turtledove

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by turtledove 4y ago
First, they wouldn't need to open anything new. They could reopen existing wells. Second, pumping oil out of new sites is myopic, at best. And third, any administration's policies are hardly going to move the needle on the profits
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by turtledove 4y ago
Alternatively, oil is high because there's a cartel interested in maximizing profits, and there's enough dust in the air from world events that they can claim plausible deniability. It's purely free markets doing what they do
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by turtledove 4y ago
Relying on a mechanism like this is, at best , extremely brittle. Seeing something like this in the wild would be a strong nope from me.
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by turtledove 4y ago
Ah yes, a society with low cost medicines and a healthy research investment - definitely a recipe for low wealth and health. /s
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by turtledove 4y ago
I ditched prime and haven't looked back. Amazon treats their workers and their customers as disposable. It's surprisingly easy to cut them out in a lot of markets and just shop somewhere else. I assume anything I buy from Amazon w
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by turtledove 4y ago
> Amazon has no major issues with worker treatment. Now I know you are astroturfing.
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by turtledove 4y ago
Amazon has a forced curve, meaning an org with generally well performing engineers can be forced to put 5% or more on a PIP.
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by turtledove 4y ago
> Revolutions never happen in well fed society. What? My understanding was that the revolution in Iran happened during a period of relative economic prosperity.
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by turtledove 4y ago
No, because broad sanctions don't hurt the dictator. It won't make their country more likely to get rid of him.
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by turtledove 4y ago
You are punishing people for rolling poorly on the parental lottery. Some kid starving to death because of sanctions doesn't understand what's happening. Their parents will be too poor and hungry to meaningfully fight back against
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by turtledove 4y ago
I was a professional cook and baker for 4 years. I've worked in several kitchens, and I've got a wide variety of commercial grade cookware in my kitchen including multiple ranges, ovens, torches, and countertop units. My friend, I
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by turtledove 4y ago
Ok, I'm imagining it. Now what? Oh wait, were you trying to say that forced divorce and remarriage is the same thing as "this other type of cooking tool should be used instead of the one you are familiar with"? Hahahaha
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by turtledove 4y ago
Tech jobs encompasses CS grads in roles beyond just engineer. Amazon experiences attrition rates of 30% per year plus a 5% rate of "top grading" mandated every six months. So right away, we're looking at tens of thousands of
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by turtledove 4y ago
Amazon deliberately tries to pay higher initial offers, but they hold back comp increases aggressively. Your friend might have a couple good years, but they won't last.
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by turtledove 4y ago
What about induction? The choice isn't gas vs electric anymore. Induction cooktops are night and day different from the old glowing rings style electric cooktops (which are terrible, agreed.)
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by turtledove 4y ago
Electric pollutes less. Electric induction has a faster response. Electric is more energy efficient. Electric doesn't require a separate line and utility run to the house. Electric boils water faster. Electric produces less greenhouse
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by turtledove 4y ago
Putting someone in a hallway might technically meet the requirement of having a desk, but not the spirit of having a desk.
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by turtledove 4y ago
That's a pretty big correction, given the time off other companies give to parents. Google and Meta give months to each parent.
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by turtledove 4y ago
I was a manager at Amazon, I was told that every cycle between 5 to 10% of the engineers in my org needed to be put on PIPs to meet quota.
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by turtledove 4y ago
Wages at Amazon were based on explosive stock gains, now that the stock has leveled off, you'll see what Amazon intended to pay engineers. I was part of comp planning, the numbers are lower than you think. Every year I was trained to
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by turtledove 4y ago
The numbers I had suggested approximately 17,000 tech jobs per quarter. So, not too far off from your number. I was also told to expect 30 to 40 percent attrition every year, as engineers burnt out.
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by turtledove 4y ago
Hahahaha haha ha. Get wrecked, Coinbase.
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by turtledove 4y ago
That seems like a pittance for the role, to be honest.
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by turtledove 4y ago
When I worked in AWS the mantra was we aim to fill more seats than there are engineers graduating every year, indefinitely . Amazon needs engineers desperately. It's too bad for them that their mistreatment of their workforce is final
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by turtledove 4y ago
Bummer, but also, you dodged a bullet. I know nothing about you, but you absolutely can do better than Coinbase. Shady as fuuuuuuuuuuuuck company.
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by turtledove 4y ago
One hopes not likely, but who could say. An unethical company that mistreats its workers and also expects them to shut up and get in line? ... Describes quite a few tech companies to be honest.
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by turtledove 4y ago
I've worked two FAANGM jobs as a salaried engineer and or manager, rarely put in over 40. Draw boundaries, stick to them. Long hours mean the company is underfunding your team, and there's no reason you should be picking up thei
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by turtledove 4y ago
He's gone from "building cool shit, but holy crap the hours are long" to "long hours for a toxic edgelord who has consistently over promised and under delivered" in the span of a decade.
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by turtledove 4y ago
I hire and manage people who work remotely. We've never been a stronger team. Maybe remote isn't the problem, maybe you are? Building the culture and systems to support remote takes effort and belief that it will succeed.
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by turtledove 4y ago
We just went through over two years of fully remote work and our productivity has never been higher. We've onboarded many people during that time. It's not even been particularly difficult.

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