jackfrodo

That future is already here. I asked my 13 year old sister and her friend if they were on Facebook, and they both laughed and did an old person imitation of me! I couldn't believe it.

As someone who's seen almost all Ghibli movies, I can tell you that Miyazaki is not averse to the grotesque. Most who have seen Spirited Away probably remember it as a wonderful and positive film, but when it was showed at my younger sister's 10th birthday party, most of the children were terrified, based purely on the animated monsters.

There are creatures more disturbing in his movies than that zombie. The difference is the deep human empathy that goes into their creation.

IIRC, almost every frame in Ghibli movies is drawn by hand, so to see an AI created zombie that (in his view) mimics disabilities suffered by his friend in order to achieve a creepy effect, how could he not find it disgusting?

>And the answer of the artist was the worst. Imagine assisting to Wright brothers' demo, and coming with: "I have a friend who is blind, this doesn't respect the pain and the suffering of those with vision disabilities who will never be able to pilot a plane." What a tool!

This isn't what he was saying at all. He has a friend, with something perhaps like Parkinson's. The zombie animation was clearly evocative of his friend's difficult movements. So to him, it's morally repulsive to create disturbing animation that isn't even drawn by a human that so closely resembles physical disabilities.

Whether or not it makes for good horror or art is another matter. He just finds the whole concept disgusting.

>I think this is simply reflective off Miyazaki's view of what animations should be represented at all

> He's not a fan of the grotesque, creepy, or disquieting.

Studio Ghibli has produced lots of work that's grotesque and disquieting. He's not against representing them.

Spirited Away and Grave of the Fireflies come to mind as films that show the grotesque in a way that there's a strong human spirit endowed in the animation.

>Treatment "progress" is predicated on -- if not synonymous with -- submission.

This was my experience as well. When I was in holding, a sympathetic nurse told me that to get out of there as soon as possible, I needed to smile, go to all meetings, and do exactly as I'm told. There was a Bible study that I wasn't interested in going to, and another nurse heavily suggested that I attend, which I ended up doing. I felt very powerless throughout it.

Yes, and this being a field that you can filter by.

All things being equal, if I had to choose between applying to two jobs, and one of them explicitly offered the salary that I believe I'm worth, then yeah, I would apply to that one.

On another note, one thing I've been thinking of doing, (and I'd be delighted if you did it!) is a job board that only shows positions with take home interviews instead of in-person coding exercises. I think this is a growing trend as people realize that they're missing out on good developers who suck at coding under pressure with someone looking over their shoulder. I've come across several threads on HN with people saying the same thing.

Awesome to see DFW on HN. Infinite Jest's tennis scenes helped shape the way I view the world. There's one particularly great one where a father is giving some life lessons to his son via tennis. And it is excellent Here's a link to (most of) the scene: https://books.google.com/books?id=Nhe2yvx6hP8C&pg=PT200&lpg=...

In the future, could you not use the phrase "bend over"? I don't think it has a place on HN.

They mention Gone Home in this, and I would highly recommend it. The writing is the best I've seen in a game, especially if you're into punk 90's riot grrrl stuff.

Should probably return a "We couldn't find anything like that :/" so you can know whether it's loading or just came up short.

Oh really? I ended up skipping it because I thought they weren't loading. Should at least have a blinking cursor.

Wonderful article. Due to its length, I recommend saving it to pocket and reading it on there before settling in for the long read. :)

Probably the funniest writeup of a twitter account I've seen: http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/09/08/merriam...

A guy writes about his brush with fame when MW was rude to him on Twitter.

Was this a knockoff store? Regardless, would have been pretty cool to see in its prime.

Thanks! And yes, perhaps my wording was overstimulated.

Right. A step. I'd imagine that a good number of these should have been pardons. For example. There are over 11,000 people in federal prison for marijuana offenses[0]. Unbelievable.

[0] https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/dofp12.pdf

Hard to get past the capitalist propaganda in the article and introduction. Maybe if the essay were hosted on a more neutral site.

I say this because when the article is hyping up the "timelessness" of this essay, I know that there is political motivation behind it, rather than some kind of (more nearly) objective opinion on it.

Has Squier improved or Fender declined?

Ha, if you're ever in the area, you seem like you'd appreciate 826 Valencia's pirate supply store in the Mission district of SF.

http://826valencia.org/store/

Yeah! It's just half an inch of blank space where it used to be. Bizarre.

This is really annoying. I don't and haven't ever used vine, but how much could it really cost to keep hosting it, and let people continue using it? Why can't companies be okay having products that are revenue neutral that make people happy?

  > That kind of diversity is painful and unpopular, but
  > it is critical to health of a democratic and pluralistic 
  > society. 

Is it? How does having someone who endorses xenophobia, sexism, etc, as one of the most visible members of your organization achieve these goals? If we tolerate this kind of thinking, how many opportunities are we losing out on because of people who couldn't get past the barriers it sets up?

Is one side always marginalized? Maybe in political matters you could frame it that way, but I don't think that's the case in most tech-related discussions. This is the fairly narrow case of discussing diversity in tech.

This is the kind of knee-jerk dismissal that made me lose respect for the reddit community. What she's saying resonates with a lot of people, especially marginalized ones, and for that reason alone she's worth hearing out.

Kudos to Project Include for making this decision. This sends a clear signal that there is a growing (or at least increasingly vocalized) segment of the tech community that won't stand for a guy like Thiel to be a "captain" of this industry. I believe in the long run, he's holding us back.

What is the definition of "binge-watching"? For me, that would be three episodes of Bojack Horseman, or about 75 minutes of content. On the other hand, I would happily watch a Tarantino film, say 140 minutes, in one sitting. I guess it doesn't count as a "binge" but it keeps me in front of Netflix longer than a television show.

re: his son's brain tumor, let's say this is true. Could it be explained by him noticing symptoms of it and subconsciously being suspicious, which led to the pink beam "telling" him?

>One study focuses on procrastination — a subject of great interest to behavioral economists — by looking at bookings. Are they last-minute? Made weeks or months in advance? Do booking habits change by age, gender or country of origin?

Airbnb is already making tangible changes based on this kind of data. One example is using it to make predictions of demand, and then tell Airbnb hosts the optimal price that they should charge to maximize revenue and chances of being booked.

Exactly. And I read earlier on here that for lots of companies, for each year you've been at a company you can do a remote day a week. Sounds perfect to me.