acidpanda
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There's advantages to slow thinking. Great for strategy and problem solving because you'll have the patience for it, but lacking in the improvisation dept.
Then again all you can do is practice.
Thanks! I didn't even know of that site and its resources, super helpful.
gotcha, I'll try over there
Posted by
acidpanda on Saturday February 03, 2024 @10:17PM
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Do y'all usually ask programming questions on here? Couldn't search for any but I'm working to familiarize myself with web development and programming in general.I'm running into this issue with my website on mobile browsers where I'm trying to put a video inside a TV image, and a "Watch" button on top of the video that links to Twitch. And to top it off, the mobile browsers seem to completely...
What have you been discovering?
What’s the latest thing ?
That’s awesome - I had to Google Flir Lepton lol. Really interesting stuff. Definitely feel ya on the not needing to work anymore. Are you doing YC?
Posted by
acidpanda on Monday January 08, 2024 @03:34PM
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I’m asking this because I think about PG’s essay on “How to do Great Work” at least once a week and until this point, I haven’t connected to the YC community. I’m curious to learn of some new things y’all studying, making, or are obsessively curious about.I’ll start: my main interests right now are online social networks.
I actually have lol - I need to watch The Creator tho, I'll get around to it this weekend. Distributed by 20th Century Fox, now owned by Disney.
Not saying I'm a fan of the way in which they acquire up a lot of things but they do have good programming.
the Kiko team would love this
lol I'm not at the point you're talking about, but just work on something you like. If I could tell my 22-year-old self some unsolicited advice, it would be to not focus on "making it" but instead make things you want to see in the world.
I was doing that anyways but it would've been nice to hear.
I do believe that the advertising-funded models definitely are not to be depended on, and social media has suffered a lot because of that. I also think that the enforcement of that responsibility does fall in HR, but maybe DEI is also needed for that. Some of the time you're dealing with civil rights cases and other times you're seeking out diverse, non-traditional candidates to add to your company's perspective. It doesn't even have to be race-specific it could also be class-specific.
I don't think it's about a Darwinism philosophy. I do think there are some players stereotyped out of the NBA or NCAA, based on a recruiter's perception of what said player can do and the opportunities given to said player. It's pretty undeniable what a player with great skill and commitment can do with a good team. So maybe the focus should be on giving better chances.
Disney apparently seems to be pretty "woke" nowadays and they're still around
Posted by
acidpanda on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @11:52PM
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Looking for civil discourse only. Paul Graham tweeted the other day about Brian Armstrong being "ahead of his time" in response to Google and Meta slashing DEI-related jobs, and today said "Prediction: Wokeness will recede significantly in 2024.. I think wokeness actually peaked in 2020 or 2021 and has been slowly contracting since then..."As a Black American, and a founder, I find it...