ojbyrne

11 ms·

151.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
In my experience in the US,”employer-provided” is not the same as “fully paid for by my employer.” Generally there is an employee-paid portion of the monthly premiums.
152.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
Plenty of unionized companies close locations. What happens is usually covered by the union contract.
153.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
I dunno how old your kid is, but short attention span seems like an inherent part of childhood that you grow out of.
154.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
I would guess that I less safe for work domains, putting something (phallic) up is usually followed by a name for an orifice.
155.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
High altitude has been well known as a training aid for decades, e.g. Kenyan marathoners: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/06/africa/kenya-runners-win-mara...
156.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
Is “extraverts” the English spelling?
157.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
What's DPI in this context?
158.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
This reminds me of a (half-remembered) quote from Joe Strummer about reggae songs - the words are so hard to understand that every time you listen to them you understand a little more.
159.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
Maybe the writer now has something new to watch.
160.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
Maybe they know some of the other people who got money and they’re sharing an apt.
161.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
Typo: “commerically”
162.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
I found “teaching each other how to use the MOD function” kind of jarring. I guess it’s the journalist thing where anything involving even simple arithmetic is super challenging.
163.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
I feel related to that is hearing a word spoken that you’ve only read before, and the pronunciation is completely different from what you thought.
164.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
“eventually” seems to be doing a lot of work here.
165.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
As a member of that group, I resent (mildly) that unneeded capitalization. Computer games basically have been around as long as there have been computers.
166.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
Should probably include (1981) in the title.
167.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
Also former FB employee. I tried using the same internal system, for my own account, about 3 years ago. It was completely useless.
168.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
I think you want the word “provenance.”
169.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
I’m confused. The article talks about a Mac Mini, which is not a laptop. And an old enough one that the RAM is probably user-replaceable.
170.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
"robots known as pen plotters" is a nice marketing twist that I don't think I've heard before. https://www.hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?class=4&cat=24
171.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
One thing that confuses me about all this is that ByteDance has significant US ownership. Is this just a way for Jeff Yass-led hedge funds to get a cheap price on the rest of ByteDance?
172.
by ojbyrne 2y ago
Another anecdotal data point: I took biology first year of college and we had labs where we looked at things under a microscope and draw what we saw. And for whatever reason - inability to draw, difficulty focusing on what I saw, or that th
173.
by ojbyrne 3y ago
A lot that have specs showing they support a max of 4x32 DDR5 actually support 4x48 DDR5 via recent BIOS updates.
174.
by ojbyrne 3y ago
As a boomer (unemployed, but who cares) I feel a connection.
175.
by ojbyrne 3y ago
You take a ferry. https://www.fodors.com/world/mexico-and-central-america/pana...
176.
by ojbyrne 3y ago
https://youtu.be/PSxihhBzCjk?si=wnhUm2J2BVe_pzub
177.
by ojbyrne 3y ago
@dang @CharlesW typo. Please fix.
178.
by ojbyrne 3y ago
Actually I just looked at my last year at a FAANG in California. I earned about $370 K (including 401K match). $135 K went to taxes (Federal, Social Security, Medicare, State). If I save absolutely everything left ($235 K) for 10 years tha
179.
by ojbyrne 3y ago
This is just a thinly veiled ad hominem.
180.
by ojbyrne 3y ago
According to levels.fyi, E5 at Google gets you $385k TC annually. If you save a third of that (which is not easy) for 10 years you get to approximately $1.3 million. Maybe your investments get you above $2 million, but it would really depen

More ›