mwnz | 8 years ago | on: Facebook turned on face recognition silently
Not sure that you can consider the activation silent, given that they prompted people in their news feeds.
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mwnz | 8 years ago | on: Silicon Valley Is Not Your Friend
+1 to this. Like the news media haven't spent the last century abusing their influence on society.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: What are people working on in coffee shops?
As a resident of SF I find coffee-shop laptop users to be a pest in busy cafes. Coffee shops are a great social environment, and dominating a seat for an extended period of time while you are immersed in your computer runs counter to that culture.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: At Tampa Bay farm-to-table restaurants, you’re being fed fiction
Great article. Not hacker news.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S.
Why do you think H1B employees are paid lower salaries? And what long-term liabilities are you referring to?
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S.
What advantage does that give the company?
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: Zenefits confirms 250 layoffs, 17% of company workforce
Why do you assume they aren't getting paid market wages? Your statement, in a way, is contradictory. Engineers are perceived as scarce, but they aren't paid market wages.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: SF tech bro: ‘I shouldn’t have to see the pain, struggle, despair of homeless’
Just as he took the time to speak to Ed Lee?
I think you need to chill out a bit.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: SF tech bro: ‘I shouldn’t have to see the pain, struggle, despair of homeless’
As a tech worker living in San Francisco, his 'open letter' infuriated me. If anything, it makes my life here more difficult, and reflects poorly on the industry I work in. Unintended consequence? Probably. But I will happily vent my frustration with his callousness, lack of tact and compassion, just as he vented his frustrations.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: SF tech bro: ‘I shouldn’t have to see the pain, struggle, despair of homeless’
You're missing the point. And it's a big point to miss.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: SF tech bro: ‘I shouldn’t have to see the pain, struggle, despair of homeless’
Oh cry me a river. There is a theme evolving, and the media have latched onto it. Are lawyers and school teachers continually writing these self-righteous 'open letters'? Are lawyers and teachers of a growing, sufficient mass in a city that is struggling to serve a great proportion of it's population (for various, complicated reasons)? No.
Life is easier for 'us' than the mentally ill, the addicts, and those with less luck in life. When a self aggrandizing 20 something white guy working in a prosperous industry starts complaining like this, with the intent of attracting attention, it promotes a stereotype of a lack of sensitivity, and compassion for those around us.
Prestige and respect? Earn it, as a person. Compassion is part of that equation. You don't earn it by becoming a programmer or working in tech.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: Open Letter to SF Mayor Ed Lee and Greg Suhr
Idiots like the author give tech workers a bad name. The move reeks of a publicity stunt, and the appropriate response would be for the industry to reject whatever startup he is fronting.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: Without affordable housing, Vancouver risks becoming an economic ghost town
Take note, Auckland. The same dynamics exist there.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: San Francisco Bubble
TBH, the author sounds like he would end up in a place that sells $15 IPA's. That's says more about the author, than SF.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: San Francisco Bubble
Glancing through the comments, it looks like the troll has succeeded. SF bashing has begun.
You don't have to move here, so chill out, people.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: San Francisco Bubble
Ugh, don't feed the troll.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: Why Big Companies Keep Failing: The Stack Fallacy
Do big companies really keep failing? I'm failing to see the evidence of that assertion.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: The first person to hack the iPhone is building a self-driving car
Wage slavery is just fine as long as I can feed myself. Time has proven that the fantasy that we will all kick back and let the machines do all of our work is a fallacy.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: The first person to hack the iPhone is building a self-driving car
You won't love them less, but they will grow up in a world where they are not necessary. They will struggle to feed themselves, and the value of their effort will be low. They will be relegated to mundane, highly simplified tasks. Economics are cruel.
mwnz | 10 years ago | on: The first person to hack the iPhone is building a self-driving car
How on earth is this a peaceful thought?
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