I'm actually more curious what current poets do.
Creative writing teacher.
Readit Newsjosephorjoe commented on Poets' Odd Jobs poets.org/text/poets-odd-... · Posted by u/alekq
copy editors and proof readers are the people trained to catch those types of errors but are seen more and more as an unnecessary expense.
peer reviewers assess scientific interest and quality.
edit: also, the abstract was almost certainly written after peer review.
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Waste hauling in NYC used to be run by the mob. It still may be to some extent, but that history has yet to be un-f*cked.
They don't even use dumpsters, they just pile bags of trash on the sidewalk. And then wonder why they have a huge rat problem.
Most of NYC does not have the physical space for dumpsters or the roadway access for dumpster lifting garbage trucks.
There are some large buildings where it would be practical, but much of the residential housing consists of buildings with <10 apartments and no alleyways (let alone driveways).
Honest question; how do you force yourself to get through a book like Anna Karenina? I have sincerely tried multiple times to get into it, and haven't been able to make it more than 30 or so pages.
I'm generally a fairly well-read guy, so I would like to knock this classic out, but I am not sure how.
first, i'd just read The Death of Ivan Ilyich which is much much shorter.
after reading that if you feel like reading tolstoy is something you want to do a whole lot more of, then pick up Anna Karenina or War and Peace. I've read both, because i enjoy reading Tolstoy, but i would not recommend reading them if you do not enjoy the process. there are plenty of other great literary works out there (and most of them are shorter).
josephorjoe commented on Ask HN: Would you pass an interview for your current position? · Posted by u/NKosmatos
No, I couldn't pass. Anytime I swap jobs and want to work for medium or big tech cos. in the US, I need 1-2 months of prep to refresh my knowledge of implementing certain algorithms by hand. That knowledge disappears immediately after I accept the job offer.
I've seen the coding questions we ask candidates... whether or not i would pass would depend 100% on which question(s) I was asked.
Something relevant to the work I do all the time? yes, I'd probably pass.
Something about some data structure or algorithm I haven't needed to use in four years that i now have 30 minutes to implement in code? I'd likely fail.
When something comes up in my actual job where i need to solve a problem i'm not familiar with, i first do some research on the problem and learn/remember what i need to know about it and related algorithms/data structures before doing any actual coding.
i certainly do not "immediately write code as fast as possible" when presented w an unfamiliar problem.
if you must ask candidates to work on coding problems, i believe that you should give them 3 or more problems and let them pick which one to work on for the actual "coding test" part of it.
Then maybe have a conversation about the other problems to get a sense of how they would think about/approach them w/o actually making them write code.
josephorjoe commented on The worst IT manager role I have ever seen indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9f6... · Posted by u/Vaslo
"Dust Circular Display Top"
Wow
"Clean computer files as needed"
?!
Whatever it is that is needed to clean their computer files, it sounds more achievable than:
"Ensure all computers remain connected and on at all times"
Opposing mandates isn’t anti-vaccine or anti-science.
what is it then? pro-prolonging-the-pandemic
i think if someone finds themself on Team Keep the Pandemic Going, they should reconsider what brought them there.
josephorjoe commented on Ask HN: What do engineers never talk to their bosses about, but should? · Posted by u/danfrost
Depends on whether or not the boss can be trusted.
I've had bosses where the only thing they ever heard from me were optimistic status updates on work in flight.
I considered them completely untrustworthy -- one for lack of competency and one for being a clumsy power seeker.
But in general I would only talk to my boss about issues that (1) I'm OK with my boss telling other team members that I said what I said about it, (2) I'm OK with my boss having input on what course of action to take on the topic, and (3) I trust that the conversation is unlikely to be interpreted in some negative way for me.
If your platform is essentially a giant loudspeaker, and you see the public believing too many lies, and the lies causing damage, then it's reasonable to at least think about not giving your loudspeaker to people spreading lies.
(I also think it's generally bad, but that's my attempt at a steelman.)
I think it is basically this. Amplifying dangerous messages has a liability.
Screaming "FIRE! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" in a crowded theater when there is no fire or evidence of fire is not protected speech under any sane "freedom of speech" doctrine.
Giving the person screaming that a megaphone makes you complicit in the crime.
Giving people the "freedom" to trick other people into causing harm to each other is not giving people freedom. It is supporting abuse.
There are lines, of course... fine or otherwise, and it is a messy process to draw them. And mistakes are often made and should be called out.
But it is not a weak argument to claim that supporting the spread of disinformation about public health measures during a pandemic is supporting abuse.
And the problem with social media is that instead of there being 200-500 people who can hear the megaphone there are hundreds of million. Scale matters. What can be tolerated in the local pub a half hour before closing may not be tolerable on a billboard in Times Square.