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Re:Medium sees employee exits after CEO publishes ‘culture memo’
on Saturday June 05, 2021 @01:44AM (#27402551)
And clean coal simply means coal that is clean.
Re:Beware of criminals pretending to be WHO
on Friday February 28, 2020 @08:15PM (#22447944)
Not really. COVID-19 is not the first major coronavirus. SARS and MERS come to mind.
Re:Time to Stop the ‘Doomsday Clock’. – Lawrence M. Krauss
on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:27PM (#22130877)
"Cancel culture" is a set of cultural behaviors whereby poorly or incompletely substantiated allegations result in the tarnishing of reputations via virtue signaling amplification.
Re:Time to Stop the ‘Doomsday Clock’. – Lawrence M. Krauss
on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:41AM (#22127876)
> And could you spare us the boilerplate reactionary moaning about outrage culture?
Not GP, but cancel culture is, sadly, a real phenomenon.
Re:Time to Stop the ‘Doomsday Clock’. – Lawrence M. Krauss
on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:39AM (#22127852)
The facts don't matter. His reputation has taken a substantial hit, and he's been "soft-cancelled." It's hard to come back from that, in any capacity.
Re:The United Arab Emirates “Drones for Good” Award
on Monday May 12, 2014 @01:52PM (#7734274)
As sea levels rise due to the melting of the Antarctic ice sheet[0], we could fly drones to survey the flooding of cities and coastal areas. That would be a fantastic use of oil wealth.
[0] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/science/earth/collapse-of-...
GORUCO and gender diversity
Why Too Many Startups Stink
Re:How 30 days without social media changed my life
on Saturday June 16, 2012 @12:45AM (#4119898)
Try telling Syrian activists that social networking is "noise." The ability to freely share information is highly underrated in places where information may be freely shared. Thanks for the tip.
Re:How 30 days without social media changed my life
on Friday June 15, 2012 @04:10PM (#4118448)
I agree. This whole "Internet" thing is highly overrated. Also, "electricity" and "clean water."
Re:Why you shouldn't invite Yehuda Katz to your user group meeting
on Thursday April 12, 2012 @12:01PM (#3832909)
Well, actually, a better title would be "Why you should invite Yehuda Katz to your user group meeting." A user group meeting is the perfect place for lively conversation and free, unfiltered exchanges of ideas.
Even without knowing any of the context that prompted Yehuda to intervene so forcefully, there's a strong probability, based on his remarkably proficient community involvement, that he was making a good point. Would remaining quiet and letting the speaker present his code to a much larger audience at a conference be better?
What's more important? People feeling good about themselves, or people learning? Not that those options are mutually exclusive, but it makes no sense to sacrifice the latter for the sake of the former.
Zipmark launches developer platform for mobile payments
Re:Stop looking for a cofounder
on Thursday January 12, 2012 @02:19PM (#3457565)
Aren't all freelancers outsourced? Do you mean offshoring?
Goodbye Google Maps
Re:What’s Your Permanent Age? (2007)
on Monday January 09, 2012 @02:08PM (#3443792)
It takes serious planning and visualization over several years to excel at a demanding hobby. It requires dedication for the sake of its intrinsic rewards. These sorts of hobbies rarely have the potential to "turn into a business." Any serious practitioner has effectively self-selected as a person who has the means, makes the time, and has a passion for the pursuit of personal fulfillment.