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Re:Ask HN: Are there any rural tech communities?
on Friday April 22, 2022 @08:32PM (#31130042)
Take a look at Rapid City, SD. You can get 4+ acres pretty easily. We have a decent sized tech community that is active and growing.
Re:Everyone Loves the $100M Deli
on Monday April 19, 2021 @07:17PM (#26868934)
If you are talking about
>Small investors who get sucked into these situations are likely to be harmed eventually, yet the regulators – who are supposed to be protecting investors – appear to be neither present nor curious.
then you are incorrectly attributing that to Matt. It was a quote from Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital.
Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay
on Thursday March 04, 2021 @08:31PM (#26351253)
Apologies, I thought your response was a reply to a different comment.
Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay
on Thursday March 04, 2021 @08:02PM (#26350994)
Can you expand on why y’all makes them feel degraded? Y’all is often used to convey a feeling of warmth towards the addressee or express familiarity, which seems the opposite of degrading.
Re:World Economy Shudders as Coronavirus Threatens Global Supply Chains
on Sunday February 23, 2020 @11:05PM (#22401556)
> But if you are not in China, you have no reason to prepare for coronavirus specifically.
Tell that to people in Italy or South Korea.
Re:Varoufakis to Publish Notorious Eurogroup Recordings from 2015 Meet...
on Friday February 21, 2020 @10:31AM (#22383804)
If only political grandstanding wasn’t necessary and we could have nuanced discussions in public.
Re:Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
on Monday April 22, 2019 @01:31PM (#19720802)
Because people and companies who do this add no value to society. They are parasites.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2019)
on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @12:05PM (#18807717)
Location: United States
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies:
-Languages: Ruby, Elixir, Perl, Javascript, Python, Java, Kotlin, Scala, lua, C#
-Databases: Postgres, Mysql, Redis, ElasticSearch, DynamoDB
-Cloud: aws
-OS: linux, windows
Resume/CV: Available on request
Email: [email protected]
Full stack developer with 8+ years experience (5+ years at AWS). Looking for full-time remote gig within the United States. Willing and able to learn new languages/technologies.
Re:Antidepressant withdrawal: reviewing the paper behind the headlines
on Monday November 19, 2018 @11:56PM (#18491888)
I’ve been off Effexor for almost three years now and I still get shivers when I think about the brain zaps.
Re:Prime Down: Amazon’s sale day turns into fail day
on Monday July 16, 2018 @10:07PM (#17546767)
Not unless there was malicious intent or willful negligence. Amazon is a data driven company. The data shows that a “blame” culture results in more incidents. (Airline industry taught us this: https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/maintenance_hf/library...)
Re:Coinbase down for maintenance
on Thursday December 07, 2017 @01:58PM (#15872902)
That is what a Market Maker is.
Re:Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” verdict in API battle
on Saturday February 11, 2017 @06:40PM (#13625566)
Actually in this case presuming is not understandable, there is no evidence or reasonable grounds to support his statement.
Re:Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe
on Monday January 30, 2017 @12:13PM (#13522974)
How many universes can we daisy chain together?
Re:Software Engineering Internship Amazon Interview Experience
on Thursday December 01, 2016 @12:52AM (#13077485)
Because this is mainly being used for interns. In general, you don't fly in interns for onsite interviews.
Re:Amazon Worker Jumps Off Company Building After E-Mail to Staff
on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @11:04AM (#13063861)
Almost all of Amazon.com has been migrated to AWS.
Re:Amazon Worker Jumps Off Company Building After E-Mail to Staff
on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @10:53AM (#13063776)
As does yours. Any data to back up that number, or just anecdotal evidence?
Re:Amazon Worker Jumps Off Company Building After E-Mail to Staff
on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @01:39AM (#13061334)
Yes, you get additional stock grants every year.
Re:Google Cloud is 50% cheaper than AWS
on Saturday November 19, 2016 @01:27PM (#12994784)
You really should have noted you were using on-demand pricing at the beginning of the article.
Re:Why Are America's Most Innovative Companies Still Stuck in 1950s Su...
on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @12:44AM (#12741135)
Of course they don't put them downtown. The logistics would be a nightmare (especially for distribution centers).
Re:Why Are America's Most Innovative Companies Still Stuck in 1950s Su...
on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @12:24AM (#12741055)
>Also consider: how many truly innovative companies were ever created in the city and grew to be quite large?
Amazon is one example.
Re:Scientists Watch Thoughts Form in the Brain
on Thursday August 25, 2016 @12:00PM (#12360093)
The great thing about our brains is how malleable they are. We should be creating as low tech a mechanism as possible and then train our brains to use it.
Re:Google Unfairly Curbs Web Ads and Skews Search, EU Alleges
on Thursday July 14, 2016 @12:29PM (#12095221)
That is because they aren't a monopoly (40% US market share for phones).
Re:The problem with reinforced concrete
on Saturday June 25, 2016 @09:13PM (#11978929)
It is all about good abstractions vs. hiding complexity.
Re:When Is Cheryl's Birthday?
on Saturday April 25, 2015 @03:02AM (#9437522)
He does in fact like himself some lisp: http://norvig.com/paip.html
Re:Would you take smart drugs to perform better at work?
on Sunday April 13, 2014 @07:38PM (#7583663)
I hear you about the effexor. The only reason I'm still on it is because of the withdrawal effects. Those brain zaps are nasty!
Re:Amazon Fire TV
on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @04:27PM (#7518738)
https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/asb/overview-apps-games.htm...
The Amazon Fire TV runs Fire OS 3.0, based on Android Jelly Bean (API level 17).
Re:Much of what investment bankers do is socially worthless (2010)
on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @10:52AM (#6847647)
>> Wouldn't it be cool to invest in or work for a company that explicitly shared some of your own personal values?
This would be very cool. The problem is, these companies are a rare breed - especially for publicly held companies.
Re:Seattle Mayor: I have Comcast, and I would like better service
on Sunday November 03, 2013 @02:14PM (#6664532)
A quick search of 'gigabit seattle' will make things less vague: http://gigabitseattle.com/areas/
Re:Who’s afraid of Jeff Bezos?
on Thursday October 17, 2013 @01:09AM (#6563778)
> Most of what Amazon does, does not compete with technology companies. In the few places they do, they're not a juggernaut.
Since when is AWS not a juggernaut...
Re:Final Term - Terminal Emulator
on Monday July 08, 2013 @01:59PM (#6008093)
In regards to powershell, check out PowerGUI for a better experience.