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"Why software developers hate Agile that is done wrong"

FTFY

It's not about that. It's about whether we accept corporate arrogance to make decisions on behalf of a vulnerable demographic.

> I would happily sell anyone a picture or scan of my face for $5. But I even more happily have that chance go to someone who needs it more than myself.

Would you really? My gut feeling tells me that's not the case for most people for privacy or ethical reasons. Just because those people are poor, we expect them to have lower privacy or ethical standards.

The link you posted has the following example, I think you're referring to that

> BBH Labs was an exception – they outfitted 13 homeless volunteers with WiFi hotspots and asked them to offer WiFi to SXSW attendees in exchange for donations. In return, they would be paid $20 a day plus whatever attendees gave in donations.

That's completely different. Offering Wifi has zero long term effects. It's providing people with a "business opportunity" that wouldn't have access to it otherwise. Giving someone 5 bucks for their face picture (or other biometrics) is totally different and has long term negative effects.

> Note that I am not a doctor, though, so take this information with the proper grain of salt.

In moderation though, too much sodium is bad for you

> Personally, I think if someone wants to pay the way of, let’s say, 300 students to get full scholarships, so that their child can attend, this seems like a very sustainable model which benefits everyone involved.

> $37 million buys a lot of resources so arguably this isn’t taking a spot away from anyone, if anything it is enabling these universities to provide more spots to students who deserve them, potentially at zero cost.

This is very speculative. His children getting admitted to these schools might very well take away a spot from someone else unless they would be admitted anyway or the numbers of admitted students increase. This discussion is a fascinating read, arguments from all directions rationalizing this behavior and somehow making it work within our social contract.

A lot of text providing very little information.

I hope I didn't miss this from the article but how do client and server "negotiate" which protocol to use?

From a adoption perspective, how much is adopting HTTP/2 or /3 different from adopting a new IP "version" i.e. IPv6?

> The US only accounts for 12% of the total carbon output into the atmosphere.

Should we take population into account? The US only accounts for ~4% of the world's population. so I wouldn't say "only".

Not that I was serious in any way. But since we're talking about it, I am not convinced that our societies are able to coordinate an effort like that on a scale that would make a difference to the global climate.

Maybe I'm unaware of relevant history, maybe I'm being too cynical.

Have you learned nothing from the movie "Snowpiercer"?

> That wouldn't be so bad, except there are consequences to going to therapy. Paperwork and records are generated. There are certain positions where you have to disclose any therapy that you've received (see for example Section 21 on the SF-86: https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf86.pdf)

Seeking counseling for depression/anxiety does not fall under any of the questions being asked in this form.

Thank you for this comment.

what people keep forgetting is that not everyone is in the situation where they are able to use those services. Using Keepass with cloud sync via Dropbox (or Gcloud, etc) is not possible in a lot of corporate contexts.

This interests me. Can you elaborate on what downsides you see? Even in a small team we're often working within the same repo at the same time without any issues.

Out of curiosity and please forgive me as I'm leaning ESL, but shouldn't it be either

"Instant access to x podcasts"

or

"Instantly access x podcasts"?

There sure is. Most big companies work that way I would imagine. I can install browser extensions, no problem but local apps are restricted. Also Dropbox and others are blocked at the corporate firewall level.

This works if your environment allows a) installing applications and b) cloud sync using consumer clouds (dropbox, gdrive, etc

You are right that this is a good approach for many it will certainly break for many as well.

> KeePass and similar are a better way to go, if slightly more labor intensive.

Slightly? Just thinking about the synchronization between machines makes this an understatement in my opinion.

They do sell salads

Is it me or have they removed the add-ons from Chrome's/Firefox's market?

It's very short sighted to ignore the money being saved by not having to worry about all those things. Their "$5k" example is probably wrong and also irrelevant in most (enterprise) contexts.

Why they use twitter for what I think would fit way better in a short concise blog post is beyond me.

This reminds me of people telling their whole life story and how that rice pudding made them a better person when all I was looking for was the recipe.

> We need to start holding corporations lobbying against climate change resolution accountable for their actions.

Or vote for politicians that don't give in to that kind of lobbying. Corporations can lobby all they want, it's the politicians that decide on policy and law.

The mapping but not necessarily the user's activity.

That's interesting, I too, have had the exact opposite experience. After having tried multiple VPN providers I settled for NordVPN because it gave me the most consistent speed.

There is still the problem of nuclear waste being highly radioactive for thousands of years and us not knowing how to deal with it properly.

There is also the problem of nuclear waste being highly radioactive for thousands of years and us not knowing how to deal with it properly.

It's a neat idea but I wouldn't say "three mirrors, each measuring 17 sq m" is particularly "giant".