schkkd

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by schkkd 6y ago
Tbh, even I don't understand "grok" :)
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by schkkd 6y ago
True spherical hackers in the vacuum want to be undisputable experts in complex topics and as this often mixes with sheer egoism, they like to flex with this knowledge and remind others how unsophisticated others are. But ideal spherical ha
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by schkkd 6y ago
Reddit serves its purpose well. It's a honeypot for lazy emotional people: reddit offers them space to procrastinate and gets to influence them in return (ads, politics).
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by schkkd 6y ago
One day there was a post there about free 5 bucks for some PlayStation stuff. The post received 30k comments. Thats all you need to know about the reddit audience. What would improve the content quality is a requirement to maintain membersh
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by schkkd 6y ago
There's no wealth there. All Google employees get something like 25 billions a year. The US budget is measured in trillions and to cover up just this recession alone, Fed created 6 trillions, or 240 years worth of wages for those emplo
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by schkkd 6y ago
They have to sell something only if the Fed don't give them money (and dilute the share of the lower 90% as a side effect).
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by schkkd 6y ago
There's this Wall Street movie made in 1970 (?) about this very kind of people.
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by schkkd 6y ago
That's pretty much size of a mobile app. But the thing with web apps is that they are downloaded every time and hence the outcry.
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by schkkd 6y ago
Everything is negotiable. You can negotiate a private office with a ocean view if you're valuable enough. This won't work for rank and file employees obviously.
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by schkkd 6y ago
Nope, no one. And I could negotiate terms with directors, VPs and CEOs (of small firms) over lunches: meaning that they deemed it valuable enough to spend a few hours of their time on me, make a sales pitch and listen. Some admitted that wh
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by schkkd 6y ago
That's why when a yet another aspiring startup wants to hire me, I ask for a high sign on bonus as an insurance, monthly vesting cycle, at least 200k in base pay and high severance upon termination. Never been given that, but I don&#x2