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by oarla 1y ago
I wish my phone was just listening. It’s actually much worse https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43799802
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by oarla 1y ago
There was a discussion last week about AI taking away entry level jobs: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45052423 Maybe it hasn’t come for jobs that are not entry level yet.
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by oarla 1y ago
So what were the same folks who downloaded Audio Hijack doing on versions 1.5 or older at the end of the 15 day trial period? Download it again? It’s great that they were able to see higher revenues and take the company forward, but I’m won
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by oarla 1y ago
I guess it's up to each individual or organization on how to interpret it. Some places may interpret it as the more controversial equality of outcome.
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by oarla 1y ago
And how many businesses do you estimate have been killed or eliminated because of unchecked m&a? Expanding the data set to include non-tech industries indicates strongly that it's not always the case that a big monopoly will eventu
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by oarla 1y ago
Not commenting on the ethical side of it, in many instances rentals are just a side income, the real value is in the increasing price of the house due to demand outpacing supply. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3785
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by oarla 1y ago
This is an epidemic in my community. At least twice a month I walk over to my neighbors and deliver their mail left in my mailbox. They do the same to me. We’ve complained to the local post office, but they’re dealing with staffing issues a
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by oarla 1y ago
Maybe the fiber helps?
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by oarla 1y ago
I think this is a better fit. Just need an incredible string of good luck in a trivia night to make it a reality!
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by oarla 1y ago
Just get your own router and don't use ISP provided router.
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by oarla 1y ago
At least in some locations it's to justify holding on to real estate that has skyrocketed in last decade.
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by oarla 2y ago
This article seems to contradict itself. It notes that tax system is flawed in favor or inheritors but goes on to suggest that taxing the inheritance or property will address this issue. Why would those not be tilted to benefit the inherito
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by oarla 2y ago
Assuming fixed rate mortgage, in most places the rate at which rent can grow is faster than rate of property taxes+insurance can grow. So the cost of ownership will generally be cheaper than renting. Not to mention increasing equity in an a
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by oarla 2y ago
I could not read the entire article due to paywall, but I think tipping less will actually drive businesses to pay a proper wage to the people providing the service. I try to tip 5% more than the expected amount as I am aware that people wo
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by oarla 2y ago
Why is it legal for the consumer to be on the hook for mistakes by the company? They did not move the customer to the right plan, put them on a service he didn't ask for and now customer's the one who has to pay for it? Seems like
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by oarla 2y ago
With respect to car servicing, I'm getting a deja vu feeling. Like smartphones have made it almost impossible to get a phone repaired by third party companies, car makers are making it very hard to get their cars serviced anywhere oth
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by oarla 2y ago
The worse part:"We kindly request you keep this report between you and Zendesk". After being notified of a problem on their side, them ignoring it, now they want to keep things hush hush? That's exactly what the author did in
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by oarla 2y ago
How much one likes Atlas Shrugged may depend on age as well. When I read it at age of 20, it was the best book I had ever read and almost a Bible for me. At 25, it had some great points that were worth adopting. At 30, it was mostly a fanta
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by oarla 2y ago
As with other industries, there is a steady increase in demand but not enough supply. Make it easier for accredited universities to be setup and let the free market forces drive the cost of an undergraduate degree down.
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by oarla 2y ago
Tangential to this topic, but are there publicly traded companies that pay only in stocks? I'm curious to know if someone who gets paid only in stocks will come out ahead in terms of taxes they owe than someone getting a comparable bas
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by oarla 2y ago
A few of them 1. Health is best wealth. 2. Don't forget about the high risk when chasing high rewards. 3. If it's too good to be true, it's probably isn't good at all.
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by oarla 2y ago
Why does this headline make it sound that it's a contradiction? Isn't it because Elon Musk is willing to take drastic actions like in the headline to improve stock price in the short term that shareholders voted for his pay?
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by oarla 2y ago
Would you have tolerated that if you getting paid 1.5 or 2x instead of 0.6x? Maybe you wouldn't, but on average many would be ok with that environment for higher pay. One interesting data point is that places that pay higher than the
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by oarla 2y ago
The worse pay is what adds on to the feeling of the job being terrible. As much as many want to claim, its not very satisfying to slog away and ship an elegant product for peanuts. When the pay is lower than what is the standard, it's
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by oarla 2y ago
At this point, which website/service does not?
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by oarla 2y ago
This tug of war between individual satisfaction and monetization exists in all industries and not just SW engineering. There are very few areas where there is an overlap between solving problems benefits all of humanity while being able to
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by oarla 2y ago
"Death spirals tend to be worse in America because of the remarkable level to which the government is decentralised." Difference between USA and Japan. Japan is far more centralized than USA. Not saying that is a better system, bu
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by oarla 2y ago
Weren't the 2 teams already part of the same company? And OEMs do make custom modifications to Android before shipping their devices, so they don't have to share everything they intend to do with the Android team.
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by oarla 3y ago
Why would the sensor not show that the lavatory is occupied before the plane starts to taxi?
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by oarla 3y ago
Are standardized tests an accurate measure of intelligence? IMO, they're more a measure of knowledge and perseverance. Having said that, I don't know what is the best measure of intelligence. There is certainly a genetic component

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