bjornlouser

"Nearly all of the life of the universe will be dark with no star"

Maybe it will turn out that many of the double star systems were created by intelligent life

"Not a problem [they are] facing"

Not sure why you think that given that labor is their biggest expense. They have been known to collude

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/silicon-valleys-...

In the second video the Tesla seems to stop short of the heavy shadow cast on the road. Guess it thought it was approaching a barrier of some sort...

Check if the 90 received confirms or is in conflict with the findings your boss wants to see.

"Is there really something wrong with being clever? ... cleverness functions more as a cover for vulnerability ... reframe forced alienation ... use forms of cleverness to evade such suffering ..."

I appreciate cleverness in others when it helps me avoid my own suffering. Unfortunately I still suffer most of the time.

You imply that the other PhD is being difficult but I think you're being difficult. In my opinion you should start with an open-ended question "How do we determine if there is a malfunction in the ASIC?".

Unless this is your subordinate and you are convinced of a plan of action. In that case don't ask, just be direct and tell them what you want to test.

You barely get credit for fixing bugs as a full-time developer within most organizations so the role of part-time bug specialist, although appealing to me as well, is a bit of a stretch.

"now is the time on sprockets when we dance... wait... why am I the only one here?"

From the article: "In traveling to America, Dvořák was on a mission to create an “American music,” to find and elevate the country’s folk tradition, even the sound of its daily life. What immediately captured his imagination was African American music, slave songs, and spirituals."

Perhaps they should mention Gottschalk simply to explain that no-one was actually confused about how to elevate the folk tradition in America...

'Dvorak in America' articles never mention how Gottschalk was hard at work integrating African American folk music several decades earlier. There wasn't much appetite in the U.S. at the time but it was wildly popular in Europe...

Le Bananier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfuv2GzNF-8

The first composer fully preserved as a recorded artist... sounds radical

If she has any interest in music then show her MuseScore

AGI, AGI, AGI, AGI, AGI, AGI...

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de799b06bb59b...

I wish they would allow viewers to sync the playback of a podcast on their phone to the video on a separate screen.

I would probably watch more of their terrible shows if I could listen to commentary through an unsanctioned channel

"... not one complained about RAM ... "

Just curious, how much RAM does your app typically use?

They are trying to find candidates that won't quit once subjected to micromanagement and a culture of constant fire drills, etc.

A proxy for that kind of tolerance is whether the candidate will jump through an inordinate number of hoops while being hazed by future coworkers.

'ungrading' is what used to be called remedial education.

Given his background I think he should become a recruiter that peddles the over 40 tech crowd. That way he can dabble with programming on the side, leverage his business acumen, and see first hand whether there is a market for old folks in tech.

Let's get the recent grad to communicate with our clients/vendors using sensitive data that they don't understand. No need to supervise, it will be fine

or put another way, you can't fix the low expectations of families in the bottom half with policy

"Entire household for $39.00 per month compares favorably to ~$300 per month per person for boutique fitness classes"

Surely outside of a pandemic the at-home crowd isn't the same set of consumers that are willing to pay $300 per month for a gym membership.

Opening up the platform to allow other app stores sounds great for consumers, but developers are likely to lose money...

Maybe Apple will give developers the ability to determine whether the app was installed from Apple or some other source.

Got perfect reception with a $40 antenna strapped to beams in the attic using bungee cords. The towers are only 50 miles from the house so ymmv

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0024R4B5C/

Modern management techniques rely heavily on peer pressure to motivate employees. That works on most of us because we feel shame when we disappoint. You seem to have been born with an undersized shame sensor. You lucky, lucky bastard...

Gramophone has a 'What Next' feature that starts with some well known piece and gives a sort of decision tree of suggested pieces based on various criteria.

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/after-tchaikov...

The digital subscription allows you to search the archive, although I'm not sure how long they have written 'What Next'.

"Almost nobody seems to hire for potential these days!"

What is the average length of employment for mid to senior level developers these days? A few years? If it takes ~3 months to go from zero to competent with a new tech stack then that's ~15 weeks out of ~150 weeks -> 10%

Too simple a metric to capture the various qualities of a candidate that would compensate for the delay in significant contributions, but not completely irrational given the supply of qualified applicants.

I wish I had made a list of events that occurred when my mom was 10, 20, 30, etc and asked her to describe where/who she was at those times. Make a discreet recording of those conversations, if possible.

in a few years someone will write "I don't know why you have a problem with our group calisthenics. Jumping jacks are good for you and I like that our managers care about our physical well-being. It's just like when they changed lights out to 9pm in the company dormitory. It does help me get a good night's sleep!"

"having them tell me ... does not make me feel the same way... "

You don't get the warm fuzzies when someone tries to harvest intimacy across hundreds of their relationships simultaneously with a post? Weird.