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YeahNO commented on Stanford’s war against its own students thefp.com/p/stanfords-war... · Posted by u/fortran77

yamtaddle · 2 years ago

The blood of Christ, surely.

I'm sure you've just committed some named, historical heresy. There's one for everything, it seems.

YeahNO · 2 years ago

Only when they have gathered for the ritual at the annointed hour, when the cleric speaks the incantation does the transubstantiation occur, that they may feast upon the flesh and blood of their god.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transubstantiation

YeahNO commented on IPCC climate crisis report delivers ‘final warning on 1.5C’ theguardian.com/environme... · Posted by u/m1

ratboy666 · 2 years ago

No they are not "surprisingly accurate". I have actually made more money in direct bets AGAINST climate models. From 1970 to present. Indeed, the challenge I make to climate doomsayers is simple: make one prediction in the 5 year out timeframe and stick to it. I'll simply take the opposite. So far, I have won... every time. Let me have a look at my trading accounts: cenovus up, pembina up, taiwan semi up, everything else down. And that is the current recession. Now, I am worried about china, so I may trade the tsm. The only "surprise" for me is that alcoa is down. I'll ride that one.

The "no oil" people may be right; that would make me a horrible person. But, make the prediction -- I'll "convert" if it comes true. Science for the win.

YeahNO · 2 years ago

Yes, they are in fact, "surprisingly accurate."

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2943/study-confirms-climate-mo...

YeahNO commented on Why do older grad students become bitter? musings.lambdaloop.com/bi... · Posted by u/HermanMartinus

DeathArrow · 2 years ago

>It's a question of personal values and what one wants out of life. Many people of a philosophical predilection would find it unfulfilling, a waste, "insane", to devote themselves to wealth maximization.

Arguably, If your goal in life is to be happy, from a philosophical perspective, maximizing wealth is a valid way to do it.

YeahNO · 2 years ago

From a philosophical perspective, if your goal in life is to be happy, you will find it to be temporary at best or illusory. Better to strive for a meaningful life, with all the highs and lows that come with it. You have 70-80 years on this planet, is dying with the most toys the most fulfilling life you can think of?

YeahNO commented on Epic Games to pay $245M for tricking users into making unwanted charges ftc.gov/news-events/news/... · Posted by u/brarsanmol

rootusrootus · 2 years ago

I think a lot of us do push back on the product owners and designers when something seems obviously bad. But I don't think it's good advice to encourage people to unilaterally declare themselves the gatekeeper just because they write the code.

YeahNO · 2 years ago

Articulating why a certain function is bad design or is actively harmful is not the same as gatekeeping. I have lost opportunities because I chose to follow my ethics over my bank account. I do not regret those decisions.

Software developers should have a professional code of ethics. Other professions have them, why not computer scientists, computer engineers, and software developers? There is the ACM/IEEE-CS Software Engineering Code, but I don't know any professionals outside academia that remain ACM members, IEEE membership might remain relevant for computer engineers, so I may well be wrong in that regard.

YeahNO commented on What happens when your phone is spying on you today.ucsd.edu/story/spyw... · Posted by u/sizzle

Liquix · 2 years ago

I was hoping it would raise the alarm regarding Google and Apple's overreaching, always-on data collection practices. 99% of people don't need to worry about an attacker gaining physical access to their unlocked device and installing an application. We as a society do need to worry about tech giants amassing enough data on us to gain an insurmountable AI-training-data advantage which makes them too useful as tools of the state to be regulated by said state.

The irony of pointing out how to spot a "spyware" app disguised as a WiFi icon when the dozen Big G apps pictured alongside are collecting the same data...

YeahNO · 2 years ago

You would think the panic over TikTok spying would illuminate the problem with apps having carte-blanche access to your personal data 24/7. There is nothing that the TikTok app does that any other app cannot also do. It seems nobody wants to make that connection.

There should be real protections for consumers to prevent ANY application from slurping up this data, and I don't mean just a disclosure or system setting to hamstring the application into uselessness. I mean, there should be regulations preventing the collection of this data in the first place, with hefty fines and punitive damages.

YeahNO commented on Google, Meta hired talent to do 'fake work' fortune.com/2023/03/10/go... · Posted by u/berkeleyjunk

YeahNO · 3 years ago

I can't think of anything more demoralizing than being hired simply to warehouse my talent to keep me out of competitors' shops while feeding me bullshit go-nowhere projects or leaving me to twiddle my thumbs.

YeahNO commented on Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for women in India gadgettendency.com/apple-... · Posted by u/thunderbong

mrguyorama · 3 years ago

>No. I don't believe this race to the bottom actually exists.

There are literally companies using child labor in the US RIGHT NOW, and a huge argument against increasing minimum wage is that "they are jobs for teens and teens don't need that much money" so desperate (or privileged enough in their position to not need to demand more) people are depressing wages in the US currently.

YeahNO · 3 years ago

You are 100% spot on. States are weakening worker and child protection laws around the country. Destroying oversight of child protection: no need to check that kids are at least 16 before they are hired in Arkansas. Ohio Reps want to let 14 year olds work year round until 9pm each day. Iowa wants to let 14 year olds work in meatpacking plants AND indemnify companies from liability if the child is injured or killed at work, isn't that just grand?

Minnesota trails with a bill to let 16 year olds work on construction sites. Do I hear 14? 13? How much for 12? Why any age at all? If a baby can swing a hammer, then what right does the man in Washington have to stop him? Is that baby not entitled to the sweat of his brow? I say YES! And if that baby should fall off a ladder dragging a square of tiles behind him, should the company not be protected from liability for it was that baby's own fault? I say YES, most emphatically! /s

YeahNO commented on Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for women in India gadgettendency.com/apple-... · Posted by u/thunderbong

mrguyorama · 3 years ago

Except that rationale has time and time again shown itself to be horseshit, and doctors would be better off with more shifts (so they weren't overtired like half of their shift and therefore making mistakes) and better processes for hand offs.

YeahNO · 3 years ago

It only makes medical error and accidents in US hospitals the 3rd leading cause of death, estimated at more than 250,000 deaths per year. But the hedge fund managing hospitals around the country save so much money by not having to hire sufficient staff and have reasonable shift turn-overs they all got bonuses, so it's all good.

YeahNO commented on Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for women in India gadgettendency.com/apple-... · Posted by u/thunderbong

fnordpiglet · 3 years ago

Profit

YeahNO · 3 years ago

And it isn't for the peons doing all the work...

YeahNO commented on Gang members hold positions at ‘highest levels’ of LA Sheriff’s department rollingstone.com/politics... · Posted by u/selimthegrim

xbar · 3 years ago

I have not seen any links. They are rooted in Chicano communities, so I doubt it.

YeahNO · 3 years ago

Thanks, though there are Mexican militias in the US. The Brown Berets (Los Boinas Café) were not a gang, they were a militia.

On another note, if anyone could provide any hints as to why my comment made in good faith with an actual link to a reputable site that backs up a well-known phenomenon affecting police nationally was flagged, that'd be great. It's difficult to judge the group-think of ycombinator comment moderators.