TerminalSystem3

há 5 anosdiscuss

Yeah, this reads like clickbait. The Verge has really gone down the tubes, I never go there anymore - too consumed with political causes. My guess is that some boss ordered the writer to make the review as negative as possible, probably because they have a bone to pick with Elon Musk.

TerminalSystem3

há 5 anosdiscuss

Can someone ELI5 on what a NAS is and why someone would need a NAS?

TerminalSystem3

há 5 anosdiscuss

I have worked at a big tech company like this and it was truly one of the most inclusive and welcoming environments I have ever been in. Of course, a lot comes down to your manager and work group. But I am inclined to give the company as a whole the benefit of the doubt here based on my own experiences.

We will see how this shakes out, but I hope it is not another unjustified pulling of the race card, as false racism accusations do seem to produce a significant "boy who cried wolf" effect.

TerminalSystem3

há 5 anosdiscuss

I dunno, dude - I think to the rational folk on HN it does indeed seem hyperbolic, but there are a lot of really pissed off people who are a little beyond the point of rationality.

For instance, a recent survey showing 29% of respondents would support breaking up the US: http://brightlinewatch.org/american-democracy-at-the-start-o... The source is apparently legit and founded by Yale / Dartmouth professors.

Combine this with the increasing demands of the new ideology, the massive inequality of the modern age, the future automation job losses, and tons of pressure from foreign nations who would love to see a weaker US - I think in 10 years there could easily be some crisis.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I don't think this is constrained to the educational realm. I can certainly tell you that in Big Tech Company Inc, we get emails every day about ending white supremacy, anti racism, yada yada.

TerminalSystem3

há 5 anosdiscuss

Yeah. The thing that makes me believe this most of all is the fact that I have had very similar experiences in my education, and I too would be terrified to attach my real name to some of the experiences I have had. Sad times - I thought Biden would calm some of these people down but it seems to have emboldened them.

TerminalSystem3

há 5 anosdiscuss

I think in general China could easily play a winning hand here by refusing to give into this nonsense. Not just in education, but in a corporate setting, too.

Honestly, it probably won't be such a bad thing for the world to have SOME country moving the ball forward on science and technology. Seems like the US is being increasingly enveloped by the ideology - see the recent "math is racist" campaigns.

Side note - it is hilarious to me that Dr. Seuss is apparently too harmful to be read by kids now, but it's totally fine for them to be exposed to explicit rappers like Travis Scott and Lil Yachty in their McMeals and cereals. Because "green eggs and ham" is more dangerous than "poppin pills is all we know" apparently...

TerminalSystem3

há 5 anosdiscuss

The reaction to this article kind of says it all for me. Right leaning readers seem to accept the claims, although anonymous, because they have experience on the ground that would make them believe such claims. Left leaning readers refuse to accept the claims because they are anonymous and could easily be made up.

It's confirmation bias all the way down. I personally tend to lean more on the right here because I went to an "elite" institution and saw firsthand, plenty of times, the same kind of totalitarian ideological bullying and groupthink that the article describes.

I do think that the reaction to this article, and the many other articles like it, are a harbinger of the near-future breakup of the United States. There is simply no possible way this country can survive when the value systems are so opposed to each other.

TerminalSystem3

há 5 anosdiscuss

This is a really stupid article. It reads like some english essay written by a college student. The author basically just brings up a bunch of anecdotes where Google did some bad stuff. In my opinion, this reflects a rather naive worldview. All large organizations are comprised of people, and sometimes people make mistakes or make decisions that make other people mad.

It seeks to find some kind of metaphor from Google's removal of "don't be evil" but ends up as a whimsical, emotional rant, IMO. And ignores the fact that "Don't be evil" actually is still used by Google.

Also I'd recommend putting (2018) in the title.

TerminalSystem3

há 5 anosdiscuss

This seems like some race bait to me. As you may have guessed, the article says that overconfidence leads managers to see leadership potential and allow reports to "fail up", and of course this is a problem primarily caused by evil white men. Because as we all know, every white man is overconfident, and nobody from any other race or sex is nearly as bad.

Would not recommend reading this.

TerminalSystem3

há 6 anosdiscuss

What exactly makes you think that demand for SWE jobs will evaporate in the next decade? It looks to me like demand should be higher than ever with all the various car, IoT, security related tech news we've seen recently.

TerminalSystem3

há 6 anosdiscuss

A lot of this seems to be pretty politically loaded and will probably outright turn away many readers. But if you can look past this, the article touches on a real issue that nobody really seems to be discussing - the enormous decline in rates of sex among young people.

For a long time, people have complained about the younger generations, and these complaints are often waved away with the assertion that every generation has said this about their successors for centuries. But this is a rather critical difference - we've never had the issue of a generation that didn't seem interested in reproducing.

The very nature of the problem means that it won't really affect us demographically for many years, which makes it hard to even grasp. But the problem does exist, and we'll have huge problems if it isn't solved. Maybe the government will give huge tax breaks for families with children, or maybe Elon Musk will start a clone growing company.

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