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rtetson HyperNormalisation (2016) [video]

In considering our time more pivotal than any before, are we not guilty of the same sensationalism and irrational behaviour that this film observes?

rtetson HyperNormalisation (2016) [video]

"History may not repeat itself but it does rhyme..." Some guy, last century

Are there really no parallels for popular opinion straying significantly from established facts and resulting in irrational behaviour before natural correction...? Are the South Sea Bubble and the Cold War not two such such examples of this?

rtetson What I learned from spending 3 months applying to jobs after a coding bootcamp

"At Hack Reactor, we’re trained to mask our inexperience. In our personal narratives, we purposely omit our bootcamp education."

Assuming most people who do bootcamps are changing careers, how do you explain suddenly becoming a developer after years of another career?

rtetson Dell, EMC, HP, Cisco are the walking dead

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."

Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943

"Nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality within ten years."

Alex Lewyt, president of Lewyt vacuum company, 1955

"Two years from now, spam will be solved."

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, 2004

rtetson Google's Secret Hiring Tool

Is accessing foobar.google.com a puzzle in its own right?

Or is it strictly invite only?

rtetson Why C# Is Not My Favorite Programming Language

No feature or optimisation is free

One must eventually compromise in every language/system at some cost according to the value to its intended user

Many of these genuinely interesting criticisms of C# are the "other edge" to the sword we love it for

rtetson The US Marines tested all-male squads against mixed-gender ones

this study is definitely deeply flawed - and disappointing as this would have been a really interesting set of results if it wasn't uncontrolled.

rtetson An enraging proposal to speed up queues: Serve the last person first

This article doesn't consider the myriad issues likely to be caused by as many people arriving as late as possible - like the almost inevitable delays to event start times or how in practice you would measure who the last person to arrive was..

rtetson Ask HN: Would you get an MBA at the Technion?

Yes - as a software engineer I would be interested in learning how to manage a business tailored to the field I would be most interested in managing a business in.

>> No. Getting an MBA is all about the contacts that you make.

Who's to say you wouldn't make the most relevant contacts for your business on this program.

rtetson Ask HN: Do you work in a company that will fire you for average performance?

Have they clarified that those they retain are exceptionally high performers? Or their performance could simply be exceptional in some other regard...

rtetson Make sure you turn this off (Google users)

this looks suspiciously like anti-Google marketing rather than an interest article