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by danrocks 4y ago
Tiktok does: https://www.jobsage.com/companies/leadership/tiktok
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by danrocks 4y ago
Well they probably are, but there is a non-zero chance they'll end up in jail for a very long time, in which case their riches won't matter much.
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by danrocks 4y ago
Do his backers get the bond money back if he does show up and the process runs without any hiccups?
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by danrocks 4y ago
Wouldn't it be interesting if the people who secured the other part of his bail bond are all rich individuals holding all of their net worth in crypto?
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by danrocks 4y ago
I often wonder what high-level American executives that work at these Chinese companies feel like, specially when news like this comes to life. Do they feel like they're just doing their job? Are they afraid of getting arrested? Do the
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by danrocks 4y ago
Go on.
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by danrocks 4y ago
People like Chamath Palihapitiya, who can probably do both. All while lecturing us about how bad our society is and how he's ashamed of having been part of Facebook (I'm sure he'll say the same about SPACs later).
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by danrocks 4y ago
I have always wondered how Neumann was able to afford all of this. Did he sell shares of WeWork to SoftBank? Obtained some loans giving illiquid shares as collateral? I really don’t understand how these founders get so rich with a money los
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by danrocks 4y ago
I read the linked article and I could not make any sense of it.
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by danrocks 4y ago
Wow that's nothing.
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by danrocks 4y ago
Which company? YouTube isn't paying you? Serious accusation, would be worth a longer (public) post.
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by danrocks 4y ago
“I’m assembling a crew for one last job”
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by danrocks 4y ago
In fact, this is so prevalent that in Brazil there's a name for it: "esquerdomacho". It's someone that proclaims belief in all social justice and gender inequality issues just to get laid. Esquerda = Left Macho = well,
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by danrocks 4y ago
This looks like it has been written by ChatGPT.
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by danrocks 4y ago
I wish I could pay you a beer to hear the whole story in person.
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by danrocks 4y ago
Gross profit, not net profit.
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by danrocks 4y ago
I am all for free markets, but I am frustrated about how these unprofitable distribution companies just won't die. They are a net negative for our society.
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by danrocks 4y ago
Bitcoin solves that.
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by danrocks 4y ago
> Seriously though I believe the blockchain has always been hidden behind an API hosted by IBM I kind of misread what you said and read "Bitcoin" instead of "blockchain", but this wrong scenario is as funny as your co
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by danrocks 4y ago
I worked on a project for the biggest airline in SE Asia that was essentially their loyalty platform on the blockchain. The idea was that other airlines would also put their points on the same blockchain and they'd somehow become inter
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by danrocks 4y ago
I challenge the premise that Darth Vader didn't love his son.
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by danrocks 4y ago
Either you support this statement with data or you're talking out of your behind.
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by danrocks 4y ago
Just to train the ML models used in the NLU, ASR, and other ML-based platforms, I heard the number of $150m/year when I worked there.
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by danrocks 4y ago
Well, I worked at Alexa in the past. For the jokes you like, there was a team of about 10-12 developers plus 3-4 product managers, and BI infrastructure. They had their own speechlet. This group cost what, $3m/year to Amazon, more or l
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by danrocks 4y ago
A-. It would be grade A if it ended with a crypto story.
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by danrocks 4y ago
Is it really that bizarre of a conspiracy? If you browse Blind for a day you kind of lose the faith in software engineering as a profession. People proud for making $400k while working 5 hours a week.
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by danrocks 4y ago
This simple method would weed out half of Microsoft. Lots of Principals and Architects who haven't coded in a decade.
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by danrocks 4y ago
Correct. If you're a PM on AWS and you launch a service, promotion chances will increase substantially. This is the main reason why the product portfolio is so bloated with services that are minor variations of other, existing services
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by danrocks 4y ago
I would say that 1) the experience varies by team 2) there's a lot of truth to that. But it's not a matter of being sacred, but the (sad) fact that Amazon being a ruthlessly data-driven business, investment on the tools and on red
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by danrocks 4y ago
Former Amazonian here. The learning is unmatched. I've been in different FAANGs but the way that Amazon pushes one to learn and challenge the status quo is unthinkable. I never saw "no, you can't do that, that system/bus

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