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by throwaway98121 8y ago
I don’t think oil is going anywhere any time soon. Even if vehicles were suddenly completely electric in 20 years and all power generation no longer required fossil fuels, we still have things like jet fuel, asphalt, and plastics that requi
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
Thanks I was going to respond and say the same thing.
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
I’m sure they care more than that. Global opinion matters, especially if it can influence policy makers, particularly citizens in the western developed countries.
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
Good on Netflix for getting around the apple tax. I’ll admit, I have a MacBook for work, and all my reading and general browsing is on my iPad and iPhone. That being said, I’m saddened by Apple’s money grabs (absurd pricing). They don’t see
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
Not disagreeing with you (not informed enough to), but top tech company by what measure? Market valuation? Impact of products/services in 2018/2019? Workplace rating?
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
Lambda is pretty useful. My team had a use case for data pipelines and some quick, easy monitors that do health checks. I despise the term serverless, but yeah... I see posts like this one, and it’s amazing even among seemingly intelligent
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
No offense but this comment is very pretentious. I think you’re trying to say you don’t like the term serverless itself. Your writing, on the other hand, tries really hard to sound intelligent and takes 2 paragraphs to state something you c
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
I find this article frustrating. Yes, basically you can classify any managed online service as “Serverless”. Amazon was somewhat clever when using this term for Lambda, although personally I hate it (there are servers in the back end, all t
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
I don’t share your views. There are legitimate services we need tax payer money to fund. Tax loopholes for the super rich are a problem that should be solved, but in my opinion, that doesn’t mean we should just cancel taxation or turn a bli
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
I don’t carry cash because it’s inconvenient. By using a credit card, I don’t need to manage individual dollar bills or change. My wallet is a small card holder that fits unobtrusively in my front pocket. I have a couple different cards. I
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
Someone correct me, but is the article generalizing some one young CEO to represent the entire Silicon Valley? If yes, is that accurate? I’ve come across those types of people in my career. They were cancerous and didn’t last long. I’ve lea
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
Unrelated but husband and I stopped at an Indian grocery store to pick up some items for a chicken tikka masala recipe we found on YouTube. They insisted we pay cash, even though they had a machine to swipe a card. We don’t carry cash and a
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
Is 10 years the bar for what counts as an experienced developer? Why is 10 the magic number? I would say someone with 5 years experience could be senior to someone with 10 years under their belt, granted the former worked on the right proje
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
I’ve lived on a tight budget, contributing to my 401k, liquid savings, and after tax savings while killing debt and taking at least 1 vacation a year. IMO, you don’t have to take a feast or starve approach but find a balance. My vacations w
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
So that plan is save money in your post tax accounts (non retirement) and keep some insulated from the market fluctuations? No offense op, but if you have a clear idea, it’s better to communicate clearly. Why play riddles and not flat out s
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
I don’t think this is true that teaching is a fallback more than it is for any other career, and if anything, the ignorance of this post is an example of why we are in the state that we are in. If you wanted to be a doctor, maybe you become
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
I think we should treat teachers better and pay them more. I agree we should value other professions too. That being said, I’m not following how attitudes in software engineering are related to the topic of this post. The freebies, on call
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
Yeah that makes sense. Agreed.
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
I’m not in a position of a policy maker, but if I was, I would certainly give more weight to the social and cleanliness issues over space exploration. Again, I don’t know the specifics of what the Indian government is doing or their particu
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
Can you elaborate why? Edit: reading others’ posts about him in this thread. Okay, wow. Not sure how accurate this information is though.
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
On one hand I totally applaud this effort by any country. On the other hand, my 2015 trip to India was enlightening. Culture shock is an understatement, and I’m not referring to the differences in food and tradition. The poverty was mind bl
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
Just downloaded and started reading the first chapter. Thank you!
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
I’ve bought 5 brand new cars in my life time. All vehicles were purchased in small towns in Kansas, Texas, and Tennessee. During that process, I dealt with over a dozen dealers. Every time, it was the same shady practices. My comment reflec
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
Tesla has a fixed price on all vehicles. With dealers, each dealer has their own price and will haggle the crap out of you, try to up sell you things you don’t want, and even be shady with the actual paperwork that you have to read and rere
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
I created it a while ago and just kept it since.
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
I knew what car I wanted and had looked around online to figure out what was a great price vs an acceptable one price. I called three dealerships in my area and confirmed if they still had the vehicles I’d seen in their inventory on their w
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
I emailed dealers and no one wanted to work over email. One even flat out wrote back saying they don’t send quotes over email because they know i will just shop around for a lower price.
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
Googles core products required them to hire people that could interview, hire, design, build, and deploy software. Along the way, they had many failures and learned a lot of lessons. If my company’s core products or services are centered on
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
How did you get a decent price? My employer offers a similar service as part of the benefits program. You print out a piece of paper, take it to the dealer, and get a prenegotiated price. Sounds amazing in theory until you do more research
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by throwaway98121 8y ago
We sold our vehicle because the monthly payment, insurance, gasoline, and parking costs were adding up to about $1000 a month. I planned on downgrading from an Infiniti to a 3 year old Honda Civic or Fit. I visited three dealerships in my a

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