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by hippo22 1y ago
Most corporate employees at Amazon do get some stock, and you’re also free to exchange the money you earn for ownership of any public company.
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by hippo22 1y ago
I’ve heard multiple numbers for this layoff from unofficial sources. Does anyone think Amazon was trying to identify a leak by letting internal parties know about the layoffs with slightly different details?
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by hippo22 1y ago
It seems possible to establish a p2p connection with the camera where the company servers act as a broker.
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by hippo22 1y ago
My point is that, the reason people don’t let one bad car experience ruin all cars is because people understand that different manufacturers make cars with different levels of quality. So one bad car will ruin the perception of one manufact
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by hippo22 1y ago
If you bought a jeep and it was a lemon, you may never buy a jeep again. You just don’t view all cars as fungible. Do you think most people are capable of understanding why an expert could be wrong about gadolinium but right about vaccines?
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by hippo22 1y ago
Really? I think Silicon Valley _loves_ the H1B fee. Prior to the fee, everything was purely a lottery. There was no pay-to-win. Now there is. Silicon Valley has the most money to spend here, so they get the most talent.
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by hippo22 1y ago
I'm not a lawyer, but I believe that the weights aren't subject to copyright. So, you can use them outside of Meta's license agreement provided you get them from somewhere else.
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by hippo22 1y ago
"Gambling Disorder" is in the disorder class "Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders" in DSM-5 though.
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by hippo22 1y ago
Watching a dog that likes playing fetch is cathartic. I truly wish I had that level of purpose and fulfillment in my life.
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by hippo22 1y ago
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/select.2.html
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by hippo22 1y ago
Sure, if you choose to assume everything follows from your belief, then of course you’ll find yourself correct! Just a counterpoint, the federal government started guaranteeing student loans in the 60s. There was clearly a pre-offshoring pu
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by hippo22 1y ago
Of course, profit motivated offshoring is a cause of the current situation. But it feels a little revisionist to attribute that as the _only_ cause. Culturally, the country derided blue collar work for a long time. The fact that everyone sh
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by hippo22 1y ago
I think both engineering and sales take the customer for granted. Engineering often views their role as taking in specs and outputting product with little regard to whether or not the product is actually worth buying. Sales views customers
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by hippo22 1y ago
There are betting exchanges where the platform charges a commission but doesn’t care if you win or lose.
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by hippo22 1y ago
In all of the cases you mentioned, selling a home to pay for travel when unemployed despite needing work are all poor long term decisions.
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by hippo22 1y ago
It’s possible there are unknown circumstances, but this person sold their house and used to proceeds to travel while unemployed. They don’t seem like a great long term decision maker.
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by hippo22 1y ago
Most languages let you print the stack, so you can easily see the stack using print debugging. Anecdotally, dynamic expressions are impossibly slow in the cases I’ve tried them. As the author mentions, there are also a number of cases where
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by hippo22 1y ago
I think the outcome we're witnessing in the U.S. is simply an outcome of an insurance-backed industry. All the market forces conspire for prices to be higher. Insurance companies actually don't care how much healthcare costs becau
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by hippo22 1y ago
Sometimes there isn't a reason why a product fails to find broad product adoption. If you take VC money, you need a mega hit. Sometimes, all you find is a niche.
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by hippo22 1y ago
Is there actually any evidence that caffeine is bad for kids? From the article, it looks like the impetus for this change is concern from teachers, not from scientific research regarding the impact of high doses of caffeine on children unde
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by hippo22 1y ago
I know epoxy coating is used in large hydro power dams, so I have to assume it's used for municipal sewer lines as well.
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by hippo22 1y ago
I agree more could be done in prosecuting employers. But supporting illegal immigrants absolutely was a part of the democrat platform. Sanctuary cities are not about supporting “due process.” Also, the number of deportations does not tell t
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by hippo22 1y ago
Then I agree. But, one of the sources of inequality is labor arbitrage by the capitalist class. Tariffs decrease the utility of that arbitrage.
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by hippo22 1y ago
The worsening of the distribution of wealth is exactly the problem. Productivity is increasing faster than wages. That means labor is losing out on economic gains. Your argument is that labor should just accept this because “at least they’r
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by hippo22 1y ago
I’m sure plenty of Americans would love to work a factory job if it meant they could provide a comfortable life for their family. Unfortunately, due to decades of anti-labor practices, that isn’t possible anymore. But that doesn’t mean we s
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by hippo22 1y ago
The US makes both aluminum and steel FYI. I don’t think banana tariffs are going to make a huge difference either way.
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by hippo22 1y ago
I agree with you. Reading the comments here, it’s clear that many people lack the “fighting spirit” for competition and improvement. Honestly, I’m surprised by this, especially here on HN. This is/was a place where builders congregate.
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by hippo22 1y ago
No, I don’t think there is a switch. It will be a long and difficult process. But your argument seems to be that, just because it’s difficult, we should just give up. I don’t believe in that argument. Building things is always hard.
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by hippo22 1y ago
The American worker has had their lunch eaten by the American capitalist class in conjunction with countries providing cheaper labor. By allowing unfettered labor arbitrage (i.e. tariff-free trade) the US has allowed their working class to
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by hippo22 1y ago
Apple had a lot of supply chain issues when trying to manufacture in the US. E.g. they failed to procure enough screws: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/technology/iphones-apple-...

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