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bartelby — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 12:54:45 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24374465

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New comment by bartelby in "Which countries have protected both health and the economy in the pandemic?"

bartelby — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 23:29:47 +0000

I don’t think I’d agree with the author’s characterization of the data. The graphs don’t seem to show any obvious trends, really. If anything, the graphs show how wildly variable the virus’ impact can be even among countries with similar economic and demographic profiles.

New comment by bartelby in "The Silence Is Deafening"

bartelby — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 20:40:50 +0000

I’ve been trying to have more 1-1 conversations with friends these days about some of the more controversial topics in the news when it comes up, basically an IRL version of a DM, and it’s been interesting to see how people’s opinions align against the Twitter opinion spectrum. About half have been much more moderate than anything I’ve seen online, but the other half actually do align with the more radical and loud voices shouting about whatever it is that’s trending on Twitter at that moment. I always thought that Twitter wasn’t really representative of what most people thought/believed but now I’m not so sure. Of course this is just based on personal anecdotes. And to be fair, all of the 1-1 conversations I’ve had have been productive and each time I’ve been able to walk away with some ideas that I haven’t had before.

New comment by bartelby in "Ask HN: I'd appreciate advice on my current work situation"

bartelby — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 13:46:17 +0000

You need a lawyer

New comment by bartelby in "Ask HN: How to disagree with the rest of management?"

bartelby — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 14:49:52 +0000

Would look into different research regarding managing up, down and across and persuasion more generally. Robert Cialdini has a classic book called Influence I would highly recommend. I think at the management level you're describing, managing disagreements is often about trying to create internal alliances to advance whatever project/policies/changes you think are in the company's best interests.

It also might be that your company has grown to a point where not everyone's self-interest is aligned with the company's best interest. Would recommend Loonshots by Safi Bahcall which explores that idea quite a bit too.

New comment by bartelby in "Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”"

bartelby — Fri, 29 May 2020 15:56:33 +0000

Twitter is definitely allowed to do this, legally, but seems like a pretty short-sited decision. There's no way that poking the bear like this is going to lead to anything except a more highly regulated platform.

New comment by bartelby in "To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet"

bartelby — Sat, 19 Jan 2019 14:21:07 +0000

Yes that’s correct. If there isn’t serious damage to an instrument you can always tune it.

As far as playing an instrument regularly for it not to change its sound, that’s also true, although I don’t think anyone knows why exactly. It probably has something to do with the way the sound energy of the instrument, when played, is absorbed by the wood in a patterned way over time. Kind of like a used baseball mitt.

If the instrument isn’t played, something happens where the vibrations of the sound don’t flow correctly through the instrument and it can sound, and feel “stuck” to play.