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Re:Reddit shares plunge almost 25% in two days on Friday March 29, 2024 @08:26AM (#39863219)
Not exactly surprising - most activity on reddit these days is just NSFW smut to promote <many>FANS pages.

Ask HN: No clue how AWS account was compromised – how to move forward?

I recently got an email from AWS about an account I created for consulting work nearly six months ago. Someone managed to get in and stand up a bunch of EBS clusters. Fortunately, this was caught by logs at the startup where I was consulting via their analytics. This was an account I'd only logged into a few times with it's own separate email.I'm sort of afraid to keep doing anything...

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But can I export video assets with this!? That's my question - I've had to resort to WebGL for a lot of this so far.
Feels like I should maybe just do something else. The startup I cofounded with decent funding is starting to flounder and big tech seems to have zero jobs. Not to mention the market has been with a new wave of thousands of ex-faang engineers far smarter than me. Going to college for CS seems like a waste now, but at least I have savings to burn.

Starting to lose sight of the point of doing this anymore...

Re:A way to earn cash back for applying to jobs on Monday December 18, 2023 @06:51PM (#38690007)
$1 is meaningless, $4-5 would be a real incentive.
Tbh I'd take a greyhound any day over a Spirit airlines flight.
Random reach here but has anyone here managed to get FFMPeg to render JS text over a video? I've been thinking about this workflow and just haven't quite figured it out yet, only a prototype in MoviePy but I'd like to move away from that.
Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer on Sunday November 19, 2023 @06:33PM (#38339803)
Glad I'm not the only one who's had this experience!
Re:Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @11:07AM (#38278225)
I have ADHD and unapologetically take adderall.

Yes, there's a stigma but there's also about a 6x improvement in my mood and ability to stay focused on a single task after I take 5mg. I've never developed dependency and generally only take it 3-4 times a week. I've also never really had to increase the dose.

This came after two diagnosis from neuropsychiatrists both reaching the same conclusion.

Being diagnosed at 22 I'm glad I wasn't prescribed adderall as a teen but I loathe how much more I could have achieved in college seeing how much more capable I am now.

I acknowledge it's probably not great for my heart health - but I was so depressed about how I was unable to get anything done or focus on studying before that I'd always make this tradeoff.

Re:Ask HN: Am I Unhireable? on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @07:15PM (#38185032)
Thanks for your positive encouragement - I'm hoping to land something in January this has just been a tough time for me mentally.
Re:Ask HN: Am I Unhireable? on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @10:59AM (#38178368)
I have to say - my most bizarre interview experience was a round 2 "culture fit" interview at Coreweave.

The guy interviewing was way too nice to the point it was weird and the whole interview was him asking about my "best traits" and breaking them down to "get to know me".

Re:Ask HN: Am I Unhireable? on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @10:58AM (#38178354)
Granted, I've applied a few hundred places and only got maybe 6 interviews.
Re:Ask HN: Am I Unhireable? on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @10:57AM (#38178341)
Sure thing, do you have an email in your prof here on HN?

I basically trust recruiters less than realtors at this point...

Re:Ask HN: Am I Unhireable? on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @10:56AM (#38178325)
Thanks, obviously things have slowed down now because it's just Nov / Dec which is historically always a slow time of year for hiring. I'm just starting to lose hope because I started fielding my resume about four months ago - only a few bites so far and my emergency funds are running low. Feels shameful to have to dip into my savings.
Re:Ask HN: Am I Unhireable? on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @10:54AM (#38178282)
I'm mostly confused because I made it to a final round for technical product roles at DeepGram and Bilt but I seem to get passed over for almost any other "entry" product or software eng roles.
Re:Ask HN: Am I Unhireable? on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @10:53AM (#38178267)
This is something I've worried about - when I apply to eng jobs I change my TPM role (which still had me coding quite a bit) to "product engineer". Which is accurate and my prev boss would back this.
Re:Ask HN: Am I Unhireable? on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @10:52AM (#38178244)
Right, but my conversion rate for interviews v applications is less than 8%
Re:Ask HN: Am I Unhireable? on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @10:50AM (#38178231)
Thanks, I'm mostly confused when I don't even make it to the intro stage with a recruiter. This is why I'm paranoid that hiring managers see something structurally wrong with my work history.
Re:Ask HN: Am I Unhireable? on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @10:50AM (#38178218)
Thanks for your thoughts - I might do uber or pick up a medical delivery route to supplement my income to make sure I don't burn too much of my emergency fund.
Re:Ask HN: Am I Unhireable? on Monday November 06, 2023 @11:32PM (#38173282)
Thanks, other than working somewhere longer I'm curious how I could stand out from other candidates?
Re:Ask HN: Am I Unhireable? on Monday November 06, 2023 @03:02PM (#38168092)
Thanks - I've had other friends who seem to have fared better and I'm basically terrified of having more than a few months of being unemployed on my resume.

Ask HN: Am I Unhireable?

I've been working on a startup with a friend for about the past year and unfortunately after having to eject one of our co-founders we're starting to run low on funds and might need to wrap if we can't raise something in the next few weeks.This has been a great experience and I feel like I've grown and finally got a chance to apply my experience working at a number of startups (especially since...

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Re:My side project reached $500 MRR :) on Thursday November 02, 2023 @04:33PM (#38119723)
This is awesome! How did you manage to build such an awesome and professional looking interface?
Re:GFiber Labs announces first project: 20 Gig with Wi-Fi 7 on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @01:09PM (#38015181)
It is kind of insane that I had to create a new google account just to change addresses... to another address that had actually had google fiber two years PRIOR to my existing apt...

It's insane to me that a company like Google couldn't figure this out. Also, when I created the new account I was locked out of google payments for 2 days because they thought someone was pretending to be me (after I made the new account). Huge nightmare but at least my 2G fiber works.

Re:GFiber Labs announces first project: 20 Gig with Wi-Fi 7 on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @01:09PM (#38015172)
Can't wait for them to bring this to Austin!
Re:Bitcoin miners running up Texans' electricity bills on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @07:06PM (#38006924)
My bill hasn't changed much at all - seasonally its actually lower than last year. They're just consuming power that would otherwise be wasted...
Ah so this is the new angle we're taking to prevent remote work or intense surveillance of remote workers?

Remind me to register my office commute with the office us gov confidant to validate I'm working in America next time...

Did they also release new drivers for linux that carry these features?

I'm going to really not be happy if you have to use Winblows for these...

Re:Ask HN: How to use $5k "self improvement" stipend? on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @09:23AM (#37928276)
If you don't know how to spend it, spend it on expensive office items that can easily be sold on secondary markets - ideally those that don't need ebay etc.

Last year I bought three Herman Miller Aeron chairs and just slowly sold them off on Craigslist for a discount.

Re:Mazda's DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist's smart car API tool on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:21AM (#37927595)
I wonder when Comma AI is going to start being impacted by takedowns like this?

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