paulydavis's comments

On: Firmware update bricks HP printers, makes them unable to use HP cartridges

[paulydavis]

So what if I update the device without asking?

On: Biden is right that we need to raise taxes

[paulydavis]

Not from data I read do you have a source?

On: California Is Losing Tech Jobs

[paulydavis]

I live in Austin and I will say if you are a women I would say that most would not agree with 3 and 4

On: California tech transplants unhappy with exodus to Austin, report says

[paulydavis]

Lived in Austin 8 years. Music scene is great over on east 6th.

On: New HIV vaccine with a 97% antibody response rate in phase I human trials

[paulydavis]

Africa really needs to be the target rollout for these vaccines if and when they materialize.

[mxcrossb → paulydavis]

> The Swazi population faces major health issues: HIV/AIDS and (to a lesser extent) tuberculosis are widespread.It is estimated that 26% of the adult population is HIV-positive. As of 2018, Eswatini has the 12th-lowest life expectancy in the world, at 58 years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eswatini

It seems countries like this could benefit massively from an effective vaccine

[est31 → paulydavis]

> Africa really needs to be the target rollout for these vaccines if and when they materialize.

I'm not sure why this is downvoted. Africa is the most affected continent of the HIV pandemic.

> Although the continent is home to about 15.2 percent of the world's population, more than two-thirds of the total infected worldwide – some 35 million people – were Africans, of whom 15 million have already died. Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounted for an estimated 69 percent of all people living with HIV and 70 percent of all AIDS deaths in 2011.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_Africa

[dang → qrbLPHiKpiux]

If you continue to post unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments to HN, we will have to ban you. You've been doing it a lot, and it's not what this site is for. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and fix this.

Actually your account appears to be using HN primarily for political/ideological battle. We ban that sort of account, so please don't.

[tremon → qrbLPHiKpiux]

Why do you immediately conclude it hasn't?

Far more likely are these factors:

- education reaches only a small part of the population

- condoms are unavailable

- condoms are too expensive

[mkr-hn → tremon]

Don't forget well-justified suspicion of westerners based on horrible and not too distant history.

[spiritplumber → qrbLPHiKpiux]

Because it got drowned out by misinformation.

[africanboy → qrbLPHiKpiux]

same reason why education has not prevented covid-19 from spreading.

On: Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals replacing police officers

[paulydavis]

It also can be a long term cure more severe drug resistant depression. It worked for my wife. They do not do it without your consent.

On: The Problem with Saying “Don’t Bring Me Problems, Bring Me Solutions” (2017)

[paulydavis]

Can complaining be healthy? It is usually an emotional reaction to frustration. Isn't your employees being frustrated a signal that there is a problem past the problem?

[SideburnsOfDoom → paulydavis]

> Can complaining be healthy? It is usually an emotional reaction to frustration.

Yes it can and yes.

Frustrated and upset people naturally find it harder to talk calmly about the thing that's annoying them. You can miss a message by focusing on the tone of the delivery:

> detracts from the validity of a statement by attacking the tone in which it was presented rather than the message itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_policing

[muzani → paulydavis]

Like sugar, it is healthy in moderation, and better to have too much than too little. But more often than not in our society, there are very unhealthy levels of it.

On: Facebook Employees Criticize Zuckerberg’s Inaction over Trump

[paulydavis]

Zuckerberg knows he has a large conservative older user base. Losing them I bet is his concern

[matt_s → paulydavis]

I think his concern is the amount of money from political campaigns this coming season. If that stuff was fact-checked, they would not be making as much money.

The side effect of people internet hating on stuff on FB is lots of ad revenue for FB (aka page views). It doesn't matter what side is what, if things on FB are fact checked then there is likely going to be less sharing since there would be less content.

[gopi → matt_s]

Political ads are a tiny portion of FB revenues, just around 0.5%. In fact, they may be losing money on this as it needs a lot of manual moderation

[aforwardslash → matt_s]

Political ads are not fact-checked, per FB policy - https://www.facebook.com/business/help/182222309230722

[ashtonkem → paulydavis]

That’s fair, but Zuckerberg has absolutely made his PR situation worse by creating high minded rules and applying them unequally.

[randyrand → paulydavis]

deleting them is way more controversy generating than not. companies avoid controversy.

[lysp → randyrand]

to be fair, twitter didn't delete it - only hid it.

[xibalba → lysp]

To the general public these are effectively the same.

On: Boeing Crashes Highlight the High Costs of Cheap Government

[paulydavis]

The competition pressure in the last 5 years has been intense. Margins are very low compared to ten years ago. It also takes minimum 4 years to design and test a system.

On: The Divide Between Silicon Valley and Washington Is a National-Security Threat

[paulydavis]

Offer more money in defense jobs. Talent will show up.

[carboy → paulydavis]

It’s not just about the money.

I’ve worked for product companies and was forced to interact with government clients.

Bureaucracy, bureaucracy, bureaucracy. No risk taking, no point in standing out, promotions based on time in service. You could offer me quadruple my salary to go and work for the government and I still wouldn’t take the job.

Just supporting the government clients on a part time basis made me want to quit my job just to get away from the government clients.