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·4 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
The craziest thing here is that online gambling has been legal in the UK and Ireland for many years, and it's been such an obvious negative for those countries — and had been optimized brutally like any other tech product. When I moved over to the US a decade ago, I remember thinking 'well at least they're smart enough to have banned online gambling'.

I am very pro personal liberties, but this stuff is weaponized to prey on a subset of humanity. I'm in senior leadership, and have made it clear that anyone who has worked on these products should not be hired.
jackfruitpeel
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
If you're an employer who has let someone go, you would have to be mentally deficient to mention anything regarding their disability in relation to their employment or firing.
jackfruitpeel
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Twitter was not some sort of rest and vest retirement scheme — he worked as a design director there for years. You should read his followup thread for more context. You should also be aware that you can't just fire someone because of their disability getting worse.

It's also worth noting that the design studio he founded, Ueno, was one of the dynamic, talented and in-demand agencies in the world pre-acquisition.

https://twitter.com/iamharaldur/status/1633082707835080705?s...
jackfruitpeel
·4 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Apologies. In retrospect a comment that didn't add much.
jackfruitpeel
·4 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
It's the concept of monarchy I have a problem with. Not the UK in particular ( though your actions in Northern Ireland remain shameful).
jackfruitpeel
·4 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
There were admirable things about her as a person, but the concept of monarchy is a stain on humanity. I can't respect anyone who supports the idea of superiority by virtue of bloodline.
jackfruitpeel
·4 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Sad on a human level, but she spent her years as the figurehead of an inherently fascist, racist institution — royalty.

"Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees.”
jackfruitpeel
·4 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
We had the exact same structure in our town park, it was such a strange and amazing thing to climb around in!
jackfruitpeel
·4 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
We are absolute fiends for tea.
jackfruitpeel
·5 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Yeah, I live in SF now after moving from Europe. The tax difference is not really that different for me (high earner), but what you get in return in really depressing. Good weather and astronomical wages make it worthwhile.
jackfruitpeel
·5 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
European universities are sad places? That's a broad and completely unfair brush to paint an entire continent with.
jackfruitpeel
·5 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
European here — that is an insane cost for college fees from my POV. I attended one of the most highly rated courses for my profession in Europe and only paid about €3K per year.