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by arenaninja 5y ago
You think $5M will make a significant dent with regards to hospital capacity? It seems too small an amount for that end I also don't think this is about hospital capacity but about inching the state closer to herd immunity (assuming th
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by arenaninja 6y ago
> having yet another weird cryptocurrency is not the right solution though. Maybe we disagree on the problem. From the US one of the most convenient solutions is Xoom; in my experience the turnaround is around 24-48 hours depending on th
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by arenaninja 6y ago
Yeah in the US CashApp/Zelle/PayPal works great. FB/Apple/Google messenger apps support this but adoption is relatively low especially compared to something like WeChat
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by arenaninja 6y ago
I somewhat disagree. Sometimes I need to send payments internationally; in the US most chat apps allow for this. Or people use CashApp/PayPal. Sometimes I'm chatting with friends outside of the US and the choices to send money are
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by arenaninja 6y ago
I wish my company would go back to Figma. Revisions are a nightmare; our project is young and designers change designs without ever notifying software engineers Designers love it for some reason but as an engineer it's a pain in the as
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by arenaninja 6y ago
Not OP but this is what I'm leaning towards. I can only think of opening up a software consultancy, population: 1 (myself); I'm not convinced that's a long term strategy and I would struggle to find clients
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by arenaninja 6y ago
> Legally an actual service animal must be trained There's a distinction between trained service animals and emotional support animals. Both are support animals but the latter are largely untrained which is why airlines have moved t
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by arenaninja 6y ago
I'm downvoted because it's an unpopular opinion in the US that people shouldn't force their pets on others who are uncomfortable interacting with them or just being around them and HN readership is largely US-centric. In my e
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by arenaninja 6y ago
I was out for breakfast for the first time since the pandemic started this weekend (I'm fully vaccinated now) and in walks a guy with a dog sporting a "Service Animal" sash that in tiny letters said "emotional support&qu
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by arenaninja 6y ago
I was asked this question point blank and it took me by surprise. Then they asked me to name the comp for me to accept their offer and when I did they still exceeded it
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by arenaninja 6y ago
I disagree with this. Regarding the "any" type, it's a crutch to migrate existing codebases that started out without Typescript. Every team I've been on I advocate against using it in production code; some teams are bett
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by arenaninja 6y ago
I'm in a similar boat, story time! $current_company runs internal events and makes noise about leadership bonuses being tied to diversity targets. I'm part of $targeted_minority so I usually show to the relevant zoom meetings. The
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by arenaninja 6y ago
Yes several people who had faucets dripping still had pipes burst. Mine were the first to burst and the friend who came to help me out later called me to say his burst later in the day. This is somebody who lived in Indiana for a while and
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by arenaninja 6y ago
Also a Texan here, it sounds like things weren't particularly bad for you. My power was out 36+ hours including during the 14-degree weather overnight where we all huddled in a room with the warmest blankets we could find with no elect
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by arenaninja 6y ago
Damn I need to start making my ethnicity working for me. But I suppose there's no point since I can't pass their leetcode style interviews :)
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by arenaninja 6y ago
What I mean is originally the hashtag was being used to spread the video. You're right, people took it out of context and started making actual threats. But that's when Twitter removed it all and banned the tag. This seems differe
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by arenaninja 6y ago
It was a hashtag about a video of the DC rioters chanting it. Context matters, and in this context it wasn't hypocritical at all Source: not on twitter but am familiar with the video
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by arenaninja 6y ago
I've never looked into Lambda School but some bits from this stand out to me. > We have just north of 2,000 students and ~180 full-time staff members, the majority of which are student-facing. 2000/180 = 12 students per staff m
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by arenaninja 6y ago
Each of your replies is combative or belittling, you don't exactly have the moral high ground. It seems you've misunderstood the request in my original post or lack imagination to comprehend it, because none of your posts are usef
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by arenaninja 6y ago
I'm not sure why you've assumed I can't do this on my own
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Ask HN: Career Coach?
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by arenaninja 7y ago
Yep.. I saw a similar headline claiming LA infections are 55x the reported rate. I think the math is likely simpler, and the infection is somewhere between 3x-5x (10x tops). I've read a few reports saying about 50% of people are asympt
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by arenaninja 7y ago
It seems the contract was granted some time ago (2017?) so it's unlikely this is a choice. But yes, I think municipal/local government contracts should look to source these things locally
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by arenaninja 7y ago
That was my take away. Imagine awarding these government contracts to foreign body shops
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by arenaninja 7y ago
I've been wondering the same thing since I've been focusing on UI development lately, but AFAIK most frontend development is currently Angular/React/Vue and a bit of Svelte
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by arenaninja 7y ago
No Kwanzaa? :)
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by arenaninja 7y ago
One thing I've come to like with CSS-in-JS is the ability to define a CSS API. For example the MUI Select component https://material-ui.com/api/select/#css it's a non-trivial amount of customization you
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by arenaninja 7y ago
I used to work remotely and could not deal with the loneliness and social isolation; now I'm not sure I would consider a full on remote role. I consider myself introverted and the social interaction at work is all the interaction I hav
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by arenaninja 7y ago
Over the past year I've been relying on mental/written models especially when writing something new. It's useful for communicating - in a team setting I can communicate APIs to other team members before it's written and
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by arenaninja 7y ago
I've used AngelList (successfully) and LinkedIn (landed interviews but no roles) in the past. I currently have a role but I will answer anybody that reaches out to me. I tend to look for the following: 1) role/title alignment with

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