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by programmertote 3y ago
The important caveat is that we ALMOST ALWAYS need to do Chime meetings/Slack chats because our team is split across three cities -- Seattle, Arlington and Chicago. 2/5 of the team is stationed in Seattle office; 2/5 in Arlin
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by programmertote 3y ago
I left Amazon a month ago (voluntarily) for a fully remote role because they asked me to move to Seattle/Arlington. When I joined them, I was already in a different state because of my wife's work. So I told them, I cannot join if
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by programmertote 3y ago
A bit tangential but also related -- I grew up watching 'Adventures of the Gummi Bears' back in the late 80s and early 90s. Recently, I came across it on Disney+ and re-watched it. I was pleasantly surprised that some of the episo
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by programmertote 3y ago
It is Buddha telling the traders that they shouldn't trust whatever is told to them even if it comes from the so-called experts/gurus, family/friends, teachers, traditions etc. He told them that they should try to reason out
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by programmertote 3y ago
Thanks for sharing the cartoon author's name. I have seen that before and didn't realize that Gavin is most likely a descendant from Burmese parent(s) -- his last name 'Aung Than' is distinctly Burmese. I immigrated to t
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by programmertote 3y ago
Very good article and I hope more people read it. Over my career of 15 years in software (data management), I have learned exactly that. One other thing that really helped me was something that I learned in my Theravada Buddhist upbringing:
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by programmertote 3y ago
What kind of washers if you don't mind sharing. I want to avoid buying that brand. My guess is Samsung because I have had really bad experience with Samsung stuff over the years.
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by programmertote 3y ago
Yeah, unfortunately. I work one job and am happy with what I make, and the workload is sufficient for me to fill the entire day's worth of time. But I am only happy because the job is remote. I am worried that if news like this (not ev
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by programmertote 3y ago
I know a little about that. Programmers in Amazon have to work harder mainly due to the poorly-designed/thought-out (despite sometimes unnecessary process like writing design docs and "discussing" over your solution with va
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by programmertote 3y ago
Glad to hear they gave your money back in full. I'm now really concerned. It sucks that there seems to be no accountability in the system. I get that they want to catch the folks who abuse the banking system, but if they do, they (the
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by programmertote 3y ago
Sorry to hear your story/experience. This worries me because my mother, who currently resides in a SE Asian nation, is transferring some of her money to me (in the hope that she can use it when she migrates to the US). Did Chase let yo
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by programmertote 3y ago
Vanguard has been guilty of this as well. Its recent site redesign has been all over the place, and sometimes leaning heavily toward folks using its phone app (not that its phone app is very user friendly either; for example, checking what
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by programmertote 3y ago
I'm on the opposite spectrum. I don't like socializing with my coworkers. I keep a respectful and professionally-friendly relationship with them. I have college friends (not many, just 3 who I call close), and a family. That and l
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by programmertote 3y ago
Not confirmation bias. I have lived in NYC and NJ (right across NYC); Philadelphia; and SF (that was 15 years ago, so maybe things have changed?). I have also driven in Boston, Houston, and LA. The most difficult (nerve-wrecking) places to
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by programmertote 3y ago
I hope that one day, our cars are equipped with outward facing cameras, and the feature to auto-report speeding and dangerous driving behaviors on the road to the authorities and/or the insurers. I drive in Miami proper and EVERY TIME
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by programmertote 3y ago
Your question is very legit. I have been researching on that too and the best I found is this: https://finbox.com/NYSE:CHD/explorer/gp_margin BUT, we don't really know how these gross margins are actually cal
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by programmertote 3y ago
The old one is 195 loads and the new one is *supposedly* 200 loads. I never really paid attention to those load numbers because in the end, I just use the measure cup (that comes with the container). Thanks for raising this subtle point tho
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by programmertote 3y ago
The worse combo is shrinkflation with significantly increased price. I used to buy Arm and Hammer detergent (250 FL OZ) from Costco for ~$11 about a year ago. Last week, I went to Costco and saw that they have reduced the size of the contai
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by programmertote 3y ago
Same thing. I am always good with flossing twice a day, brushing teeth twice a day (in fact, I spend ~10 mins brushing teeth gently and carefully every day). But the dentist in SF I visited 10 years ago "saw" 4 cavities and he sho
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by programmertote 3y ago
I went to a new dentist after moving to FL. Pines True Smile is their name. The dentist and cleaning hygienist keeps selling me this Invisalign despite me being 40 years old with teeth in great condition (I have two front buck teeth, which
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by programmertote 3y ago
I read a comment here saying that they didn't like Progressive Snapshot, so they switched to Geico and cut their rate in half. This is my most recent anecdote as a different experience. I was paying $620 (for 6 months) with Geico while
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by programmertote 3y ago
Yep. I went to Rick Case for annual check up to have a feel. I signed up online for a regular oil change (I have 6K miles on the car because we don't drive a lot) and tire rotation. The online quote was $90. When I arrived, the guy (e
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by programmertote 3y ago
Owner of a CRV 2022. On my recent 200-miles trip, the tire pressure sensor lighted up. I pulled over to a station and filled the air (and before I filled the air, I measured the pressure on each tire and it was fine). It didn't go away
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by programmertote 3y ago
Newbie Mac user here. I just did what you suggested (I believe it's basically what's suggested in this article: https://9to5mac.com/2016/03/17/how-to-remap-windows-keyboard... ), but I don't thi
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by programmertote 3y ago
People saying things that they don't really mean (seen it with RTO, 100% unit-testing coverage, 100% going all in for microservices, and all kinds of trendy stuff that I came across in my 14 years of professional programming). That is
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by programmertote 3y ago
It is not hivemind. People are simply split on this and I believe (no data to back it; just an assumption) that a majority of us are pro-WFH. I work for FAANG. Even the middle management folks, who said something along the lines of "I
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by programmertote 3y ago
Working for a FAANG right now and since RTO was mandated, I noticed that our team have been spending ~5 mins before the beginning of the meetings finding a room and setting up the audio/visual system for conference calls with other tea
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by programmertote 3y ago
Not anymore although I have my mom and most of my relatives there. I was thinking of retiring back there and teaching computer science and English to kids from poor backgrounds. But given the political situation today, that dream is put on
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by programmertote 3y ago
> A team of scientists from Ohio University, Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and others, led by Ohio University Professor of Physics, and Argonne National Laboratory scientist, Saw Wai Hla, have taken the
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by programmertote 3y ago
I have worked with (managed) 6 colleagues from Colombia while I working for a multi-national corporation (one of the big 4 advertising firms). In the same company, I also worked with 12+ coworkers from India. I have to say that I found my c

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