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xenihn··on Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project
It's a valuable idea that everyone should keep in mind throughout their lives, and throughout their careers.

Same thing with people who speak negatively of others to you in private. Odds are they do the same thing, but about you, when speaking with others. If you confide something negative about someone else to them, they'll probably tell that person.

xenihn··on Notepad++ drops Bing after “tank man” censorship
I'm not the one who made a statement as if it were a fact.
xenihn··on Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project
>I don't know about what the CEO of repl.it did. It shouldn't matter.

Calling out hypocrisy absolutely matters. It matters a lot.

In this case, it also provides a very important precedent.

xenihn··on Notepad++ drops Bing after “tank man” censorship
>The Chinese government didn't favor the local retailers in anyway.

Do you have proof of this?

xenihn··on Mark Cuban-backed banking app Dave to go public in $4 bln SPAC merger
I wonder what its valuation will be if overdraft fees are completely gone before the deal closes.
xenihn··on Google Joins Apple to Opt-out of Mobile Advertising IDs
Oculus uses Android. What are they using their own OS for, and what is it called?
xenihn··on Amazon has a quota for the number of employees it would be happy to see leave
i'm surprised to run across so many purported tech professionals who still don't know the difference between options and RSUs, and how the latter are as good as cash
xenihn··on The May 18 Gwangju Uprising
I initially understood "bloodier" as in literal blood due to how corpses were handled. In which case I would agree that it was not as bloody. But I do think the term was for body count, in which case they're probably comparable.
xenihn··on Freenode ops take control of 700 channels
Disclaimer: I haven't used IRC regularly in years, and I was not following the freenode drama.

What you've done here is going to result in some variation of the Streisand effect. People who had no opinion on this or were simply unaware are now going to be turned against you. This was an incredibly bad move.

xenihn··on Useful iOS Things GitHub Repository
I'd like to know what sort of "tips and tricks" you expected to be hosted inside of a Github repository.
xenihn··on Woke at Work: Why tech firms are trying to run away from politics and failing
>In my scenario what matters is just that you learn that your manager hates your kind and is active in publicizing that hate. Would that not make you feel uncomfortable going back to work as their subordinate?

you'll need to give me details about how this manager would actually treat me in this hypothetical situation

if my manager constantly tweeted content that made it seem like they hated men in tech, but treated me fairly, why should I care about what they post on twitter?

xenihn··on Woke at Work: Why tech firms are trying to run away from politics and failing
Why are you using an outdated example (blogs), instead of extremely relevant & modern ones like Twitter and TikTok?

Your scenario is basically describing a guy demanding that his coworker be fired because 90% of the content on her social media channels consist of some variation of "men are trash".

xenihn··on San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge
I can't tell if you're joking or just trolling. What do you think drove them away?
xenihn··on San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge
Are you still in SF? SF today is vastly different from 2019 SF.
xenihn··on Researchers, lawmakers want Facebook's mental health research
Moderation is actually the problem. The internet was a better place for everyone when it was just webrings, usenet, and goatse.
xenihn··on TSMC looks to double down on U.S. chip factories as talks in Europe falter
Right, I'm just thinking that long-term military intervention to prevent capture/annexation of Taiwan is completely impossible, but short-term intervention meant to extract as many Taiwanese as possible prior to inevitable capitulation is very much an option.
xenihn··on TSMC looks to double down on U.S. chip factories as talks in Europe falter
I've been thinking about what would happen if there's an actual military crisis between China and Taiwan. I wonder if the United States would allow (and aid with) unlimited immigration from Taiwan for educated specialists, in an attempt to capture/retain as much skills and knowledge as possible.
xenihn··on For those who can afford it, quitting has become the ultimate form of self-care
Everyone I know who has their own business (or businesses) does less than ten hours a week of "real" work. You only work 24/7 if you don't delegate responsibilities properly, or if your company is mainly just you.
xenihn··on Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter
go ahead and count them if you work at robinhood or stripe

you could also just lie if it's that important to you

xenihn··on Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter
In my network:

- early retirement

- founding their own companies

- landlording

- teaching for fun/enjoyment/fulfillment, not because they need money

Some have done all 4 of these.

xenihn··on Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter
>If you're talking about TC that has to be said; most people when they are talking about "making X amount" are talking about salary.

Not in tech.

xenihn··on How to survive a toxic workplace and how to avoid creating one
Yes, huge tech companies have lots of orgs and teams, which means there won't be one singular culture. Some teams will be toxic, some won't, some will be in between. Certain huge companies will have more "good" teams than "bad" ones. Then you have places like Amazon, where bad teams are the norm, and good ones are exceptions.
xenihn··on Beyond Meat’s Beyond Burger life cycle assessment (2018)
I think we'll eventually be able to recreate "meat" that is equal to or even better than meat that came from an actual animal. We'll reach a point where "fake" meat tastes better, is healthier for you, and, most importantly of all, is more profitable.
xenihn··on On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness
If you have a treatable form of depression, go get treated. If you have a personality disorder, the person you're responding to is the lucky one, not you.
xenihn··on On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness
It's important for you to understand the difference between actual clinical depression, which is fully treatable with medication, and depression as a symptom of personality disorders, which is not.

I don't know if you have ever dealt with the latter, or if perhaps you are part of that group, but encountering someone who is can be enough to turn you away from ever potentially being involved with anyone displaying depressive symptoms. There's just too much risk to one's personal life and well-being if they end up being the "bad" kind of depressed person, and not the "good" kind.

xenihn··on Asking rents in San Francisco continue to slip, but…
How is that relevant to the original post?
xenihn··on Best practices for remote software engineering
Adderall 5 times a week instead of 3.
xenihn··on Asking rents in San Francisco continue to slip, but…
Can you please link me a list of cities with a better buy:rent ratio when comparing 2008-2011 SF to 2021 SF? Assuming you were to buy and rent now, since that's the conversation we're having. I have some friends who would be really interested. I just tried to find some on my own, and I could not.
xenihn··on Asking rents in San Francisco continue to slip, but…
Are you claiming that landlords who purchased property in SF 15+ years ago aren't making extremely high profits off rent?
xenihn··on Asking rents in San Francisco continue to slip, but…
Yes, if you bought today. What's the point of your post?
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