pkrecker

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by pkrecker 2mo ago
One time in 2013 I was flying from San Francisco to Phoenix with a layover in LA. I purchased my ticket directly from United, the flights had a UAXXXX flight number, and the printed tickets I got when I checked in had United branding on the
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by pkrecker 10mo ago
This article repeats the idea that the tenure of SWEs at large tech companies is only 1-2 years, but I don't think this is true, and certainly not at the lower bound of one year. I am not sure about other companies but at Google, where
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The Chris Boden Prison Story(youtube.com)
2 points by pkrecker 11mo ago|0 comments
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by pkrecker 1y ago
At least for the US (and I suspect for most other countries), that is incorrect. When adjusted for inflation both median wealth and median wages have increased in the last 30 years.
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by pkrecker 1y ago
I'm willing to pay more for a better ride experience: * Waymos are all the same. I underrated the value of this until I started taking Waymo more often. * I can control the music and volume with my phone. * I can listen to YouTube or t
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Mississippi Can't Possibly Have Good Schools(educationdaly.us)
104 points by pkrecker 1y ago|214 comments
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by pkrecker 3y ago
"... for six to 18 months"
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by pkrecker 3y ago
I studied CS at ASU from 2005-2010, and my mom was a dean there, so I got view into the university as both a student and second hand through her experience as an administrator. One thing I liked about going there is that it was easy for me
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The End of High-School English(theatlantic.com)
10 points by pkrecker 4y ago|11 comments
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Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If They Die in the Game(vice.com)
15 points by pkrecker 4y ago|10 comments
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Cooling the tube – Engineering heat out of the Underground (2017)(ianvisits.co.uk)
76 points by pkrecker 4y ago|59 comments
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Billionaire's US Senate run focuses on one issue: Banning ‘self-driving’ Teslas(techcrunch.com)
8 points by pkrecker 4y ago|2 comments
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How the CDC Abandoned Science(tabletmag.com)
10 points by pkrecker 5y ago|1 comments
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54% of adults in the United States have prose literacy below the 6th-grade level(en.wikipedia.org)
166 points by pkrecker 5y ago|207 comments
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Verizon Custom Experience(verizon.com)
2 points by pkrecker 5y ago|0 comments
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The Case Against Lockdowns(cspicenter.org)
8 points by pkrecker 5y ago|1 comments
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The Cagots of France(picciolettabarca.com)
25 points by pkrecker 5y ago|3 comments
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Engineering heat out of the London Underground(ianvisits.co.uk)
1 points by pkrecker 6y ago|0 comments
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Google Grapples with Fallout After Employee Slams Diversity Efforts(npr.org)
36 points by pkrecker 9y ago|34 comments
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Keith Rabois' thoughts on second round investment in Judicata(blakemasters.com)
5 points by pkrecker 13y ago|0 comments