twayamznacct

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by twayamznacct 9y ago
Thank you - I have thought about this on and off but the thought of speaking to someone about this in-person (or even over the phone) terrifies me to the point of almost breaking down just thinking about it. I know it's irrational, and
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
> I wasn't quite clear if the problem was the work or the company? I honestly don't have a complete answer for this. I mean, I know the work is a major problem, but it's not the only factor by far. It's definitely t
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
Everything I've read has led me to believe that whiteboard interviews for internal hires/transfers are still a thing at this particular company, so I've avoided even that...
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
For me, at least, the problem is something else. I never expected it to be "special" at any of these places...I'd likely be exactly this unhappy doing the same meaningless work I'm doing here, elsewhere. I just took the
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
I was at Amazon in the past but I am not currently there. That's as much as I'll narrow things down :) -Edit- I used this acct as a throwaway in the past to respond to an Amazon-related topic and then just kept using it!
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
"Awful" would be the first word that comes to mind. I've spent three years at my current position at one of the "big 5", and after the first 9 months there were reorgs and I haven't been doing the things I was
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
Probably the one that isn't owned by two wealthy elite individuals...
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
What I don't get about Cardano is that it has almost NO use at all. The number of transactions per MINUTE can be counted using only your hands (every so often you may need to include your toes): https://cardanoexplorer.com&#
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
Hahaha, you mean the vision where one wealthy elite gets even MORE power than everyone else? I suppose it could be even worse though, it could be the upcoming UB fork.
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
I'd be curious to see any sort of proof (or, for lack of direct proof, something pointing the finger in this direction) in this. I say that without sarcasm. A legitimate request.
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
Wealthy Elites losing and Wealth Elites gaining, while the normal folk just get to look on in disgust at both. Sounds like the current state of cryptocurrencies for sure.
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
Just out of curiosity, why only BCash and not the other "big" forks of BTC (like Gold)?
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
Thoughts like these are what have really reduced my will to live. If I had made a simple decision back then there's a good chance I'd never have to waste my life working again. I could have been freed by now, to live a life dedica
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
Kinda like how a third-party prints USDT in the cryptocurrency case ;)
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
I was going to be smarmy and post a lmgtfy link with the contents "Wash trading price increase" but decided against it. There's a reason why wash trading is regulated against.
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
For your question in (2)... Wash trading? Some of the exchanges have zero fees for high enough volume on some trading pairs... and if an exchange themselves are running wash trades it's not like they'd be paying their own fees any
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
I'd argue you're getting richer, not wealthier. A very key distinction. I do have money in cryptocurrency, just to be clear. Only because I expect to be able to sell it for a higher value to a greater fool down the line (and have
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
I keep hearing about how cryptocurrencies are a revolution and the "Greatest Transfer of Wealth in History" and all I have in response is that it appears to be nothing more than yet another transfer of wealth in the wealthy elite&
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
> Bitfinex has been undergoing third party audit from Friedman for months now. Is there proof of this? All I've seen (and I may be ignorant of the rest, so this is a legitimate request :) ) is that "note" from Friedman LLP
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
You mean the document that specifically noted it was not an audit? That audit?
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
IF there is a hard fork to resolve this I hope some very hard questions are asked regarding why there was a hard fork for this, and not one for the earlier Parity bug given that the amount of funds lost in both were roughly equivalent. Unle
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
Disclaimer: Ridiculous pager duty was one of the reasons I quit Amazon (combined with massive failures in management, which I'll describe shortly). The team I was on (retail-related, not AWS), shifted away from the rolling schedule wit
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
I despise the industry that I work in (the tech industry, if you couldn't guess :) ) and doing nothing but consuming after I put in my time at work is the only thing keeping me from a massive depressionary spiral and self-harm. I'
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
(1) Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Gold, etc. Effectively "printing money". Perhaps not entirely arbitrary, as it's limited to the number of bitcoins in existence in the "main" chain at the time of the fork, but good enough.
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
> I am excited about ethereum, which turns the global mining network into a Turing complete engine for arbiterless smart contracts Until the owners (and there are owners) of Ethereum don't like the outcome of a particular contract a
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
I haven't talked with anyone, unfortunately. And I have thought about moving to a different industry but I don't even know where to start with that. Despite my total, and growing dislike, for this industry, it remains the sole thi
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
> what conditions need to occur where a man who most likely can get another job easily enough and who has switched jobs before decides that ending his life his a better course of action then switching jobs. From my perspective (which is
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by twayamznacct 9y ago
I wish it was that simple for me...by all rights I work at a place with good work-life balance (not a startup) and good management that doesn't drive stress into devs, but I feel innately against everything in this industry at this poi
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by twayamznacct 10y ago
What about the ~20% of the population with one or two APOE4 alleles?
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by twayamznacct 10y ago
There's no real route, no, but you can take the EB Green Card path. You just can't leave the country from the period starting when you file for adjustment of status and ending when you get EAD/AP (otherwise you're never

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