garbawarb

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by garbawarb 6mo ago
There was a golden age (2010-2020 or so?) when a CS degree of as basically an easy ticket to the upper middle class. Unlike similar well-paying jobs like law or medicine, a bachelor's degree was enough. Now it's not easy to get a
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
What do the American people hold dear?
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
Interestingly people had much bigger families before cars existed at all.
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
In retrospect I appreciate that Meta's layoffs were "leaked" a few days beforehand. Employees could at least mentally prepare and Meta could save face by saying well we didn't pre-announce these layoffs.
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
Pretty vicious. As an employee I wouldn't consider working at Oracle or any company that's done this when there are plenty of companies which, despite layoffs sucking for everyone involved, at least compensate their employees dece
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
It sounds like OP is talking about having this extra pair with them where they go, not just having a pair in general.
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Meta cutting several hundred jobs across Reality Labs, Facebook and others(cnbc.com)
3 points by garbawarb 7mo ago|0 comments
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
Can you name some companies whose products are built on original ideas?
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
Does this mean he owes US income tax? Maybe the IRS will get him.
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
Korea too, and any other country. There are some great movies that push the boundaries of storytelling but those are just as rare as great American movies.
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
It's too bad Whedon won't be a part of it. I wonder if there's a way to sufficiently un-cancel someone like him. Like sit him down and say, we're going to give you another chance but you need to be on your best behavior
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
Source?
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
Not even good seats, but if you're in a group you may not be all able to sit together. Or if you get your tickets and someone wants to join you later, there could be nothing left near you. I'm not a fan of assigned seating for tho
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
The interviewed individual worked at the US state department. But The Walrus is a Canadian outlet so their writings are rarely about the US.
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
If you're wondering "Why is this on HN?" > “It was a choice. It was a choice that was made at the start of the civil war. It was the most accurately predicted massacre in human history. We had two and a half years to stop
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The Most Accurately Predicted Genocide in History(thewalrus.ca)
20 points by garbawarb 7mo ago|7 comments
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
Do a search for "Meta" in HN and their 2022 layoffs of 11000 people is one of the most-voted posts with over two thousand upvotes. Now in 2026 it barely registers as news.
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
I doubt it, E2E isba huge part of Whatsapp's selling point considering it's exclusively a messaging app. Instagram is primarily a social app with messaging features.
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
When Meta starting introducing E2E messaging it was a huge push. I wonder why they're doing away with it.
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
I read this as techno bros. Frankly that wouldn't be a bad life.
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
Are drugs in high schools really a problem in WA? Where are you in Canada and how does it compare?
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
Another option is to increase the tax base. Washington has had high population growth this century which has been great for revenues.
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
Who are the "good" immigrants? It's a topic that's been talked about a lot recently but most countries, and I imagine states too, prefer that people with more money or income potential move there versus people with less.
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by garbawarb 7mo ago
When I was a new grad moving to the US and deciding where to live and work, the biggest draw of Seattle was its lack of income tax. Of course this particular $1 million threshold wouldn't apply to me until I'm very late in my care
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WA income tax clears House after 24-hour debate(seattletimes.com)
61 points by garbawarb 7mo ago|180 comments
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by garbawarb 8mo ago
The bigger news is that it would be WA's first-ever income tax, along with the tax on capital gains income they just introduced. You can look at any historical example of introducing income tax in the US to see that the rates always ex
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by garbawarb 8mo ago
Anthropic is a supply chain risk. Why on earth would they allow them to be used in such important tooling?
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Cursor Annualized Revenue Doubles to over $2B(bloomberg.com)
3 points by garbawarb 8mo ago|0 comments
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by garbawarb 8mo ago
To any Iranians of HN: how do you feel about the current situation, and what's the sentiment of Iranians abroad?
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Few US Businesses Have Paid $100k Fee to Hire H-1B Workers(news.bloomberglaw.com)
4 points by garbawarb 8mo ago|0 comments

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