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Overtonwindowon Ask HN: How many hours do you work on a daily basis?

I work very hard to work as little as possible. On a given day I put in ~ 3 hours.

I realize that sounds very low, but I think as long as I am exceeding the expectations of my team and director, which I am, that is all that should matter..

My job could be done by AI, but it would take a different kind of system than what we have. It would not put my career out of business by any stretch, but it would close off a pathway.

Overtonwindowon Sam Bankman-Fried Is Charged with Foreign Bribery

Allow to play Devil's Advocate for a moment: Why should bribery of a foreign official be illegal in the United States?

Overtonwindowon Ex-Meta recruiter was paid $190K ‘to do nothing’ ahead of mass layoffs

I found the use of "this woman" as the opening of the paragraph to be a tad offensive. To me, it felt like another form of the phrase "these people"

Overtonwindowon Ex-Meta recruiter was paid $190K ‘to do nothing’ ahead of mass layoffs

I've met with maybe a half a dozen recruiters in my career and the only bad one was Facebook. The guy just flat out, lied to me. For a counterpoint for anyone interested, recruiters looking to hire away government folks have been exceedingly professional.

Overtonwindowon Ex-Meta recruiter was paid $190K ‘to do nothing’ ahead of mass layoffs

This woman

Overtonwindowon Taking Magnesium tablet everyday changes my life

I take supplements, and for a short period early in my career I worked at the FDA analyzing nutrition policy. Part of that was analyzing policy related to the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, which loosely governs dietary supplements.

I am not a medical professional, but after talking with a lot of scientists about this topic, the most often repeated advice was that a person using dietary supplements should get a blood test of the nutrients and minerals in their body. This can be done through your doctor or through a wide variety of retail lab companies.

Overtonwindowon Why the Myers-Briggs test is meaningless

Personality tests are just another way to discriminate. They have absolutely no basis in fact in predicting how a person is going to behave or perform in a given situation.

Corporations, and society in general, put far too much faith in trying to read the tea leaves of human cognition and behavior through shortcuts.

Overtonwindowon After Doling Out Loans, China Is Now Bailing Out Countries

https://archive.is/WL692

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https://archive.is/ZTo6p

"Be thankful for your government, it is the best that money can buy"

This could be a coincidence, but with our current political climate, I am of the opinion that there are no coincidences. It seems like the IRS is being more and more used to intimidate people.

Overtonwindowon I would love to have enough time and money to go to an office to work all day

I'm not sure if my situation is a little different as I work for a government contractor. Our WFH situation is now a voluntary hybrid system. If you have a certain level of seniority, or time at the company, you can WFH. They only ask us to come into the office twice a month.

While I like working from home in general I tend to find it utterly boring, and go into the office at least one day a week. I find it easier to maintain relationships and stay up to date on projects by talking, and in person works best for me.

Overtonwindowon Online daters are less open-minded than their filters suggest

Online dating is the myth of unlimited choice. Why settle for anyone, why look at a profile, when you can just swipe after .4 seconds of looking at photo? There are so many choices there is just no need to waste time when you can just..keep..swiping.

Overtonwindowon Fide Women’s Grand Prix Collapses into “Chaos” as Players Withdraw

It is, and it is not. There are tournaments specifically for women, but there are also loads of tournaments that are "open" and it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman. For example: The World Chess Open

Overtonwindowon Apple’s Best Hope for New Headset: a Smartwatch-Like Trajectory

I've always found the Apple Watch to be more of a fashion accessory or a toy. People seem to really love them and showing them off.

Overtonwindowon Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive language

I think it falls somewhere between faux woke outrage, and some person who was "triggered" and demanded change. Nasty words were probably used.

Overtonwindowon Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive language

Are we going to do this to every literary work? I get the idea, but I personally find thi Absolutely ridiculous.

Overtonwindowon U.S. home prices are the most unaffordable they've been in nearly 100 years

Do not despair! The best thing we did was to find a good realtor, who knew a good lender, and they gave us the truth about exactly what we needed to do to qualify for an FHA loan. A down payment is no longer necessary; for US citizens.

Overtonwindowon Apple’s Best Hope for New Headset: a Smartwatch-Like Trajectory

Can you elaborate?

I have not found a use for a VR headset or the Apple Watch, beyond as a toy, or fashion accessory. Even then, it's been so long since I've worn a watch that wearing a watch is awkward. Yet apparently Apple sells a lot of them, and it is the smart watch with the highest number of global sales.

Overtonwindowon Cargo theft, led by food and beverage, is surging across the U.S.

Please tell us more! I watched a documentary, but here's an article I found.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-19/world-s-m...

Edit. Another article and I found the documentary, it was Dirty Money on Netflix

https://capx.co/an-unsavoury-business-the-story-of-canadas-s...

Overtonwindowon U.S. home prices are the most unaffordable they've been in nearly 100 years

We are so fortunate to have bought our home in 2019 before the pandemic. We locked in 2.85% on a 30 year fixed and never look back.

Overtonwindowon Cargo theft, led by food and beverage, is surging across the U.S.

That I actually don't mind because the government controls the production and distribution of maple syrup in Canada and unfairly harms independent growers in favor of its own cartel.

Overtonwindowon “Can we ban iPhone in retaliation?” Chinese internet reacts to TikTok hearing

I googled that for you.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/467160/forecast-of-smart...

Overtonwindowon Utah is first US state to limit teen social media access

Isn't this similar to a law that Florida passed? That got overturned and I don't see how they could ever enforce this.

Overtonwindowon ‘Tetris’: A heady Cold War thriller about the fight over a video game

The documentary is way better

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ohCy4ktA5w

Overtonwindowon You Do Not Have a Shoe Size

Not to seem glib, but have you spoken to a podiatrist? The reason I ask, is that my chess teacher would complain about his shoes fitting differently every day, and his doctor found that it was just his feet swelled considerably. In his case, it was due to an underlining health issue

Overtonwindowon Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Barely Read

This is depressing and an absolute travesty. If this was anywhere else but California I might look to the parents for blame, but here I blame the teachers and the school system.

Maybe I'm over thinking this, but the public education curriculum in major cities seem to have strayed far from making sure that every child is drilled in the basics: Basic reading, writing, and mathematics.

Overtonwindowon ChatGPT will revolutionize the economy. We need to decide what that looks like

I think it will revolutionize the service economy by replacing front line workers with chat bots masquerading as human customer service.

Overtonwindowon The secret joke at the heart of the Harvard affirmative-action case

In game theory, a focal point (or Schelling point) is a solution that people tend to choose by default in the absence of communication.

Overtonwindowon The secret joke at the heart of the Harvard affirmative-action case

Judges should be impartial, nay are required to be impartial, yet we never punish judges who are not. This smells like collusion, at the very least seriously unprofessional. Judges and prosecutors should not have qualified immunity, the temptation to insert personal bias is too great.

Overtonwindowon Low-Level C Programming – CSE 325 Lecture Videos

This is really great!! My C for Engineering professor was abysmal and I never felt like I got a quality education in it. This is something I've been really wanting to circle back to.