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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific community
on Sunday March 15, 2020 @03:35PM (#22586000)
Because of normalcy bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalcy_bias
"Normalcy bias can cause people to drastically underestimate the effects of the disaster. Therefore, people think that they will be safe even though information from the radio, television, or neighbors gives them reasons to believe there is a risk."
People just don't want to believe a disaster is about to happen. They will grasp at straws to explain why everything is going to be fine.
That's usually not a problem because disasters are rare, but it will catch us under-prepped when an actual disaster happens.
Re:Google Hangouts Chat
on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @09:15PM (#16489150)
> I wish there were more integrations with 3rd parties (looking at you github).
Not arguing against your general point, but just wanted to point out there is in fact a Github bot for Chat (try "@Github").
Re:Google Splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet
on Thursday March 09, 2017 @02:28PM (#13832418)
Hangouts Chat does indeed have powerful search functionality built-in, as shown in the demo.
Screenshot from TC: https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/664cd61...
Re:Trump’s Next Move on Immigration to Hit Closer to Home for Tech
on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @04:22AM (#13529022)
> I wouldn't bet against visas getting revoked and workers having to go home the next day or get deported.
As a software engineer on H1B (as is my fiancée) currently at Google, this scares the shit out of me.
I've lived my entire adult life in this country. I've got many amazing friends here, I've worked hard, built great products that I'm proud of, paid my taxes, and bought a home here with my fiancée. We're planning to get married and have a baby this year. This is our version of the American dream.
And all of that could be destroyed in an instant by an orange monster full of xenophobic rhetoric and wielding immense power. I'd trust a "normal" American president to not accidentally / maliciously destroy everything I've worked for over the past decade, but from the evidence this week, I'm scared. Really scared.
Re:Trump’s Next Move on Immigration to Hit Closer to Home for Tech
on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @03:36AM (#13528785)
Sorry to hear that. My fiancee and I have both been working for Google (directly) on an H1B for the past 5 years. I don't know of any software engineers on an H1B at Google making less than $100K base, even straight out of college.
Re:Trump’s Next Move on Immigration to Hit Closer to Home for Tech
on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @03:24AM (#13528748)
H1-B's pay taxes to the state and the federal government too.