Y
HN Search
Hacker News Search
new
|
comments
|
top
|
jobs
gcheong
searching PlanetScale…
1.
▲
2.
▲
3.
▲
4.
▲
5.
▲
6.
▲
46 ms
·
571.
▲
by
gcheong
6y ago
Before lockdown I would walk to the store almost everyday or every other day buying only what I needed for meals for that day or two. After lockdown I've only ventured to the store once and have since switched to ordering from Instacar
572.
▲
by
gcheong
6y ago
I’m curious to know from anyone who has hired through triplebyte - has the quality of candidates been consistently better in terms of success at the company post-hire than it has through your previous recruiting efforts? Also, for a candida
573.
▲
by
gcheong
6y ago
One of the better ones I had was a take-home problem where the hiring manager actually scheduled a meeting with me to go over my solution in detail. It allowed me to cover things I thought I did well as well as explain where I would have im
574.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
I had no problem spending many hours learning to program the Apple II+ we had but I always felt forced to practice playing the piano. I think the difference for me was the computer was a puzzle to be figured out and I saw a lot of potential
575.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
Do you think now would be a good time to explore ideas for productizing any aspects of your business?
576.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
I can't hate you for doing what you need to do to get another job, I hate that this it what interviewing has come to and the companies capitalizing off it.
577.
▲
Instacart’s gig workers are planning a nationwide strike
(vice.com)
212 points
by
gcheong
7y ago
|
150 comments
578.
▲
Why an acclaimed Georgia Tech prof is barred from Covid-19 research
(ajc.com)
8 points
by
gcheong
7y ago
|
0 comments
579.
▲
Software Development Is Not About Unit Tests
(medium.com)
4 points
by
gcheong
7y ago
|
0 comments
580.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
A Liberated Mind - Steven Hayes https://stevenchayes.com/a-liberated-mind/ Stopping the Noise in Your Head - Reid Wilson
581.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
No it can't because you cannot deprive a person that doesn't exist of anything. That's an absurdist position. Also the free-time aspect of it for me doesn't even factor because, as I said, the argument isn't whether
582.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
I'd go further and say that the central question shouldn't be whether having kids makes our lives better in some way, but rather is it right to impose a life on a person, as well as the inevitable death they will eventually have
583.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
I don't know how I could plan my trip any more ahead of time than making a reservation. You can't predict who else is going to be picked up but you are given a pickup window that is set in such a way, according to when your flight
584.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
I don't think what I'm imagining is too far from what many farmers who do it for a living aim to provide for their animals as I've known them from where I grew up. Whether or not such operations can scale to meet current dema
585.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
Hunting takes some skill in being able to find or attract your prey and place a humane shot so considering the effort required to get to that point it is probably not realistic for most people. But further to your suggestion, what is a norm
586.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
The one reason I take super shuttle to the airport is because I can schedule it ahead and I can at least be certain they will do whatever they can to honor the reservation. While for now uber/lyft are probably available often enough th
587.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
Does any of this contradict the facts stated in the article? Is there something specifically false that you can point to?
588.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
Or there is some other factor they didn't control for.
589.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
"It is now well known that neonicotinoids negatively affect pollinators" Do they?: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/11/01/global-consens... "Using data on zooplankton, water quality, and
590.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
The just copied it from Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autorecessive.svg
591.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
I don't know if opening the platform more or having alternative app stores is the answer, but Apple should have some responsibility to give the developer a clear indication of what triggered the investigation, what they believe the iss
592.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
Maybe, maybe not. It sounds to me like they revoked the app because they didn't want users to suffer a critical bug until they could put out a fix. I think that's a good thing and I see no reason why it should trigger an investiga
593.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
Deregulation of the airlines put air travel within reach of regular people to the point where it is now a commodity and nobody cares about anything but getting the cheapest flight. Growing up it was unusual for my parents to take a flight a
594.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
Omnivore but limited to 500 calories 3 days per week (Tues, Thurs, Sun - aka alternate day fasting), free feeding all other days.
595.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
If having children is so wonderful one must wonder why men still haven’t by large decided to pitch in when it comes to the nuts and bolts of child rearing. While I would agree that any vocational claim of making the world a better place is
596.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
If they're coming to you offering to do this it is most likely a scam as others have said or something you could easily do yourself. First place I would check is with your state's unclaimed property (e.g. in california: https:&#x
597.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
Depends on if the contract allows it or not. Companies sometimes prohibit this due to non-disclosure agreements or security concerns.
598.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
I think andrew_19’s comment about the guy who subcontracted the jobs out to people where 1/10 salary is thought to be hitting the jackpot is probably the better way to go here if you’re even seriously considering the job in the first p
599.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
A good analogy to the whole "so then why live?" question would be that of going to see a movie and realizing that you don't care all that much for it. It's not quite bad enough to make you get up and leave so you do stay
600.
▲
by
gcheong
7y ago
Trying to find the motivation to prepare for the arbitrary algorithm interviews when you believe on principle that this is just the wrong way to hire.
More ›