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by plandis 6y ago
> Stand up for journalists. Real journalists. Are you trying to claim Assange is a journalist? How many credible journalists do you know that provide lists of targets with the intent to illegally hack?
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by plandis 6y ago
You don’t have to, the US navy’s role in securing free trade on the seas speaks for itself.
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by plandis 6y ago
> A recent blog post by neobank Monzo explains that they have reached the crazy amount of 1500 microservices (a ratio of ~10 microservices per engineer) That’s wild. Microservices are mostly beneficial organizationally — a small team can
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by plandis 6y ago
> but would instead referee a common set of European rules. That sounds less like innovation and more like regulation to hinder foreign companies. The US should retaliate economically if that becomes the case.
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by plandis 6y ago
My experience with Amazon is that my signing bonus was in two parts: Part one is in your first year where you get a lump sum signing bonus with your first paycheck (paid monthly) with the understanding that if you leave you would pay back a
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by plandis 6y ago
I expected this kind of lazy analysis to appear on Reddit but not on Hacker News. > If you are a median person (which most likely, we all are), then your expected value will be about the same, at most a bit lower cash wise than in the US
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by plandis 6y ago
When I was self studying linear algebra I found Strange’s book to be inadequate on its own, you really need the lectures to get the most value out of it. I found going through Linear Algebra Done Right to provide a good counterbalance to St
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by plandis 6y ago
There is an internal program at Amazon to do this. You can go work in an FC for a few days to see what it’s like. I’d recommend it to all Amazon employees.
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by plandis 7y ago
In Amazons case that is what happens.
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by plandis 7y ago
I live near Green Lake in Seattle and in my experience on nice days Green Lake is so crowded that people are certainly not 6ft apart consistently. I also do a lot of hiking and on nice days the popular (and most accessible) trails are utter
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by plandis 7y ago
Why would Amazon go through with sloppy compliance if they think they will be fined more than they can make? Not providing an enumerated list of essential goods makes it extremely likely that no matter what Amazon stops shipping, something
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by plandis 7y ago
Like others have commented, parts of this sound like the author extrapolated their experience in a select few places in California to the rest of the country.
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by plandis 7y ago
If you built with brick that would be against code and you’d be incredibly likely to die if there is an earthquake. Additionally, Americans are fairly fond of tearing down existing structures to rebuild which is harder to do with brick. Thi
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by plandis 7y ago
My university was a mixture. For example, the introductory engineering classes you typically take in your first year are large 300+ classes taught by professors with lectures 2-3 times a week. Additionally, TAs (typically grad students) wou
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by plandis 7y ago
Yes, this is my experience. I rarely if ever read anything good about the US on HN.
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by plandis 7y ago
Really? I think it should be retitled: “Ignorant take on America from a foreigner who didn’t bother to actually understand life in America outside a small bubble.”
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by plandis 7y ago
The author treats the European way of life as the gold standard that shouldn’t be questioned and then chastises the US for not being a part of the same group think. Typically one tries to understand before critiquing but the author has clea
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by plandis 7y ago
I disagree if you are arguing for the sick pay Amazon workers are walking off demanding. They are asking for unlimited sick pay if they decide they need to self isolate. Let’s say Amazon goes and capitulates to this demand. Why would anyone
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by plandis 7y ago
Really missed out on the opportunity to have STIR/SHAT
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by plandis 7y ago
Poor people can’t afford that $20 prep book, and they can’t afford the subject tests either. I worked in high school but that money went to my family to help pay for food/rent. Thankfully I had an amazing high school teacher who was wi
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by plandis 7y ago
What does disabling the app actually mean in this context? I don’t think it’s unreasonable if Apple is preventing them from using Apple owned toolchains / software / any signing that Apple provides. Can they, in theory, opt out of
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by plandis 7y ago
> Ironically, this is an attempt by the Trump administration to steal IP from China. US firms are behind in 5G because they have sat on the sidelines while Huawei engineered the chipsets. Proof for the claim that US is trying to steal IP
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by plandis 7y ago
What company and why should anyone believe this?
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by plandis 7y ago
What the fuck is up with these comments? Are you all really okay with blatant lawbreaking with no consequences?
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by plandis 7y ago
I disagree with what you're saying for a few reasons: 1. The claim that Assange is being tortured is being made by a single individual as their personal opinion, and 2. The claims of torture are from actions taken by the governments of
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by plandis 7y ago
(I’m not a prosecutor) From the US perspective Assange is being charged with crimes that he willfully assisted and encouraged Manning by providing her with guidance on how to cover her tracks, etc. — basically charges related to abetting of
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by plandis 7y ago
I’m not really seeing the parallel. Unlike McCarthyism, this specific instance involves actual law breaking with enough factual basis that the government believes will result in a conviction.
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by plandis 7y ago
Plus even if it was inferior that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Maybe I can’t afford the nice thing at $x but can afford it at $x-1 dollars. That’s a benefit to consumers who would otherwise be priced out. I don’t think anyone would argue
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by plandis 7y ago
That’s literally the same behavior of most stores. Your local grocery store probably is not laid out for the best customer experience, it’s laid out to best maximize profit.
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by plandis 7y ago
I’m a bit skeptical of this for a few reasons. If Amazon is in breach of contract then why is PopSockets not taking them to court? What is the gray market in this case? Buying a product similar from a different company? That just seems like

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