folivore

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by folivore 3y ago
Yeah, I had been wanting a good paid search engine for ages since I didn’t like being google’s product or watching as their search got worse for my use cases over time. I pay for Kagi now and it’s really worth it for me, specially consideri
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by folivore 3y ago
There is a lot of value in learning things the hard way vs the easy way if there is no real significant harm caused, I think. In many cases you learn more or gain a deeper understanding/respect for the topic, which is worth something i
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by folivore 3y ago
I get that losing access to things you got used to sucks. At the same time, IMO, this post comes across quite entitled and whiny. Nobody owes you anything, specially not free hosting and/or server time forever. That stuff isn’t cheap a
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by folivore 3y ago
See you later alligator!
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by folivore 3y ago
This genuinely seems useful. I’ll give it a shot. Nice!
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by folivore 3y ago
Could you disable the favicon changing all the time? It's crazy annoying
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by folivore 3y ago
I’d be interested in proof of me fishing for sympathy here. Does stating a situation count as fishing? I’ve made no requests for help beyond info around the situation. Sometimes people are human and need to ask more experienced people how t
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by folivore 3y ago
Leadership took a 15% pay cut a bit before ours was announced. They said it was to avoid impacting employees but then they did anyway, so my confidence in their promises is quite low.
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by folivore 3y ago
It's not quite that simple.
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by folivore 3y ago
How did the pay cut influence your quality of life during those months?
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by folivore 3y ago
Equity would definitely soften the blow. But yeah, nothing for us.
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by folivore 3y ago
I am unsure if 10% cut would be covered by dropping an office. The area is very affluent and exclusive. Note that it is a pretty small company.
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by folivore 3y ago
People here earn enough for the food to not be on their radar. I guess the office/food is symbolic, though I do understand real estate is hard to get rid of. They could rather have taken on the debt and kept good people (pure speculati
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by folivore 3y ago
This is the case. There is a safety net with refusing to sign so it's a choice between betting on the company or winging it and hope they keep to their end of the law. If they fire me for not agreeing there is a body that handles such
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by folivore 3y ago
One year is a long time. Did they give raises at that point too?
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by folivore 3y ago
Did those companies perhaps recover or did it go further south?
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by folivore 3y ago
Thank you. I'm not bothered about the company, though I do like the employees and the work. I'm trying to find the best way forward mid-long term for me. The company won't think twice about letting me go. I have options for j
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by folivore 3y ago
Hmm. Where did that end up? Did the pay cuts alleviate over time or did those people get laid off when the company did worse?
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by folivore 3y ago
Thanks. That's a new way of looking at it for me. No form of compensation was offered other than "wait and see." So I don't feel confident that they will make up for it if things do get better. I don't want to suffe
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by folivore 3y ago
Fortunately I am not employed at-will but I do honestly think that answer is genuine.
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by folivore 3y ago
I would love to know how people at the company feel about this in terms of morale. It's hard to bring this stuff up. I would rather be laid off than have this because there's at least a runway with known pay to find a new job.
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Ask HN: Should I sign a pay cut agreement?
30 points by folivore 3y ago|66 comments
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by folivore 4y ago
This is quite an adversarial take. The author's follow-up replies are also hostile and dismissive. Smells like the sort of thing LinkedIn"fluencers" would post. Good luck to whoever works under this person. Doesn't seem
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by folivore 4y ago
Your username is amusing
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by folivore 4y ago
I’m mostly okay, probably. I think my main problem is procrastination; can get stuck for days in some kind of suspended mental state until I force it. I have been fired once for it though. Not proud of that. Don’t be like me and do nothing
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What it takes to order KFC in Gaza(restofworld.org)
7 points by folivore 6y ago|0 comments
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How a Magnetic Lock Works(youtube.com)
3 points by folivore 6y ago|0 comments