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UpsilonAlphaon How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]

You don't sign NDAs with the government, you sign a lifetime obligation [1] where the penalty is treason. I doubt you did or saw any such things.

1. https://media.defense.gov/2021/Oct/18/2002875198/-1/-1/0/NSA...

UpsilonAlphaon Bay Area cities want to end single-family home zoning

I've lived in Seattle so my viewpoint is biased.

> Neither has a world-class orchestra or opera

Seattle Symphony is fantastic and has multiple Grammy awards. The one that stands out to me is the 2014 premiere of John Luther Adams' work, Become Ocean. Not everyone's cup of team, but a phenomenal performance nonetheless.

> to say nothing of the early-music scene in the Bay Area, which is easily the best in the US

Grunge is very distinctly Seattle. I have a feeling you are incorrectly attributing certain bands with California because they moved there after they became famous.

> And no, neither measures up economically either. Comparing the tech industry in Portland or Seattle to the Bay Area (Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and basically all of the startup scene) is a joke.

Google is heavily in Seattle. You are ignoring the powerhouses of Microsoft and Amazon which are headquartered there. Additionally, the startup scene is thriving. Vulcan Ventures (Paul Allen's firm) has a major presence.

> Neither measures up to the Bay Area in the art scene

I can't speak to the art scene but the Seattle Art Museum was pretty cool, not sure how it ranks. I do know that Seattle attracts a lot of artsy types from personal experience.

> Or the wine scene

If you look at Seattle in a hyper-focused fashion, yes there is no wine, it's a city and Bay Area is an area. But wine in Washington state is also thriving (extended family operates a small vineyard for fun). The climate issues have ironically made Washington a better place for wine in the past years

I could go on, but really, there is quite a bit of competition ;)

UpsilonAlphaon I guess I have to watch ads everywhere on my $1,500 LG TV now

This is a shot in the dark, but it's possible your HDMI cables aren't fully supporting the 4K. I was having trouble with a 4K monitor not displaying properly and it turned out my HDMI cable was outdated. Replacing it with a DisplayPort fixed the issue. That being said, most modern HDMI cables should support 4K, but it's always good to check the hardware specs of the cable and the TV.

UpsilonAlphaon Top Paying Companies by SWE Level

Roblox in second place for entry level positions?! I guess that makes sense as a way for them to advertise that they need engineers. I'm also curious why Netflix doesn't show up on this list as I've always heard anecdotal data about them compensating engineers highly for hard work.

UpsilonAlphaon Toxic positivity does more harm than good

To add on to this. Following these steps will often avoid the problem described by GP. If you can't find specific actions to praise, then there is a good chance the recipient will feel the praise is hollow.

UpsilonAlphaon Uber discovered they’d been defrauded out of 2/3 of their ad spend

These are not fair comparisons. Eminem and the Avengers have already established identities. Music cannot even compare to movies due to the sheer quantity of modern musicians. There are plenty of fantastic (IMO) bands out there that release music without advertising and they get nowhere.

As for movies, Avengers got to where they are today through lots and lots of advertising.