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42_··on Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments
If you're Chinese or Russian, ignore my comment. But if you're an American, you need a bit of perspective. Literally most countries on Earth do orders of magnitude of worse stuff on a daily basis than US. And literally no other country has an egalitarian setup where anyone can potentially succeed. The countries that are objectively better than US in terms of human rights for own citizens, are very few (Switzerland, Nordic countries, few others which are either small/or have homogeneous population). I am stunned when I read comments suggesting that US is as bad or Russia or China.
42_··on The Secret of Nanda Devi
On the subject of using mountaineers as spies, Sidney Wignall's "Spy on the roof of the world" is also interesting.
42_··on 5 years of leetcode with no progress. I'm giving up
Sure. I agree with your broader point. But a lot of companies don't have the time or inclination to conduct useful interviews (take home assignments, project deep dives etc). So they simply ask a bunch of leetcode questions and 1-2 system design, "behavioral" questions, and expect you to give perfect answers. Conversely, if you are in a situation where you want a job at these companies, then you do leetcode. As an anecdote, I like solving programming puzzles (advent of code, ICPC problems etc) but couldn't clear FANG without leetcode. I despised leetcode because the puzzles/problems there are uninspiring as compared to ICPC problems. Of course, software engineering has very little to do with any of it :)
42_··on One Year Alone in Forest of Sweden Building a Log Cabin
If I wasn't stuck in an Asian country, I would pay decent money to live there :(
42_··on HN was down
So, the meteor hits the Trex, and its game over because you need to get back to work?
42_··on How Big Tech Is Importing India’s Caste Legacy to Silicon Valley
This is a highly inaccurate comment. Caste lines are more alive than ever especially with the advent of social media.
42_··on Ask HN: Relocating from London to Silicon Valley for a higher salary at 35?
How easy is it to get a job in eastern European countries? And how does one go about finding jobs if you are outside EU? I have tried a couple of job sites, but haven't received any leads. Appreciate any pointers.
42_··on India downgraded from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’ in democracy report
"The policies (at least on the paper) are getting closer and closer to what I can observe here in Europe." Can you give a few examples of such policies?
42_··on India downgraded from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’ in democracy report
Yeah, right. These reports are so useful. If they are in your favor, cite them as a success. If not, they are "biased".
42_··on Uighurs: 'Credible case' China carrying out genocide
Yeah, its convenient, but even more convenient is the mindset of ignoring existing evidence and bending over backwards for the pleasure of profiting off cheap manufacturing.
42_··on Uighurs: 'Credible case' China carrying out genocide
The standard of evidence for a country with free press cannot and should not be compared to the standard of evidence for a country with no press freedom. China controls flow of information so tightly, that even rumours should be considered credible unless proven otherwise.
42_··on The GameStop Story You Think You Know Is Wrong
How did he pump the stock? He only posted his gains and losses over a period of several months.
42_··on Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberry, Nokia, and GameStop
That is fine, if it is done before the play begins. What's happening here is being kicked out of the game when you're winning.
42_··on WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money anymore
Absolutely yes. If you can't provide a free service, then do not advertise it as a free service.
42_··on iPhone factory workers say they haven’t been paid, cause millions in damages
The answer depends on the country in which you plan to hold that sign ;)
42_··on More challenging projects every programmer should try
The type of problems you are referencing is less than 10% of all problems ever posted in AoC.
42_··on Ask HN: How to Get into Google?
No. At best, they may skip a phone interview.
42_··on US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
Ideas such as tolerance, non violence etc cannot be unconditional. Reciprocity is the key.
42_··on California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on Indian employee's caste
dude, why would you witness such extreme casteism? Its like being White in the US and saying I don't see any racism.
42_··on California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on Indian employee's caste
Do you know why such a law came into existence? Because of atrocities against "lower" castes which wouldn't even be investigated. But most laws in India end up being misused. (For example dowry harassment laws.)
42_··on California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on Indian employee's caste
Tell them that there is nothing superior about misleading people using pseudo science such as astrology.
42_··on California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on Indian employee's caste
Well, the issue is it became hereditary, due to corruption.
42_··on California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on Indian employee's caste
Yes. Isn't that obvious? In general, any person from a developing country X, working in the US legally, is likely to be among 1% (not necessarily in terms of wealth but definitely in terms of opportunities, and, barring a few exceptions opportunities are proportional to wealth.) in country X.
42_··on Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn
I don't read it any more :) I used to go through the feed in search of quality content. Tried configuring it, but the signal to noise ratio is too low.
42_··on Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn
Now that I think about it, most of my complaints about LinkedIn is about the "news feed". Its full of mostly useless content by wannabe thought leaders drowning out a few posts which may have been insightful/relevant. Job search and add/message connections are the only features I have found useful.
42_··on 1989 California Medfly Attack
At the scale of nations, this line of thinking is very much necessary.