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Introverts appreciate people that can carry a conversation and people generally like people they appreciate.

This comment section is a great reminder about how crazy it is we have so many different global weight units of measure.

The MIT campus always reminded me of The National Mall - an open grandeur, an unbreachable edifice in the name of ideas. It’s sad that both of those proud facades have been eroded recently, and both have had barriers added (temporary and permanent) in response.

In many ways those barriers feel like a formalization of division and will more deeply entrench the forces that prompted them in the first place. I understand the motivation, but I think true strength here is keeping things open in the face of serious issues, not trying to make sure they never happen again (at great cost).

They now have giant barriers at the entrance of the infinite. Doesn’t seem temporary.

edit: they are https://status.slack.com/

In general, disagree. And often the deep track names that are assigned in lieu of descriptive ones box out people that don’t share cultural touchpoints. https://twitter.com/staysaasy/status/1419274984459997186?s=2...

http://web.mit.edu/6.033/www/ has links to a ton of really great examples of technical writing

+1 I also pretty strongly dislike that they've been defaulted on. They seem wasteful and the user experience is hectic.

Thanks for correcting! https://italianwatchspotter.com/brands-podium-2020/?lang=en

My understanding is that Omega is very confident in its brand’s strength and staying power. I believe they put out a substantially larger number of watches than, for example, Rolex, and as a result Omega resale value hasn’t grown like crazy like Rolex watches have. But still, they sell a ton of watches and the brand remains popular.

You can go on Hired and Triplebyte to find contracting gigs.

* many people think it’s the best English novel of all time (worth seeing what they’re seeing)

* bragging rights

* personally, I found it like going to a different world. It’s equal parts emmersive, foreign, and familiar. There’s moments it’s a slog to get through and moments it’s a page-turner. In the same way The Beatles Get Back was so great because it actually felt like being in the studio, reading Ulysses isn’t like reading a story, it’s like being in a different world.

I’m representing what I see as the general consensus amongst my echo chamber and am curious what’s outside it, if anything. And I don’t cross the street when a homeless person is ranting.

Thank you!

Things will bifurcate into remote and in-person teams/divisions/companies.

I have no idea what the situation is at Stripe, but there are some trends that explain this experience in the larger environment right now.

Recruiters are extremely hard to find. Comp has soared. Many have left old jobs to go to new jobs.

Generally, people rely on recruiters to manage the communication with candidates. Very high turnover leads to very high rate of things being dropped.

Compounding this, hiring great engineers is extremely difficult right now. So recruiters have a list of 10,000 things to do. It’s not ok that recruiters might be less effective in candidate management for no-hires, but it makes sense.

Finally, add on top of this that candidates are being less respectful of company time as well. Candidates are ghosting and not responding like never before. The market and the remoteness of the experience are turning hiring from a human activity into a transaction, on all sides.

+1000 same here

dang rules

Hope they're trained to react to "I'm walkin' here!"

Many squat racks and benches come with safety features to prevent that kind of failure. Don’t let that fear stop you from getting a home gym. To avoid really bad situations just always have a safe solution to “what if I can’t finish this rep“. Separately, you’ll get regular injured at some point doing something totally safe. But that just comes with the territory.

Step after that: companies have AI represent them in IR meetings, with just the robot reading numbers.

It’s interesting - I shared this article with someone I know who has mentored people and they had the same feedback re: saying thank you. I guess it’s pretty common for people to ask lots of questions and get lots of advice and not say thank you?

Trying to paint a critique of Instagram's effects on tourism as a lame re-hash of an old idea seems a bit off.

Sure, it might be the same complaint, but if the severity is 100x worse it holds more weight. And if Instagram is the main vehicle for this behavior, then it is a fair target of criticism.

For another example of the effects of smartphone-enabled-social-media, check out some youtube crowd shots from concerts before 2000 and ones from today. Obvious is emergence of masses of people looking through phones and holding up phones; a bit less obvious and a bit more worrisome is that folks seem generally less excited to be there.

The connection is that they are both tourist attractions that were negatively impacted by photography during my visits.

Regarding the Sistine Chapel - you're right, photography is not allowed and I overrepresented the flashes when grouping it in with the Mona Lisa. But during my 5 minute visit I saw 3 different flashes and heard 3 different exclamations from Vatican staff "No pictures!", which was plenty disruptive.

> Did you really take the decision - faced with an absolutely awe inspiring monument at sunrise - that the best use of your time and resources was to take a judgmental photo of the people around you? Get over yourself.

When I saw the Mona Lisa/Sistene Chapel it was surrounded by a stream of ~50 people with flashbulbs constantly firing and talking loudly. That sort of distortion of an environment can be difficult to ignore. It sounds like the author had a similar experience, and if that happens to you, you might find that the thing that grabs your attention most is how everyone's constant photography can degrade an experience.

I started listening to vinyl a few years ago and bought some albums I've listened to dozens (if not hundreds of times) on digital. Horn sections I didn't even know existed showed up on tracks; instruments were so crisp and distinct it was like I could go to a part of my room and grab the sound out of the air. The effect is less jarring for stuff I haven't been able to acclimate to over such a long period of time, but it's definitely better, and it's because there is more fidelity.

It's wrong to say that the outcome we've arrived at is necessarily the one we wanted. Local/initial conditions, availability and options, and a whole mess of other things make it so that's not necessarily true at all.

They are not. Enthusiasm != Competence.

> the one who is devoting their entire lives to their occupations is going to be a more desirable hire

Not true. The more productive and effective candidate is the more desirable hire.

I just look for any excuse to post something from the Sopranos that might be even slightly relevant. I don't know enough about this lady to make any judgement's regarding her financial decisions.