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by iaw 6y ago
I see an advantage to the businessmen as the net outcome. It's still business as usual and they continue reaping handsome profits for questionable practices while addressing the accusations from their 'critics'.
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by iaw 6y ago
She was a critical founding member of one of the largest retailers on earth.
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by iaw 6y ago
They had previously paid him $120M so it seems like it's actually in the same ballpark of transaction size.
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by iaw 6y ago
Roommate works in hardware at a FAANG, they were the first "back" in the office but since he doesn't really need to do lab work (he coordinates with overseas vendors) he only goes in once a week. They are serious about not ha
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by iaw 6y ago
I once stepped out on to a top floor balcony around 1 AM only to be scared witless by an apparition, six feet wide, silently floating up towards the roof. It was an owl, can confirm, did not hear a thing.
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by iaw 6y ago
I think if the emerging gig economy isn't profitable with benefits for employees then it is not a sustainable business model.
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by iaw 6y ago
A lot of housing in the outer Richmond is comprised of larger 4 bedroom 2 bathroom units making it not that cramped of a situation.
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by iaw 6y ago
Anecdotal experience: I rented an apartment where the bathroom was literally rotting away on itself. The landlord would do cosmetic fixes only as the walls sagged and warped. The incentive wasn't there for her to make a large capital
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by iaw 6y ago
So highly paid permanent resident tech professionals even more highly paid and a lot of non-permanent residents get even more harmed because of their country of birth.... I personally feel that the H1-B system needs to be rethought to encou
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by iaw 6y ago
If my math is right geostationary satellites have a round-trip time (just at speed of light in a vacuum) of ~240 mS whie LEO satellites have a round-trip time of ~13 mS. Current observed latency on geostationary satellite uplinks is 550 mS,
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by iaw 6y ago
Your username and the tone of your message feel a lot like imposter syndrome to me. You passed the interview, you kept the job, and are doing the exact same work. You are not "worth less" than anyone else based on Amazon's m
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by iaw 6y ago
Off-topic: Congratulations! Welcome to the country.
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by iaw 6y ago
I 'turned on him' because as I learned more about him I trusted his motives less. If I thought his motives were pure, I would give him more slack but I think he has nefarious motives based on his indiscriminate releases. 150 year
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by iaw 6y ago
Julian took an action that has consequences. The US is (in)famous for its 'soft power'. While the US wont outright kill him they will leverage their soft power to neutralize his ability to harm future operations. He played the e
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by iaw 6y ago
I ran across his 'toys' due to numberphile, this guy is great. https://www.msri.org/web/msri/public/tadashis-toys
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SF sidestepped state law on developing toxic sites(sfchronicle.com)
1 points by iaw 6y ago|0 comments
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by iaw 6y ago
While fiction (and not the most realistic) there is a scene with a drone swarm in 'Angel Has Fallen' that hints at the potential lethality of autonomous swarms.
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Twitter account posting Trump tweets suspended in 3 days(businessinsider.com)
6 points by iaw 6y ago|0 comments
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by iaw 6y ago
Wikipedia seems to disagree with your assertion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei#Ownership It may ostensibly be owned by the employees but there's a more complex ownership structure involved than what a norma
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by iaw 6y ago
Flagging for editorialized title.
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by iaw 6y ago
Disable javascript on the site using uBlock origin to bypass the paywall. I think archive.is still archives NYT as well but I'm not 100% confident on that.
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by iaw 6y ago
Just FYI, the article does not make clear if this was the source code or a binary. I do not disagree with you, but this isn't the best evidence for your case.
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by iaw 6y ago
In my experience it comes down to personal preference. However, trying to work remotely on a team that is otherwise colocated is virtually impossible so it does seem like a team either needs to be all or neither.
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by iaw 7y ago
> Duke Nukem Forever (though it eventually did come out) Duke Nukem (took) Forever
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The guy who knew Nintendo’s Switch surprise has pled guilty to hacking(theverge.com)
17 points by iaw 7y ago|6 comments
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by iaw 7y ago
It's possible that, because the litigation in ongoing, Snopes is avoiding talking about the details of the case itself as most counsel seems to advise.
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by iaw 7y ago
Relatively a genius...
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Private Equity Is Trying to Sell Medical Residencies for Profit(slate.com)
3 points by iaw 7y ago|0 comments
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by iaw 7y ago
> discriminate against whites and Asians in favor of dumber middle-class blacks and hispanics I think there's ample evidence to indicate that it's not just intelligence at play but the opportunities available to individual stud
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by iaw 7y ago
There is a theory that the advantage comes from being the first-mover with a technology before your competition can adopt it. So innovation doesn't create a moat but short-term monetary benefits for your business. There are benefits a

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