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by ftoo 9y ago
This is a complicated question, because GS Tech Division is really no different than working at any other Not-FAANG bigcorp. If you led key initiatives, definitely; if you were just a programmer, you haven’t really proven yourself yet.
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by ftoo 9y ago
That last paragraph is the very definition of Stockholm Syndrome. Facebook is an $0.5T company built on open source. Without open source, Facebook would not have been possible.
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by ftoo 9y ago
The service fee thing sounds like a class action lawsuit waiting to happen. Lawyers, start your engines...
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by ftoo 9y ago
To the people upset with CloudFlare: please explain why it is better for random startups and multinational corporations to set and enforce policy, than for elected officials and governments and courts. Because that’s basically what you’re s
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by ftoo 9y ago
Before wasting your time on this hopelessly optimistic article, here is the most important sentence: “Tencent is a content partner of The Verge in China.”
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by ftoo 9y ago
So it was still percentage based? I’m a bit confused from your phrasing. Sounds like the problem was that 5% of X could end up being millions, because it had a high ceiling? That doesn’t sound so bad.
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by ftoo 9y ago
And Kylie Jenner sold over $250 million worth of makeup last year. Celebrity sells, what’s new about this?
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by ftoo 9y ago
Wouldn’t they simply require a reserve that is proportional to the amount you’re charging for the recurring payment?
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by ftoo 9y ago
Facebook billionaire funds his own company and gets his friend’s companies to use it at work.
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by ftoo 9y ago
So, working for an Uber clone that underpays its workers and exists to further enrich its billionaire shareholders is the most exciting thing this guy could find to do with his life? After already making millions off of his past career? Thi
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by ftoo 9y ago
How does that work? Could we create an open source lib to replace Recaptcha?
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by ftoo 9y ago
Nigeria loses tens of billions of dollars a year to corruption, especially in their oil industry, especially among politicians. If I was Nigerian, I would find this sort of charity to be very embarrassing.
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by ftoo 9y ago
Can you add some contact info in your bio? Hard to give private feedback otherwise.