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Vampires123432on If you don’t trust your employees to work remotely you shouldn’t have hired them

I wasn't being sarcastic at all. I saw you were being downvoted.

There's nothing I loathe more than a manager with a weak mindset.

The best thing for me is success of the company. If the manager isn't strong enough to do what it takes, then the company will suffer in the long run.

Vampires123432on If you don’t trust your employees to work remotely you shouldn’t have hired them

Just sayin'... I'd prefer a manager like you over the alternative.

Vampires123432on If you don’t trust your employees to work remotely you shouldn’t have hired them

Your comment is racist.

I am also pointing out that the article itself has a racist undertone.

Culture exists.

Vampires123432on If you don’t trust your employees to work remotely you shouldn’t have hired them

Working from home was removed from our office because of "abuse".

Who was "abusing" it?

We have 7 Indian (not American) females working in our office in various functions. All (100%) of them were found to have been "working" from home on multiple occasions where they were inaccessible (not logged in, not responding to emails). Their reasons for working from home ranged from children to car troubles. By all measurable attributes, their work output was less than their peers.

Now before you knee jerk, please understand that I'm simply pointing out the measurable facts of the situation. I'm not making any claims regarding cultural background. I am, however, questioning whether or not there exists a cultural component here that leads to a different understanding of the "work from home policy". To that degree, the statement, "If you don't trust your employees to work remotely you shouldn't have hired them" can perhaps come across as a bit racist.

Vampires123432on Welcome Chris Lattner

what a whiny, irrelevant comment

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until the problem of consciousness is solved and we have moved away from behaviourial models for automation, there's no way i'm getting into a driverless car.

Vampires123432on What was it like working on the original iPhone project?

boilerplate

Vampires123432on Tied in Knots: The modern marriage is an elaborate feat of performance

I started reading the article, but it kept droning on and on. Eventually I found myself staring blankly at the page, nodding every once in a while to give the impression that I was paying attention.

Vampires123432on What's Wrong with Literary Studies?

Tweet, tweet.

Vampires123432on What's Wrong with Literary Studies?

I wrote to S.E. Hinton to ask about the significance of the church. "Why an abandoned church?"

She responded and told me there was an abandoned church where she grew up. She liked to hang out in the building because it was a convenient place to read.

I have the letter stowed in a box somewhere in my parents' attic.

Vampires123432on What's Wrong with Literary Studies?

When I was in grade school, I had an exam question regarding "The Outsiders" and why Dally told Ponyboy and Johnny to hide "in an abandoned church".

My response was that it was abandoned. I got marked off because "it represented a chance for salvation".

I was raised an atheist. Go figure.

Vampires123432on Why do we all still use Qwerty keyboards?

Let's not speak English anymore because there's more efficient languages.

No?

Ok. Long live QWERTY.

Vampires123432on Show HN: Zombocam – Filters and effects for your webcam

Why?

Vampires123432on How Beige Took Over American Homes

FYI, a very subtle grey is the new beige.

Vampires123432on China is challenging the idea that censorship thwarts online innovation

The article fails to touch on what I regard the major barrier to Chinese innovation. Specifically, Chinese cultural norms are prohibitive towards the creative enterprise. They just don't think through a problem the way hippie American kids do; and why should they? The creative process NP-complete.

Chinese society is ingrained with the "get ahead by besting your peers". That sort of mentality is not conducive to creativity. It is stifling. It forces one to take the shortest path all the time without any opportunity for making constructive mistakes.

And I don't buy the mentality of Chinese kids coming to US universities and solidifying their critical thinking skills. They congregate into throngs of Chinese students which perpetuate the Asian version of the "keeping up with the jones'" lifestyle. Trendy t-shirts and designer jeans, flocking to the basketball courts to ape Yao and JLin, nary an independent thought lest they should offend the echo chamber. "Why do we do what we do? Because we are told. Sure I can recite that the uninspected life is not worth living... But do I understand it?"

Furthermore, you see in Chinese pockets a lack of respect for their fellows should one fall by the wayside, whether it's the victims own fault or not. Those with weakness (or being different) are cast aside like lepers. It disgusts me. And to my original point, it stifles creativity.

The Japanese at least have Murakami. What celebration is there in China for revolt and indignation?

The Chinese competing with American innovation? Get real, and go F yourself (the preceding inserted as a provocative demonstration of American anti-normism, vote me down, square peg).