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by chris11 6y ago
Yeah, I really don't get SPACs. From a company's perspective it just seems like a faster way to go public with less regulation. SPACs seem decent for the initial investors. But I don't see how investing in a public SPAC is be
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I'd do about anything on the International Space Station.
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Isn't 10k a small investment?
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> If you do amazing work and nobody knows about it, your luck is zero. But I don't think that implies the type of marketing social media apps gets you is valuable. For instance, I'd think that giving talks at conferences would
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by chris11 6y ago
My employer is talking about having a core set of days where everyone is onsite and then a few days where you can wfh. I like that, it avoids losing my desk and wondering if someone is in on a certain day.
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Is that a really fair comparison? I'd say it's location dependent. A street in a small neighborhood, yes kids running out in front of you could be a possibility. But I don't know if humans can handle that well. It's safe
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by chris11 6y ago
I've noticed that increasing the number of something usually indicates increases complexity. Working with another team takes more time than just keeping the work in one team. Working with two takes longer. Same with things like the num
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by chris11 6y ago
I still have a 4770k. I have a newer gpu, and it seems to be working ok for me. I'm planning on upgrading in 2022 when DDR5 is available.
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In their defense, I went to a large state university, and some classes used automated grading as part of the assignment grade. One class was basically just one large group project, a large portion of my grade there was based on peer feedbac
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> people using Waterfall for software development. Is anyone really doing Waterfall now? Maybe earlier some industries used a Waterfall like process. But actual descriptions of Waterfall seem to go back 50 years to Royce's paper, Ma
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> I too have worked many places that did not have success with scrum -- all of them had one thing in common, they didn't actually follow one of them To me that approach goes against the original principles for agile, especially &qu
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by chris11 6y ago
Same here. My employer is fortunate to be doing well. I've heard we are seeing some really good applicants. But they want to compete with top tech companies. So initial offers are going up, they are still giving out raises, and benefit
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> So while it’s not branded, the reputation is overall positive. I agree. Trader Joes has a lot of white label stuff, I'd say I usually have a higher impression of their white labeled products than branded products at the same price
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by chris11 6y ago
Central Computers can have decent pricing on items, it can be really convenient. They also were reserving gpus for instore customers for awhile, albeit marked up.
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by chris11 6y ago
I really liked Fry's years ago. It was depressing to see inventory go down so quickly last couple years. I would like a local Microcenter. Their prices are decent and they have good motherboard/cpu combos.
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> no one works as a team anymore. everyone gets their project One complaint I have about some agile implementations is that it takes away individual ownership and reduces larger problems to a series of less interesting choices. I agree
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> Seriously, I was between jobs for a while and it was the best time I've had in ages. I guess that depends on your financial situation. When I've been between jobs it has always stressed me out. I haven't been in a situat
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by chris11 6y ago
That's an easy question to answer. She has a cs related masters and Phd. And she has done research at Johns Hopkins and Microsoft.
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by chris11 6y ago
Also, artificial intelligence is dealing with a lot of controversial issues. Things like privacy, data ownership, and discrimination. Government is getting involved. SF banned facial recognition, and both progressives and conservatives are
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What about equity though? It seems like tech companies headquartered SF/Seattle are more likely to give large equity packages. Sure, startups are risky, but equity is liquid if the company is public.
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That was a political decision made intentionally to prevent federal oversight of their power grid. I have read they have a few connections though.
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Full functionality requires both lane keep assist for steering and active cruise control for gas/brake. It uses data from car systems, but the model is closed so I'm not quite sure how the data is used. The website does list what
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It requires a car with adapative cruise control and also uses data from the cars stock radar.
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There's a lot of drives on youtube available. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22y-LaiDkrM I love it for freeway driving. I don't really use it for city driving though. If you would find cruise control annoying on
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Yeah, I'm including equity. Equity at a public company like Google is liquid and easier to value. But usually new grad offers don't include a lot of equity. I'd say that pre-ipo unicorns can also be a great option if it'
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> The best advice I've seen is to value stock options at zero. I don't know. I understand that, but on the flip side I got lucky and currently my equity is worth money. In SV equity can make up a large portion of your compensat
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There's a wide range of salaries. The highest paying companies will pay $175+ to a new grad. A of jobs pay $200k+ with equity for senior engineers.
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If significantly raising the pay of Amazon's low-paid workers would negatively impact it's value then part of Bezo's wealth comes from keeping Amazon's cost of labor low.
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What's the average effective tax rate for high-net-worth+ individuals if unrealized capital gains are included as income? It seems like people get an increasing level of control over their taxes as their networth increases. Choosing wh
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That's cool, I'll have to try it out when it's in the bay area.

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