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by fvrghl 3mo ago
I have a friend who works at Modular. FWIU, the employees got shafted by the acquisition financially.
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Meta targets May 20 for first wave of layoffs; additional cuts later in 2026(reuters.com)
26 points by fvrghl 5mo ago|10 comments
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by fvrghl 10mo ago
Are you familiar with Miyake's work? He did a lot of innovative design with synthetics, including the entire Pleats Please line.
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by fvrghl 11mo ago
This is how parking tickets work in NYC. FedEx, etc negotiate down the total amount they have to pay because they have so many tickets.
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by fvrghl 1y ago
Is there anyone making full wool underwear? Everything is a blend, which is good for durability.
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by fvrghl 1y ago
What is a non-opinionated critique?
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by fvrghl 1y ago
If you had invested the 83k in the S&P500, you'd be slightly ahead I think if you include maintenance and property taxes. https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/stocks/s-p-500/1997?amount=...
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The Effect of a Monthly Unconditional Cash Transfer on Children's Development(nber.org)
2 points by fvrghl 1y ago|0 comments
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Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door(nytimes.com)
49 points by fvrghl 1y ago|25 comments
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by fvrghl 1y ago
Never heard it pronounced that way in my life. Either "Tech" or "GT".
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by fvrghl 1y ago
Not NY, NY: "in fact I own three houses: A fixer-upper starter home in a rust belt upstate New York university city, and a patch of beautiful remote rural land with 2 pretty humble and simple cabins on it an hour from the city house&qu
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by fvrghl 1y ago
Source? NYC chronically under builds. It's ranked #35 in new housing construction: https://constructioncoverage.com/research/cities-investing-m...
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by fvrghl 1y ago
The flight doesn’t include the time to get to and from the airport plus TSA screening. I greatly prefer taking a train because I can just show up and go.
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by fvrghl 1y ago
Do you pronounce it as Wed-nes-day? I've never heard it as anything but Wends-day, but maybe everyone else is wrong.
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by fvrghl 1y ago
Can you give your salary (or a range)? Seems shocking that a SV swe would make what a mech eng makes after 4 years.
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by fvrghl 1y ago
Does anyone have advice for how to balance air purification with CO2 levels? My apartment will sit at around 1200 PPM if the windows are closed, but if they are open I would think running a purifier does nothing.
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Firm hacked after accidentally hiring North Korean cyber criminal(bbc.com)
5 points by fvrghl 2y ago|1 comments
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by fvrghl 2y ago
What is bad about overcast?
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by fvrghl 2y ago
The mosquito-nets-as-fishing-nets story is covered in the video.
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by fvrghl 2y ago
A majority doesn't mean much these days. A supermajority is necessary to get things passed that the other side doesn't agree with [1]. The democrats haven't had a supermajority since 2011 [2]. [1] https://www.gover
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by fvrghl 2y ago
No, the author of the tweet states it is fake in the following tweet. It's just a hypothetical.
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Ask HN: How can I learn about performance optimization?
335 points by fvrghl 3y ago|147 comments
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by fvrghl 3y ago
Wikipedia says otherwise: "On September 8, 2011, the company was acquired by Google for more than $150 million, the 10th largest acquisition by Google as of that date, at the championing of Marissa Mayer, its Vice President of Local, M
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by fvrghl 3y ago
Generally in the US, you don’t get unemployment if you are fired for cause. Cloudfare is trying to make it seems like it’s termination for cause instead of a layoff.
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by fvrghl 3y ago
In the US, that does not happen. The expectation is someone only gets terminated in the first year if they are terrible. Unless it’s a tiny startup, such a stint would raise concerns.
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by fvrghl 3y ago
If I had to guess, it's because it's been reposted every month for the last several "Who's hiring" threads.
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by fvrghl 3y ago
That fee would just be passed from the scalper to the buyer of the reservation.
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by fvrghl 3y ago
Most people are against tipping [1], but we are forced to because of societal pressure. [1] https://www.bankrate.com/personal-finance/tipping-survey/
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by fvrghl 3y ago
I posted this over the weekend, but I didn't get many answers. Trying again during the work week.
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Ask HN: Reputable SWE Resume Review?
1 points by fvrghl 3y ago|3 comments

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