aldebran

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by aldebran 5mo ago
Police departments aren’t understaffed. It’s a priority problem not a lack of resources problem. I live in a tech heavy, wealthy city. It’s small. No violent crime. Barely any crime at all. There’s occasional break ins and car break ins. Wh
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by aldebran 8mo ago
You’re misinformed or willingly stupid if you think there are H1 hiring sprees with the last set of changes. H1 hiring has tanked.
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by aldebran 11mo ago
Bro I worked in the windows team. I’m telling you how it was. Trust the HN crowd to know.
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by aldebran 11mo ago
^this is good, legit feedback for why this product/feature isn't good. It's not just "MSFT BAD!". Thanks for sharing.
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by aldebran 11mo ago
HN seems to think PMs have a lot more power at Microsoft or large corps than they actually do. I assure you, a bunch of this stuff just comes top down because some VP's million dollar bonus rides on it.
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by aldebran 1y ago
Related but tangential: is there a way to grab video frames from a meeting? Audio transcript is great. Looking at a use case to grab participant video.
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by aldebran 1y ago
What does GPT-5 do that just wasn’t possible before or wasn’t possible as well as it is now? In my daily use cases I only see regressions.
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by aldebran 2y ago
There’s a simpler non malicious explanation for this. Asians know other Asians in tech and hire based on who they are familiar with rather than their ethnicity. It’s also why women managers tend to have more women in their teams. It’s not m
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by aldebran 2y ago
I’ve been here as a teen. It’s amazing! I was blown away by the creativity.
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by aldebran 3y ago
CR poll asks about any problems faced. Phone didn’t connect to the multimedia unit? That’s a problem. Not saying MB quality hasn’t changed but given the large feature set the problem surface area is also very large. More opportunities for o
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by aldebran 3y ago
This makes sense. There are 3 “ways” a battery charges. 1. OS’s battery driver does the charging. This is possible when the computer is on and the driver has control. 2. Firmware driven charging. Typically used in sleep mode 3. Analog Tric
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by aldebran 3y ago
It’s close enough for the purpose of the article.
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by aldebran 3y ago
- My automatic (non quartz) watch. Another watch that’s hybrid - has a battery reserve and charges by solar and hand movement. The only time I don’t wear them is when I shower. No charging, no updates, no BS. Works 100% of the time while be
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by aldebran 3y ago
Wait, you’re the presenter!
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by aldebran 3y ago
Man I used to tell family in India that the US is better despite corruption because the corruption was at very high levels. Companies paying to pass bills that benefit them. That as a citizen you didn’t see it daily. I even used examples of
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by aldebran 3y ago
I’m confused. Is the statement that people learn ASL for money and some social kudos?
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by aldebran 3y ago
Couldn’t one argue Amazon is the middleman too? Not in every case but these sellers do provide value. They find obscure items for an underserved market and sell something people want. Amazon literally has a team looking at data that basical
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by aldebran 3y ago
Yes of late my experience has been that Amazon is pricier or the same cost but rarely better. Or for non well known branded items, just drop shipped stuff that you could get on aliexpress cheaper… Only if I could convince my spouse to cance
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by aldebran 3y ago
The CC interchange rate is fixed in Europe but not in the US. Should they be? ;-)
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by aldebran 3y ago
Can this be given a multiplayer flair? Would be a very fun party game!
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by aldebran 3y ago
But also like 5 people who need a ride once in a month. Cities have lots of people, many that don’t bother with car ownership.
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by aldebran 3y ago
Interesting! I’ve always thought engineering and Philosophy were good for the same reason. Builds logical reasoning and ability to communicate.
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by aldebran 4y ago
Now you have. Lol
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by aldebran 4y ago
People with “Insufficient results” also known in other places as PIP
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by aldebran 4y ago
I’m hearing they’ve laid off low performers…
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by aldebran 4y ago
Unsurprisingly, HN is going to be tough on an offering like this. I know there is a need for this tool though. Questions: 1. How do you capture phone numbers even for optin? Does the restaurant port over their phone number to your automated
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by aldebran 4y ago
To the people saying 1G+ is overkill: Latency improves too! For me that was the biggest change I noticed. I’m sitting at 3ms! My friend send me a screenshot of 0.9ms.
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by aldebran 4y ago
This is just categorically false. Shopping / delivery / payments are a few categories where startups in India are doing much better.
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by aldebran 4y ago
This is unfortunately still the case. H1B lottery is still a thing. I had to lose a team member and the person saw a similar email in their inbox. Sucks!
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by aldebran 4y ago
When you hand crank an engine to start it, you really feel connected with the car you’re going to drive. An automobile doesn’t have the same connection with a rider as a horse does. I get it. I’m a car person too. I loved stick shifts and i

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