robryk · HackerTrans

7개월 전discuss

Why do you think that this other kind of accountability (which reminds me of the way captain's or commander's responsibility is often described) is incompatible with what the article describes? Due to the focus on necessity of manual testing?

robryk

7개월 전discuss

Would automated tests that produce a transcript of what they've done allow perusing that transcript to substitute for manual testing?

robryk

7개월 전discuss

Even if the situations are noticed and seen fully, does it cause the schools to not punish the victim? The stories I've heard about zero tolerance policies were that _even when the situation was fully obvious_, victims got punished because they took part in an altercation.

robryk

7개월 전discuss

Why? You just need to choose electronics that doesn't use micro mechanical designs that would be damaged by helium. (Or are you pointing at some other reason?)

robryk

3년 전discuss

> Are you suggesting his influence still lingers?

I think this is a poorly specified question. One can imagine a situation where someone's actions caused a change in a society, which is no longer attributed to him according to popular opinion. Does influence of that person linger?

robryk

3년 전discuss

> I suppose I got a bit carried away originally, but the point is just that - can one truly be well-meaning if he works in such a feature as that of the first example?

One way of reading the original statements is that there are many people who are not doing that and would not do that.

> But we do not have a choice (...) or in paying taxes to our governments

This obviously reminds me of Thoreau, but more practically many people can move. Unless you are from the US (or a handful of other weird countries) that stops you from paying taxes to your origin's government.

E: Upheaval caused by moving is often actually not higher than one caused by quitting: consider (a) people on employer-tied visas and/or who don't speak the local language well enough to use it professionally (b) people who don't have families of their own yet.

robryk

3년 전discuss

> First, in the boom prior to around 2015, most software problems were accessible to a smart generalist, but nowadays I don't think that's true. Teams are more specialized.

Do you mean that new areas appeared that require specialization that didn't exist previously, or that areas that require some sort of specialization have comparatively grown? (Or something completely different?)

robryk

4년 전discuss

The GP is plainly wrong. ~Everyone in Switzerland does normal vehicular left turns, and the bicycle exam for schoolchildren includes making vehicular left turns correctly (i.e. signaling, waiting for cars that are in process of overtaking you, moving to the middle of the road, possibly stopping, turning when the way's free of vehicles that have right of way).

E: Source: https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/pd/de/index/stadtpolizei_zueric...

robryk

11년 전discuss

These seem to be terribly vague, e.g.:

  16. Always do the right thing.

Some of these I either misunderstand or contradict each other, e.g.:

   1. Be nice.
   8. When you need a bad guy/gal, you're it.

robryk

11년 전discuss

As far as (3) is concerned, I'd say that it's more important to actually have an "I might be wrong and would want to change my beliefs in that case" attitude and just be honest.

It's terribly easy to notice when someone gives a canned "I'm not sure it's the right approach" response while thinking that it's obviously wrong. Noticing that causes many people to feel patronized and/or lose trust in that someone.

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