dgrealy

fuck you dang ban me

Entrepreneurism is still very much alive. Down but not out. However for this board, talk of it is decimated. To the point where the only mention of it is in this thread, where I am speaking to one person, who needed to be reminded what it even means.

Do you not understand the lesson being taught by such an exercise? It sounds like instead your biases made you think the school civics class would be teaching students how to profile people as terrorists.

You really are an idiot.

... that is a link about equity tradeoffs as an employee. You've demonstrated not even knowing the definition of the word!

Incredible really.

Is entrepreneurism dead, or something? On HN of all places it isn't even mentioned in the comments?

I think so many of the entrepreneurial doers left HN or stopped participating in discussions long ago.

I checked the page source, and it turns out the entire article is written in English.

Thanks for pointing that out. So insightful. Also definitely thanks for clarifying the total confusion about what is meant by "in America". I thought to myself, "Now wait just a minute. Do they mean the USA? Because all those other countries must feel offended if so."

Also, I thought, "it's so true that the American economy is orders of magnitude stronger than other nations. Clearly this is because of an empire of oppression built upon the same small-minded chauvinism which leads Americans to refer to themselves as Americans."

What do you think of the american intelligence agencies who say the same thing?

So banks come in handy after-all.

I regularly get aggravated about the sensitivity of my bank's fraud screening. I have to call them constantly just to spend my money. But, I am at least reassured about how difficult it is to siphon money from the account.

Very interesting idea. Pricing seems like the biggest challenge that comes to mind, but maybe there is a good solution.

Classification is still very needed. I'm interested to see what comes out of this. Especially with regard to eliminating biases of a classification system.

Capitalism isn't going anywhere obviously and shouldn't. On the other end is state-run media, e.g. North Korea. We wouldn't want things to swing in that direction or even toward RT or many other examples.

I think we should be looking to replicate whatever magic is and has been in PBS, early BBC, ITN, and other earlier UK and French programming.

Go ahead and downvote me, but NSA has a different process than warrants for a reason. There is signoff which satisfies the constitution. Secret court, secret panel. It is secret for a reason and the court is overseen by congress.

However personally I would prefer these cases to be declassified after a reasonalbe amount of time, where it is possible to protect the innocent.

How you are getting that I want anything different? Also, don't go around calling people insane.

Do you think it might be a judge? Upon a completed investigation? One which is effective and protects the identities of the investigated prior to any criminal prosecution?

Do you think there should maybe be an oversight board and a congressional committee? Because these things exist. Do you propose something different?

These are the functions which these authorities serve in society.

Well think about it ... if the investigation or justice proceedings were not completed, or the investigation didn't yield prosecution, thier names would not, and should not be revealed. So which is it? You want full transparency which would cause people to be unlawfully persecuted by the public? Or do you want a functional investigative justice system which protects the identities of the not-proven-guilty?

I ask you with complete sincerity - think it through.

It's important to remember that these orders serve a real and necessary role in investigating serious criminals; these individuals are not named prior to trial or if the investigation does not lead to a trial. It should not be assumed that they were being unlawfully persecuted - rather that there was a serious reason for them to be under investigation.

I'm not going to tell you what you should do, especially without knowing the details of the situation, but it's probably helpful to hear a third party's description of what your options were 3 weeks ago, if you ever find yourself in the same position again:

The leave option : This area is always hot and there are a lot of jobs, so if you're unhappy you can find another position rapidly. Life is short. If you're being jerked around go ahead and find something else where that is going to be less likely. Greener pastures (usually) exist in this land of abundance.

The stay option : Staying for a month after production shows character and is something you can learn A LOT from. Maybe you've been to production many times before but there is always something to learn, even when it's a flaming shit-show. Especially when it is. The period of moving into prod is often rough, and sometimes only the strong pull through it. Even if you stay for only a month, you will be getting valuable experience and stories to tell. Stories that are actually most valuable when told in your next interview, and every subsequent interview in your career. Think about it from a hiring manager's perspective. Would you rather hear a story about an employee who had gripes with the team and leadership but who was hungry for special experience and felt a duty to help during the first month of production? Or would you rather hear a story about an employee who had those gripes and left as soon as prod was launched, when the team is in a bit of a critical point. It's true that when you get to prod, the bulk of the initial development work is done ... but there is a substantial chunk left which is making sure it stays propped up when it falls over in all of the various ways it usually does in the first month. The "story" of staying just for 1 month is definitely better. It's less comfortable but rewards more experience and anecdotes. However, make sure you do get out soon if you recognize a need to do so.

As for your current situation, I would say it shows some character that you want to help through with the push to prod. I would say ask, and if both employers are agreeable then do it. But if either employer doesn't like the idea much, then don't push hard for it. Just start your new job. Employer #1 might not like the idea much either. Once it's clear that someone is exiting sometimes it's best to not have them mingling very much. On the other side, if they are really eager to have you stay an additional week when they know you have already signed an offer with employer #2 and have a start date, they might not have your best interests in mind, which sounds like it is in line with your thoughts about them.

Declassified is fine, and that's what this is about ... I just see too many people with no respect or knowledge thinking that secrets are by nature some sort of problem, and wanting classified things to be in the public domain.

You're totally right. Your industry definitely contains the worlds smartest people by nature and everyone else is second-rate and would be laughed at if they tried to work in Silicon Valley.

I mean, do you actually hear yourself? Really listen to yourself and describe what you hear.

The CIA keeps secrets for a reason. All this armchair talk from prople wanting to get CIA material into the open is pure idiocy.

Stupid and dangerous. You know these are the people who protect you from all manner of sabotage and manipulation from foreign nations right?

One thing that bites me occasionally with the current browsers is when I'm closing a lot of tabs with cmd-w but go too far and accidentally close the last one and loose the window. Windows close with cmd shift w so this behavior makes sense to me.

I like your attention to those shortcuts though I think we have similar standards:)

I would prefer if esc was left as a physical button. But pleased with where this is going after using it.

7% for 20k seems a bit steep. Even with YC placement being nearly priceless as it is.

That only works when there are two options and the dialog is configured right.

I don't have the touch typing issue after a few weeks. Yes it feels different so you will not get it right always at first. Tilde is my new touch reference for where escape is (or I guess it always was).

Agree. Touchbar is like a re-incarnation of what function keys were originally, when the only people who used computers were programmers who would be writing their own functions for those keys. Of course they fell to disuse. Now they are having new life breathed in to them.

I'm curious: You probably found the Touchbar section in System Preferences where you can customize the buttons - can you improve the situation for Spotify there, or not? What do you wish it did / was able to do? (Decent chance of both Apple and Spotify people reading here)

I love my 2016 Pro. Touchbar takes some getting used to. As far as speed, battery and performance the thing is a beast. Very happy. I have 4 VMs running at all times and many apps and browser windows and I haven't noticed it chug once.

As for touchbar, I don't think it's just a novelty. I think this will only become more apparent as apps start to implement features with it. It's great for media scrubbing, for instance. I have started to adopt pressing the buttons it shows for confirm/cancel and other dialogs.

The escape key no longer being a physical button feels odd to the finger and took some adjustment, no question.

At first I didn't like the volume / brightness adjusters because I wasn't used to them and much preferred the buttons, but the sliders that popup are just as easy to use and I fiddle with them less to find the right level.

Ha! I'd say it deserves the occasional fancy meal from that.