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by FilterSweep 8y ago
Facebook's reckoning never came, judging by the laughable "grand inquisition" that happened this past week.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
It's quite sad that we (collectively) consider this "lucking out" - I don't want to assume your friends situations, but our collective consciousness leaves a permanent mark on their life for past mistakes. And checkr is
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
This is a horrific thought to go into a job interview with one salary point in mind while the employer knows in the back of their mind what you got paid at each previous job. Particularly if you took equity at a startup at lower salary - gu
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
There is a bit of a bias on HN toward FAANG salaries and experiences. Outside of coastal cities, the salaries appear like Monopoly money. This thread is depressing me as well, and I'm doing "okay" compared to my other frien
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
It goes away extremely fast.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
I wasn't expecting this depressing of a read in the AM, but its helpful.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
The cynic in me wonders if this is just grandiose self-promotion as a bargaining chip for the next datamining job.
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
> Back in 2010/2011 Facebook was being praised for fueling the Arab Spring, which toppled dictators and spread democracy (also lead to the horrific war in Syria). Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that was Twitter as the m
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
"IsDeleted"'s existence is the biggest lie tech companies tell media government and consumers alike.
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
You're right, it looks worse .
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
You're being additionally tracked in the reverse by a third party affiliate on the knowledge of you being a person who blocks Facebook, if that makes any sense. Adblock detectors that function in the same vein as "FuckAdblock&qu
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
> If you want to buy repairable goods, vote with your pocketbook - don't force your preferences on me. This only stands true in a competitive economy. We live in an oligopoly, where the highest tech choices are not repairable. The
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
For the vast majority of content creators, one cannot live off youtube wages alone.
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
> Now humans can start focusing on spending their day building things for the entertainment of other humans, and also choosing careers based on what they feel is fun/satisfying for themselves. In this sphere, there are winners and l
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
"We keep our developers away from sales teams as they tend to be dreamkillers." A client one time told me in the past. At the time, I wanted to ask, "so, how badly are you treating them?"
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
We haven't had a say in this one for a very long time. We sound like broken records.
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
143M Americans Affected and by Census'[0] count, there are ~327M Americans. Chances are, if you're an adult American you are impacted. Even if you did not authorize Equifax's "services" , a third party most lik
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
back in the old days, we used to get a ring for each year.
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
That's a triage problem, not a "user" problem. They're fun and costly ambulance rides up until that hidden blood clot goes unnoticed.
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
> So the question is, is this a deliberate unwritten approach to try and kill off 'costlier' members of society? Is it better to encourage people to be fat and die off quicker, than to exercise, eat healthier, live longer, and
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
They could tariff their products that don't adhere and cut out their US bottom line. This just happened with foreign solar tariffs.
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
> "Idea: Make brute force key recovery possible but very expensive" My eyes glazed over. Quantum computing isn't a fantasy realm, and non-quantum processors are still improving.
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
> I broadly support the activities of the FBI This heavily includes COINTELPRO.
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
The other thing is enough bitcoin bros have made substantial coin from earlier investments, have sold off most of their holdings, and continue to evangelize BTC while they foray into altcoins. And, I can't blame the people who fall for
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
The dev who showed up at 9:05AM was probably also working on a production issue the night before. While manager slept.
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
> I'll be honest, I was surprised to read this sorry if environment still existed for programmers now tends to only exist in mismanaged large teams
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
> Is turning up on time for your job a terrible metric? Most devs are "round the clock" employees even though their job doesn't explicitly say so. If a serious production crisis happens at 3:00AM, all hands are on deck.
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
Well, that also creates a further negative effect toward the "Patent Troll" system prevalent in the US.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
> Generally speaking, the idea is that all of this data — and the newfound insights its analysis could yield — will help cities run more efficiently and innovate at a faster pace than they do today. Is there a source for that claim? Or,
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by FilterSweep 9y ago
This was my takeaway. Alot of people are saying "this is standard in banks" but one its a Finnish bank, and two, their rationale (and prior stated position) on crypto is that its too risky. If you're married with children a

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