hamstercat

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by hamstercat 1y ago
Credit cards do the same, no? You can initiate a chargeback.
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by hamstercat 2y ago
Being to blame is different than being actively trying to sabotage you. Many companies will be re-evaluating their relationship after this problem happened, but doing that while your systems aren't functional seems counter-productive.
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by hamstercat 2y ago
Changing vendors and choosing one that's more reliable is a perfectly sensible outcome of this situation once your system are back up and you're no longer hemorrhaging money. During an ongoing incident, when all of your operations
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by hamstercat 3y ago
It’s the same with canadian and asian airlines. Is it not the case in the US? I just assumed all airlines did it.
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by hamstercat 3y ago
Most companies don't pay that, step 1 is identifying the companies that do and focusing your efforts on them exclusively. This will depend on where you live, or on your remote opportunities. Step 2 is gaining the skills they are lookin
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by hamstercat 3y ago
Hindbærsnitter? It's a danish dessert with raspberry filling and icing on top. It's very much a better pop tarts.
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by hamstercat 3y ago
It's actually more than that. Last I checked the US government spends much more per capita on health care than any other country on earth. And by a large margin, not quite twice the 2nd country spending the most but almost.
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LocalBitcoins will discontinue its service(localbitcoins.com)
2 points by hamstercat 4y ago|1 comments
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by hamstercat 4y ago
They issued for over $1B worth of shares in 2021: https://news.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details... According to Google their market cap is currently 7.78B but I don't know what it was when they issu
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by hamstercat 4y ago
A public company can absolutely issue new shares, it's not the typical way companies raise money but it happens all the time. GameStop itself did it during the craze to capitalize on the increase share price did they not? No idea why y
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by hamstercat 5y ago
Comparing the permanent loss of a limb to a possible fine to a corporation for mishandling data is a bit out of touch.
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by hamstercat 5y ago
Put it in cold water in the fridge, it goes pretty fast that way. It has saved my bacon a few times (both literally and figuratively).
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by hamstercat 5y ago
Historically sitting on cash is a terrible decision a majority of the time, it's not even close. Without knowing you, your chance of correctly timing the peak and the bottom of the market is simply abysmal. The market may crash tomorro
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by hamstercat 5y ago
The difference between null and undefined in JavaScript is something I wished had never been implemented. Other languages refer to null as their billion dollar mistake, but somehow JavaScript got 2 of them with slightly different but someti
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by hamstercat 5y ago
Balance is extremely important, and can usually only be appreciated with hindsight which makes it hard to judge when you're in the moment. I'm in the same boat as the author as far as working too hard, but I've never done it
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by hamstercat 5y ago
It's a business arrangement, not an emotional relationship. They backed her because they thought they'd make a profit, and they did. They owe each other absolutely nothing else. Most people can't afford to stand up for themse
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by hamstercat 6y ago
You can disable remote login in the settings. It's the first thing I did when I got mine. So it's impossible to login to my router using my Ubiquiti account. Can't comment on issues have been getting, but I only have good thi
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by hamstercat 6y ago
They can run on github's infra, but you can host your own agent as well. https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/host...
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by hamstercat 6y ago
They had support for Bitcoin a few years back, merchants could accept Bitcoin in addition to whatever currency they already supported. The feature was killed because they didn't find Bitcoin useful for transactions (can read more about
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by hamstercat 6y ago
I'm using the Reeder app on iOS, it syncs with a bunch of services. Before I was using Fiery Feeds, but they switched to a subscription model and the app I had paid for wasn't supported anymore.
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by hamstercat 6y ago
It's difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. This is why we have laws. Clearly no companies are interested in changing their ways, and why would they?
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by hamstercat 6y ago
I agree with you on the lottery, the world would be better off without it. The problem in this case is that it's also entertainment, and people will pursue it whether it's legal or not because they want to gamble. In this case if
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by hamstercat 6y ago
You're assuming your hypothetical project is gonna work and be successful, and that dependencies breaking will be the end of it. In reality, most projects never go get that far, they go nowhere. Building successful software is a lot of
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by hamstercat 6y ago
Experiments should not involve other people’s money. Both companies and individuals do it all the time, but involving « investors » (mind the quotes lol) for something that’s expecting to fail is simply irresponsible.
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by hamstercat 6y ago
Maybe I'm wrong. I do hope the model works. But all I can think of when I see their business model is Spotify. Where content creators are being paid cents, and have to rely on alternative streams of income like concert and merch. Excep
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by hamstercat 6y ago
I come from a TypeScript background, so I can compare it to that. The biggest difference to me was the soundness of the type system, where you're ensured (from a runtime perspective) that objects are correctly typed. This cuts both way
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by hamstercat 6y ago
HGST is owner by WD. They have operated independently for a while, unsure of the current state.
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by hamstercat 7y ago
Wild guess here but fatality rate is based on the number of dead and the number of reported cases. High fatality rate means either high number of dead, or low number of reported cases. Knowing the real number of infected is really hard, esp
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by hamstercat 7y ago
I would not recommend taking investment advice from HackerNews. /r/PersonalFinance is a better place, or you can start reading forums like Boggleheads and blogs. If you’re canadian I can recommend a couple of blogs I follow, other
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by hamstercat 7y ago
It's definitely a mix. You can't hire just juniors because you need seniors to mentor/train them. You also probably don't want just seniors because as you said, they need the bodies. Add to that the fact that you must ex

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