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How to Catch a North Korean Fake Worker

Iain Thomson, for The Register: According to Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike’s senior veep in the counter adversary division, North Korean infiltrators are bagging roles worldwide throughout the year. Thousands are said to have infiltrated the Fortune 500. T…

via Daring Fireball May 08, 2025

Steel man arguments, or arguing intelligently

I’m a big fan of the idea of “steel man” argument. However, I’ve found that this term is far less widely known than its “straw man” counterpart. I’ve heard some people just call this “arguing intelligently”. Here are two good definitions if you’re unfamili…

via Luke Hsiao's blog March 22, 2025

20 years of YC

I saw recently that YCombinator celebrated its 20th anniversary. Hacker News is slightly younger, but to me the two go hand in hand. As far as I can tell, I actively started reading Hacker News around 2011. I don’t remember how I heard about it. It was pro…

via ★❤✰ Vicki Boykis ★❤✰ March 17, 2025

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