lordfoom

>If your child enjoys reading Dahl that's great, keep buying them. But there are so many books that are just better than Dahl and that don't come with all the baggage.

I agree there's a lot of baggage, but I'm interested in what books you think are "just better"?

> we expect to have it available on the desktop within a couple of weeks,

A couple of WEEKS???

>they can quickly roll out a change to make Firefox the default browser until the problem/threat is over.

...why not just make firefox the default browser full-time?

Okay that makes sense, thank you.

Ah, okay, thank you.

> Quick sort comes with a steep penalty. Worst case is O(n^(2)). The reason quicksort is good is because it's in place. Once you throw away the in place aspect of quick sort, it's straight up bad.

That's why you shuffle the list before you sort it :)

>Being a technical leader is a set of skills that is distinct from being a great IC

Sorry if I'm being dim - what's an IC?

>If recruiting Chinese nationals stops working the Chinese state will just start recruiting other nationalities.

Presumably this will be harder for them to do.

Then why don't you do region based pricing as well?

> I like how Gitlab promotes remote work, but I don't like that their salaries are based on employee's costs of living.

Especially since they don't do region based pricing - everybody pays the same price worldwide, but they only pay cost of living salaries? Hypocrites.

>Why don't climate dooms-dayers not see that their very tactics of spreading irrational fear (instead of rational solutions) is antithetical to their desired outcomes?

It's not irrational fear.

Why do cynical eye-rollers like you always try and crab bucket people's attempts at changing things for the better?

An interesting outcome of the GPDR! Does the author have any recourse? Can they sue?

>Why would it not be?

Because they did the same work?

>who is anyone to say that's not allowed?

I didn't say it's not allowed. I think it's poor business practice, and poor for society, incentivizing devs to stay in expensive areas instead of moving out to cheaper remote areas.

>If you forced them to be paid the same then one of them will not be working for you even if they want to; either because you can't afford to hire them both or the bay area engineer can't live on the salary.

That is speculation and I speculate you are wrong.

Checked it out, and for my region their salary is barely competitive. Must say, I am disappointed by this approach from a company whose product I admire.

That's a lot of spin on "to save money".

They mention San Francisco rents, but they fail to mention all the advantages of living in San Francisco. Awesome for the folks in San Fran to have their lifestyle's subsidized.

AND then they spread some FUD with "Remote companies using a standard pay structure are reportedly running into problems with their compensation plans" - nice and vague and ominous. Doesn't even mention what issues they're running into, just "issues".

AND then they end with the weak they " hope location band salaray gaps will continue to narrow", as if they genuinely wish they could pay more, but their hands are tied.

I think gitlab is a great project, but that is some grade A bullshit.

>Should the person in SF be paid less because employees in originating country have lower salaries?

So in your view it's fine to pay different amounts of money for the same work?

>Why listen to music when you can read the lyrics?

I feel that is a false equivalence as information transfer is not typically part of music.

I don't know if it's your intention, but it comes across to me that you're advocating doing nothing, which strikes me as bad.

Serious question: how do handle broken contracts, malicious acts, etc?

But not having to think about typing reduces your cognitive load. Touch typing as a coder isn't about speed, it's about freeing your mind from having to think about your fingers.

> I thought because Netflix is a private company what they do isnt censorship.

I mean, if they do it at the behest of the government, it very definitely is?

What's with all this defense of facebook in the comments on hacker news lately?

>If you think civilization is going to end in 40 years ( 2 generations ), then you leave no room for debate.

And yet, here you are, debating him, while the world gets hotter and the weather more extreme.

So in your view, preventing people from selling themselves into slavery is denying them agency?

It beggars belief to blame the hospitals and not the insurance companies.

>I'm curious, why do you think there's so much corruption in these countries compared to others globally? Just keen to understand what your take on this is.

According to folks like Dambisa Moyo, aid is part of the reason these regions are corrupt: governments becomes beholden to foreign donors instead of local citizenry.

Thank you, this looks great :)

Awesome resource, thank you!

Thank you! I am interested in the knowledge rather than the credits, so I appreciate the book recommendations :)

Anyone have a suggestion for a good online course in linear algebra?