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weswpg | 4 years ago | on: I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own

> I don’t understand the title? How do you get ‘rejected’ by Code Academy? It’s not a ‘boot amp’ with an application process. You either do the free lessons offered, or pay up for one of the ‘Pro’ level tiers.

From his blog:

> I've applied to work at Codecademy three times, once in 2014, again in 2015, and most recently in 2020. I've been rejected all three times. I wanted to prove to myself I was capable of building something like it, so I decided to build my own version.

weswpg | 4 years ago | on: Facebook to hire 10k in EU to work on metaverse

> Zuckerberg wants to be the villain from that Ready Player One book but without any of the hassle of taking it over

He probably sees himself as the misunderstood, genius creator of The Oasis rather than the conniving corporate bureaucrat in that movie (I never read the book version)

weswpg | 4 years ago | on: NYT Confirms Israel Killed an Iranian Nuclear Scientist with a Robot Sniper

> He was assassinated for his role in leading the Iranian nuclear weapons program, not for his scientific achievements.

Recall that America withdrew from the anti-nuclear weapons agreement with Iran, that Iran's Ayatollah has declared a religious prohibition against nuclear weapons and that while Israel does have nuclear weapons, Iran is instead pursuing a nuclear power program for civilian energy.

> According to Gareth Porter writing in Foreign Policy, Iran's aversion to nuclear and chemical weapons is sincere because of the "historical episode during its eight-year war with Iraq", and Iran never sought revenge for Iraqi chemical attacks against Iran, which killed 20,000 Iranians and severely injured 100,000 more.[2] According to Khalaji, the fatwa is also considered to be consistent with Islamic tradition.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei%27s_fatwa_against...

weswpg | 4 years ago | on: 20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes off at airports?

> I can tell you beyond a doubt people are mostly (99%) reasonable

And yet, actual fascist governments have come to power even in nominally democratic countries.

People might only be "reasonable" when left to their own devices but there could always come a day when propaganda, sectarianism and social turmoil gets so out of hand that people don't see so reasonable anymore.

ww_wpg | 4 years ago | on: 20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes off at airports?

How many people do you encounter? In which parts of the country? How much do you know about their political views? How do you know whether someone is a Nazi if they don't announce it?

You could have met plenty and not known it. Or your sample size of acquaintances doesn't include people who frequent 4chan.

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