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by samspenc 6y ago
While I understand this reference interchangeability is technically not correct, most of my non-technical friends use the terms "Bitcoin" and "cryptocurrency" the same way: basically using one term to refer to the other.
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by samspenc 6y ago
This is a well-known issue with TurboTax and how it imports ESPP cost basis. The same happens with Fidelity reports as well. But in this case, the scale (number of trades) seems to indicate this was a day trader who was frequently moving in
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by samspenc 6y ago
Nit: since this is a news piece, I don't think it needs the "Show HN" prefix; I believe those are reserved for creations by the author themselves.
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Berkeley home sells for $1M over asking price(sfgate.com)
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by samspenc 6y ago
For anyone who is not aware of the context in this comment, this might help :) https://www.boredpanda.com/linkedin-influencers-meme-roastin...
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by samspenc 6y ago
You mean Youtube's infrastructure? Don't worry, Google and Youtube are rolling in enough green dough thanks to those very ads they are serving. They can afford all the infrastructure they need and the engineers to build it. How? G
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by samspenc 6y ago
Numbers seem to be a bit off here because author is conflating total headcount with number of engineers. If we go by ratio at similarly large FAANG companies, say 1/3 or 1/5 of the company's employees are engineers. > At t
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by samspenc 6y ago
Just a quick note that I consider WSJ (Wall Street Journal) neutral, they mostly report on business news and I find their news to be fairly non-biased.
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by samspenc 6y ago
Wouldn't this apply to any type of online advertising, i.e., that done on Facebook, LinkedIn, Snap, etc?
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by samspenc 6y ago
Not so sure since as others have pointed out, the non-profit would have to repay the loan. Plus a lot of non-profits' "business models" aren't tailored around repaying donations. Think of some of the performing arts, dan
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by samspenc 6y ago
The article itself is titled "World Economic Outlook Update" and mostly documents international economic recovery. I can't find specific analysis about India in the article. However, the last graph at the bottom of the articl
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What I wish I had known about single page applications(stackoverflow.blog)
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New nation-state cyberattacks (Microsoft blog post)(blogs.microsoft.com)
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China Warns India: Push Too Hard and the Lights Could Go Out(nytimes.com)
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by samspenc 6y ago
Thanks for this insight. Totally curious, is it easier to hire someone who's mostly motivated by the paycheck since it's easier to compete (just pay them higher) than other factors? I'm guessing the issues with someone who&#x
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The pros and cons of being a software engineer at FAANG(stackoverflow.blog)
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by samspenc 6y ago
FOMO? Leverage? I have a couple of anecdotal stories I know personally: a friend of a friend working in a jewelry store recently purchased a Manhattan condo as an investment that brings in around $3,000 in monthly rent. A few years ago I wa
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by samspenc 6y ago
I was wondering the same thing, so thanks for putting this together. My one suggestion would be to include only the adult population, since I'm guessing their data / surveys only include adults. 196M (approximate adult US pop) &#x
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by samspenc 6y ago
Thanks for the summary. There doesn't seem to be any way of getting around the Bloomberg paywall, outline.com doesn't work either.
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by samspenc 6y ago
They also seem to have made a mistake in listing LinkedIn at the top of the "Senior" band by using Staff Engineer salaries at LinkedIn. With that fixed, it looks like Netflix leads the pack for senior software engineers.
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by samspenc 6y ago
"Google Cloud Platform at less than $150 million Annual Recurring Revenue & left at around $4 billion (excluding Google Suite.)" I suspect he used abbreviations generously since he actually posted this on Twitter and ThreadApp
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by samspenc 6y ago
Were the numbers consistent before this year (2020)? That would help indicate what the variance / increase this year was compared to the past, say, 5-10 years or so.
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Zoom Employee Charged with Censoring Tiananmen Dissidents(bloomberg.com)
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Mystery illness in India: hundreds sick, experts baffled(nypost.com)
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by samspenc 6y ago
Just to add, there is a flip side to this. As a grad student who did research and TA work, I've actually discussed this with fellow grad students and professors in the past and it comes down to the following... A professor would rather
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by samspenc 6y ago
I think OP meant in terms of GDP by PPP (Purchasing Power Parity), not nominal (the actual current value). But I agree it's confusing without that clarification.
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by samspenc 6y ago
I was only aware of their Wyze Cam (which I have a couple of) and I had no idea till I saw this post that they have other devices now, such as Plug, Bulb, Scale etc.
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by samspenc 6y ago
Just a note that this post (and accompanying Youtube video) are from early 2019. Not taking away anything from this accomplishment of course, just FYI.
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by samspenc 6y ago
Have nothing to add on the writeup. But I had to drop a note about how awesome the comic / cartoon (about the "evolution of DevOps") at the end of the writeup is in case anyone misses it by not reading till the end.
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by samspenc 6y ago
I thought I went to the wrong link as well, the link in OP's comment links to a data structures course? A copy-paste mistake perhaps? The link from the original Twitter post seems to load to the right RISC course from Fall 2020: https

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