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by sacks2k 6y ago
When human life is meaningless and you don't have to make decisions around a pesky constitution and citizen rights, it's really easy to be prepared for anything.
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by sacks2k 6y ago
"But it's walking that fine line between personal and professional life, while also bridging the technical abilities parts and the personal chemistry parts." This is called networking and I don't think it's going aw
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by sacks2k 6y ago
In terms of your career, it's better to become an expert at one language than a jack of all trades. I can quickly move from language to language, but make the most money as a consultant for languages in which I'm an expert. I als
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by sacks2k 6y ago
I'm unsure why making everyone poorer is something to be celebrated.
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by sacks2k 6y ago
I've had a few dropshipping businesses over the years. Here is my experience: Margins are tight. You need to have enough money in the bank or credit to cover loss. This will happen, especially if you are buying anything overseas. Al
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by sacks2k 6y ago
It is nuts. Many people on the Amazon forum not only take Amazon's side, but try to shame you and blame you for your situation.
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by sacks2k 6y ago
I wrote about almost the same experience I had in a previous thread that happened to me a decade ago. In some seller categories, you are required to show Amazon where you purchased your items. The excuse is that they need to make sure they
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by sacks2k 6y ago
"Part of me feels disconnected from this whole argument. I would download a car. I don’t feel bad and I don’t think anyone should for feeling that way" I see this come up on HN from time to time. How would you feel if a large com
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by sacks2k 6y ago
I'm wondering if this is because of the ventilators or these patients were so far gone, they had very small chance of living with anything done and a ventilator was something that had a small chance of success.
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by sacks2k 6y ago
"Subreddits tend to wildly misrepresent reality due to survivorship bias" I disagree. If Amazon had great customer service, there wouldn't be a large volume of people complaining. "In any case, I do wonder if Amazon&#x2
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by sacks2k 6y ago
I saw this happening a decade ago, but I had no real proof. I had a profitable Amazon store in 2010. I found niche products that Amazon didn't sell. As soon as I started getting traction on any one product, Amazon would start undercu
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by sacks2k 6y ago
"I do think that one of the big problems for PHP is that people who voluntarily do PHP instead of something else are immediately suspect" I write lots of PHP for work and for most of my personal projects. Learning other languages
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by sacks2k 6y ago
"whether by disrupting online influence campaigns, securing critical infrastructure or requiring paper trails and risk-limiting audits at the ballot box" If we really want to stop election interference, we should have voter ID law
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by sacks2k 6y ago
"hence domestically popular tv shows like Big Bang Theory which have 0 audience in countries that value intellect" It's shown in 180 countries worldwide and very popular internationally (Including Russia): https://
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by sacks2k 6y ago
"In the United State there is an extreme anti-intellectual bias among conservative middle and lower class whites." On the contrary, progressives in the US outright reject factual information and statistics and instead focus on pol
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by sacks2k 6y ago
I've been working remotely for almost a decade. I'm a senior developer and make a very good living. It's generally much more difficult for junior developers. At my last job, our team comprised of all senior developers. We
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by sacks2k 6y ago
I think this is a great idea and I suspect we will also see this happen in the US.
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by sacks2k 6y ago
I'm not surprised. I worked at a place a decade ago that used desktop recording software on everyone's computer and our manager would regularly review it. I ended up quitting when I found out.