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by smugma 3y ago
Amazon SVP, Mike Hopkins, doubled down, saying of in-office work, “I don’t have data to back it up, but I know it’s better.”
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Data Shows Office Mandates Hurt Women Amazon Execs Say They ‘Know It’s Better’(forbes.com)
13 points by smugma 3y ago|2 comments
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Took my kids to Japan this year. They are already clamoring to go back. Yes, we did Ghibli Park, but that was just one day of 15.
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“contrary to a common misunderstanding. In 2035, if nothing else is done, the program could pay 80 percent of scheduled benefits, mostly out of workers’ ongoing contributions, a figure that would slip to 74 percent in 2096” https:/&#x
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It’s doubly cheating because in the streaming world that would mean 2 plays (assuming intro is >=30s)
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25 min (maybe 30-40 if you include walking to and from station?) for 7km? Seems like a bike or eBike would be a faster way to go? Melbourne climate is pretty temperate, no?
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Agree with all that but I know lots of people in suburbs who own dogs; I don’t think it’s exclusive to city people.
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The IRS largely operates on a cash, not accounting/accrual, basis. Companies still can and do write down inventories all the time. It’s just that it doesn’t help with the IRS.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37371922 “I think SFFD is rightfully worried about robotaxis but this doesn’t seem to be the case. When cameras are recording everything, you can’t just make up facts.” (10 days ago)
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I work at a big company. A few times a year I meet an EPM or engineer and think “wow they are really good”. Usually, within a year, they get promoted. I still get to work with them and they are great IC’s, but they’ll have 2-4 people under
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by smugma 3y ago
No kid has an Apple Watch, no phone (set up on my phone as a Family watch). Texts and calls me daily.
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Several people have told me that Bertrand Serlet used to have Core OS engineers run with very low ram and slow computers so they’d feel the pain. Any 90’s-early 2000s MacOS engineers around to confirm?
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One division where I work brought in a bunch of ex-Cisco folks. It’s odd but for some reason, they did really well here, even though Cisco is quite different than FAANG.
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“China’s restriction mirrors similar bans in the U.S. against Huawei Technologies as well as against officials using Chinese-owned TikTok”
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China Bans iPhone Use for Government Officials at Work
7 points by smugma 3y ago|1 comments
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China Bans iPhone Use for Government Officials at Work(stocks.apple.com)
128 points by smugma 3y ago|146 comments
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“China’s restriction mirrors similar bans in the U.S. against Huawei Technologies as well as against officials using Chinese-owned TikTok”
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“It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.”
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<15 years ago a friend went and got thousands of signatures to make phone books opt in vs opt out in SF. He did some sort of stunt where he collected over a thousand phone books and took a picture of them in front of city hall or other p
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I think SFFD is rightfully worried about robotaxis but this doesn’t seem to be the case. When cameras are recording everything, you can’t just make up facts. “The video captured by Cruise showed that the ambulance parked behind the Cruise a
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A commenter at the time wrote “Speculation for titillation.” That rightfully deserves scorn and ridicule. It’s relevant 15 years on for those predicting huge failures for nascent ideas and markets—-if you want to make a big statement for th
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I have a cousin who still fondly talks about how great Nokia was in its heyday. Great engineers, leading edge hardware and innovation, leading supply chain, etc. It’s always weird to hear. He blamed Nokia’s inability to come up with a decen
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While in Japan, I noticed that in a few instances I could use Mastercard but not Visa. Specifically, I could use Apple Pay with a Mastercard to add money to my Suica card but not use a Visa. I figured it was some bug or my Visa blocking me,
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My 80+ year old dad uses his iPad+keyboard 90% of the time. He’ll use the computer when he needs to print or scan something.
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Do you not know poor or working class parents? Do they not use iPads or other tablets?
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I had no idea!
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Antioch BART is just a few miles away. Of course, there’s a river in the way so that would be a 30 min drive unless they extended the line (would take 20-40 years?)
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“[Investors] include Mr. Moritz; Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn co-founder, venture capitalist and Democratic donor; Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon, investors at the Andreessen Horowitz venture capital firm; Patrick and John Collison, the sibl
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My four year old and I pass by several every day and always point out the magic of a driverless car. We look inside at red lights and think about how it might work. I’m also cautious, worried it might run me over. I treat them like I might
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Direct link to PhD thesis: http://www.codersnotes.com/notes/warnock-subdivision-for-def...

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