> I wish there was no authority from power, and the companies were run democratically.
> I wish there was no authority from power, and the companies were run democratically. This makes sense b/c you seem to find the demagoguery in the video you linked appealing. While it is important to advocate for a position in a technical discussion, the ideal outcome is not emotional persuasion (as in politics) but a wider rational understanding among members of the group. > don't take these arguments too seriously, because they are not I think it depends. Usually the people whose tactics cause intimidation are not all that aware of it. Yes in an ideal world we could all undertake vociferous argument and have all participants contribute to their full potential -- but unfortunately an open forum argument culture will easily defer to the loudest or most intimidating voice even if the words coming out are not the smartest or most rational.
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I feel like it's once a week that HN surfaces some incredibly overhyped, low-on-the-hierarchy-of-evidence ( https://en.wikipedi...
NewThat usually works well enough for risc code.
New> The Bulletin calls her Miss Swindell.
NewI wish there was a way to sort by recency, if i'm mainly interested in finding obscure gems from like last 6 to 12 months of ai and tech ...
NewAndroid work profiles allow you to run multiple isolated copies in parallel - with separate address book and all.
NewThe other day I saw the last episodes of The Office again.
> someone has made the wrong editor choice Just the other day I made this comment on the topic of "nvim vs emacs", I think it fits here ...
GLES isn't a bad way to teach graphics but I wish there was a middle ground between it and VK.
> I wish there was no authority from power, and the companies were run democratically.
> I wish there was no authority from power, and the companies were run democratically. This makes sense b/c you seem to find the demagoguery in the video you linked appealing. While it is important to advocate for a position in a technical discussion, the ideal outcome is not emotional persuasion (as in politics) but a wider rational understanding among members of the group. > don't take these arguments too seriously, because they are not I think it depends. Usually the people whose tactics cause intimidation are not all that aware of it. Yes in an ideal world we could all undertake vociferous argument and have all participants contribute to their full potential -- but unfortunately an open forum argument culture will easily defer to the loudest or most intimidating voice even if the words coming out are not the smartest or most rational.
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