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And that too nothing much special - 1080p resolution.
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Macbook Pro 13" is smaller than Macbook Air at 13.6". What's the point of Macbook Pro 13"?
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Agree. The place I work had diverse companies in a 'tech park' - Amazon, Google, and many others inside a gated office space, the total population of which could easily surpass 10K. We used to have a common and very vibrant food c
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4y ago
Doesn't this from the article clarifies that? Maybe the layoffs were mostly of newer, unvested employees.
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..sprawling, family-run conglomerates. Known as chaebol, these long-time pillars of the nation’s “miracle economy” include the likes of LG, Hyundai, SK, Lotte and — largest of them all — Samsung. https://www.bloomberg.com/qu
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Any pointers to an app or website for self or guided hypnosis? Keen to see whether it can work for a friend (depression patient).
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Sequoia's ‘Crucible Moment’ Warning on Slowdown – Full Slide [pdf]
(content.fortune.com)
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Right at the top, the article says.. "These changes are primarily driven by business needs rather than individual performance, which makes them especially tough as none of us want to say goodbye to such great colleagues" So no,
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iPhone mini is 3% of sale. That's the trend.
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Curious how would you solve the battery issue, since in your spec you mention 4Hrs of Screen On Time (SoT), and it would be a 5G phone (battery drainer)? iPhone Mini with its H/W & S/W integration barely manages 4Hrs of SoT. A
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Hold on; the math is not that easy. For one - most of the iPhone Mini sale is because of 'Halo effect', die hard fans who anyway would have bought an iPhone, bought the mini version. An Android phone maker will not have that brand
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There seems to be unnecessary vitriol towards the author. What he mentions about big financial companies (where software are for internal workflows) that is the life, and there are many of them and they are usually big employers. And what h
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The book: https://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-Brain-Deciphering-Codes... Publication date: Dec 2014
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Flutter 3 – Google I/O
(medium.com)
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Valid point. But another reason for hiring to be restrictive is due to taxation reasons. Companies may have constraints. Starting in September, you can live and work in over 170 countries for up to 90 days a year in each location... http
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Is this that big a deal? Facts: 1. Boeing's Chicago HQ houses only 500 employees. 2. Chicago's $60 million incentive awarded 20 years back for moving Boeing's HQ from Seattle ran out at the end of 2021. https://www
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Except that Dark Forces can change its allegiance. Product search is/was moving towards Amazon. Hypothetically, if 'Metaverse' or 'Web 3.0' becomes a reality, not sure whether GOOG can do anything much there - as it
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'Ownership' is also same. For either case, one does not get any extra compensation.
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WSJ has good review including how it works: https://www.wsj.com/articles/snap-pixy-review-dont-call-it-a... https://archive.is/zW515 Excerpt: Turn the Pixy’s dial to one of its four flying modes.. Hove
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By giving recognition for good work, which can go into their resume and/or elevate their status among industry peers.
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Thank you for helpful tips! Solid advice: Write Short and Concise Books. Instead of writing a 500-page book selling for $50 (which probably few will buy), write a 100-page book and sell it for lesser which greatly increases the number of
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The library can be seen here: https://app.ignitionrobotics.org/GoogleResearch/fuel/collect...
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Tech is means to an end. If you are doctor shouldn't you hire tech to solve an intricate problem that only you know how to solve? If you are a petrochemical dude shouldn't you hire a bunch of techies to solve an 'insider'
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Netflix’s Subscriber Loss Has Destroyed Employee Morale
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I want to give a location (pix+radius, four corners or whatever) and a delivery schedule (once a week etc) This is the requirement. The timeline could be once a week, once a month or once a .. - the point is not frequency but predictabili
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> The noise is way too uniform as well. It looks like static. This was my first question whether the noise is absolutely random and inconsistent, otherwise it would be very easy to detect by "authorities" who is insisting on
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Parent commentator's contention.. Pixels are there anyway, and infinitely scalable - you can sell exact same pixels to infinite number of people. So why not to make a very easy UX to extract the pixels of your choice as per customized
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> ..whole departments needing to throw everything out and build something totally different.. The big reason for that is any overseas research center like SRA (Samsung Research America) works on future, whereas Korea works on current.
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TiSP: A free in-home wireless broadband service that delivers online connectivity via users' plumbing systems. The Toilet Internet Service Provider (TiSP) project is a self-installed, ad-supported online service that will be offered e
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> how far does this go? when google or amazon or netflix or whomever has an active user account for almost all human beings on the planet, what then? If you are not constantly growing then you will not have everyone with you, this is b
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