praneshp

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by praneshp 6y ago
hey can you add why?
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by praneshp 7y ago
Fastmail. I can vouch for them, having used them since 2014, including after a recent re-design.
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by praneshp 7y ago
That's nice! In the time I've been in the industry, fb has generally been considered a better payer than amazon, I think. Would you agree? I was just trying to say that the amazon vesting percentage doesn't adversely affect a
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by praneshp 7y ago
Being an intern is a huge bonus here. My wife got a decent equity grant under the terrible 5/15/../.. plan, but also a 20k cash bonus for each of the first two years for being a returning intern. This makes it very attractive
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by praneshp 7y ago
(the royal) You don't have evidence that the vast majority of user's care about ethics either. If you have numbers, please share, and I'm happy to apologize and reverse my position
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by praneshp 7y ago
I think several people here are in tech, but earn non faang salaries. My personal opinion is that many of them are jealous.
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by praneshp 7y ago
Not snarky: maybe it doesn't matter if it looks good or not, beyond optics?
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by praneshp 7y ago
That's why I said "a lot by people". I'm sure some people have ethical reasons to dislike ads.
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by praneshp 7y ago
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/08/04/the-el-p... This is a good read if you are non-snarky and were really looking for an answer.
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by praneshp 7y ago
If you re-read your parent comment, it says "A lot of people in their 20s". That's clearly different from "All of the people in their 20s".
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by praneshp 7y ago
Well, it _was_ brilliant, but the alleged perp got caught. Good luck now.
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by praneshp 7y ago
Are you allowed to just do it now, or that has to be done in the 2-hour backlog grooming meeting?
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by praneshp 7y ago
Thank you, that's exactly the kind of answer I was looking for.
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by praneshp 7y ago
Trying to be non-snarky here: How does it help someone who doesn't need any of today's typical accessibility features?
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by praneshp 7y ago
They might not get the visibility, or you might complain that they are using Medium which you hate, etc.
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by praneshp 7y ago
> Ford has had 4 CEOs in the last four years... not a sound from the media. You must not read a lot of news
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by praneshp 7y ago
> GoT, Breaking Bad, Westworld finished show with poorly received last couple of seasons, not a hbo show that's streaming on Netflix right now, 2-season old show with a silly 2nd season. House of Cards was also kind of crap after 4
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by praneshp 7y ago
I suggest braving through season 5, I personally enjoyed the remaining seasons, especially the last one. They never reach 1-4 levels though.
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by praneshp 7y ago
Added advantage for me : no one making irritating sounds eating their $8 small popcorn or unwrapping their $5 candy.
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by praneshp 7y ago
> I would love to understand the though process of someone going out of their way to remove someone’s livelihood from them because of a comment on HN This is not so difficult though. You just need to adjust your starting point to someone
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by praneshp 7y ago
> Analogy breaks down because “horses” are just as smart as the “drivers” (sometimes more and sometimes less) Sure, but horse is horse and driver is driver. I can give excuses all day for why I'm not the driver.`
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by praneshp 7y ago
> Protobuf (Models) Sounds really cool! Is this something that comes out of the box or generated by your own plugins?
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by praneshp 7y ago
Are you writing internal APIs or exposing some to external developers also? Are those external developers able to start from JSON and make a request?
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by praneshp 7y ago
> It's arguable whether this is legal even if you signed a contract If you ever take Costco to court, I'll follow along curiously. In a lawsuit-hungry country like the US, I'm not sure how long a large company like Costco
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by praneshp 7y ago
>> Why not just ask for permissions for a single app specific folder Dropbox lets apps work on either a single app specific folder, or on your entire dropbox. But the app has to be one type or the other, the user cannot choose what ac
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by praneshp 7y ago
Next time Stewart Butterfield co-founds a games company, it'll be one to watch out for.
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by praneshp 7y ago
> something the user seems to specialize in, I think this is why.
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by praneshp 7y ago
Can you list a few dumb TVs that are also decent from a watching perspective? In 2015 I could just say $300, and most TVs at that price range were non-smart. Today the struggle is much worse.
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by praneshp 7y ago
> I don't see landing on the moon Good thing only a handful of people care about what you see then...
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by praneshp 7y ago
And in this case, Lyft is simply trying to ascertain that the courts will uphold this contract. No need to hate on them simply for taking the city to court.

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