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bruu_··on The Tech Talent Shortage Is a Lie
Just another Marxist failing to explain shit about the problem. Look away, people
bruu_··on Animals that use personal names
Yeah big news there, I've been calling my pet capybara "swegsweg" for like 3 years now and he's started to say "swegsweg" like he's a pokemon or some shit
bruu_··on A Way to Detect Bias
What is the significance level? What is the model? This is freshman dorm room level analysis
bruu_··on Economists effectively assume that capitalism is unnecessary
Yeah. If you read the article, it is not asserting "Capitalism is Bad", it is saying that the rationality assumption implies that we don't need the market. If everyone was perfectly rational, we would all coordinate without the market.
bruu_··on Ex-NSA Chief’s Cybersecurity Startup Draws Funding
Are you joking? Not trying to be critical, I just can't tell if you're serious. Why would Etsy have the most rigorous security measures?
bruu_··on The False Trade-Off Between Security and Liberty
I don't think apprehending them in advance before they ever get to the airport is security theater, and that's what this article addresses.
bruu_··on Paternal stress in mice given to offspring via RNA packed into sperm
I interpreted it to mean that they have a blunted stress response, nothing more. Maybe a lot of people that undergo stress have a twofold reaction: 1. downregulate the response to similar stressors 2. still have some bad feelings about what happened

I would rather have 1 & 2 than just 2 alone. So yeah, when they say "associated with" they aren't saying "caused"

bruu_··on The False Trade-Off Between Security and Liberty
How are we to know what to support as citizens? What's worse, cyberterrorism due to fundamentally insecure cryptography infrastructure, or physical terrorism due to a lack of spying capability? I am marginally more afraid of what terrorists can do with computers than what they can do with guns and bombs.
bruu_··on The False Trade-Off Between Security and Liberty
One of the major points made in the article is that nobody hears about the attacks that get prevented. It may just be that surveillance is very effective.
bruu_··on Paternal stress in mice given to offspring via RNA packed into sperm
That's interesting that the mice with stressed parents dealt better with stress. I've typically interpreted this strain of study as a sort of depressing, "rich get richer" of biology concept where every generation gets more stressed out until they somehow get removed from the gene pool. But it seems like the exact opposite is the case, that there is an adaptive numbing effect
bruu_··on The ethics of digital disruption (why top tech companies are the most TOXIC)
Wasn't that based on a study of Ford factory workers?
bruu_··on Man Accused of Spoofing Some of the World's Biggest Futures Exchanges
I don't understand why other market participants can't adapt to spoofing.

I agree that fines won't work because it's just another variable influencing the value of the spoofing strategy and if you get extreme about it you're punishing legitimate parties.

Maybe the real problem is the culture of finance. I'm sure this guy isn't all too embarrassed about what happened and there are plenty of people who would love to hire him

bruu_··on How is the work quality at Blizzard as a developer?
I feel like Blizzard would have been really sick to work at when WoW was actually a growth business
bruu_··on The ethics of digital disruption (why top tech companies are the most TOXIC)
They exist to make life easier for their customers, which is usually directly proportional to the amount of effort being exerted by the company...
bruu_··on The ethics of digital disruption (why top tech companies are the most TOXIC)
Honestly I could see investment bankers laughing at this article. I definitely feel like technology is WAY more flexible, where you can do the "hardcore 12 hour days" 200k/yr track and also the "10-5 with lunch" lazy man's 60k/yr track.

If you want to spend a bunch of time with your family and work 35 hours a week, guess what man, you can't drive a nice car, own a big house in Los Altos, or send your kids to private school. Pick a lifestyle and accept the drawbacks that come with it.

There's seriously nothing wrong with moving to a second tier city and making 60k/yr. Let the people who love stress and success do their thing in the Bay Area