rainyMammoth | 1 year ago | on: Boeing Starliner launches first crewed mission
Yeah for some reason when SpaceX did it we couldn’t stop hearing about it. When OldTech does it, nobody cares.
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rainyMammoth | 2 years ago | on: A pair of DeepMind scientists talking with investors about forming an AI startup
It's all of those things.
To put it simply, Google is not that attractive anymore. They are the IBM of our generation.
rainyMammoth | 2 years ago | on: YouTube is now blocking ad blockers so I make ads run faster
bad analogy. An Adblock would be similar to blocking part of my windshield so I don't see the highway ads. No fraud there.
rainyMammoth | 2 years ago | on: YouTube is now blocking ad blockers so I make ads run faster
we glorified companies like Google.
rainyMammoth | 2 years ago | on: YouTube is now blocking ad blockers so I make ads run faster
A lot of those people work for adtechs. Once you realize that 50% of bigtech is relying almost entirely on ads, a lot of people are simply advocating for keeping their FAANG salaries by forcing us to watch debilitating ads.
rainyMammoth | 2 years ago | on: YouTube is now blocking ad blockers so I make ads run faster
following your logic, people should actively engaged with ads if not they are grifting. Please tell me you work for google?
rainyMammoth | 2 years ago | on: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
Ben who?
rainyMammoth | 2 years ago | on: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
Seems like last minute news to avoid a MSFT stock dive tomorrow morning.
rainyMammoth | 2 years ago | on: We No Longer Need a Big Carrier's Wireless Plan. Discount Ones Are the Way
Have switched from a 90$/month ATT plan to a 30$/month Mint plan, all unlimited.
Yeah the coverage is maybe slightly worse and I'm sure that I get "deprioritized" but worth the 720$/year of savings.
rainyMammoth | 4 years ago | on: What nobody says about startup moms
Most people have kids because they see it as a positive personal trade off (when you are older and you have a family that will come to visit you for example). Most people are not thinking about the benefits to society when they decide to have kids.
rainyMammoth | 5 years ago | on: Bernie Madoff has died
Exactly. He was not brave enough to stop by himself and made everything worse as a result. Sometimes everyone is a victim.
rainyMammoth | 5 years ago | on: Bernie Madoff has died
After watching the movie "The Wizard of Lies", i changed my mind if Madoff.
He was a prisoner of his own vice and it consumed him and killed his whole family
rainyMammoth | 5 years ago | on: US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Nobody seem to discuss that this issue appears around 10 days after getting the vaccine. And I believe most of the doses have been given over the last 10 days. So we actually don't know yet the real incidence of this issue. It makes sense for the FDA to be cautious here, there are other vaccines which are fully available.
rainyMammoth | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible?
Almost nobody uses leetcode algorithms for real work. Most of work is usually boring CRUD API piping.
rainyMammoth | 5 years ago | on: WeWork documentary explores a decade of delusion
edit: deleted to not start an unrelated discussion on HN
rainyMammoth | 5 years ago | on: Contaminated surface has under 1 in 10k chance of causing an infection
you nailed it. It is virtue signaling. A theater to display to everyone that you are on the right side of the debate and that you are taking covid seriously.
I would even bet that most people issuing the cleaning guidance know that it is almost useless, but we live in a world in which it is more important for your actions to make you perceived the way you want rather than being effective.
rainyMammoth | 5 years ago | on: Richard Stallman Removed from the GCC Steering Committee
I don't think that's it.
What is happening is a compliance test. You are only tolerated if you agree and comply with the woke politics of the day.
rainyMammoth | 5 years ago | on: Richard Stallman Removed from the GCC Steering Committee
you don't seen to realize the irony that under the appearance of "being welcoming", those committees are only welcoming to whoever complies with their political agenda.
rainyMammoth | 5 years ago | on: Google is accelerating reopening of offices and putting limits on remote work
I am an introvert and absolutely hate group behaviors and nonsensical smalltalk around lunch time.
However I have no issue being a manager and talking to people on 1:1s or with a clean agenda and subject to discuss.
rainyMammoth | 5 years ago | on: Google is accelerating reopening of offices and putting limits on remote work
The typical googler is a 20 or 30-something that has close to zero life interest outside work. I would not expect them to want to stay remote as their social life revolves around Google.
Sadly, from what I have seen most people with a good work life balance want to stay remote while people with few other life interests want absolutely go back to work.
I predict that in a couple years this will be part of the culture of each company. You will chose a company based on your desire to become close friends with your colleagues or live a great life outside the office.
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