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UserIsUnused··on Gitmoji – Yay or Nay?
>We write code in formal languages rather than natural ones to stay away from ambiguity. Emojis are a straight downgrade.

I think this is the most important point of it all.

UserIsUnused··on Hiring Is Obsolete (2005)
That's a different issue. But consumerism is needed to provide something of value back to those that gave their time to get you food and a roof.
UserIsUnused··on Declarative assembly of web applications from pre-defined concepts
JS is not simple. not you have much control, so the simple vs control doesn't seem very fitting.
UserIsUnused··on Some scientists are serious about resurrecting zeppelins for cargo
it's literally nothing compared to importing less from overseas.
UserIsUnused··on Some scientists are serious about resurrecting zeppelins for cargo
Cargo.
UserIsUnused··on Some scientists are serious about resurrecting zeppelins for cargo
Except that as a collective, we are indeed demi-gods of this planet.
UserIsUnused··on McMindfulness: How mindfulness became the new capitalist spirituality
And mindfull employees will notice that and leave.
UserIsUnused··on Gitlab was down
Usually it's Legal/HR issues with the way to pay your employees.

As another one said, their policy in not hiring people "in" rather than "from", as tax rules change from country to country.

UserIsUnused··on Local-first software: you own your data, in spite of the cloud
My mistake, I did misinterpreted you.
UserIsUnused··on When will Google shut down Stadia?
The wikipedia entry in english is incomplete.

>June 30-Sony Computer Entertainment has agreed and signed an agreement to acquire Gaikai for about $ 380 million [12].

that statement is in the playstation now jp wikipedia page.

also there

>In addition to PlayStation 4 (PS4), it is a cloud-type game service provided to various terminals, and was officially announced under the name “PlayStation Now”. PlayStation 3 (PS3) games will be provided using the technology of SCE subsidiary Gaikai

Just transalate the playstation now japanese wikipedia page for more info.

also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaikai

UserIsUnused··on Tesla's new Cybertruck smashed during demo
He is talking about a very specific issue not about telsa engineering as a whole. The issue is wasting over-engineering small irrelevant stuff that provide no real benefit.

He is criticizing a part of Tesla not Tesla as a whole. A company can do many great things and can still be crap in some others.

UserIsUnused··on When will Google shut down Stadia?
"Playstation now" was just a rebranded acquisition and is not fully released to be played on phones/ipads etc in all areas. Nor did it had half the markting of Stadia.

It's seemed more of a test bed, for something they plan to do together with the PS5

UserIsUnused··on Local-first software: you own your data, in spite of the cloud
I too like fantasy land.
UserIsUnused··on A Dead-Simple Web Stack in Haskell
You are confusing language with ecosystem.

If you we are talking language only, only lisps are simpler.

UserIsUnused··on Amtrak Could Turn a Profit for the First Time
>vs 30 minutes before a train

wait, what? Why? Here as long as I'm there before it departs it's fine.

UserIsUnused··on Amtrak Could Turn a Profit for the First Time
I had a few friends that commuted 1 hour by train each day, and they simply decided to buy and share an old car in the destination station. Just to make the 3 miles between the station and workplace. Bus were disfunctional, so they couldn't be relied on. They huge amount of money saved in tolls and gas (gas here is not as cheap as in the US), plus the free time and more comfortable trip in the train, made the old crap car investment quite a no brainer.
UserIsUnused··on Amtrak Could Turn a Profit for the First Time
Yes. Because each one going in one car, specially in a american's very popular gas wasting cars is not only super ineffective in terms of energy and costs per trip but also extremely bad for the environment.

Also, you make a good high speed railway, and the demand will appear. In my coutry also nobody used the train, untill they were modernized, suddenly the word started to spread that it was nice, and now too many people ride the trains and we need more.

UserIsUnused··on Are Passenger Jet Engines Hitting Their Technical Limits?
Methane is not long lasting unlike CO2.

Cow worries are just smoke to hide the real issue that is the fossil fuels, specially boats and planes.

What's easier to do telling people to stop eating steak, or getting governments to reduce their biggest "sponsors" earnings?

UserIsUnused··on Blogwashing
And it's a 5 year old article that has just edited the title. you still see the comments from 3 years ago
UserIsUnused··on How Not to Die (2007)
A quit is different from a "will do it on the side."
UserIsUnused··on How to Steal a Billion
Uber is not buying cars and transporting people, Uber is a technologic middle man, a tech tool.

AirBnB is not buying houses to rent, it's a web middleman.

Amazon does sell stuff directly, so it's retail not tech.

All these 3 companies are well categorized, WeWork is not, WeWork buys properties to rent, it's just that, nothing that Regus isn't.

UserIsUnused··on How to Steal a Billion
Bezos does so every year in order to finance blue origin.
UserIsUnused··on Uber Sinks to New Record Low as IPO Share Lockup Expires
Uber is taxis without regulation, nothing more.

There are other apps comings, and there is regulation coming as well.

UserIsUnused··on Googlers Are Protesting Company’s Deals with Big Oil
No, because then I'll have to entities to negotiate with.

I can be in disagreement with both, so I'll rather be with just one, the value I provide to a company should be enough that my quit threat is good enough, otherwise, plenty of companies out there.

UserIsUnused··on Googlers Are Protesting Company’s Deals with Big Oil
A strike needs a group action, and organization.

A quit can be individually done.

UserIsUnused··on German government expands subsidies for electric cars
The money put in subsidizing electric vehicles is more well spend in public transportation. An 30 electric cars are not as green as a single bus.
UserIsUnused··on The Windows Update Marathon in a VM: From Windows 1.01 to XP
Microsoft is about Microsoft, not Windows. While windows is loosing relevance, my Microsoft stock keeps on getting more valued. Dividends also keep coming and growing.
UserIsUnused··on The Windows Update Marathon in a VM: From Windows 1.01 to XP
That's a stupid argument, when comparing to windows examples, were that simply doesn't matter, you develop for current and 20years later it's supported.
UserIsUnused··on Googlers Are Protesting Company’s Deals with Big Oil
Quit is the real threat you have. If every truly valuable employee threatens to quit when company is going into directions that are non-ethical, the world would be a in adifferent place.
UserIsUnused··on Grandmaster level in StarCraft II using multi-agent reinforcement learning
Data doesn't lie.

When so many player play a game, even an almost irrelevant advantage can tip the scale.

Or maybe it's a sociological factor, not a phisics ones.

But the data doesn't lie.

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