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by samspenc 4y ago
The number of employees looks off, I wonder if the author used 2021 end-of-year numbers? And maybe 2021 revenue numbers as well? This is current employee count I see on Google Finance for these companies (number in brackets is from the Twit
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by samspenc 4y ago
Personally, I think of Amazon as a retail outlet with a e-commerce UI, so their margins are bound be low, similar to other retail outlets. IIRC, they are actually making a loss most quarters excluding their cloud computing unit (AWS) which
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by samspenc 4y ago
Haven't seen anyone else mention this in the comments, but Synthesia is something I used in the past https://synthesiagame.com/ There's a free trial, but the $29-39 for the full-featured paid edition is well worth
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by samspenc 4y ago
Per the spreadsheet here https://awsmaniac.com/aws-outages/ : There seem to have been multiple "full" outages in 2011-12 in AWS' us-east-1 region, which, granted, is the oldest AWS region and likely has
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by samspenc 4y ago
No worries, the cloud acronyms overlap so much these days, if it's helpful: EC2: Elastic Compute service, bare VMs. ECS: Elastic Container service, Docker containers EKS: Elastic Kubernetes service
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by samspenc 4y ago
Like others have commented, I too am very certain Youtube uses IP address. My family and I are behind the same cable modem, and oftentimes my family's Youtube "related videos" will start popping up in my Youtube home page, an
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by samspenc 4y ago
Thank you! Do Camtasia, OBS, etc allow simple video workflows like linear editing and splicing audio / video tracks? Or would I need to use these screen capture software along with something else for that functionality?
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Ask HN: Simple video editor for instructional videos
5 points by samspenc 4y ago|10 comments
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by samspenc 4y ago
If the chickens and the owner followed KYC, then maybe they won't end up at KFC? (I misread KYC in the GP comment as KFC first until I read your comment.)
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by samspenc 4y ago
+1 I think most of the folks who are on HN, e.g. software engineers, should be able to get to a million in net worth through savings over 10-20 years. At least in the US given USD salaries and possibly Canada as well.
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by samspenc 4y ago
Personally, I've tried most of the popular free text editors in the past, and I gave up on Atom after using it a few times. It wasn't a bad product, but there was too much competition at that point already, it was just a bit too l
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by samspenc 4y ago
> I thought Apple's app store would be a complete flop because I couldn't imagine any developers being willing to allow someone else to being an arbite I used to think the same way in my younger days, but I realize over time th
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Microsoft to curb use of non-competes, disclose salary ranges(geekwire.com)
16 points by samspenc 4y ago|2 comments
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TikTok refusing to refund balance for “violating advertiser policies”(old.reddit.com)
2 points by samspenc 4y ago|0 comments
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by samspenc 4y ago
A few more news articles on the same topic: https://www.thedailybeast.com/tiktok-considered-censoring-it... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/08/tiktok-in... https:/&
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TikTok exec said companies 'shouldn’t offer maternity leave'(nypost.com)
11 points by samspenc 4y ago|11 comments
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Goldman Sachs Employee Fatally Shot on Manhattan Subway in Unprovoked Attack(nytimes.com)
2 points by samspenc 4y ago|2 comments
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Microsoft Earnings Rose 18% with Demand for Cloud Services(wsj.com)
1 points by samspenc 5y ago|0 comments
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by samspenc 5y ago
Isn't the risk with any bond funds -- like Vanguard's short term treasury fund (VGSH) -- that their price goes down as yield goes up? I just checked on Google Finance and it looks like it has gone down 4.18% over the past 1 year a
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by samspenc 5y ago
Don't worry, took me several seconds to parse it too :) Somehow the extra + (like C++) went through some cognitive filter.
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Inflation is worse than reported: Elon Musk(cnbc.com)
13 points by samspenc 5y ago|4 comments
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by samspenc 5y ago
I feel like FB / meta stock crashing after last quarter's earnings miss was the first warning, and today Netflix stock cratered after a miss as well. I'm not sure if we will see a crash or recession however I do believe all t
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by samspenc 5y ago
JFYI for those who may not be aware: this is WallStreetBets, where people wager average to fairly atrocious money on call or put options in the name of "YOLO" (You Only Live Once) and brag about their six-figure gains and losses -
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by samspenc 5y ago
No longer able to edit my original comment but just wanted to note that I'm glad to see this post has picked up more traction (and has a lot more upvotes) compared to when I made my comment.
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by samspenc 5y ago
Yeah I'm surprised this post doesn't have more upvotes. A rare positive story in the open source world, where the author is able to generate enough revenue to compensate for quitting their full-time job and work on their open sour
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by samspenc 5y ago
Wow, was this ever public knowledge prior to this post? Also, is this even legal: > When I was fired in 2008 and made chair, the board took most of my shares away from me.
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by samspenc 5y ago
The clock starts ticking as soon as a H1B holder loses their job, so they have to find a job ASAP before the deadline. I can't remember the exact number but I think it is 30-60 days max after a layoff. And if they don't get a job
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by samspenc 5y ago
This seems to be the crux of the issue: > ... in recent weeks, California Governor Gavin Newsom and his office “began to interfere” with the Activision suit. “The Office of the Governor repeatedly demanded advance notice of litigation st
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A fantasy author blew away Kickstarter’s record(thehustle.co)
2 points by samspenc 5y ago|0 comments
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by samspenc 5y ago
It helps a lot with recruiting. For an engineer with a choice of where to work and with disparate total compensation across companies, they may be more likely to choose a company that can maximize potential total comp, and a startup with VC

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