Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49327259

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# Comments: 2

it was about the trade-off between team happiness (getting to use tools how the team wants to) versus the results (problems with the produced software because the team are using the tools how the team wants to).

there's usually more than two priorities. and i agree with you that a team's wellbeing is important. it should be up there in priorities.

i'm just pointing out that a team that accepts being happy, focussing on the software as more important than their own happiness might do better than a team who are trying to focus on their happiness at the same level of priority as the quality of the software.

software first. team second.

team happiness is important as a miserable team will hamper productivity and quality. but the team’s happiness is secondary to their overarching reason d’être — the software.

if there were no need for the software, the team wouldn’t need to exist. so that goal should take precedence.

YMMV

Source: the post-it notes, ALL OF THEM.

> A promise not to accept £5 million gifts from crypto billionaires (on Earth).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRBh7uGwxmU

some extras

    * apply nurses pay to MPs
    * bring back ceefax
    * rename london bridge after phoebe waller

the charismatic bumbling idiot thing was always pure stagecraft. he deliberately messes up his hair before going in front of cameras.

i guess in this case and probably some other cases that AI slop is just bulking up the longtail even more than before. 90% of people don't listen to AI generated music, it's only weirdos on HN that i've seen claiming to want access to it for personal listening.

is to force more low quality AI generated slop down people's throats? sorry, have i misunderstood what you're proposing? (the ratio part of your comment was super confusing to read).

but we have a totally different approach to policing, which is what i was actually meaning https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56834733

> The report looked at police training requirements in more than 100 countries and found that the US had among the lowest, in terms of average hours required.

> Also, many other countries require officers to have a university degree - or equivalent - before joining the police, but in the US most forces just require the equivalent of a high-school diploma.

the UK is not the US ;)

i personally don't like this for a few reasons. possibility of data leaks, ick factor via my built-in paranoia around being watched/recorded, possibility of false positives etc. but i have some faith in TfL / BTP to not piss about in an egregious way. we have pretty decent checks and balances these days for UK police compared to the past and definitely compared to some police forces in the states. i'm also aware that as a man i tend to not experience the same shit that a lot of women have to deal with on a daily basis.

so i might be willing to accept it as part of a necessary trade-off based on my real life experiences on the tube. i'd probably be willing to accept having my face recorded/pattern matched when using the tube if it either stops or helps to prosecute a sexual assault.

there is definitely a difference between liking something and accepting it.

direct experience beats reasoning which beats testimony, if you want something else ponder.

> While I agree, I also think there's a role in society to help parents on how to parent, via e.g. education and awareness.

i was quite blunt and one sided in my previous as it was more about the HN “vibes” than actual parenting.

there is definitely more nuance to the whole topic of parenting!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49205469

> you know, i feel like the "it's the parents' responsibility" comments that turn up on submissions like this often tend towards phrasing like "the parents" rather than "with my children i ..."

if you’ve had kids maybe you’d like to share with the class exactly how you go about doing exactly what you’re describing?

if not, maybe let parents figure out how to parent rather than expecting them to be perfect for everyone else’s benefit.