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by cj 2y ago
I think the word you’re looking for is furlough.
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by cj 2y ago
A simple question to ask an employer during an interview is whether the company is profitable or not. If so, for how long?
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by cj 2y ago
I think the parent’s main point is that even if LLMs sustain exponential advancement, that doesn’t guarantee that humanity’s advancement will mimic technology’s growth curve. In other words, it’s possible to have rapid technological advance
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by cj 2y ago
AWS support in general is extremely good in my experience. (We pay for whatever the tier below Enterprise is called, I think it costs 10% of your spend) I’ve been on 4 hour screenshare with AWS engineers working through some infrastructure
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by cj 2y ago
TikTok itself is banned in mainland china. Do you need much more of a source? Yes, you could say Douyin is available in place of TikTok, but have you asked yourself why they have 2 separate apps? One for mainland China, and another for ever
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by cj 2y ago
That’s kind of like telling parents that they should tell their kids to eat their vegetables when sitting next to McDonalds.
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by cj 2y ago
We have web standards, but one area they breakdown is adoption of those standards. Each browser seems to pick and choose which standards they want to adopt and when. Sometimes Chrome will support a new CSS syntax for months or years before
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by cj 2y ago
I've been continually impressed with Sonos. I spent $2-3k on a full Sonos setup over a decade ago , and everything* is still fully supported and works perfectly. Without a subscription fee! Sonos is the only company whose hardware I&#
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by cj 2y ago
I think this was also true 50 years ago. I’m unconvinced that we’re working harder today compared to the past. I do agree society overall is higher stress mainly due to the internet and constant attention grabbing in all directions.
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by cj 2y ago
My best friend died of brain cancer. Although not from the cancer itself. He died of an opioid overdose. He was prescribed pain killers for cancer-related pain, and got hooked. His doctors stopped prescribing, so he found it elsewhere, and
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by cj 2y ago
Exactly this. All of our local plumbers and electricians were bought out by a PE firm and merged together. So now to call the electrician, I need to be a “member” and pay $25/mo (annual commitment billed monthly) for the privilege of c
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by cj 2y ago
Fun fact: Microsoft Ads (the place you go to buy ads on Bing) is essentially a carbon copy of Google Ads in every way imaginable. The UI is, quite literally, exactly the same. The names of the features are nearly identical. There is very l
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by cj 2y ago
> The Doomsday Book is intended to help lawyers of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York aid their clients in crisis management. It was originally distributed to a limited set of lawyers and select senior staff members. This has changed w
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by cj 2y ago
Of course it does, if you remove price from the equation!
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by cj 2y ago
Scenario: You get bloodwork done. You upload the report to an AI app and ask it for its interpretation. It says you have high cholesterol, low testosterone, and some elevated liver values. The next day you start seeing ads on instagram for
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by cj 2y ago
The simplest explanation is that it’s possible, but there isn’t an obvious ROI for having a highly trained tactical team. Highly trained tactical teams are useful for precision strikes. Most goals of a militia don’t require that much precis
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by cj 2y ago
The article isn’t strictly talking about prisoners. In the example in the article, a kid vandalized a tombstone in a graveyard, and can’t find a job years later.
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by cj 2y ago
All of my leases have had a variation of that clause, except it usually requires guests get permission if staying longer than X nights within Y time period because the landlord doesn't want the tenant to accidentally allow someone to e
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by cj 2y ago
Sure, awkward timing. But the alternative would be to change the timing for… optics?
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by cj 2y ago
I don’t think his problem is money. I think his problem is his identity (founder of Loom) suddenly disappeared. Now he needs to develop a new identity. This is especially difficult for single founders without kids (in the sense that people
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by cj 2y ago
I lived in SF for 10 years as a founder and moved back to NY 5 years ago. I can’t answer yes to nearly any of the questions. A reminder of how fast things and trends evolve.
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by cj 2y ago
Outside of big tech, those titles aren’t common. Level X SWE vs staff vs principal doesn’t mean anything to a lot of people who aren’t in that orbit.
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by cj 2y ago
(Not original commenter) “Staff” engineer is typically one of the most senior and highest paid engineer titles in very large tech company. “Staff plus” is implying they are the best of the best.
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by cj 2y ago
It's very possible it has been a deal long time in the making. When you're in an acquisition process, the acquirer will often prey on your weaknesses to get a better deal. If Employer.com had already been in talks prior to the shu
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by cj 2y ago
were honest with the candidate about why we asked the question.
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by cj 2y ago
1 paycheck of just a few thousand dollars USD is a lot of money in other countries. The scam is hold on to the job for at least 1 paycheck. It’s a expensive for companies to (legally) fire people, so if you get hired you typically can get a
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by cj 2y ago
Can’t edit the comment anymore. But it’s implied that the company would pay for all travel. The “gotcha” is that the company would also see the departing airport, which exposes foreign candidates posing as US citizens.
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by cj 2y ago
> I also switched to only on-site interviews. My initial technical screenings are still done remotely. Pro tip for anyone hiring engineers for remote positions: Tell the applicant that there “might be” an in person technical assessment,
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by cj 2y ago
This is something I would happily pay for. And a great use of LLM. If someone were to turn this into a business, offer the workout advice for free and then charge extra by layering in nutrition and meal plans on top. Then sell to personal t
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by cj 2y ago
The disconnect you have with me (your customer) is that I don’t want or need a “tech enabled service”. I just want the service. Sometimes being a Pilot customer feels like I’m being experimented on. Instead of humans reliably doing our book

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