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New comment by adamzerner in "Working With Monsters"

adamzerner — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 06:59:31 +0000

It doesn't intend to provide such guidelines nor give out a license to cooperate with anyone.

New comment by adamzerner in "Working With Monsters"

adamzerner — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:39:29 +0000

I think this comment[1] from the post's author does a good job of answering this:

> I would word the intended message as "whether or not someone shares our values is not directly relevant to whether one should cooperate with them". Moral alignment is not directly relevant to the decision; it enters only indirectly, in reasoning about things like the need for enforcement or reputational costs. Monstrous morals should not be an immediate deal-breaker in their own right; they should weigh on the scales via trust and reputation costs, but that weight is not infinite.*

> I don't really think of it as "pro-cooperation" or "anti-cooperation"; there is no "pro-cooperation" "side" which I'm trying to advocate here.

[1] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/o4cgvYmNZnfS4xhxL/working-wi...

Working With Monsters (2021)

adamzerner — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 23:28:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/o4cgvYmNZnfS4xhxL/working-with-monsters

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42071189

Points: 5

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Petrov Day Scenario

adamzerner — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:33:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6LJ6xcHEjKF9zWKzs/the-2024-petrov-day-scenario

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41661632

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by adamzerner in "Monodraw"

adamzerner — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 19:16:45 +0000

Hm. I'm interested in hearing more about the specific scenarios where this sort of tool is useful.

I skimmed through the HN comments and see that it can be used for adding diagrams to code comments. But what else? Slack, Jira, READMEs, SMS, Signal etc all allow you to include pngs.

New comment by adamzerner in "Show HN: Improve cognitive focus in 1 minute"

adamzerner — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:15:26 +0000

That's a really cool app. What JavaScript framework did you use?

Show HN: RFUI – a Minimal, DX-focused component library

adamzerner — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:46:02 +0000

Article URL: https://rfui.deno.dev/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38811877

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by adamzerner in "Ask HN: Best UI design courses for hackers?"

adamzerner — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 21:18:54 +0000

I strongly disagree. Relative to other books, maybe it is on the expensive side. But relative to the value you get from it, I think it is incredibly low.

One way to think about it is in terms of how much you value your time. If you value your time at $25/hr and this book saves you more than 4 hours of time learning UI design, it is worth it.

Another way to think about it is in terms of ROI. As someone in the tech industry I think that having these skills is likely to pay off way more than $99. Not in a legible way -- it's not like anyone will ever say to you "I see you have these UI design skills, here's a $5,000 raise." But I believe that the skills will ultimately shine through and improve your ability to get jobs and make more money.

Also, in practice, if you're in the tech industry, there's probably a good chance that you can get your employer to pay for it.

New comment by adamzerner in "Rule of Three"

adamzerner — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 07:03:48 +0000

I have linked to this so many times over the years. Very cool to see it on the front page.

New comment by adamzerner in "A brief history of computers"

adamzerner — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 23:03:19 +0000

Interesting. Thanks for the comment.

Unfortunately, I'm having trouble understanding though. The furthest I got with math is calculus. I'd love to hear a more ELI5 description of what you said. Something that doesn't require prior knowledge of abstract algebra. (I recognize that's a big/difficult ask. No obligation or anything ofc.)

New comment by adamzerner in "Don't Take VC Funding – It Will Destroy Your Company"

adamzerner — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 18:56:11 +0000

That makes sense to me that in these two particular situations they have leverage. But what if they don't have enough board seats and you also aren't looking to raise a subsequent round? It sounds like then they don't really have leverage, right? If so, it seems easy enough to guard against the risk that VCs end up with too much leverage over you.

How to Get Startup Ideas: A Brief Lit Review and Analysis

adamzerner — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 05:47:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/55jLckKpmjSfXKjPp/how-to-get-startup-ideas-a-brief-lit-review-and-analysis

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35383106

Points: 1

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Startups Are Like Firewood

adamzerner — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 00:09:22 +0000

Article URL: https://adamzerner.bearblog.dev/startups-are-like-firewood/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35297430

Points: 2

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Ask HN: What have academics who study entrepreneurship learned?

adamzerner — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 20:26:51 +0000

I see a lot of startup advice combing from founders who've walked the walk, accelerators like YCombinator, and platforms like Indie Hackers. However, I also know that there are academics who study entrepreneurship.

Maybe I'm just not hanging out in the right corners of the internet, but I rarely see things coming from them. Two questions: 1) What are the important things they have learned? 2) What are some good resources for learning more about their findings?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35294961

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by adamzerner in "Introducing react.dev"

adamzerner — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 23:53:35 +0000

I've never understood why React components are considered to be pure. The output is not just a function of the props, it's also a function of the state (as in `useState`) and context (as in `useContext`).

New comment by adamzerner in "Ask HN: What are you working on to become a better programmer?"

adamzerner — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 05:10:34 +0000

Taking Eric Normand's course Beginning Clojure (https://ericnormand.podia.com/beginning-clojure).

As someone with most of their experience in JavaScript and Ruby, I really like how Clojure is just so _different_. It's like someone who speaks English learning Chinese instead of a similar language like Spanish. I think doing that opens your mind and teaches you more than if you learned something that is "more of the same". Similar to how it is useful to learn about other fields instead of continuing to grind away at "more of the same" within your field.

Quantified Intuitions

adamzerner — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 03:49:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.quantifiedintuitions.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34933672

Points: 2

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New comment by adamzerner in "Leaked Slack all-hands meeting reveals a ‘strong culture clash’ with Salesforce"

adamzerner — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 04:42:36 +0000

This strikes me as overly cynical. A pendulum swung too far. Yes, someone who takes "we don't want to change a thing" at face value is probably overconfident. OTOH, someone who says that the old culture "ceases to exist" is underconfident, I would wager. Reality is somewhere in the middle.

New comment by adamzerner in "Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job"

adamzerner — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 20:33:50 +0000

This advice boils down to "be the best of the best" because you'd only go out of your way for someone if they're that good.

I don't think people who haven't reached that bar are necessarily doing something "wrong". It takes hard work to reach it and some people prioritize other things in life over hustling. Others simply don't have the talent to reach it.

Show HN: Minimal Retirement Calculator

adamzerner — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 04:04:12 +0000

Article URL: https://minimal-retirement-calculator.vercel.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34134458

Points: 2

# Comments: 1