I’ve played drums and loud music for a long time. When I pay close enough attention there’s this persistent, aggravating noise — which I sometimes call “silence”, and other times call “tinnitus”.
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jorgesborges commented on From: Steve Jobs. "Great idea, thank you." blog.hayman.net/2025/05/0... · Posted by u/mattl
That is one of the most beautifully crafted “I did something dumb” emails — and to a CEO no less. I wish all my emails were so clear, direct, and personable.
Is it possible to launch an offensive against advertising by spoofing humans that consume ads so numbers increase so dramatically they’re meaningless?
jorgesborges commented on Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI kapwing.com/blog/what-its... · Posted by u/justswim
How do you make your "real" resume stand out among the thousands of fakes though?
I have a footnote at the end of my resume about my interests -- it's short, authentic, and more of a way to showcase my personality than my actual interests. It's always been a point of contact during the interview process. If an organization thinks that's stupid or a human isn't reading it in the first place it's not somewhere I want to work anyway.
jorgesborges commented on Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI kapwing.com/blog/what-its... · Posted by u/justswim
Despite how bad the job market seems at the moment it's things like this make me feel confident for when I have to search again.
jorgesborges commented on There's no emotion we ought to think harder about than anger aeon.co/essays/there-s-no... · Posted by u/privong
I suppose I lightly disagree with that. Revenge, to me, holds a significant connotation of "spite." I.e. making someone feel bad/hurt because they made you feel bad/hurt. It's about the hurt, as much as (or more than) correcting the situation.
But words are sloppy, I totally get what you're saying too (:
Interesting, yeah that makes sense to me too.
jorgesborges commented on There's no emotion we ought to think harder about than anger aeon.co/essays/there-s-no... · Posted by u/privong
The evolutionary purpose of anger is to coerce others / control the behavior of others.
Or its role is to react toward perceived injustices within a social group in order to strengthen and reinforce cooperation.
jorgesborges commented on There's no emotion we ought to think harder about than anger aeon.co/essays/there-s-no... · Posted by u/privong
Yours is a good point — and something that took me a long time to understand about some people I care about. Personally, my anger is usually "directed," though more in the sense of furiously/forcefully wanting to correct some perceived wrong, rather than revenge. The notion of "directionless anger" was kinda alien to my mind.
But some people definitely have an "angry at the world" or "angry in general" feeling. And if you swoop in with a "let's fix the problem that's causing this" attitude, it may completely miss the mark for them. Ask me how I know (:
For some people, a good outlet for anger is venting, and doing something is not helpful. And for others, it's the opposite. People are complicated. We use simplistic words like "anger" which mean different things to different people in different contexts, and misunderstandings ensue.
> my anger is usually "directed," though more in the sense of furiously/forcefully wanting to correct some perceived wrong, rather than revenge.
This is the exact definition of revenge. While revenge carries connotations that we tend to separate ourselves from today -- sounds too barbaric? -- it's fundamentally about justice, and as such is justified and even noble given the right context and expression.