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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after Fukushima on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @10:43PM (#26419942)
Let’s say I believe you. Do you have any proof?
Re:My Google Traffic Has Fallen to Zero on Monday January 04, 2021 @08:28PM (#25640843)
Advertising is a scam. It’s all fake anyways. The house of cards is going to come crashing down any day now.
Re:Levels.fyi 2020 Annual Pay Report on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @06:20PM (#25450142)
Levels.fyi helped me immensely in negotiating my Stripe offer, which I ultimately accepted.

I would have been massively lowballed otherwise. I can’t help but think it had something to do with the fact that I was female, which to be fair, I probably wouldn’t have negotiated at all originally if I hadn’t passed upon compensation numbers while browsing. Have any others faced similar experiences?

Re:Robinhood faces legal action over ‘gamification’ of investing on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @06:14PM (#25450085)
Anyone have thoughts on Webull here? Effectively identical to Robinhood.
Re:Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle – $550k (sunnyvale) on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @03:25PM (#25448101)
This is why I love the Bay Area, specifically South Bay. A suburban hell and technology goldmine all wrapped up into a neat little package.
Re:A computer science study plan to become a software engineer on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @03:21PM (#25448019)
I used something similar to this as well as Khan Academy to learn CS, when I transitioned into software engineering, after being laid off at my previous position in a different industry.

It’s possible, but it takes work. I also benefited by contacting my peers from college on LinkedIn and getting referrals for interviews. Even though I didn’t major in STEM originally, I still ended up connecting/befriending many while in school. I would encourage you to try to utilize resources like that as much as you can.

Re:Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @03:16PM (#25447959)
Focus on finding niche keywords/areas when advertising. The best ROI is going to come from there.

Like you said, the average person isn’t going to care enough to understand how a service like this might benefit them.

Microsoft Office is now updated for M1 processors

Posted by thrower on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @04:38PM
from the microsoft.com dept.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2020/12/15/4-ways-microsoft-365-is-improving-the-experience-for-mac-users/?ranMID=24542&ranEAID=nOD/rLJHOac&ranSiteID=nOD_rLJHOac-e8ExyUoI9c.rnf_I4tZxew&epi=nOD_rLJHOac-e8ExyUoI9c.rnf_I4tZxew&irgwc=1&OCID=AID2000142_aff_7593_1243925&tduid=%28ir__6qgyvgpazokfqldv0cigmvmrvu2xsq66qxwtb3e200%29%287593%29%281243925%29%28nOD_rLJHOac-e8ExyUoI9c.rnf_I4tZxew%29%28%29&irclickid=_6qgyvgpazokfqldv0cigmvmrvu2xsq66qxwtb3e200

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Re:I assume I’m below average (2010) on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @02:50AM (#25428004)
The mistake or cognitive error people make is that the potential of an average human is actually extraordinarily high. Being “average” is in itself more than enough to achieve close to anything.

Compare the human brain to anything currently in existence, and it should begin to dawn on you that we basically carry around a low energy power efficient supercomputer inside our heads.

Re:U.S. Treasury, Commerce Depts. Hacked Through SolarWinds Compromise on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:31PM (#25422064)
Have there been any statements / postmortems released from SolarWinds itself yet?

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