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by mataug 5y ago
I understand this concern, but what can I as an average citizen do about this ? - Should we choose the moderna vaccine instead ? - Should we avoid the oral vaccine, and opt for the injection instead ? - Should we merely be skeptical and wai
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by mataug 5y ago
A respected senior engineer once told me "all configuration is code, if it modifies the behaviour of software, it needs to be testable" Yaml is huge unintuitive PITA, I recently spent multiple hours figuring out the best way pass
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by mataug 5y ago
This is wonderful news, I do wonder whether the 2021 MBP would work properly with DIY battery replacement ?! newer iPhones notoriously don't like DIY battery / screen replacements, and they disable features such as battery health
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by mataug 5y ago
Based on the fact that the URL leaked, and that people were able to signup before the site launched, I'm gonna say that Trump didn't hire the best people for this job, and now I wonder if they are even going to get paid for any of
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by mataug 5y ago
Adding to all the usecases listed by other commenters. Having a higher performance per watt numbers also implies less heat from M1's perspective. This means that even if someone isn't doing CPU/GPU heavy tasks, they are still
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by mataug 5y ago
> Compared to previous macs and igpus - an nvidia gpu will still run circles arounnd this thing True, but the point here is that M1 is able to achieve outstanding performance per watt numbers compared to Nvidia or Intel.
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by mataug 5y ago
> The only way to eliminate foreigners undercutting American salaries is to eliminate the foreign labor supply competition. The problem isn't foreign labor supply, its that the foreign nationals are forced to stick around at bad emp
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by mataug 5y ago
I heard somewhere, possibly a podcast, that folks who've met him IRL think he has a huge "God complex"
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by mataug 5y ago
I'd say flask-admin is decent, but I don't think its as good as Django Admin. https://flask-admin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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by mataug 5y ago
> The risk/reward doesn't seem to make sense for Bezos. If Shatner dies, it'll be the end of their program. If he lives, maybe a marginal benefit? The man is 90, and his health is not stellar. He legit could die of anythin
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by mataug 5y ago
Based on viewing of the video, Senator Blumenthal doesn't understand what "Finsta" means. One needs to understand the concept of "Finsta" before they can ask that the concept be prevented.
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by mataug 5y ago
The reality is that the SDMs are cogs in the machine as well. If a director asks the SDM why an employee isn't performing, and the SDM responds with any reason that doesn't support the organisation's goals, the director &#x2F
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by mataug 5y ago
Amazon always claims to focus on its customers, and ignore its competitors, this is supposed to be an important facet of the "Its always Day 1" philosophy. These actions, along with Amazon's complaints about Jedi contract see
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by mataug 5y ago
As always humans are the weakest link when securing systems. This reminds me of this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28279326 Where the attacker was able to trick Tmobile / Sprint customer service into pro
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by mataug 5y ago
A high rate of false positives will create distrust in the system, and ultimately make it less effective since no one will take it seriously.
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by mataug 5y ago
> ‘Documented Dreamers’ have few good options after aging out of dependent visas The subtitle says a lot about the neglect in the US immigration system today. This has spurred the growth of a new industry which offers to help skilled wor
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The children of tech’s guest workers are pushing for immigration relief(theverge.com)
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Ads were the main reason why I stopped using my FireTV and switched to an AppleTV. If I pay for the device, and then I also pay for Amazon Prime, I expect atleast the main UI to be Ad-free.
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by mataug 5y ago
I doubt GDPR enforceable in the US
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C-level executives consider themselves too important to be subject to this level of pressure and toxicity.
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by mataug 5y ago
Andy Jassy used to lead AWS before becoming Amazon's CEO. AWS has a reputation of being a difficult place to work, even more so than Amazon's other divisions. So no, I don't think anything will change. https://www.
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by mataug 5y ago
Looks kinda similar to the google search trends https://imgur.com/a/bbTjUkf
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Based on a few anecdotes, managers do not disclose even if the employee asks directly. Apparently managers actively sabotage the employee by telling others to not collaborate with the person on Focus. So many employees find out by either at
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by mataug 5y ago
A toxic culture of fear is the intended effect here. People at amazon love to discuss the flywheel effect[1]. The flywheel here is the culture of fear that keeps employees on their toes. Bezos believes that employees are inherently lazy[2],
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by mataug 5y ago
Optimizing for projects is just one of the unintended consequences of a policy of "get rid of the bottom X%". There are many others such as, - "Hire to fire" https://archive.is/3Bdv7 - Overworking of emp
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I agree, most of these wouldn't stand up to legal scrutiny. That also means that someone has to test that in court, which is incredibly expensive, especially since Amazon has some of the best lawyers who will likely drag this out until
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A lucky few do have regular hours, but that could change anytime with a change in manager, skip-level, or even few senior engineers.
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by mataug 5y ago
Bezos is quoted frequently using the term "Work Life harmony"[1]. Having previously worked at Amazon, I learned that "harmony" meant, if I'm not working, I should be preparing my mind and body to work better the nex
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by mataug 5y ago
Amazon internally uses Slack for chats, while Chime is mostly used for video conferencing. My guess would be that this could augment Chime, and position it to be a useful part of GovCloud offering from Amazon.
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Here are some unintentional consequence of this policy, - Due to the URA targets managers have to keep getting rid of people. If everyone on a team gets a "A+" grade, they have to get rid of the person getting "A-". Many

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