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Keep in mind Finasteride isn't for recession, but for loss at the crown, though it is known to work elsewhere - it isn't approved for that.
Re:Coinbase is a decentralized company, with no headquarters on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @08:03PM (#26258503)
If you earn money from a "New York Source", you have to pay NY State income tax even if you live in another state.

https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/nonresident-faqs.htm#nystax

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2020) on Monday June 01, 2020 @02:07PM (#23381683)
Paxos | Sr. Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer | NY, NY | Onsite (remote until end of year) | https://paxos.com

Paxos is a leading blockchain technology and cryptocurrency company reshaping the financial industry. As the first regulated Trust company for digital assets, Paxos technology makes it possible to tokenize, custody, trade and settle assets.

Site Reliability Engineer: The SRE team is focused on a building and scaling a secure, reliable, and fault tolerant platform for all of Paxos' applications around the globe. We use the best tools for the job such as Terraform, Kubernetes, Aurora Global DB, DynamoDb Global, Python, Ruby, etc. to get the job done.

Senior Software Engineer: We use Go and Kotlin to architect and scale blockchain technology modernizing the financial industry by creating a future where all assets—from money to commodities to securities—are digitized and can move instantaneously, 24/7. You'd be joining a small team, so you'd be able to make a real impact, and have a voice developing industry changing products. Don't worry if you don't know Go or Kotlin as long as you're open to learning.

See all and apply: https://www.paxos.com/careers/

Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @07:53PM (#23161606)
If you are willing to take a pay and level cut, why not just pay your relocation yourself? It's not expensive long term if you think you will do well and be rewarded at the new company.
Exactly. Stores like Kroger use their data, make generic versions of popular items, and sell right next to the brand at eye level. Amazon just does it at a larger scale.
Re:Apple Updates Air, Pro Laptops, Kills Off the MacBook on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @07:38PM (#20397883)
I can't imagine being on an airplane with anything but my trusty MacBook. Thinking of picking up a refurb one now to replace my 2 year old version.

I also have a 13 MacBook Pro which I haven't touched in over a year.

Re:Apple announces Apple Card credit card on Monday March 25, 2019 @02:27PM (#19485243)
I use the Amex online chat to block a specific merchant when I want to cancel. Takes less than 60 seconds and they will decline any charge matching that merchant descriptor.
Simply telling the merchant I will do a chargeback has worked every time for me (provided it's a credit card charge).
Re:Surviving as an ‘Old’ in the Tech World on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @10:40AM (#17450563)
Are plans really priced liked that? 4 years ago, I secured a policy (PPO) for my small company (15 employees in NYC) and they did not ask the age of any employee, just the total number. All people were covered at the exact same cost. The cost to insure an employee with a family was obviously higher, which is something younger employees often to not have.
It is about 50/50.
This is great news for Amazon. They already collect sales tax on everything they sell in most states (47 I think?). Now that smaller sellers (marketplace sellers, eBay, etc.) also have to collect tax, that hurts the ~8% discount built in, so why even shop around?
Did they simply take the name/address from the label or did they actually go to Amazon for billing information? You could just have all your packages shipped under a different name.
Re:Ask HN: What encrypted Dropbox alternative do you use? on Thursday December 21, 2017 @11:09PM (#15985208)
Google Drive has built in encryption? Or are you encrypting before uploading?