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Re:Missing businesswoman urges ex-husband not to publish book critical...
on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @01:53AM (#28441375)
Hard to tell. For example, if COVID came from the Wuhan lab, then I suppose we would say they've been brilliant at PR since they haven't really been seriously hounded over that.
Re:Bosses turn to ‘tattleware’ to keep tabs on employees working from ...
on Sunday September 05, 2021 @11:05PM (#28429829)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but The Guardian is run by the upper class. It would be strange to assume they speak for other classes.
Re:Larry Page: “I think we should look into acquiring YouTube” (2005)
on Sunday September 05, 2021 @04:27PM (#28427473)
Then use the word nonfiguratively instead of literally.
Re:Larry Page: “I think we should look into acquiring YouTube” (2005)
on Sunday September 05, 2021 @12:03PM (#28425315)
'Nonfiguratively' would work.
Re:Lessons Learned from Two Years as a Data Scientist
on Sunday September 05, 2021 @10:37AM (#28424649)
You are looking for a statistician.
Re:Chekhov's Gun
on Sunday September 05, 2021 @10:03AM (#28424420)
By that point the show was popular enough for them not to need a compelling story or nudity; fans would watch either way.
Re:Why California liberals turn into raging conservatives over housing
on Saturday September 04, 2021 @03:19PM (#28418174)
California's population is 36% larger than Texas' population but only had 1.8% more votes for Trump. In contrast, California had 111% more votes for Biden.
Re:Facebook Apologizes After A.I. Puts “Primates” Label on Video of Bl...
on Saturday September 04, 2021 @02:36PM (#28417817)
Why does there tend to be a reflexive set of predictable comments on any article about racism within the tech industry that boils down to "Here is some half baked unresearched explanation that justifies why this instance of racism isn't that big of a deal?"
Re:Vacation isn’t the answer to employee burnout
on Friday September 03, 2021 @07:08PM (#28410457)
Why not both? There are many companies and countries where you can do just that. Work a 30 hour week with a month+ vacation a year.
Re:The Winners of Remote Work
on Friday September 03, 2021 @11:59AM (#28405906)
Then you answered your own question about the type of visas you can get.
Re:Rejected internal job applicants are twice as likely to quit
on Friday September 03, 2021 @11:43AM (#28405674)
Sometimes I wonder how many people are running experiments on HN users to see what percentage of initial comments tend to be reflexively about the headline as opposed to the actual conclusions drawn in the article.
Re:China Bans Effeminate Men from TV
on Thursday September 02, 2021 @09:03PM (#28399336)
The answer is pretty clearly money.
Re:Why won’t US TV news say ‘climate change’?
on Thursday September 02, 2021 @02:37PM (#28395704)
And now there is data to support that.
Re:Show HN: HN Badges – Displays game-like badges for your HN profile
on Thursday September 02, 2021 @09:19AM (#28391671)
Which topics are banned in China? Other than the typical Winnie the Pooh, Tiananmen Square, and Taiwan areas?
edit - I guess Tiananmen Square isn't available in spell check
Re:Mob justice is trampling democratic discourse
on Thursday September 02, 2021 @09:13AM (#28391617)
You should still use common sense to determine courses of action when you don't have evidence.
Re:Helio Project: libre music composition software
on Thursday September 02, 2021 @01:49AM (#28389059)
When documentation is bad it leads to wasted time, wasted money, buggy software, and angry customers.
Re:Mob justice is trampling democratic discourse
on Thursday September 02, 2021 @12:33AM (#28388674)
The average person does not have enough evidence to refute that the moon is not made of cheese. That does not mean one should hear out a lunarcheesist.
Re:Mob justice is trampling democratic discourse
on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:12AM (#28376614)
The moon is made of cheese, agreed?
Re:The Winners of Remote Work
on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @07:26PM (#28374840)
You'll have to ask the Google execs
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-exec-reportedly-worki...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2021/08/06/google-...
Re:If software engineering is in demand, why is it so hard to get a job?
on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:13PM (#28372223)
That is how labs hire postdocs on the cheap too.
Re:The Winners of Remote Work
on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @10:22AM (#28368465)
The winners of remote work are all fleeing to New Zealand, leaving the rest to wallow in decaying infrastructure and a healthcare system bursting at the seams.
Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break from ‘proact...
on Monday August 30, 2021 @05:53PM (#28361337)
Have you considered getting in touch with an investigative journalist?
Re:How the pandemic has affected people’s perspective on travelling to...
on Sunday August 29, 2021 @04:16PM (#28350085)
Replace culture with hierarchy and it may be easier to understand.