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But what exactly is "white nationalist content"? If I say something positive about Trump, will it already get me banned? What if I disagree with something a PoC says?

Of course FB as a private company is entitled to censor whatever they want.

In a general sense, I don't really understand the need, as usually in social networks like Facebook people only see the stuff they want to see. There are lots of tools to facilitate your own filter bubble, and people use them. So the worry that "ideology x is spreading via Facebook" is somewhat unfounded in my opinion.

Unfortunately, there is also a lot of uncertainty in buying a "used" home. There can also be issues the seller doesn't tell you about.

I know a lot of people who can't use a computer or a smartphone, which is also very sad. They never learned to explore and experiment with the user interface. If you explain something to them, they write down every step. When the next software update changes a little thing, they are lost again. That's very similar to your "just turn it by 90°" example.

Do you have elderly parents you support with their computers? Then maybe you know what I am talking about.

I am not saying kids shouldn't play with bricks. The whole premise of the article seems silly. Nobody claims kids should play with computers instead of bricks.

As for becoming computer savvy, I've seen kids pick up quite a lot from playing with computers. They quickly figure out how to find and launch the games they like, for example. And they also experiment, for example rearranging the UI. Then there is Minecraft.

How do you measure the value of stacking bricks, then?

The incentives should be "landing a government contract", though? So if government makes "landing a contract" dependent on rehabilitation rates, it could work?

What will earn him more money in later life, though - stacking bricks, or using a computer?

Why can't you do both?

Did they also study how much you learn about using a computer by stacking bricks?

What if they found that kids who only play with bricks suck at Tetris? Would that be a cause for concern?

What a silly spin. Do they even provide any evidence that "the rich" use less screens? There were some reports about some specific rich people not giving their kids phones (I think mainly Zuckerberg). But "the rich"?

And what is the message they want to convey? The rich use screens to exploit us? Or to get rich, don't use screens? Both notions are completely ridiculous.

The main takeaway I guess is that there are "the rich", and the rest of us. So unfair! I feel the rage building inside of me already. Hate the rich! My internet addiction is strictly their fault! How dare they build addictive services like Google or Facebook, and thereby ruin my life?

Wait, did I just waste 15 minutes reading the NYT? I guess they are to blame, too, if I don't become rich.

So they will create a transgender bathroom for you, but before you enter it you have to wonder if society will accept your choice?

I think that is exactly not how it is supposed to work.

If hiring was the issue, there would have to be a pool of IT women who can't find a job. I don't think such a pool exists.

There are many other factors that can come into play. It is simply incorrect to draw the conclusions you do.

One example is earning prospects, which might matter more for men than for women. Personally, I was torn between studying maths and film making, for example. I decided to go for maths because of the better money making prospects (I thought), thinking I could still go into film making later.

If you don't worry about income prospects, maybe you are more likely to choose English literature of the 16th century over engineering.

Just one example.

Maybe tech companies shouldn't let journalists tell them how to run their companies.

Then that's one thing to look at for reasons. And maybe deals can be struck.

It is fine if entities try to increase profits.

Usually competition is the way to insure fair prices.

The collusion then might be to not allow competition. In the case of pharmacy, for example, I would guess there are many regulations that make it very expensive or infeasible to start a competing firm.

Why exactly, though?

If other companies can satisfy the needs of the state, why not prisons? You wouldn't mandate that governments should build their own cars, for example?

Arguably there is only one customer - the government. So maybe it is impossible in this case to create a free market.

Unless you compare that to the number of people who became rehabilitated, that is just anecdotal evidence, though.

I've heard it a lot, too. But "a lot" means still less than 100 times. There are millions of prisoners.

Not saying it isn't the case, just saying I'd like to have more data.

It's just called socialism.

Why don't they just buy it in Germany, then? Shipping can't be 80$?

In fact I just checked, DHL ships a parcel of 2kg from Germany to the USA for 18$, A 5kg parcel is 42$.

Editing of posts seems to be broken. Sorry for the typos. Also had added some more thoughts on liability for neglience and signing NDAs which are now lost, but I don't want to try again.

I started by tagging along with a friend, who recommended me for a project he was already working for. It was easier to find the courage that way.

The next time somebody hired my, I simply said I'd prefer to work on a freelance basis. They were OK with it, however, because of my lack of experience with freelancing, I accepted a rate that was much too low. So that may be an easy way into becoming a consultant: just say you want to be a consultant...

I figured that out when I became I'll - nothing serious, but I realized I need to ask for more money to compensate for downtimes and risks that employees don't have (also, saving for my own retirement).

After that, I also registered with some freelance sites, like Jobserve and Gulp (latter might be a German thing, but they offered nice statistics for average salaries).

Because I struggle with occasional burnout or simply hating my job, I din't even do much of the network building or friend recommendations. But recruiters keep calling, just as long your CV has the right keywords. Even long gaps of "unemployment" don't seem to matter that much.

However, for the same reason, these days I would almost recommend against sending out your CV or registering with recruiting agencies. Now my profile is out there, and I can not retract it very easily. So I keep getting those calls, even though I don't really want them anymore. I'd say if you can get by without sending out your CV, it would be better.

I haven't really cut ties completely - maybe if I told those recruiters that I definitely don't want to be called ever again, they would comply. But I wouldn't count on it - in general, they just ignore "wishes" in the CV, like preferences for locations to work in.

I was also that way probably not necessarily getting the best jobs (in terms of interestingness, the pay was always OK). It was more "crap, my bank account is running low, I better accept this contract", rather than strategically working towards work I would like. A bit of a "golden handcuffs" problem, I guess - you have to say no to good offers to be available for the ones you actually want.

This may have been more serious for me than it sounds - by being stuck in dreadful Java Enterprise projects, job frustration would mount again, causing me to quit for months, causing me to eventually accept the next best offer, for the cycle to repeat. Maybe with a more proactive way of acquiring contracts, the frustration cycle could have been avoided altogether. (Not sure, though).

Nevertheless, overall I think consulting is great in principle. You earn more money, see more different companies and projects, and the hiring process is not that fucked up. Usually they give you an initial contract for a month, to see if you work out. So they don't have to evaluate you for weeks and weeks to see if you are a good fit. If you are not, they simply don't extend your contract.

Is there a service where you can test the performance of your web site from within China?

Edit: Google knows https://geekflare.com/test-website-load-time-from-china/

Only after a certain score, I think. Also, not the point of policies, or is it?

What happened to the "no politics" policy of HN?

It seems the NoDeal-petition is much older. It ends in April, and the Remain-petition ends in August. According to the web site, petitions run for 6 months. So it certainly isn't a counter-petition.

They were started with different context, and the remainer petition might only have traction atm because it is new.

Anyway - yeah, let's just decide everything with online petitions. Totally legit.

Wouldn't it be meaningless, anyway, unless you compare it to the number of people who are opposed to the petition?