There indeed is complexity, but a lot of the projects that are created to deal with that complexity that gain traction are made by people who don't have much experience in general, or lack exposure to non-frontend programming, so you end up having to deal with a lot of half-baked stuff. It's kind of a lethal cocktail.
My theory, which is kind of informed by what I saw it play out in my company: The reason is a psychological one. Most leaders
derive their power from in-person interactions. Remote and video calls severely impact that. Those leaders also love having an audience that needs to listen to them whenever they are in the room and the lack of that kind of feedback and adulation shellshocked a lot of them.
In holacracy you have lead links which partially fulfill that role. And of course nothing prevents you from creating roles that are accountable for other managerial tasks. As a lead link you can do relative prioritizations (X is more important than Y), assign / remove people from roles and other things.
Over 20 years ago, at my first job, a co-worker told me that the evening before, he got a phone call from their best friend who phoned him in shock and told him they just survived a plane crash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossair_Flight_3597
The main problem with the Agile industry is that the certificate mills give people the idea that they have to know nothing about software to work on/in software.
Also Scrum as outlined by people like Jim Coplien would probably be kind of fine for certain set ups, but only a few agile coaches, POs or SMs know Scrum that well, instead it's a weird mix of apocryphal, illogical practices and superficial knowledge that, coupled with an inexperienced dev team, is similar to a giant Molotow cocktail that will sooner or later explode.
From a moral philosophy perspective, corporations like Google display a concerning ethical imbalance when they fail to proactively uphold the common good in scenarios where there's no direct financial benefit. A question to HN, since there are a ton of Googlers on here, what are the justifications of those who work within such organizations, particularly when there are other companies that seem to manage a better balance between profit and public responsibility? Is it really just about money, status and working on "cool tech"? I see a lot of submissions about FAANG companies "doing wrong" on here but I rarely see a discussion about us software developers being active participants in this sort of behavior.
I know I sound salty here, but 10 years ago I got ridiculed on go-nuts, with dismissive comments from Rob Pike, because I dared to suggest that the way go get and module imports over the wire 1. worked, 2. were advertised in all their docs for beginners, and 3. how they were subsequently used throughout the community was ultimately harmful / shortsighted.
I'm paying for YouTube Premium and I fully expect them to do the same thing once they've squeezed the lemon dry and need to find more money in this perverse game of rentier capitalism.
As a child my teeth were corrected by pulling my lower jaw back with elastic bands. Not only do I have a weak chin because of this, but in hindsight I think my tinnitus might be related to this as well.
People who never had the misfortune to work with a truly toxic manager or co-worker are often oblivious to the damage they can cause. I'm speaking of psychological damage, burn out, anxiety, stress, depression, health problems. Naming their abuser can be helpful to people who had to endure such a thing.
"OpenAIs goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return. We think that artificial intelligence technology will help shape the 21st century, and we want to help the world build safe AI technology and ensure that AI's benefits are as widely and evenly distributed as possible. Were trying to build AI as part of a larger community, and we want to openly share our plans and capabilities along the way."
About the 90%, this is very much a game of musical chairs and game theory in general. If your perception is that there is a high likelihood that Altman might return it's prudent to sign the letter. That's why I think the past few days were about shaping a narrative on Twitter and in the media in general.
All the board did is replace a CEO, I think there is a whiff of cult of personality in the air. The purpose-driven non-profit corporate structure that they chose was precisely created to prevent such things.
It's absolutely mind blowing that we as humans were able to increase a constituent part of the atmosphere from from 0.028% to 0.04%. Written like that it looks small but, each part per million of CO2 in the atmosphere represents approximately 2.13 gigatonnes of carbon, or 7.82 gigatonnes of CO2.
A couple of months. Also, there is a world of difference between knowing the topic on a superficial level and training and evaluating a model yourself.
Definitely, most people using noise to treat a noise problem will sooner or later get tinnitus and hearing loss if they do this constantly over years. Btw, I have tinnitus, it's not fun. Protect your ears people.