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mental1896on Ex-Google recruiter: I was fired because I resisted “illegal” diversity efforts

How do you know what he thinks it means?

That'll do until anti-scrambler tech comes out

mental1896on The Problem with Muzak – Spotify’s bid to remodel an industry

One thing I didn't see mentioned was how a song's "radio" seems to just play popular titles by bands in the same genre. When I first saw the feature, I was hoping it would be a successful implementation of Pandora's "Music Genome" promise, but it sounds like the same old market-driven gentle nudging toward what's popular, instead of what I actually wanted.

mental1896on L.A. is coating its streets with material that hides planes from spy satellites

Absolutely correct, except for this part of the article:

"Luzar said the officials were interested in lowering the temperature of taxiways so that aircraft would be less easily seen by spy satellites using infrared cameras, which form images using thermal energy."

mental1896on A History of Starcraft AI Competitions

Very cool. Thanks for sharing this!

mental1896on You Are Not the Code You Write

I think the gist of his argument is to not be ashamed of your work in the face of criticism. He's not advocating a lack of passion, just to not let the critics get you down.