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it's actually pretty easy to automate the state of the vehicle. if anything is left in the car the video is sent to an operator. The service instructs a cleaner to check the car and the passenger is sent a warning and eventually is banned from using the service.

We need accurate reporting to learn and fix problems. Any good engineer knows that. We saw how the public quickly started to trust Waymo because it is safer than human drivers by orders of magnitude. This totalitarian regime is going to undermine progress and get people killed by allowing unsafe robotaxis on the streets.

I think we all agree that making the Gov more efficient is a good thing but this is about terrorizing federal employees for ideological reasons. There is no crisis to justify this. We do have a crisis in healthcare which is being ignored.

People have a hard time understanding the nuances and the context. Because he is somewhat crazy, he is able to do things a normal politician wouldn't do. Clearly, eliminating corruption and waste is a good thing. He was also able to end the endless street protests. He was also the only option that was expected to make radical changes. On the other hand, the guy is pretty crazy, lacks empathy, is authoritarian, hates dissent, lies a lot, and so on. He is in love with Israel and Trump in an emotional way. Everything he doesn't like is extreme left, etc. My hope is that a new force will emerge that can continue fighting corruption, establish rule of law, create a vibrant market economy in a democratic way. It will be a long journey.

I had to use an iPhone for a month when I lost my Android phone so I tried Spotify for podcasts. I can't describe how bad it is, impossible to control what you want to play, complete garbage. AntennaPod is an example of what software can be when you remove greed from the equation.

This is pure and simple collusion. Same as the oil cartels. Destroys competition and is totally illegal.

Software engineers tend to think in deterministic terms. My code tells the machine exactly what to do and that's it. In real world systems there is uncertainty which requires different thinking. A real-time process needs both, a deadline and the concept of errors. A process must be completed within a deadline or there is an error. As the author said, the absolute time (or latency) is irrelevant. Think of a tennis match. you either hit the ball or you lose. There is a deadline and an error. It's not that complicated yet so many people are confused by the concept.

With no background in accounting, I was impressed with the Beancount documentation. Very well written and a great way to learn accounting. I am looking for a solution to track my investments but I find it a bit overwhelming to get started with Beancount from scratch. Is there a tool to convert brokerage data into Beancount data from scratch?

One of the surprising things in this saga is how Walgreens partnered with Theranos. I actually had a blood test done in the downtown Palo Alto Walgreens. The results were obviously wrong so I had to redo them in a real lab. Any elementary school child can do a science experiment comparing the blood test results of Theranos with a standard lab. Walgreens deliberately failed to do due diligence because of some type of corruption. They contributed to the fraud and they should be investigated.

Yep and Intel is doing great with their incompetent management. These management tools can only work when there is a mission, common sense, competence, team work, respect for each other, and many more attributes rarely seen in corporate America. As the author and Warren Buffet said: “I try to invest in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will.”

To me, compared to other languages, I find Go easier for expressing my ideas in code. People seem to argue as if there was an objective truth. Different people may have different learning styles and working requirements. I'm not programming full-time so I prefer a simpler language so I don't forget. A full-time programmer may want to invest in a more "complex" language. See, you are all right.

Prop 13 needs to be reformed because taxes need to be fair. Taxes can be deferred for those who cannot afford to pay the full tax so they don't have to move. The benefit should be restricted to a primary residence, no vacation, investment, or commercial properties. Deferred taxes can be paid when the owner sells the house if there is enough equity. At some points victims of prop 13 will out number those that benefit from it. One can only hope people will wake up and do the right thing.

and this what we see in most tech companies, they go out of the way to hire people that "fit". I wonder how much talent we leave out because of people's natural tendency to hire people like themselves...

You are not alone in feeling lonely. I suggest you try talking to a psychotherapist to help you answer those questions.