birdymcbird

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by birdymcbird 3y ago
Music. Learned to play piano. Very relaxing
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
Why did they rewrite?
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
>>>> Many interviewers fail to provide enough context and that leaves the interpretation of the prompt too wide open. yes but this not a defect as youre viewing it. in real world at amazon, your job to deal with ambiguity. the h
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
until recently i was a principal engineer at amazon. so maybe my opinion has some weight. system design interview is more about interviewee asking questions..taking time to understand the problem..ask about product feature or SLA..understan
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
this is amazon culture since beginning. decision making federated to director level or VP organization and s-team only step in on bigger goal. rto not even top 3 company problem though. main issue is fast pace culture that had its own probl
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
article puts goodreads problems on amazon. partially true but lazy journalism. much goodreads leadership same as when amazon bought them. i know because i work close to them before i leave amazon. tech was outdated ruby on rails. the engine
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
Not sure how far she makes in CS without some high school level math like pre algebra, algebra 1 and 2. remember that actual computer science curriculum have more advanced math like single and multi variate calculus, differential equation,
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
Not a lawyer but if EZInvoice not your trademark then not much you can do.
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
you see abortion as issue about body autonomy. many see it as issue of murder. it like religious debate. me not arguing either way. but wonder about “quality” of this journalism. it subtly condition reader to believe one side is correct and
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
work in tech. not every employee liberal or super progressive. it crazy to me the bar for what considered journalism. probably many of such “anti-abortion” lawmaker have other policy friendly for business. probably some people in these comp
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
ha! worked at amazon on detail page, cart, checkout. nothing unparalleled. lots of java and perl mason code. very poor and broken abstractions. missing unit test. missing integration test. poor developing experience. horrible culture of bur
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
>>> It’s an excuse to underpay and ignore 55% of your workforce. google isnt walmart or big business killing small store.. this comment like these people have no other job to work if google killed every other company and holding th
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
I use linked in sometimes. see lots of colleagues suddenly write lengthy motivational or sales post in perfect English.. but worked with them and know they did not type it. it set expectation on your ability to write clear english and can h
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
brave new world. never read it in my country when growing up and friend recently told me it is one of 10 books to read if me want to read english. do not read books but i could not put it down. had to google some chapters and website called
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
used linked in on mobile web browser. there is another pattern where cider accidentally “like” post without knowing. so my page full of me liking random items that appear on my feed over time. stupid dark pattern to fake engagement metric.
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
not my post but i see current USA federal reserve bank rate policy will cause slow painful end to big tech companies empire building policy. the growth religion must stop hiring endless layers of managers and ‘promoting’ good engineer from
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
its not that we believe government DOES solve everything or trust government. it’s that we believe government is the answer and only government responsible. constant load shedding? parliaments job to fix. people dont want to obey traffic ru
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
what is definition of government assistance? is there option where instead of “forgiveness”, government help part of interest payment, but if borrower makes principal payment? discussion often no actual detail or nuance. my issue is people
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
Im disturbed with these “opinion” articles and influence they have. it still make zero sense to me why student loan payments on hold. should we also put car loan payment on hold? credit card payments? yes..people took loans without thinking
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
me believe that if you want to achieve something.. you can do it in USA. and if you goal not to change world or become rich but just lift from poverty.. yes you can do that in this country. just need hard work and determination. but if you
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
>> ...as if any of the things you've suffered justify your anti-Black animus. my comment on stores unable to operate in high crime environment. it does not mean im anti black. you comment a personal attack. this is not reddit. ma
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
>> The closures are another example of the shortcomings of local governments and even national political leaders betting on leading chains to provide key public services and fill gaps. >> Unlike local government, which is theore
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
not sure how to feel about this law in general. absolutely do not want me grand kids on twitter or facebook and me kids even more against it. but not sure how state can enforce and state should enforce. feel like 1984 book.
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
not worth risk of getting caught and go to litigation with company who will bankrupt you. most software is individual components or service that not so interesting outside of companys context. code not super fancy or sexy either. it was wri
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
i would spin up dynamo table and lambda function if you doing prototype. can you provide more requirements? not sure what all you need in backend as service
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
> reinvigorating liberal democracy, both in my home in the United States, and around the world. really do not want Americans trying to impose or “reinvigorating” any kind of political form in my country. and i guarantee you as divided as
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
“And memory leaks instead” I choked on my morning coffee hahahahah
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
amazon policy will affect you rating if you use all you vacation and pto. latest is getting rid of pto option soon so no need to pay you $ if you leave.
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
Sbf constantly promoted in us media by news organization like nytime and celebrity before all the fraud became apparent. once cat was out of bag they run story going easy on sbf. never apologizing for promoting this fraud and they wrote ar
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by birdymcbird 3y ago
> altruistic motivations feel like trend among Silicon Valley companies and tech ‘genius’ personality about having altruism. some delusion that basing personality on this lie will make them untouchable and elevate their character, as if

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