ccthr

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by ccthr 5y ago
yes... only the worthy and entitled deserve it clearly! The plebs should work 60 hours to support the lifestyle of the wealthy elites. In all seriousness though it's clear his book is aimed at people that have a chance of creating enou
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by ccthr 6y ago
which part of `liberte egalite fraternite` does worker exploitation come from? Amazon is free to do business in France, and they are free not to (as they threatened) They are not free to exploit people. That is equality and fraternity at it
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by ccthr 6y ago
> I am often amazed at how good HN readers are at valuing labour of both workers and executives. I suppose you are naive enough believe the world is a true meritocracy
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by ccthr 6y ago
Nope, I am not saying cease growing. From my POV the most productive growth amazon can make as a company would be engaging in better ESG practices There are forms of capital outside of material assets and intellectual property. Amazon is lo
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by ccthr 6y ago
My answer to your initial question (what do people think amazon should do?) Invest less in growth and more in the human capital that is essential to running the business. Playing by a different set of rules guided by Jeff's meglomania
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by ccthr 6y ago
it makes no profit yet Bezos is the richest man in the world by some margin? How can you buy into that narrative. The no profit book keeping is just a way to avoid paying tax. As a shareholder I would rather see them pay fairer wages, be ta
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by ccthr 6y ago
Agreed. Where could we get the tax money to make those pay rises from? hmmm
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by ccthr 6y ago
Reading this makes me thing I should divest. I feel ashamed owning shares in a company that thinks 20 hours unpaid time off a quarter is reasonable.
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Tesla's Grid Management and Marketplace [video](infoq.com)
1 points by ccthr 6y ago|0 comments
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by ccthr 6y ago
Tesla are using Scala actors for their power distribution network. https://www.infoq.com/presentations/tesla-vpp/?utm_source=pr... I guess cool is subjective.
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by ccthr 7y ago
I feel like this is promoting wantrepeneur lifestyle and taking low paid long hour start up jobs to get on the ladder. Whilst innovation is important, and earning your stripes too, I get sick of this unspoken attitude that anyone who doesn&
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by ccthr 7y ago
Hiring Java devs is the problem. It's a lowest common denominator language. Try looking for Ruby or JS devs. It's a lot easier to teach someone from a dynamic background how to leverage a type system than it is to teach an imperat
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by ccthr 7y ago
Yeah Scala on Graal will be fantastic - as I say in my post Scala isn't a great fit for serverless, but Graal is likely solve that. I adore Finagle/Finatra and wish it had the mindshare over play.
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by ccthr 7y ago
To all those saying Scala is dying: Personally I am making top money on Scala gigs, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. The people I meet on these gigs share my opinion. Most people wouldn't take a Java job even if it paid
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The Persucation of Falun Gong(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by ccthr 7y ago|1 comments
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by ccthr 8y ago
1) Agree 2) Partially agree - I haven't gone to the length of writing anything down but I have been modelling it in my head for weeks. As you say later in your post a lot of it is intangible hence the difficulty in deciding. House&#x2F
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Ask HN: Should I take a new job with less pay and responsibility?
8 points by ccthr 8y ago|6 comments