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massaman | 5 years ago | on: Optimal Stopping

Can't stop, won't stop, Rocafella Records cause, We get down baby, we get down baby

massaman | 5 years ago | on: Kraken Is Down

What's Kraken?

massaman | 5 years ago | on: Citi’s $900M Misfire Happened During Software Switch

Somewhere in your company hiring queue is a resume with:

Strengths: Architecting risk management systems

Weaknesses: Sometimes I click on things to see what happens

massaman | 5 years ago | on: Citi’s $900M Misfire Happened During Software Switch

From the blameful-postmortem:

Q. Why did we click `Send $900M?` A. Not sure. Tom felt all clicky-clicky, so he clicked it.

Q. Why did we hire Tom? A. Also not sure. [Action Item: Fire Tom]

massaman | 5 years ago | on: Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person (2016)

Also top of mind- "Why you will revive an article from 4 years ago..."

massaman | 5 years ago | on: Sailor pictured with laser rifle on board USS Minnesota nuclear sub

The only known countermeasure is a Bedazzler vest.

massaman | 5 years ago | on: How I made $3,300 on a short niche philosophy book

This reminds me of that time I made $200 on a short comment in HackerNews by pretending I was doing an hour of coding.

massaman | 5 years ago | on: Senator Josh Hawley's Open Letter to Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom

Suppose Zoom exits China (1.39B potential users) in response. This would almost certainly constitute a breach of fiduciary duty.

Censorship is legal. Failing to act in the best interest of shareholders is not.

Perhaps legislators should stick to writing laws?

massaman | 5 years ago | on: Advice to new managers: don't joke about firing people

Never joke about firing people.

It's much better to joke about running out of funding. Knowing that everyone will lose their jobs together builds a sense of community and shared mission.

massaman | 7 years ago | on: When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s More Complicated

I'm hoping Amazon goes public soon.