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jacksnipe··on New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike
They have a union and an agreement with the union. To change it, they have to negotiate. That’s how unions work.
jacksnipe··on Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Against Pocketpair, Inc
Do the terms have the same meaning and difference in meaning in Japanese law, though?
jacksnipe··on Unconditional Cash Study: first findings available
Yeah haha I just thought 100 hours a week was a bit much and we could all agree on that
jacksnipe··on Unconditional Cash Study: first findings available
Yeah and what’s more you’re contributing more to society, whether or not you can measure it in money. You have some spare time and energy to help your family, your neighbors, the person you see once a week.

I want to live in a society where people have time to actually live.

jacksnipe··on Good code is rarely read
It's generally held up as the standard codebase that you can go read to learn how to write "good C", so community consensus appears to be yes.
jacksnipe··on Tips for linking shell companies to their secret owners
Corporations have all sorts of special legal protections, on top of being the very thing (centers of capital) that the entire structure of government is meant to protect.

Individuals do not (unless backed by a corporation).

jacksnipe··on EU lawmakers scolded for concealing identities of content-scanning experts
The most interesting one I ran into is a doctor I had, who thought “WhatsApp isn’t really encrypted, right?”
jacksnipe··on EU lawmakers scolded for concealing identities of content-scanning experts
I really don’t think this is true. A significant number of non-engineers I talk to about encryption genuinely think it’s some sort of scam.
jacksnipe··on FCC launches inquiry to increase minimum broadband speed [pdf]
They’ve already trained consumers that higher speeds cost more. They would need a compelling reason to keep costs the same after increasing speeds.
jacksnipe··on Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster?
StubHub?
jacksnipe··on Tainting the CSAM client-side scanning database
At the moment, it is perfectly possible for e2ee to be compliant.
jacksnipe··on US Government issues first-ever space debris penalty to Dish Network
They put DISH under a consent decree. Despite the low size of the fine, I expect the long term cost to DISH will be enormous. Consent decrees are no joke.
jacksnipe··on How would you say “She said goodbye too many times before.” in Latin?
Sure, but then it’s no longer the lyrics to a Maroon 5 song.
jacksnipe··on Common mistakes in salary negotiation
It all depends. I have done first phone call -> offer in 2 weeks at FAANG.
jacksnipe··on Aspartame: Once More Unto the Breach
I have some beef with the methodology for excluding analyses from the lit review. If authors being from “obscure institutions” is a problem, then so too should authors employed by companies that manufacture aspartame or funded by companies that manufacture aspartame. 2 of the 3 reviews that the author considers very high quality have this problem.
jacksnipe··on Irregularities found during FDA inspection of Intas Pharmaceuticals
As a patient this was also my experience.
jacksnipe··on Meta developer tools: Working at scale
Strongly not my experience. The tooling at meta was so good compared to my previous 5 jobs that I left with changed opinions about the tradeoffs of investing in tooling.
jacksnipe··on Irregularities found during FDA inspection of Intas Pharmaceuticals
I wouldn’t be surprised. Concerta (osmotic time release) is so much more effective than normal generics (non-osmotic time release) that they shouldn’t even be considered the same drug.
jacksnipe··on Irregularities found during FDA inspection of Intas Pharmaceuticals
I think what you’re missing here is that generics are already approved with pretty large deviations in e.g. serum response from the underlying approved drug, but without re-testing.

So the current system is already producing bad-for-consumer outcomes at a rapid pace.

jacksnipe··on A guide for people who want to self-study the basics of computer science
I think the TAOPS curriculum would be incredibly challenging for somebody who has actively incorrect intuitions about math.
jacksnipe··on Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
You are incredibly wrong about this. Consent for data processing is the meat & potatoes of both GDPR and the largest enforcement actions that have happened through it. The delete button revoked consent.
jacksnipe··on Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
Unlike every other data operation, deletion is heavily regulated by law.
jacksnipe··on Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
Pretty sure this is an egregious GDPR violation.
jacksnipe··on Reddit Strike Has Started
Thank you! dang and Lowtax are exactly who I had in mind.
jacksnipe··on Reddit Strike Has Started
Mods are not fungible. It’s tempting to feel that they are, but they have an enormous influence on their communities.
jacksnipe··on June 2023 Data Dump is missing
If you remember it from your brain and perform it live, that’s perfectly fine. So there’s a line to be drawn somewhere and I don’t think it’s super clear cut in most cases.
jacksnipe··on r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
They’ll run an ad network for you?
jacksnipe··on r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
Serving nearly-consistent content and ads to 1 Billion people worldwide is fucking hard!
jacksnipe··on Apollo will close down on June 30th
Wow, up until this point I thought the Reddit api drama was a bit tragic, but the inevitable endpoint of Reddit being a profit-driven corporation.

This is straight-up villainy.

jacksnipe··on Apollo will close down on June 30th
What he said is definitely defamation, all other damages notwithstanding.
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