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by gtyras2mrs 5y ago
This is exactly the case - large consulting companies tend to hire loads of people fresh out of college (out of any engineering discipline) get them through a crash course and hand over work that's secured by onsite consultants. Attrit
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by gtyras2mrs 5y ago
> Money doesn't buy happiness. The best things in life are free. No. No. Happiness is extremely difficult to find if you are financially insecure. Money has a marginal effect on happiness after a certain limit. But to say money does
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by gtyras2mrs 5y ago
> Despite Google's internal zeal for AV1, when it comes to streaming hardware, Roku is actually doing a better job supporting AV1 than Google. The official scoreboard shows that Roku has one AV1-compatible device, the $100 Roku Ultr
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by gtyras2mrs 5y ago
AV1 might be a great codec, but does that mean that they can push for hardware decode which would add costs? Roku I believe already has AV1 hardware support on their $100 device. I think they couldn't get it into their cheaper product
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by gtyras2mrs 5y ago
Even on the same side, there's quite a few shouting matches that quickly spirals out when idealists "call out" pragmatists who compromise on a few things. Not sure how appropriate it would be from a US context, but say Bernie
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by gtyras2mrs 5y ago
Doesn't seem like 'strange reasoning' at all. Since the comment was like 'having only 1 driver is likely to be a liability', to which you responded 'show me a vehicle with no drivers' and you got a respons
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by gtyras2mrs 5y ago
I don't think he's complaining the the CEOs get paid a salary. I think he's saying that even when a CEO massively screws up - they get a multi-million dollar golden parachute.
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by gtyras2mrs 5y ago
I would say wealth inequality is comparable to rain in that regard, as it seems to be reinforcing itself. Wealth inequality leads to more wealth inequality as the rich are able to highly leverage their wealth to get richer? > In actualit
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by gtyras2mrs 5y ago
> Look at all the speculation in crypto, or young people making huge, speculative options bets on r/wallstreetbets, or the web 2.0 tech scene. Coinbase went public a few weeks ago. To say there is stagnation or aversion to risk tak
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by gtyras2mrs 5y ago
From a US perspective, how would you deal with interstate commerce? Would the federal government be able to interfere as a result? Would companies State A (where drugs are legal) be able to trade freely with citizens in State B (where drugs
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by gtyras2mrs 5y ago
> funny that indian government asked twitter to remove anything critical of its handling over COVID, with 350k daily cases, but they are democratic so they get a pass. no this isn't whataboutism, this is pointing out the double stan
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by gtyras2mrs 6y ago
What's the planned size of the display? To me, a physical calendar is useful to get an idea of the schedule at a glance - but this seems like it will be too small to get a clear idea at a glance. I'm guessing 6"-7" ? TBH
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by gtyras2mrs 6y ago
> If impersonating is the reason they couldn't have just regulated a requirement to clearly list if the ad is by the owner or a third party, and not throw away the baby Because so many people will never comprehend that the lisitng i
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by gtyras2mrs 6y ago
I'm guessing because Pinterest buys ads from Google? They're the customers from Google's PoV.
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by gtyras2mrs 6y ago
> https://archive.is/6eE5g > "India Is Letting Grain Go To Rot—While Thousands Of Indians Die Of Malnutrition Every Day" While is true - this is a systemic problem much older than Modi. Also FYI article is f
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by gtyras2mrs 6y ago
> every corporate Jira instance I've ever worked with has been overrun with every possible field possible I've seen multiple different fields for the same value, each of them created for their specific team. The instance is slo
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by gtyras2mrs 6y ago
Yea, that car is terrifying to ride in. Especially in anything more than slow city traffic. When I rode in one, I wasn't expecting much - since the car I was used to was a Maruti 800. But the Omni was terrifying, like one notch above a
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by gtyras2mrs 6y ago
I think you should read the parent comment with a caveat - "in India" on each claim.
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by gtyras2mrs 6y ago
> I think if someone makes such party, people will vote for it as taxes affect them directly or indirectly. 2 issues. As stated in another comment, most of the income taxes / import taxes etc affect a tiny fraction of the population
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by gtyras2mrs 6y ago
Easier to win 1 battle and set precedent for the next battles. Trying to fight 5 battles at once seems unwise.
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by gtyras2mrs 6y ago
They cannot fight all battles at once. They probably think they have a better chance of winning this battle and setting the precedent for the next battles for other "app store" issues.
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by gtyras2mrs 6y ago
Could just be at the wrong door. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/09/aiyana-stanley-...
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by gtyras2mrs 7y ago
I mean, other sites[0] that I've used seem to have a list of major cities (not Google Maps autocomplete) [0] https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
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by gtyras2mrs 7y ago
Parent comment seems to suggest the same thing. Ban the collection of data for targeted advertising. Instead the only data that targeted ads can use would be provided by the user voluntarily. Not collected. No checkbox for consent. If user
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by gtyras2mrs 7y ago
>Threats to person, property or family are illegal and punishable. Not all cops are dirty. The vast majority are ethical. Frank Serpico and Adrian Schoolcraft. Two cops who tried to expose corruption. Serpico got shot in the face in an a
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by gtyras2mrs 7y ago
While Teams isn't as good as Slack IMO, it is better than the experience of using Skype (Lync) For Business by a country mile. I've the misfortune of being forced to use Skype and I would kill to have it replaced with Teams at my
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by gtyras2mrs 7y ago
Reminds me of a stand-up routine by Dara O'Briain, "for the sake of balance, we must now turn to Barry who believes the sky is a carpet painted by God". Obviously an exaggeration in this case - but here one guy is a recognize
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by gtyras2mrs 7y ago
I don't believe that necessarily. I think people are not rational to think that "oh its too expensive" - I think they will still try to hoard it and speculate on prices going up to 15x. And so on and on until the crises ends
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by gtyras2mrs 7y ago
Sounds like sarcasm to me. (Since folks somewhere above say that monitoring dashboards are an anti pattern and what you need is alerts)
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by gtyras2mrs 7y ago
The thing about Quora is that I would never use it to get an answer to a question. I only go there to read a few people's opinions on things. If you restrict yourself to those people then Quora seems ok. If a Quora link shows up in my

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