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la6472··on A downtick is coming for online advertising
Remember dot com? How the tech sector crashed and burnt , yet those very technologies established the foundation for the next generation of companies that dominates till today. So while I agree that companies like Netflix or Uber may take a hit in the short ten I will argue that in the long term they are not going to go anywhere and will grow bigger.
la6472··on Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words”
I am truly sorry . May I know what would have been the right way to refer a non binary person? Is it gentlehuman?
la6472··on Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words”
They are auto suggestions. If you don’t want the feature disable it. But don’t ask society or the majority to agree with you. Most people agree with what google is doing and find it helpful otherwise they would simply turn it off.
la6472··on Canada bans foreign home buyers for two years
Nope I don’t agree. Cities have morphed into Subarus in the 1950s and since then they have been the source of more influence and revenue generation at least in NA.
la6472··on For FedEx Founder Fred Smith, the Sky Is Still the Limit
Yes it did and so I think fedex sucks
la6472··on College became the default – Let's rethink that
You seem to know it all but here I am with 20 years of fruitful employment with all of my learning , that is needed to do my job , learnt from the internet. Thank you Wikipedia and hyperlinks. So yes I have a strong opinion that traditional college education is obsolete now.
la6472··on Canada bans foreign home buyers for two years
Suburbs are not rural areas. Suburbs are sane living condition which every human being in the planet is entitled to.

Suburbs are also the source of majority of tax revenue.

la6472··on Canada bans foreign home buyers for two years
Just grow as much as you can yourself. After all that is the perks of living in the suburbs.
la6472··on College became the default – Let's rethink that
Question is - is college education in current form really useful? I feel we get more practical education from the internet than from the structured courses in traditional college education.
la6472··on Canada bans foreign home buyers for two years
City dwellers are not subsidizing anybody. In fact there are certain things the government does for the common good. Like protecting border or extending healthcare. It is the kind of civic planning that determines if a community will be able to support ordinary human aspirations like living a comfortable life in a spread out space or a community is going to pile like ants on top of each other. Of course certain people in the top (elite?) may actually love the second option and would love to see people stuffed in small apartments and live life like mechanical robots so that they can enjoy their life in Malibu beach houses.
la6472··on Canada bans foreign home buyers for two years
Service availability decreasing with population density is still old school thought. Rapid advances in technology over the years enable stretching infrastructure outwards. Who knows someday we may be extending our infrastructures to cover the whole globe and even to outer space. It is not subsidized and it is certainly not for the elite only. It is more about human aspiration. As a species we can look towards piling on top of each other or we can choose to expand and live a quality life according to one’s own aspiration. Look at the big picture.
la6472··on California considers a shortened, 32-hour workweek for larger companies
I meant the city
la6472··on Canada bans foreign home buyers for two years
Nothing is better than sprawling outwards. Most of the white collar jobs can be done remotely , so commute is not needed. Most of groceries and other stuff can be delivered. A truck doing 100 deliveries is surely less traffic than everyone going to the supermarkets. And most importantly with sprawling outwards citizens can enjoy the outdoors and take care of their health. And even more importantly high density of population leads to increased crime , encourage homelessness and provide all sorts of administrative nightmares.I would say we have reached a technological inflection point where we at at last free to spread out and yet stay connected. Let us embrace it. This is the future. This is the way.
la6472··on How to write more clearly, think more clearly, and learn complex material [pdf]
Author needs to practice more ..after 125 slides he/she could not communicate clearly to me that the underlying hypothesis is true.
la6472··on For FedEx Founder Fred Smith, the Sky Is Still the Limit
My friends important document got stolen during transit in FedEx many years ago. And their response was pure indifference.
la6472··on Toyota warns about rushing into electrification
I think we should have driven in hybrid mode until we figure out a better battery/energy technology.
la6472··on Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost
HELP others!
la6472··on Mgmt – Next generation distributed, event-driven, parallel config management
Is there any documentation on how to deploy it at large scale?
la6472··on Middle managers fear they've become irrelevant with work from home
Maybe you need coaching not your direct reports. Training can be completely automated via technology with close feedback loops , AI and other techniques. Hiring can also be automated to a large extent specially for technical loops. Objective evaluation of someone’s performance can be done by tracking and task allocation systems. All these can be automated to a large extent.
la6472··on Middle managers fear they've become irrelevant with work from home
Exactly lot of middle management functions can be automated and even more objective evaluation can be done.
la6472··on Middle managers fear they've become irrelevant with work from home
Actually lot of middle management jobs can be automated specially tasks allocation and tracking. It is not that difficult to imagine a system like that where these functions can be automated and this middle managers can be free to do more “valuable” tasks.
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