albacur

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by albacur 6y ago
I think Stripe is one of the few bad examples they could have picked to compare against FAANG. Among late-stage startups, it seems highly regarded and its employees' options are likely to hold real value in the not-so-distant future. B
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by albacur 6y ago
Even accounting for MTA, SF’s per-capita spending remains much higher than most other US cities. DC is the only other city that is comparable.
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by albacur 6y ago
Working from home 2-3 days a week is not what I would consider "remote work," since you'd still need to live close to the office. From my perspective, this is worst of all possible scenarios. Employees are still shackled to a
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by albacur 6y ago
> The empty Walgreen's shelves can be seen at the Walgreen's on the corner of Eddy and Van Ness Streets. It won't be a problem much longer – that location is going to be shut down permanently. Shoplifting has been a proble
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by albacur 6y ago
It might require the added context of living here. San Francisco has one of the highest property crime rates in the United States [1], and Walgreens is a popular target of shoplifters, who regularly clear out entire shelves of merchandise.
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by albacur 6y ago
I'm excited by the idea of permanent remote work and moving somewhere more affordable. I moved to SF relatively late in my career, and only realized afterwards that I have nowhere near enough savings to own a nice home here. But most o
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by albacur 6y ago
At least in San Francisco Bay Area, which has one of the worst housing markets in the country, it would be a net win. For some people who've lived here a while and bought a house for cheap or have rent control, they're making mone
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by albacur 6y ago
Do companies you've worked for in the past normally approach you about promotions? Maybe it's because I'm shy or bad at self-promotion, but I've never had an employer offer a promotion. Even after getting great performan
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by albacur 6y ago
> Freaks & Geeks: 1 season, amazing. Ditto UK The Office. Do I have news for you...
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by albacur 6y ago
I'd also include Los Angeles (Getty and LACMA), Chicago (Art Institute), and Boston (MFA, beating SF by default because it doesn't even really compete in this category).
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by albacur 6y ago
I'll give you the Michelin star restaurants, but cheap or mid-range restaurants are disappointing (understandable given the astronomical cost to open and maintain a restaurant here), the bars and nightlife are similar to what you'
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by albacur 6y ago
SF has does high-end, expensive, Michelin star restaurants well. But affordable and mid-range restaurants, bars, and museums in SF are at best on par with what you'll find in other cities. It's where the most tech jobs are, it&#x2
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by albacur 6y ago
I've been wrestling with the idea of moving. If I do, I know it will be extremely difficult to convince myself to ever move back. I haven't found this city a desirable place to live for several years now, I'm priced out of th
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by albacur 6y ago
> compared to most everyone else I seem to have failed life Please realize how offensive and insulting this is. You were hired by one of the most successful tech companies, which most people could never aspire to. You claim that Amazon
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by albacur 6y ago
You pop up in every post about Google or Facebook and make the conversation about yourself, wallowing in self pity because you didn't land a job there straight out of college. This might sound harsh, but you need to get over it and mov
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by albacur 6y ago
I realize the big tech companies aren’t perfect. But it’s weird to me that when tech is one of the few bright spots of the U.S. economy in our lifetimes, and one of the few industries offering a large swath of employees a path to the middle
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by albacur 6y ago
Startups do have advantages: they can give early employees a bigger piece of the equity pie than FAANG ever could, and provide a gamble on becoming much wealthier than employees could become working at FAANG. They can also give employees mo
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by albacur 6y ago
It’s not a class issue. It’s not a race issue. It’s a “the Bay Area is not putting anyone short of convicted murderers in prison right now” issue.
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by albacur 6y ago
You’re trying to make this into a race issue, when that’s not really the case here. The justice system in San Francisco bends over backwards to keep criminals of all races, classes, and backgrounds out of prison, and especially so with Covi
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by albacur 6y ago
Some people always take the path towards “more.” It doesn’t matter how much they’ve got, if they can find an opportunity for more they’ll take it.
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by albacur 6y ago
It makes it acceptable to defend yourself. If you want claim the president shouldn't have sole authority to ban foreign companies or products, that's fair. And I don't know that he actually has that power, it could all be blu
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by albacur 6y ago
The Constitution applies to independent foreign enterprises and state-owned enterprises that aren't under direct control of the state. The Constitution does not apply if a foreign government "exerts sufficient control over [the
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by albacur 6y ago
There actually is a guarantee by the Supreme Court that SAP, Volkswagen, and Sony are entitled to due process, because they are independent entities that don't operate as extensions of a foreign government. The same is might be true of
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by albacur 6y ago
It's not clear that he actually has this power. He's known to misstate things. Also, according to the Supreme Court, SAP, Volkswagen, and Sony are entitled to due process under our Constitution. Courts make a distinction between
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by albacur 6y ago
The pet rock was a fad. Online companies, like brick and mortar companies, rise and fall. And even if Facebook's best days are behind it, I'm not sure we can call a business that grew for nearly 15 years and is now used by billion
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by albacur 6y ago
The companies may have been unblocked if they'd handed over information potentially leading to death of the protestors AND allowed the Chinese state to continue hacking their systems. If we're not being disingenuous, that's
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by albacur 6y ago
Wrong, Facebook was blocked in China following the July 2009 Ürümqi riots because Facebook refused to release information about Xinjiang independence activists. In March 2009, China blocked access to Google's YouTube due to footage sho
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by albacur 6y ago
My comment wasn't specific to TikTok, but rather OP's assertion that the U.S. is a hostile actor, whereas China is just being China. Regarding TikTok, foreign-owned companies must follow U.S. laws, which are subject to due process
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by albacur 6y ago
The U.S. doesn't have purely free market economy; it's regulated to prevent abuse from bad actors and it enters into trade deals to advance its strategic interests. This is true of all countries. I have mixed feelings about TikTok
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by albacur 6y ago
> Chinese policy seems to have not significantly changed in the last 5 years towards the US, but on the other hand US seemed ever more keen and eger to pursue a hostile attitude towards China. For decades, China has blocked U.S. compan

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