somethingsimple

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   by somethingsimple 10y ago

   Sometimes I think this is going to get to a point where they'll have people remove their clothes prior to boarding and dress a special suit so they're allowed to fly without being considered a threat.
2. 92.▲
   by somethingsimple 10y ago

   I used to like my union when I was still working there. They always managed to negotiate higher and fairer raises for us every year. That said, some things were unpleasant. For example, they wouldn't let you switch from a 40h to a 30h
3. 93.▲
   by somethingsimple 10y ago

   Isn't that against federal law?
4. 94.▲
   by somethingsimple 10y ago

   How does one get started doing this kind of thing? Ever since moving to the US, and specifically to the PNW, I've been wanting to hike, but I don't know where to start. People here seem to grow up used to it, but I don't know
5. 95.▲
   by somethingsimple 10y ago

   I don't think that's weird, I think it's pretty awesome. But I'm biased, since I'm Brazilian :)
6. 96.▲
   by somethingsimple 10y ago

   > The author didn't even mention the glaring problem with select. Which is...?
7. 97.▲
   by somethingsimple 10y ago

   Sorry for going off-topic here, but I'm curious. You say you "had to" work a fulfillment center over peak season. Were you an engineer at Amazon at the time? I'm asking because I've been told that Amazon makes engin
8. 98.▲
   by somethingsimple 10y ago

   Indeed. There's a Mormon guy in my (fairly large) team and he is by far the nicest person around. Really wish I had more co-workers like him.
9. 99.▲
   by somethingsimple 10y ago

   Thanks for the peace of mind. I've seen many assassin bugs in my apartment in the Seattle area and sometimes worry that one of us might have been bitten by them and have Chagas. I guess we're safe in this area.
10. 100.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    I didn't get a paywall, and I'm not a subscriber.
11. 101.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    > It looks like we've been growing at full speed ever since. S&P 500 valuations after the crisis are out of touch with reality. Look here: http://www.multpl.com/shiller-pe/ . The stock market is incredibly o
12. 102.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    I was surprised the author is not Brazilian.
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    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    Anecdotal: a friend of a friend, of Middle Eastern origin, had a gun shown to him at a gas station in some town in Texas, followed by "you do not belong here." As for myself, I'm a Latino immigrant and as much as I'd lik
14. 104.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    I'm sorry, but that's such a narrow view of things. Different people are attracted to different kinds of jobs. What they described is essentially my dream job. I hate the haphazard way modern software is written - it's not en
15. 105.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    Is it still done that way nowadays? Your description is my dream job.
16. 106.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    > You way involves the employer making a deduction from each paycheck and then making an ACH payment for each employee to the institution of the employee's choosing How is that different from the ACH transfer done into each employee
17. 107.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    Off-topic: I love your username. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12068116
18. 108.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    I also like what Someone (literally their username, lol) pointed out on another comment, that you can think of K as "klimb" to move up.
19. 109.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    > Otherwise it could be explained by hypothermia. Or, possibly, drugs. Except for the radiation. To me that's what makes it the weirdest.
20. 110.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    You can work for Google and Facebook in Seattle too, and they keep expanding.
21. 111.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    Haha, I should have proof read that, what a terrible sentence I wrote there :) My wife's an engineer there and enjoys her work. Her team seems to be a smart and fun bunch to work with, and the hours are pretty ok. The only times I&#x27
22. 112.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    > It would be interesting to know more about his desire to work for Amazon that badly. Amazon is basically the company I really, really, really want to work for, and the only reason I don't apply is that I have a small kid and a w
23. 113.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    Love it that you give each user a unique URL for access - I wish more services did that. Having to create a username and password each time I want to use a new service is so annoying that most of the time I just give up on it.
24. 114.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    And a hyphen! :)
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    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    > Source: - not on the Internet, not in English language, not likely in public docs Yeah I'll need a source to believe in all that stuff ;)
26. 116.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    Brazil.
27. 117.▲
    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    :)
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    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    What did you find disappointing about the US? I moved here a few years ago and have had my Green Card for a while. The US is every bit as I expected and even more. I love this country more than I've ever loved my home country.
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    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    For years I've been wondering why Continental Portuguese sounds like an Eastern European language. Sometimes I overhear people speaking some Eastern European language and my first impression is that they are speaking Portuguese, but th
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    by somethingsimple 10y ago

    > What you need is software engineer who writes 20 lines of code and can then justify each of the 100 lines in a resulting spreadsheet that is full MC/DC code coverage in processor instruction level. Then you need two testing engine