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Re:How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @12:06PM (#49910734)
With higher energy cost, People who could afford ACs would pay off the linemen to connect the AC directly bypassing the meter.
Re:How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @12:03PM (#49910709)
RO water is Reverse Osmosis water. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_osmosis)
Re:First and Lego Education Partnership Update on Monday March 23, 2026 @12:32PM (#47491760)
Personally, the Lego stuff was unreliable and a lot of time was spent by kids in making sure the robot worked across different conditions and there was a lot of pressure on them on ideal placement etc. Again, great things to learn for kids but very frustrating as this is the first foray for elementary kids into programming/robotics.

FTC in comparison has been way more fulfilling for my children and I am hoping the next version of FLL is a lighter version of something similar.

+1. Employees can generally boost revenues (if used correctly).

The post I was replying to was implying that cutting employees boosted revenues somehow.

Costs do not impact revenue only profits.
Free meals still exists.
Re:Google's Live from Paris Event Private/Deleted Immediately on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:06PM (#34712099)
I think the correct link is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLWXJ22LUEc (atleast the sound is better here)
It creates the problem of too many chefs but too few cooks. Too many people discussing how to best construct a thing vs actually constructing the thing.
This is thanks to the absurd guidance by the govt. to only give tax break Model Y like vehicles if they are under $55K. (Personally,this hurts as I bought a MY in December)
Re:8 Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @12:40PM (#34163508)
Frankly, Leetcode seems like a more objective test to me than a panel of interviewer grinding me on behavioral questions checklist.
Re:Redfin Cuts 13% of Staff, Shuts Down Home-Flipping Business on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @12:59PM (#33535392)
However, they would have a loan between 3-4% which seems to 1-2% lower than current rates.
Re:Bye Twitter – Manu Cornet on Friday November 04, 2022 @12:21AM (#33462170)
Re:Is this the end of social networking? on Friday August 12, 2022 @01:55AM (#32435096)
I hadn't heard of newpipe before so just installed it and found that it had much more intrusive ads than regular YouTube.
Re:Troof on Nootropics on Friday May 20, 2022 @11:13AM (#31448571)
Can you share some more details? As I have just been prescribed Adderall and I want to make sure that's something I want to take regularly.
Re:Coinbase Q1/22 Shareholder Letter [pdf] on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @04:51PM (#31332542)
+1.. COIN trying to hire FAANG engineers so have to pay high salaries to attract them
Re:Ask HN: How do I develop focus? on Monday April 04, 2022 @01:42PM (#30909631)
Adderall. Frankly, Get yourself evaluated for ADHD and see if prescription can help. Even just knowing has done wonders for my mental health by making me more forgiving for the mistakes/inattention commonly associated with ADHD
I think the point was since the stimulus money has stopped they don't have to compete with the government and with inflation these folks will need to find a job.
Re:Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @04:36PM (#30783007)
FYI The announcement is from *spotify not shopify
Re:Ask HN: Are System Design documents out of fashion? on Thursday January 20, 2022 @02:13AM (#30005747)
At Google, design documents are a big deal and I have really come to appreciate them a lot. My previous employers were not so big on design documents so it was a big change for me.
Re:I'm keeping a job search diary on my blog on Thursday January 20, 2022 @02:11AM (#30005734)
Thanks for keeping a open diary. I am wondering if you find the big banner ad on your website worth the extra money, it makes the blog feel like a spam website.
Re:Pinterest ruined photo search on the internet on Monday November 08, 2021 @06:52PM (#29155926)
Afaik, Google removed the "View image" feature due to the getty lawsuit. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/internet-rages-after...
Re:How to Read “Gilgamesh” (2019) on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:16PM (#29084278)
Personally, I feel the characters in Mahabharata are more shades of grey (rather than just Good or Bad) unlike Ramayana which is portrayed as a fight between Good vs Bad.

Even Krishna's role has a lot of valid criticism in terms of the little he does to avoid the war (being a god and all). The closest clean character seems to be Karna who is on the losing side.

Because PTO needs to be approved by the manager which they weren't ready to do.
Congrats! Looks really interesting, I do see a few data issue e.g. NVDA Sep 17 2021 $405.00 Put NVDA(Stock) put 726.44 405 321.44(44%) 2021-09-17(61d) 2 3 0.98 1.29 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 2.000

Have you looked into https://optionstrat.com/

A few companies under the FAANG umbrella do monthly/quarterly vesting.
I have been presently surprised with Google Assistant in this regard, the integration with my TV (with new Google TV Chromecast) is amazing and a lot of time I don't bother to pick up the remote. (Saying things like "Play xyz on TV", switches on the TV, figures out the right app and starts playing the show saving me 4-5 actions on the remote)
People are used to paying $100+/mo for a Gym, if Peloton can convince them to work out at home thats worth the $2500 they charge every 3 years or so. They can make the equipment free or cheap with multi-year subscriptions.
The stats are not helped when police declines to take a report or even come out in Seattle when people steal your bikes or put tents on your front yard.
Home inspection was super useful for us when we bought our new built house, they found a major issue with the house which would have cost us thousands to fix later

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