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by speby 6y ago
If shit hits the fan, there won't be freezers to be bought... they'll get panic purchased instantaneously and, if you did manage to find one for sale, expect it to cost multiple times what you otherwise might have paid.
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by speby 6y ago
This. I have also interviewed a handful of people that had 20, 30 years of experience building software. In some cases, they had resumes pages long dating back into the late 80s. One tip I would stress to anyone who has been doing software
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by speby 7y ago
UBI ... providing direct services for/to the poor ... or a blend, will never resolve some people from "being poor" or adding "burden" to the system despite the system giving them "a minimum of what they need to
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by speby 7y ago
Not exactly. Up to 20% of those tested thus far required hospitalization of some kind of another. This in no way means 20% of all infections will require hospitalization. But right now, we don't have great data, other than estimati
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by speby 7y ago
No but creditors would be able to seize assets from this. Bankruptcy (most commonly Chapter 7 or Chapter 11) allow for protections of certain personal property, such as one's house. But the rest of your assets will essentially be vapor
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by speby 7y ago
Pretty exhaustive list ... here's one more: * No need for a road atlas, or asking people for directions to their home and scribbling spoken directions down on paper * And even when MapQuest finally came around, no more need to print ou
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by speby 7y ago
Eh, nothing much to see here. Brandless products were a. anything but brandless and b. not all that great. Neat concept, terrible execution/implementation. And probably not a realistic one.
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by speby 7y ago
100% in your exact shoes. With girls that are 9, 4, and 2, it is unquestionably the 4 and 2-year old that zap the vast majority of "extra" time, energy, and attention that could otherwise be going to many other things, such as hob
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by speby 7y ago
Thats because there is 0 additional marginal cost for their salaried consultants' time, too. Like many in the workforce, they are a paid a salary, and it's the same amount whether working 40 hours or 80 hours.
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by speby 7y ago
> For me, the value they provide is curation of selection and filtering for quality Yes, this is huge. They have pretty good buyers in many of their product categories. And while Costco does not always have the lowest price, they often d
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by speby 7y ago
The statement was about getting a promotion, not about avoiding a layoff. I've also seen the opposite of your scenario where a company (almost blindly) cuts staff, including IT/Engineering, and lets go of some of the very key peop
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by speby 7y ago
This ... it is incredibly easy to trap yourself into thinking large companies are even aware of everything they're doing in every little niche and nuance pocket of their operations. In many cases, there can be a growth area that had jo
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by speby 7y ago
Couldn't agree more. It is highly unpredictable. We tend to get antsy about the entry level jobs and quickly jumping to some conclusion where if you're currently doing the toppings at Domino's pizza by hand and Domino's
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by speby 7y ago
> One would think a payroll middleman has the easiest job in the world next to printing money. Companies put money in the kitty, you disburse the monies to other parties and take a cut. HN crew could probably set up an event-sourced syst
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by speby 7y ago
That's what a lease is for. Many rental leases are a "fixed price" for 1 year. If, during that time period, there is a large acceleration in rental prices, it is an individual's responsibility to be aware of those conseq
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by speby 7y ago
XPO Logistics has this service offering. It's called XPO Direct.
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by speby 7y ago
https://www.pacificprime.sg/blog/public-and-private-hospital... Read up on Singapore's model. While it works well for them, I'd be interested to see if it could work here (like hospital quality/comfort,
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by speby 7y ago
It's interesting. I've encountered a very different animal, even without having the candidate do a "homework test" or a "coding test" during the interview. I have found that this different animal is competent,
109.
by speby 7y ago
Why is this even a question? If remote workers don't like the comp/pay being offered, they could go looking at other companies in their market (or other remote work opportunities). This is a non-issue.
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by speby 8y ago
Reminds me of how many people still use AOL dial-up: https://money.cnn.com/2015/05/08/technology/aol-dial-up/inde...
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by speby 8y ago
I really love that you pointed this out. This is why things like getting wrapped around the axle deciding between React or Angular for your next project and "which is better?" type of decision-making frameworks that engineers ofte
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by speby 8y ago
>I rented a place and was told that I could check-in whenever. When I got there, the key wasn't available and I wasn't able to contact the host. This. This happened to me one time and from there on, I will not bother with it ag
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by speby 8y ago
> but I think the reality is that it will turn out to be much more like the airline business - basically a commodity business where raising prices is extremely difficult. I believe you are onto something there. What did people do before
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by speby 8y ago
Perhaps. And like salt in ancient times, there are luxuries of the rich that eventually, become less expensive and more accessible to people of more modest means. I can see that being the case for genetic engineering too. Consider that the
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by speby 8y ago
Makes sense. Limited $ to spend on staff and staff have limited time so you want to allocate your best people and talent to your top-producing customers. Although, what's interesting about this, is that they might do themselves a favor
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by speby 8y ago
This is absolutely untrue and poor advice.
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by speby 8y ago
> They gave you two weeks to become a data scientist and implement a working solution? That's nuts. Oh c'mon. Any large company today and the expectation or deadline for practically anything is "asap" or measured in a
118.
by speby 8y ago
Yes, agreed. Combination of determination/persistence, belief/self-confidence that success is possible and thus will to continue even in doubt, intelligence, and also interest/passion in a particular area. Align those things
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by speby 8y ago
> You just have to have a personality that does not care if somebody gets mad at you sometimes. THIS
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by speby 8y ago
McKinsey wasn't their legal auditor, blessing their financial statements. That's like saying any management consultant or contractor at Enron at the time should be punished. That makes no sense.

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