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by somsak2 3y ago
I use Uber in SF all the time, and while it's absolutely more expensive than it was during those go-go years, it's actually an even better experience than it was before (specifically on how fast it is to get a driver near you).
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by somsak2 3y ago
I think this is just a problem for tech-y nerds. Almost anyone can just buy into a specific smart home ecosystem (like Hue) and use that for everything. Never had a problem.
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by somsak2 3y ago
Have you used a DAF before? Shares actually do not have to be given to a specific charity when using one, at least not what most people would consider a "charity" when they use it colloquially -- this first charity is there mostly
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by somsak2 3y ago
I think it's because they're making money by selling access to your residential IP to people overseas to circumvent geo-blocking. And that's if you're lucky -- probably the expectation should be they're installing m
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by somsak2 3y ago
Great, Canadians get to pay some shady VPN company $10-$20/month just to be able to use services the rest of the western world can for free.
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by somsak2 3y ago
Interesting, this bug was filed before even the first version of Firefox was ever released -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_early_version_history . Impressed that they've kept the bug tracker history workin
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by somsak2 3y ago
can't tell if this is satire or not
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by somsak2 3y ago
> the effects of my work strategy and behavior on my salary and position can be quite pronounced I think you vastly overestimate the impact you can have on your career at a company of that size.
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by somsak2 3y ago
Seems pretty off, Department of Labor clocks it more around 1.8m https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/...
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by somsak2 3y ago
I think it depends how you look at it. For me, it's a pretty small price to pay to look at Slack here and there, whether over the weekend or on vacation, to get paid significantly more. Rarely do I have to actually put in more than an
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by somsak2 3y ago
While I share some of the same frustrations as the author, I have a really hard time getting on board with the tone of most of these kinds of posts. It seems like they've gotten so far into frustration with work that it's crazy
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by somsak2 3y ago
For a free, Anki-native version of this see https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1713698257
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by somsak2 3y ago
or perhaps it's "I'm tired of the incessant climate change propaganda"
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by somsak2 3y ago
if you're still upset about climate change you're probably 30 years late to the party.
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by somsak2 3y ago
owning people was never part of the bill of rights
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by somsak2 3y ago
I don't think it's obvious to everyone why heat records being broken are clearly or unequivocally a problem. These projections we've seen from climate scientists have always been off, why should I trust them about the impact
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by somsak2 3y ago
problem is, unlike other issues that can have positive local impacts, the biggest downsides to climate change are global. doesn't really matter that as the US/EU our emissions have been flat for decades now if china and India are
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by somsak2 3y ago
GPS is US government invented, owned, and operated. Reagan made it free for use by anyone.
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by somsak2 3y ago
What's funny is that these bad reviews actually do show up on the RSS feed, so you can read them even after they're removed.
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by somsak2 3y ago
Are you saying that these companies should have zero net head-count growth in 3.5 years, during which their quarterly earnings grown 50-100%? https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GOOG/alphabet/net-..
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by somsak2 3y ago
I'm not sure exactly who you're referring to, but your average tech worker is not "so damn rich." Even people at FAANGs in the Bay Area or NYC often have roommates until their 30s and only then can they take a huge loan
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by somsak2 3y ago
Even if this is the case, 23andMe should have done better here. Why are you letting people log into an account from a brand-new IP with no additional verification? You have their email, you could have at least done 2FA with that. And as oth
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by somsak2 3y ago
You've seen how discussions work in real life right? There's no requirement to stick to some topic at hand, it's a free-flowing dialogue. That's what you're seeing happen in this discussion board too.
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by somsak2 3y ago
and good luck to you getting anything done through European courts!
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by somsak2 3y ago
i honestly can't tell if this is satire or not
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by somsak2 3y ago
how would google counterattack? this is a court case brought by the government.
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by somsak2 3y ago
He's not American, hell he's not even from a western country.
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by somsak2 3y ago
If their calendars are full of meetings, how would being in an office change anything?
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by somsak2 3y ago
Is commenting on HN not a form of self-expression? Looks like the poster has a pretty extensive history of comments and posts.
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by somsak2 3y ago
if my company asks me to come back, this will be my approach. I'll keep doing what I've been doing remotely and if they want to fire me, fine

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