview

"The interviewer couldn’t help but notice her name, Nephele. It sounds Greek. But he didn’t ask, not wanting to get off on the wrong foot with the promising candidate. He made a mental note to look up the name afterwards."

Sad, I'm so guilty of doing exactly this - right away. I love etymology / genealogy, and am always curious.

Its in no way negative, its literally just my curiosity taking over. Sometimes I hate how ridiculous we've become.

Tallasatree | 5 years ago | on: How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler

You're missing the point. This is the real world, not the try Olympics. If I buy a burger from you at a fast food place, and you bring me back a bun, but you tried really hard to make me that burger -- I don't care. Go get me my burger.

If you're trying really hard no to, but still facilitate 1000x the amount of violence (made up statistics), it doesn't matter. The real world results are what matter. At least, its what should matter.

Tallasatree | 5 years ago | on: How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler

So lets think about this for a minute. What is the goal? To stop violence and to stop promulgating illegal material? Or to make it look like you want to stop violence?

If its the latter, then lets continue to deplatform people. If its the former, then lets ban facebook, twitter et al given their proven history of allowing violence and hate speech and as an essential tool to organize mobs.

The logic here is terrible and you can't argue against that. No matter how many users parler gets, it won't even come close to having the same reach.

Tallasatree | 5 years ago | on: FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization

Imagine congress understanding a word you just said.

Tallasatree | 5 years ago | on: Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reignites bias claims

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. We've been watching this happen for a few years now, and some of us are actively paving the road.

Tallasatree | 5 years ago | on: Autodesk criticised by architects

I'm about as deep in the user space as you can get, and it would take YEARS for a new company to have a proven record before my company would even consider adopting it. years. And not only would it take years, it would need to prove that it is better than AutoDesk, not as good, better. Most likely, orders of magnitude better. We are so far deeply entrenched into AutoDesk ecosystem that any change would probably be on the scale of decades.

Tallasatree | 5 years ago | on: Apple does not keep the 30% commission on a refund

It comes from the fictitious idea that if you play with bits, you're smarter than most people. My outside-of-industry perspective has me come to this conclusion.

Tallasatree | 5 years ago | on: Oak: A more portable alternative to C, powered by Brainfuck-inspired technology

I suspect he'll be figuring out more new and unique ways to serve us ads.

edit: and that's no knock on this kids skills / talents!

Tallasatree | 5 years ago | on: Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech

I'm guessing the CEO is not anti-money.

Tallasatree | 5 years ago | on: Trump to Sign Executive Order Waiving Key Environmental Laws

Stopping a mid-rise building during SEPA review because of migratory bird flight paths is one thing, but macro scale environmental impacts that could occur during the constructions of freeways etc - yea we should review thoroughly.

Tallasatree | 5 years ago | on: Apple crushes one-man repair shop in Norway’s Supreme Court

yeesh. I wish someone would 'attack' me by accusing me of working at apple. A boy can dream...

Tallasatree | 5 years ago | on: Fed aid program for corporations won't require them to preserve jobs

And what happens when you require a bailout because the government forcefully shut down the economy? You need to critically think about what you are offering up as a solution.

Tallasatree | 6 years ago | on: California Covid-19 traffic report finds silver lining

The title was changed.

Tallasatree | 6 years ago | on: California Covid-19 traffic report finds silver lining

Nothing could be more opposite in the world we live in. This title is indeed a puff piece, intended on showing a "bright" side to the shut down. Its incumbent on the educated reader to see that. Unfortunately, it seems not many people critically think anymore.

Edit: Just because its data, doesn't mean its important. I can't wait to see Cal DOT's surplus after this.

Tallasatree | 6 years ago | on: Coronavirus: 18% of U.S. workers have lost jobs or hours, poll finds

Agreed, losing a job is very different than getting hours cut. Both suck, one sucks much much more.

Tallasatree | 6 years ago | on: The story of Henry Ford's $5 a day wages: not what you think (2012)

Name checks out.

Tallasatree | 6 years ago | on: WA Gov. Inslee issues emergency proclamation that limits large events

Seattle resident working downtown and living in the city. Not an alarmist but I am a realist on the situation. The situation is getting spooky and the press conference, though expected, was eerie to say the least. This is like living a movie.