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by qqtt 4y ago
Amazon Pay *NOW* is just a customer-facing service, but originally it was envisioned as a PayPal/Stripe type service for transferring money. It has evolved greatly over the years, and in the years before Stripe was even founded it was
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by qqtt 4y ago
The point is, that isn't how coffee shops typically operate in the United States, which is what makes it interesting. Operating a coffee shop without tips has special and unique considerations in the United States - chiefly, how to ret
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by qqtt 4y ago
I think there are also two different "flavors" of stack ranking usually at play. There is the one where the company wants to reward top performers. I think this one is most common, and I have never worked at a company that doesn&#
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by qqtt 4y ago
It's pretty wild that Amazon is playing "catch up" at all. Amazon Pay was launched years before Stripe was even founded. Not to mention Amazon has been at the forefront of online payments since the 90s (Amazon itself was foun
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by qqtt 4y ago
That kind of depends on what exactly you are talking about. From a financial statement perspective, Amazon chooses to only disclose revenue from AWS separately from the rest of the business. That's more to do with reporting regulations
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by qqtt 4y ago
Simple growth does not indicate that Amazon's quarterly reports are "all good" - Amazon like all other companies are valued based on their future earning potential. Amazon in particular has given very soft revenue and growth
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by qqtt 4y ago
The benefits usually amount to “it’s not waterfall” - a line which really hasn’t been relevant in decades. I get the sense most managers stick to scrum and all the unnecessary overhead mainly because they are creatures of habit. Pushing a n
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by qqtt 4y ago
Seems like the entire WFH/RTO conversation is based around feelings, anecdotes, and personal opinions. For every person saying WFH has been a game changer, you have a person saying RTO is essential for some reason or other. This is one
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by qqtt 4y ago
It's more that China represents a national security threat and it's OK to special case logic for hostile foreign entities. Notably China isn't the only entity called out in this bill, also North Korea, Russia, & Iran. The
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by qqtt 4y ago
When you hear about layoffs these days, you will usually see terms like "2 months of salary" as part of the severance package. What this actually is, is paying the employee throughout the entire "notice" period of the WA
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by qqtt 4y ago
You can find similar stories about literally all online payment processors, including Paypal, Stripe, & all the "legacy" ones too (like First Data). Is it possible this isn't some nefarious conspiracy to steal money, but
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by qqtt 4y ago
In my circle of acquaintances with kids - there is nothing but happy memories of Christmas and Santa Claus and my own kids were happy to indulge in the fiction for a while. I think like many things the reaction depends on the kid (just like
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by qqtt 4y ago
The energy efficiency of turning regenerative braking into energy isn’t really related to how regenerative braking can fully stop a vehicle without using the brake pads. Even if the regenerative braking energy efficiency were 1% - if it ful
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by qqtt 4y ago
There are rumors about what's going on internally regarding GCP, but by all accounts Google is still investing heavily in GCP and their current growth trajectory means profitability is almost inevitable. Azure & AWS have relatively
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by qqtt 4y ago
The rant was interesting in it's time but I'm not sure how relevant it is in 2022. 11 years ago Google had a nascent cloud computing business and Amazon might have been at a bit of a peak in terms of executing on it's dual tr
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by qqtt 4y ago
But basic shelter is frequently available but ask homeless individuals why they don't use it. It can be unsafe, even trying to learn about the shelter or queuing up for access is unsafe as these areas are frequently overrun by dangerou
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by qqtt 4y ago
I agree and would posit they already are facing a lot of turbulence. As an aside it seems like Amazon is a bit of a sacred cow on hn. It's assumed it is some exceptionally well run company with an extremely promising investment future
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by qqtt 4y ago
Exactly, and while profit was always elusive for Twitter - the biggest cost for Twitter was salaried employees which Musk has already cut by more than half. As mentioned in the blog post, previous management of Twitter was really REALLY unf
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by qqtt 4y ago
They have a Alexa skill development kit where you can make your own commands but yeah, as far as I know it’s all cloud based: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/ge...
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by qqtt 4y ago
Things like Java RMI existed beforehand and there was the elements of industry moving towards server-based partitioning of services - the big difference is none of it was formalized and there was little consistent language of which to speak
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by qqtt 4y ago
Would be interesting to see cash flow, which is probably more relevant when comparing against capital raised. If this is EBITDA, then included in those losses for these companies is a ton of stock based compensation which really has zero ef
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by qqtt 4y ago
> I'm probably doing standups wrong, but I find it useful for devs to (briefly) talk about what they're working on. I agree, regular communication within a team is healthy, but the way stand ups tend to manifest themselves is a
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by qqtt 4y ago
> EV cars have a finite lifespan But the same is true of ICE cars. Transmission, engine, catalytic converter, fuel pump, alternators (not to mention routine maintenance like oil changes). EV's win on ongoing maintenance, and even if
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by qqtt 4y ago
> the rest of the world has to decide what to do about a violation of the most central proscription in all of international law. Morocco annexed Western Sahara, and while most of the world still considers that illegal, the United States
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by qqtt 4y ago
Thrid world didn't always have an economic side to it. Third world was coined as a delineation of cold war participation status - it had nothing to do with economics. Switzerland, Austria, Ireland, and Finland were all included in the
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by qqtt 4y ago
Many companies vest those RSUs monthly or at least quarterly, and for public companies employees can sell right away. This is a very common paradigm, and in fact financial advisors would frequently recommend employees sell all shares at ves
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They are surfacing it in a weaselly way which absolves them of personal responsibility. In reality, they approved the strategic direction of the company and signed off on the outrageous hiring plans. They were responsible for fostering a cu
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by qqtt 4y ago
There are a few studies out there. This article references a couple studies as recently as 2020 which mention increased lead particles around airports. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/leaded-gas-wa..
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by qqtt 4y ago
Friendly reminder that leaded gasoline is still used today in airports all over the USA. If you live near an airport you are still affected by this in 2022.
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by qqtt 4y ago
> Granted, there is clear downvote brigading on alternative opinions but they do not get taken down ever. So /r/politics is much better because instead of taking down "alternative opinions" they just downvote it? I am

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