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elisharobinson
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elisharobinson
8mo ago
Something i see pop up in large Orgs and software solutions is as follows. - you create large number of working small apps . - you create a spec from these apps . - create a huge app . - make a Dsl to make extensible . - extend the Dsl to f
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elisharobinson
2y ago
we are talking about a pure <hypothetical> scenario which is not related to present day reality . If we are talking about reality "skill" is rarely the deciding factor when individuals decide to migrate. it is about risk tol
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elisharobinson
2y ago
this assumes that a smart person would move to US 100% of the time. given the bipolar nature of US i doubt 100% of smart people would move .
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elisharobinson
2y ago
this is not only not true , it has no basis's in reality. In the "real" world there are tradeoff's and constraints. scaling does not work infinitely , and products which are delivered by good engneering cultures have a
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elisharobinson
2y ago
What is quality https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uAfUOfSY-S0&t=685s&pp=2AGtBZAC... Please learn
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elisharobinson
2y ago
they are afloat using VC math . I dont think modern web is a place for a social media company. the AD revenue / AWS bill does not make sense. Unless they become a data broker like Meta. Or become the microphone for a group or individua
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elisharobinson
2y ago
so you would admit that a 25% diff in base pay would be plausible . so would you also admit a 25% diff in benifits would also be plausible . granted the total diff would work out to somewhere around 30~40% range , but i still hold if we are
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elisharobinson
2y ago
so your telling me my analysis is flawed because i didnt take META as a base. MY guy the article is about CTS. NOT META. H1B is to tech what H2A is for agriculture . Yall want to Drive the combine ( Managment, Software development, VC ) but
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elisharobinson
2y ago
thanks for the ref , but it kinda proves the point . your source suggests the avg comp for senior software engineer is 100-150 K . on glass door it 178-263 . https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/senior-software-engineer-.
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elisharobinson
2y ago
Some of the reasons why this is happening : -> Getting an assignment in the US is viewed as a reward for employees who work in the company for 5+ years. -> H1B visa employess are given a 50% minimum discount to market rate. cause lol
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elisharobinson
2y ago
NO. A tax is a bad way to regulate any system in the long run. Ideally i would like all telescopes be shifted to outer space. if spacex or its competitor created a orbital satellite network and charged a monthly / yearly fee to get a f
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elisharobinson
2y ago
the solution is IMO , telescopes in space, even if starlink we to deploy newer better satellites the noise will be more because of the additive effect of the number of them which need to be in orbit. There is no viable way to go back. milit
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elisharobinson
2y ago
future mob bosses gonna be competing for ocean cleanup rights XD.
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elisharobinson
2y ago
just means you havnt read much about trucks https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1370PE/#:~:text=(Reut... .
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elisharobinson
3y ago
Assuming that the requirement quality is a constant . And humans as system have the ability to compile this high level instruction to low level code. now imagine there exists systems which A. Augments human ability making it more efficient
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elisharobinson
3y ago
when reasoning from first principles there is a "log" which you can look back and reflect on which helps to reevaluate either the axioms or inference steps. this is more time consuming. reasoning by pattern matching is quicker , w
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elisharobinson
4y ago
"carbon credit" != "tax credit" carbon credit: EU law fines ICE car makers for making cars. they inturn purchase carbon credits to have the right to keep polluting. further more tesla made 53 B$ in rev for 2021. 1.5B is
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elisharobinson
4y ago
they have grown production capacity yoy of >50% , 2021 was a heavy capex year. tesla makes > 30% margin on each car sold.
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elisharobinson
4y ago
not quite, if you bought it in the open market its 10~20% more $ than having a fixed longterm contract. and ICE carmakers usually have one OEM like samsung and Panasonic who have interest in getting best price for each cell . Tesla has inho
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elisharobinson
4y ago
"carmaker" != "electric carmaker" , all other carmakers DO NOT make profitable EV's and require heavy subsidies to be in parity. Tesla has better margins because it is vertically integrated . Apple will NEVER make a
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elisharobinson
4y ago
Kinda sucks where the IRS is quicker to jump on the prospect to tax transactions ... Than the sec or fed is too offer solutions for protecting users from shit coins and fraud exchanges .. that's life I guess
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elisharobinson
4y ago
There are no right answers.. My personal understanding is that any economic activity is directly proportional to energy spent and no of operations or movements... To explain with example.. Aws has many cloud services sql, ai, networking, et
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elisharobinson
4y ago
A worm on its own is faster than a horse in the mill stone . It's bad mindset to think that all software companies are the same , there are some companies which ship things other than CRUD apps on the web(shocker !!) . My main gripe i
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elisharobinson
4y ago
I want a play by play dramatic court room drama depp heard style, i want the world to see what it looks like to set a patent troll on fire in real-time
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elisharobinson
4y ago
the real problem which plague's India is over zealous "babu's" aka bureaucrats. It is very difficult to do actual good things with regards to policy so they settle for the most hype thing "ban X" and label it a
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elisharobinson
4y ago
this has "i just changed the comments and it works now but i dont know why " vibe to it.
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elisharobinson
4y ago
you make the car wet with wet clothes and shoes , smell wont go unless you dry it in the sun ... and if you dont dry it out it will smell like wet socks ...
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4y ago
OP post mentions that they were profitable in Q2 2022 by raising rates . did you not read the article .
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elisharobinson
4y ago
i am not siding with Uber but to claim that they are going to fail is a bit of hyperbole . the value proposition is quite simple for both drivers and passengers . for drivers you would make more income by driving more consistently , for pas
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elisharobinson
4y ago
Wow is this a joke . Just because you use plasma the mass transport problem does not disappear if is gaseous you have potentially toxic fumes spewing everywhere. Also tunnels need to be reinforced to prevent collapse from pockets ... Also
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