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by eqdw 8y ago
I guarantee you that they are taking some. The hypocrisy is infuriating
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by eqdw 8y ago
Not sad that they do it. Sad that they do it _stupidly_ Almost everything described in this article as an optimization was something that makes my experience worse
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by eqdw 8y ago
I still haven't the faintest idea what truffle oil is, but I know that it ruins anything it's put on
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by eqdw 8y ago
My bay area commutes: 2012-2013, live in SF work in San Mateo 25 minute walk to caltrain + 45 minute caltrain ride + 5 minute walk from caltrain ====> 75 minute door to door 2013-2014, live in SF (Potrero Ave in the Mission) work in SF (
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by eqdw 9y ago
I can't speak to most of the following, but I just escaped California for Texas and I'm fairly familiar with the numbers. Per a recent news article (don't have it handy, but it was on HN so someone will probably post it), mov
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by eqdw 9y ago
Ways in which this headline is potentially misleading: 1) Driving for Uber/Lyft/etc is not a full time job, and was not intended to be a full time job. It's a piecemeal work side job. The flexibility of working when you want,
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by eqdw 9y ago
Are you familiar with the writing of Patrick Mackenzie? patio11 on hackernews, kalzumeus.org. His career trajectory has been similar to your story, in that he was a line engineer who went independent. The think that makes patrick great, tho
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by eqdw 9y ago
I used to believe that middle managers were useless shits who wasted my time and got in the way of work. I imagined that the flat organizational model made more sense: since this is what my day to day life is, anyway, at least we get rid of
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by eqdw 9y ago
At first glance I didn't realize that "kissa " was a censored curse word, and I thought that "kissa" was a new slang for "kiss-a *" So I'd like to propose a new slang term, "kissa"...
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by eqdw 9y ago
This is a good point, and one I didn't consider. But > I'm not saying that it's necessarily the case here, but the behaviour of "well let's just fire this one person, no matter who was in the wrong" is only
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by eqdw 9y ago
+1. Parent comment's argument is not great because, among other things, the exact same argument could be made right back at them. Amongst almost everybody I know, "meritocracy" still means it's dictionary definition. If
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by eqdw 9y ago
Word games. "Best people" can mean the best team. I mean like honestly, if you don't care _in principle_ about the quality of your staff, how are you deciding who to hire?
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by eqdw 9y ago
> You can be fired for just about any reason in the United States. Not generally true, it varies on a state by state basis. It _is_ generally true of California tho, so carry on
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by eqdw 9y ago
I've seen two people fired for being difficult to work with before. One was very critical of other peoples' work, and would not take criticism well herself. She would make everything very personal. Despite being a junior engineer
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by eqdw 9y ago
> Without concrete and public metrics of "merit", it becomes a buzzword for reinforcing the biases (conscious or not) of the evaluators. I wish we could have discussions like this in the wider community without people going kne
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by eqdw 9y ago
I'm reading between the lines a lot, and therefore am probably wrong, but I suspect what happened was one of the two following scenarios: 1. (Less likely) She did a lot of work, but it was not high priority work. It was good engineerin
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by eqdw 9y ago
> The main thing I've taken away from the whole github situation is that, as a tech company, you should just entirely stay away from public involvement in the social justice sphere. That doesn't mean exclusively hiring white me
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by eqdw 11y ago
in grade 12 at my highschool we had a whole unit by the guidance staff about college. We took personality/aptitude tests that were all "tell us about yourself and we'll list some jobs you might consider preparing for" Am
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by eqdw 11y ago
Not true. In 2014, the 99th percentile of personal income was was $240k, and the 99th percentile of household income was $330k. http://i.imgur.com/cCmRisG.png source http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com&#x2F
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by eqdw 11y ago
> It happens. That is, in fact, the explicit point of controlled inflation. Apple's cash is subject to the same effect
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by eqdw 11y ago
That's the point where you quote a wildly inflated salary with a straight face. "My last salary was $300,000. Yes, seriously. Is that too high for you? We can discuss this further in negotiations, I'm flexible"
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by eqdw 11y ago
I live in a lower income neighbourhood in the east bay, because prices have risen so fast, and I'm so new, that that's all I can afford. I've on several occasions been accused of gentrification, sometimes even by close friend
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by eqdw 11y ago
In reality, gentrification is short term bad, long term good. In peoples' minds, gentrification is bad. Most of the arguments against it are poorly supported and/or disingenuous. But the legitimate ones all refer to the instabilit
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by eqdw 11y ago
What sources are you talking about? I just did a quick once-over and I couldn't find any links to the leadership institute
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by eqdw 12y ago
> If I bought stock in Apple years ago, because I thought it was a smart thing to do, and I simply held the stock, should other people get a cut of my gains when I sell? They already do, indirectly, through cap gains taxes
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by eqdw 12y ago
Every time I see one of these articles, I get confused. I have to wonder what mysterious world they live in. There are many reasons I don't use a car (I own one; I rarely use it). They're all touched on in here. But beyond a shado
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by eqdw 12y ago
What do you want the label to say? A moderately detailed label, that says "This product is a GMO containing genes X, Y, and Z, from Q Lab at B Company, manufactured on Y/M/D". This is a good label. A label that says &quo
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by eqdw 12y ago
> and more like small community centers, in line with the historical role of coffee shops. People have been talking about this recently, and I've even gone to a handful of local cafes that explicitly state this as their purpose, but
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by eqdw 12y ago
> Short of more fanciful solutions like fully elevated or underground passageways, you're going to need roughly the same grid of roads even if you eliminate cars. Not actually true. Grids come in many different shapes and sizes. As
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by eqdw 12y ago
Food for thought: A ~450 sqft studio apartment in SF costs about $2k/mo in rent. a ~150 sqft monthly parking spot (as per http://sanfrancisco.bestparking.com/ ), costs about $400 Three parking spots takes up the same s

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