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nocitrek | 5 years ago | on: France to introduce controversial age verification system for adult websites

I think many men today have their brains altered from watching too much excessive porn. Fetishes develop and normal healthy relationships become problematic due to performance issues. There are many worse thing than porn, yes, but to be healthy well rounded adult, it does not help (at least excessive). Family can help, but some topics are taboo in many families, especially when man ego is in question. If you could not statisfy your wife, would you speak with your mother for help?

Yes, you can say it should start from young age, but both parents are at work and kids are left with high-speed internet and tablets. They react positively to porn and can get addicted - its a single click away. Hard to prevent that, eh.

I think we will witness the true effect of porn on males mind in future.

nocitrek | 5 years ago | on: MIT and Harvard file suit against new ICE regulations

I have noticed it, do not worry. I would gladly migrate to US. I am from Europe, highly educated and believe I can contribute to the economy of US. I wish your immigration could be merit based - instead of green card lottery (silly concept). Give me ability to migrate to US for 2 years as probation period. After those 2 years had elapsed, determine if I am overall positive for the economy, did I commit any serious crimes, do I have permanent place to live, etc...; and based on that, let me stay permanently in the country, until I get citizenship.

nocitrek | 5 years ago | on: MIT and Harvard file suit against new ICE regulations

My stance is typically anti-immigration, but I do not support this decision of ICE. I am likely missing big chunk of the story, but could anyone explain the motives behind ICE decision? (without blind hateful virtue-signaling please)

nocitrek | 5 years ago | on: Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds

Important thing to keep in mind regarding UBI is that goverment does not generate any money. In order for goverment to give money, it needs to take it from someone.

So UBI is just proxy for wealth redistribution. Sure, wellbeing has improved for small group of people, but the question is how scalable UBI is? Remember, road to hell is paved with good intentions.

nocitrek | 6 years ago | on: We can't judge another programmer's abilities in a 60 minute interview

I conduct the technical part of interview in my company. There are many candidates which charm our director and HR. They recite the buzzwords flawlessly and their resumes are top notch. When they come to technical part of interview, they charm us as well. Until they start coding. We ask two easy coding tasks (one programming, one data science) and so many candidates have issue with transfering algorithm they conjured on the spot into code; or are unable to solve problem on abstract level (and not hard-code the values for problem given to them). It is not uncommon that we identify sweet talkers which would have negative productivity for the company (meaning we would spend more time/money into fixing their code than they would bring value). I am firm believer that software developers must pass technical part of the interview.

nocitrek | 7 years ago | on: Winding down my Debian involvement

My productivity changed drastically ever since I switched to i3. There is almost no friction when I interface with my computer due to it. Thank you.

nocitrek | 7 years ago | on: Women Don’t Feel Safe at Google

Proves that we have not found a solution if men and woman can truly work together (without adding boundaries and rules which rapidly drain productivity). If you don't feel safe, feel free to quit and give up luxury salary.
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