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Comment · 8 days ago
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

- George Bernard Shaw

Comment · 8 days ago
It's all about responsibility. If I pay a company for functional software and it doesn't function, that's on them.

I expect a much greater emphasis on contractual performance and liability now that the customer has even less reason to trust that a vendor is doing the right thing.

Comment · 14 days ago
> would be stuck behind my desk,

Or you would be unemployed and nervous about how you were going to pay your bills, replaced by someone willing to do the same work for lower cost while chained to said desk.

Comment · 28 days ago
Comment · 2 months ago
Autism Disorder with High Distractability?
Comment · 2 months ago
Management replaces developers with AI: this is good, AI is magic and developers are monkeys.

AI replaces management: this is bad, management is magic and AI is monkeys.

Comment · 3 months ago
"It appears you've misunderstood. We meant less work _per person for the number of people we have right now_."
Comment · 3 months ago
If employers don't t want to pay to keep employees healthy they shouldn't tie employees to employer-provided healthcare like indentured servants.
Comment · 3 months ago
Comment · 3 months ago
IDK, this seems like the next step towards uploading yourself to the cloud.
Comment · 4 months ago
Oh that was very much sarcasm. I have no idea why I'd pay for five hours of recorded videos from two guys from Samsung when I can get top-tier academic and industry content for free. I'm happy to pay for good education but nothing about this training has $240 of value to me.
Comment · 4 months ago
Yes but you get a digital badge with it, so that's nice.
Comment · 4 months ago
Makes me a little nervous that a web page about resilience is failing to connect.
Comment · 5 months ago
This reminds me of Ted Chiang's point that fear of technology is really fear of capitalism. https://kottke.org/21/04/ted-chiang-fears-of-technology-are-...

"Most of the things that we worry about under the mode of capitalism that the U.S practices, that is going to put people out of work, that is going to make people’s lives harder, because corporations will see it as a way to increase their profits and reduce their costs."

Comment · 5 months ago
Are you arguing that trying to write more clearly is a 'special use case'?

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