amznthrwaway

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by amznthrwaway 5y ago
You are, in fact, mistaken. If you go back far enough, you hit a high quality account banned for a stupid reason, without notice, warning, or discussion. After that one you’ll find accounts that shitpost, but before that... good stuff! B
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by amznthrwaway 5y ago
Maybe it’s related to their decision to turn YCombinator into a “safe space” for very specific people; or the way YC takes steps to silence some voices while hiding the fact that they’re silenced. These are deliberate decisions that cause
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by amznthrwaway 5y ago
There’s substantial abuse of these policies in the US.
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by amznthrwaway 5y ago
The notion that HN is well-moderated is bizarre. HN is exceptionally hostile to those who hold beliefs contrary to HN-acceptable norms. If you want to get banned quickly, criticize pg portfolio companies (even politely, with valid criticis
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by amznthrwaway 5y ago
BTC wastes more power as it becomes more valuable. This is the opposite of other major currencies. BTC is an environmental travesty.
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
He didn’t present any evidence of his conspiracy theory though. I would be willing to bet actual money that his imagined conspiracy theory didn’t exist, and that two things happened simultaneously, but without relation: scam apps existed, a
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
American Express will absolutely send replacements while traveling. I’ve had them send replacement cards to my hotel without problem.
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
I sincerely doubt they think they'll get actionable ideas. It seems like a fun recruiting play from a company that takes pride in hiring non-traditional talent.
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
It's a certificate check. I knew and didn't care. If you care, you're going to be real upset when you look at your other alternatives. That said, I don't think many people here actually care. I firmly believe that most
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
That number doesn't match what the SSA publishes in their annual reports.[1]. They put the figure on disability at 8.9 million disabled workers, with 11.2 million total beneficiaries once you include the disabled workers' children
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
Well, this also explains why my instacart account got locked the other day for having too many failed attempts to access it.
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
Fedex, UPS, and DHL handle these, in part, by contracting last mile delivery in those locations to the USPS.
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
I didn't expect Musk's defenders to offer up a defense whose cornerstone is that his judgment is so poor and his knowledge so weak that it is foolish to trust even short-term predictions about his own products.
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
2014: in a year https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/2/6894875/elon-musk-says-ne... 2015: in two years https://fortune.com/2015/12/21/elon-musk-interview/ 2016: in a year
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
They've also been promising full autonomy for five years straight. The wording of "Current autopilot features" is intended to help deceive the public into thinking that full autonomy is coming next year.
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
Tether is largely used to run pump scams on BTC. It's other uses are marginal at best. It is common for Coiners to remain willfully ignorant about the price manipulation, because y'all don't want to admit how small, fragile,
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
There are only two rational explanations here: 1) Scott Alexander wanted more attention, and he realized that deleting his site and blaming the NYT for it would garner dramatically more attention, creating opportunities that he wanted. He
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
No. The goal of white supremacists is to keep minority participation in high reward activities such as engineering low. This is because mediocre white men are afraid that more talented minorities may gain access to the labor pool and they
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
Yes, but Republicans consistently use the term 'Democrat' instead of 'Democratic' because they don't want to imply that Democrats have a connection to the concept of Democracy. It's a shibboleth; folks who inst
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
Non-tech roles.
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
The banks include RSUs if you have two years of history of receiving them. Otherwise they ignore the stock plan. The same goes for the sign on bonus, they ignore the bonus portion of comp unless there is two years of history and an expectat
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
Amazon’s sign on bonus is paid and vests monthly if it’s for a substantial amount.
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by amznthrwaway 6y ago
I’m an L7 SDE in Seattle, hired 2 years ago. Year one comp was about $520k (160 base, 320 bonus, 40 RSU) Year two comp was around $580k (160 base, 280 bonus, 140 RSU) This year I’m on pace to gross near $700k (160 base, no bonus, 500+ RSUs)