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Ask HN: Software Engineers to follow who have a healthy skepticism of AI

Curious who you all follow for thoughtful, well-balanced takes on AI, particularly in the context of software engineering. I’m especially interested in folks who are learning in public and pushing back on the hype, but maybe still actively using these tools in their day-to-day work and sharing that.Kelsey Hightower was a standout for me during the whole crypto/NFT insanity. His commentary cut...

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1.6% of US adults are trans or non-binary https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/06/07/about-5-o...

1.6 million in the US https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Tr...

3% worldwide https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269778/gender-identity-...

And considering the current climate, I can imagine these numbers are under reported.

Ask HN: I want to develop an effective eng learning program at my company

The TLDR, I want to create an effective program at my company where software engineers can learn about useful topics in computer science, software engineering, and technical aspects of our product that may not be well understood. Any advice?We are a remote org, around 200 or so engineers working more or less on the same product. We have a lot of people on the west coast, but many throughout the...

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Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:01AM (#25672510)
I'm inclined to agree that no paper trail is a bad idea. It's interesting that of all the states you listed, only NJ went blue this election. You'd think democrats would be the ones more vocal about potential fraud from electronic voting.
Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours on Thursday January 07, 2021 @09:21AM (#25671294)
I don't understand this "electronic voting machines are bad" myth. I voted with one of these machines for the first time this election and all it did was... print out my choices on a ballot. It takes all of 15 seconds to look over your votes and make sure they're correct. Then I manually put the ballot in a privacy sleeve, walked over to the ballot box, and inserted my ballot. The machine was a mere convenience that kept me from needing to manually circle my choices with a pen. Not much opportunity for widespread voter fraud in my opinion.

If the machines were switching votes so rampantly you'd think, of the millions of people who voted, more people would've raised concern at the polls when they noticed their vote for the president of the United States at the top of the printed ballot was switched.

Am I missing something?