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by randomacct3847 7y ago
I think the market has already realized that Amazon retail is beatable. There’s been a resurgence in stocks that were once falling like a knife because everyone thought Amazon would destroy them...among them Best Buy, Etsy, Shopify, etc.
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by randomacct3847 7y ago
It is definitely not overblown. Easy to do simple searches on Amazon and compare to a site that doesn’t rely on 3rd party sellers like Best Buy. If you searched “wireless headphones” the top results are all knock off airpods and other suspe
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by randomacct3847 7y ago
Shopping on Amazon has become like shopping on Canal Street in NYC (e.g. street lined with shops selling counterfeit goods). You never know what you’re going to get.
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
Medicare is notorious for being rife with fraud and waste. This ring is far from the only one. This includes mom-and-pop doctors who “upcode” certain procedure codes so that they get paid more. There’s obviously very little the govt can do
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Ask HN: What would be a fun and impressive website to clone for a web portfolio?
1 points by randomacct3847 8y ago|0 comments
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Lyft stock is crashing to $62
3 points by randomacct3847 8y ago|0 comments
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
I don’t think it’s clear from the customer perspective what you really get for $1k. Sure, it’s a lot cheaper than going to school but if it means nothing to an employer than psychologically it feels like money spent rather than money invest
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
Truth is its a very typical salary + equity package for established cos and competitive late stage startups in Bay Area. With CoL it’s comparable to making $150k in almost every other major market outside maybe NY.
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
Never use Plaid. I’m guessing the apps that would apply to most on here are Venmo and Robinhood. Square Cash probably use them too.
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
That isn’t true. They do a lot of mining themselves. Their trouble toward end of 2018 was in part because they had so much bitcoin cash on their balance sheet made from mining on their own rigs.
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
This is just some random guy’s blog. Sorry but I hardly believe any entity, govt or not, could accurately map out the % of calories that come from carbs for all Americans year over year going back a few decades.
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
There are low glycemic fruits and high glycemic fruits...stick with the low ones. I’m on keto and will ocassionally have berries (all considered low). Avoid fruits like grapes, mangos, watermelon...etc.
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
Not sure where you got the stat on sugar consumption...it’s not really just sugar it’s carb consumption in general and I would be very surprised if that was trending downward at all. Vegetable oils are not good but would not say that by its
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
I’m on a lazy keto and never been one to crave sweets so it wasn’t that difficult for me to give it up completely. Occasionally if I’m having a rare drink I’ll make a margarita with truvia and can’t really taste any difference between it an
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
Time value of money discussions never take into the fact that 1) tomorrow is never guaranteed and 2) there are certain things or experiences you can buy that are more enjoyable when you’re young than when you’re old.
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
On the one hand, I like that incentives are aligned between educator and student. On the other hand, if you are smart and self-motivated, paying the max fee of $30k over 2 years is like taking out a 45% interest loan over the $20k prepaymen
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Lyft is currently trading below IPO price(twitter.com)
3 points by randomacct3847 8y ago|0 comments
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
You do realize there are millions of college students who pay $200k over 4 years to attend accredited programs that graduate with no discernible skills, right?
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
The first thing I thought to myself when I read this headline is that certain people are probably going to get offended by someone pointing out physiological differences between sexes.
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
Lambda is online, Turing is in person in Denver.
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
Actually looking through Lambda school’s curriculum...besides the networking section the rest is comparable to the curriculum covered in a shorter bootcamp. Again, I probably agree with the hypothesis that the best grads of a short bootcamp
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
Right, but if 12 weeks was too short to get a job then how are people getting jobs...? You’re saying that the people who do get jobs would’ve gotten them had they gone through the program or not? Looks like Lambda school is 9 months now (I
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
Not sure if there’s a comparable role I can point to. This was a non-technical role and my second job out of school (started a few years ago). Salary was definitely lower than a SWE job or PM job (my current role) Quite honestly I just got
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
I’ve found a lot of benefit from taking Piracetam or Noopept in the mornings with a daily coffee. I feel hyper-focused in a way that I don’t usually feel with just coffee alone.
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
I wasn’t suggesting that you did, just saying anecdotally hear a lot of gripes from mid level FAANG developers whose day to day is that, hence the point that many, but not all, developers are probably overqualified for their day to day role
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
I think this fits my understanding as well, though I think you could say the same thing about a lot of things e.g. don’t hire an expensive personal trainer when you can just watch YouTube videos and learn to work out on your own. For me, I
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
Many CS programs have machine learning courses, but at least when I went to college they were not required.
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
No IPO yet, but participated in a tender offer last year to sell a portion of my stock (no long working there). Employee 13 (jr role), value of 4 year grant (at time of offer) $1.05m at a “low” unicorn valuation (e.g a bit over $1b).
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
Replied to the other comment, but I hear too many stories from angsty mid-career FAANG developers who do little more than write a bunch of Protocol Buffers all day, every day.
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by randomacct3847 8y ago
I should say many, but not all. I hear too many stories from angsty mid-career FAANG developers who do little more than write a bunch of Protocol Buffers all day, every day.

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