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by s3r3nity 7y ago
Well, I mean they should - they're highly skilled and paid a lot of time and $ in education and training. And these things are relative: they're specialized and require more training that many other positions - more so than driver
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
I hate to be _that_ person, but $21 / hr minimum is more than EMTs, and even most surgical Residents make (at least in the US). I don't know how to interpret this in that context: is this proposal absurd, or is the medical /
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
> The problem with that is most people don't have the time or inclination to open up and review and learn about every aspect of all the issues facing the world today. Because of that people with large audiences should be careful of
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
So yet another article that tries to paint a picture of a person and his audience with: 1) No data on who the audience is, demographics, their beliefs, etc. (Outside of looking at a podcast download chart rankings.) 2) Not actually talking
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
Came here to comment on this EXACT quote. The idea that you have to not only be the "right" mouth (whatever the hell that means) but also _prove_ that you're the "right" mouth are the exact type of thought crime &#x
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
Nah - I refused to be held to a standard that our identities don't change, that we're static beings, and that anything we said / thought 20-30 years ago still represents us today. Whether or not he seriously considered the mo
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Samsung will pre-install Microsoft apps on upcoming phone models(blogs.windows.com)
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
I think it says a lot - either about tech culture or Firefox's marketing - that many people don't know about these types of tools that solve the problem.
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
Am I in the minority of folks that enjoy Twitter's algorithmic sorting? In the classic timeline view, I always felt the urge to check my feed all the time, in case i missed part of the conversation or the like (a la "FOMO.")
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
Yeah 3D / force touch is a "miss" that I strongly feel should have been a "hit," as it's a pretty innovative idea - mostly from the hardware side - but was either difficult to discovery for users and/or ap
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
> Since Libra's unveiling, the project has gotten a chilly reception from some policymakers. If you support the concept of cryptocurrencies, wouldn't this be a _good_ thing? It's probably a sign that you're going in t
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
Workflowy is the gold standard for me on any platform: it's just a simple, infinitely deep outliner, with minimal features by design.
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
As someone that has done consulting in a past life for ad-tech, I think you're severely underestimating not only the effort involved to keep this type of ad sales team + ad-operations + ad-tech in-house, but the _significant_ margin ga
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
Because a rational labor market participant would consider that $1 purchasing power in SF <> $1 purchasing power in [Any other city / state]. Hypothetically if you were planning this as Google you wouldn't make the 1-1 scali
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
I wouldn't call it a bad argument, as it's rooted in rational economics - which is also why it's unfair to call it "bad faith." The ecosystem of tech is partly built upon the idea of decentralization - as long as yo
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
I want to agree that the labor market will correct at some point, but to your point, it's only at the margins for now, and is way too slow to adjust. There are too many people who feel like they _have_ to live there (or NYC / inse
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
Not sure why you're getting downvoted - it's the argument from NIMBY's that keeps getting pushed aside and needs to be properly addressed if this issue will ever get resolved. I've said it before, but it bears repeating:
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
Pretty much all of my non-technical family members, who are (rightfully) scared to download shady apps that promise free services with no downside.
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
Or Safari, which, for my family that uses iPhones, is completely sufficient for their needs - and has good privacy settings (AND sane default privacy settings.)
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
Came here to mention this, so thanks for bringing it up. Safari has definitely come a long way, and the app extensions tend to get underrated. Are they 100% up to par with Chrome's? Probably not, but when shopping around for reasonable
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
I'm glad to see that not only is Google Trips getting some needed UI improvements, but now has a mobile-web version - giving me some trust to continue using it.
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
Yeah I did catch on, but my read was that the conclusion of this stunt could drive thinking in a few directions. One of the more popular directions would be to push for more building, and/or better transit options. My recommendation wa
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
> yadayadayada You claim all of these to be unique characteristics, then wave off all reasonable (and in some cases, strong) arguments to the contrary that the Valley is hard to beat. If it’s “hard to beat” because of X, Y, Z, and there
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
A lot of states have laws against office and living spaces being in the same building, if I recall. Maybe someone else has more expertise and correct me. This would obviously make it difficult for someone to rent out their living room to $S
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by s3r3nity 7y ago
Welcome to Silicon Valley: where everyone has somehow bamboozled themselves into believing that working in a cramped parking space is more valuable than buying office real estate in LITERALLY any other state... Remember kids: you don’t HAVE
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
To be precise, for "production" and "nonsupervisory" workers. Doesn't say anything about the size of this population, and how representative it is of the general earnings potential of the US as a whole.
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
Isn't that the same thing as what OP said? Why shouldn't "living in SV" be considered a "luxury?" You know where you don't need millions to do all of that? Literally most of the country. If someone was com
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
My iPhone SE (refreshed version) hits all of this, except the 2 USB connections -- which is a very specific request, but w/e, I don't judge. In my mind still is one of the top 5 smartphones available, even if it hasn't refres
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
I don't know if it counts as speculation when a number of outlets are reporting on 'roadmap cutbacks,' including asking employees in the Pixel group to look for other roles. [1] Is it 100% confirmed? No, but that's part
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by s3r3nity 8y ago
I totally understand this - but it doesn't mean I like it. I could get through having two podcast apps on my Android (Google Podcasts, Google Play Music) that give me notifications for my podcasts, with no plans on phasing out one or t

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