weezin

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by weezin 4mo ago
Agreed, AI is a convenient excuse. If we had covid level interest rates these graduates would have a lot easier time finding a job. Companies are downsizing their bets and counting pennies to cash flow to invest in AI infra, which they woul
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by weezin 2y ago
It isn't that hard to setup a secure SFTP server to automate the exchange. But then again this is a post about configuring a S3 Bucket with public access for SSNs. The issue with Gmail is sending to the wrong email, sending to a broad
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by weezin 2y ago
It depends there are some exceptions.[0] >With persons or organizations (e.g., janitorial service or electrician) whose functions or services do not involve the use or disclosure of protected health information, and where any access to p
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by weezin 2y ago
HIPAA applies to patient data not providers data. > I also saw what appeared to be medical documents uploaded to the app. These files were potentially uploaded as proof for why individual nurses missed shifts or took sick leave. These me
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by weezin 2y ago
Depends on the person. Northwest arkansas is a beautiful place with tons of outdoor activities and the ability to live like a king on a major company CTO salary. I'd rather live there than Seattle or San Francisco.
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by weezin 2y ago
> Perhaps a better question is - if one can get an offer at other FAANGs and the equivalents... is there a reason to choose Amazon over others? It kind of depends on the person. I've seen people go from Amazon to Google and they wan
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by weezin 2y ago
Idk the ad for the new windows terminal was pretty well received by developers[1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gw0rXPMMPE
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by weezin 2y ago
>If I were put in charge of Alexa, I really think I would lay everyone off and start with a tiny group of really good devs and move as fast as possible to get something approaching the voice version of ChatGPT with all the integrations w
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by weezin 2y ago
Really should be up to the government to fine these companies and pay out to those effected to disincentivize lax security standards.
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by weezin 2y ago
Not entirely convinced the point was to convert the customers to the 8k price today. Seems like the data gained during the demo is the most valuable part long term. They can rinse and repeat offering a demo, gaining data, releasing a new ve
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by weezin 2y ago
System design isn't coding and reviewing all designs across 40+ people and leading cross team tech initiatives is a full time job.
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by weezin 2y ago
Looking at their commit history.
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by weezin 2y ago
Programming is a very small part of the battle of being an effective software engineer. It leaves out: - communicating - teaching - dealing with ambiguity - navigating politics - working cross-functionally Most high level individual contrib
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by weezin 2y ago
I'm dealing with this right now at another large company. Being asked to write a document for an integration we've done 20+ times because its part of someone else's larger promo project's design.
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by weezin 2y ago
This post is quite ironic. https://x.com/paulg/status/1110677737558159360
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by weezin 3y ago
Personally I feel like the right thing to do is let the engineer closest to the incident lead the response and subsequent action items. If they do well commend them, if they don't take it seriously then it may be time to look for a new
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by weezin 3y ago
Pretty confusing intersection with the light not being above the lane. He himself wasn't sure at the start of the video which light was his. He was a "advanced driver assistance systems test operator" and didn't know tha
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by weezin 3y ago
I had a gym that I signed up online for, I tried to cancel one day in person and they said I had to fill out a questionnaire and mail it to cancel. Fuck that company.
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by weezin 4y ago
There are tons of valid criticism for the US intelligence community, but when it isn't agenda driven they can be right about a lot of things, for example knowing that Russia was preparing to invade Ukraine.
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by weezin 4y ago
Exhibit A of the incompetence defense.
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by weezin 4y ago
Yeah given the context I think it is obvious that he got fired for advertising an extension that makes it easier to download your emails.
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by weezin 4y ago
> Not to mention that the upside of self-driving cars is capped at the cost of an uber driver An uber driver that can drive 24/7. Also there are a lot of cars that sit in parking lots 95% of the day that can be used.
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by weezin 4y ago
>Perhaps you were not the same person, or nor was he. Man this is really key. relationships is a skill. I don't believe in soul mates, but rather a healthy relationship is developed when two people have honed the skill enough to be
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by weezin 4y ago
I imagine bikeshedding galore lol.
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by weezin 4y ago
I imagine this can be manipulated by other accounts to drive traffic. He can say something controversial and then it goes viral on the big platforms. Then he could have a watermark of his website on the clip so people know where to go to se
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by weezin 4y ago
I had always thought Amazon already owned iRobot. It matches Amazon's existing smart home product line and has a lot of advertisements on Amazon. Speaking so confidently about this being some gather as much data from your home possible
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by weezin 4y ago
These are mostly warehouse jobs because they had to ramp up drastically during the pandemic, but don't need as much capacity now. They are still hiring SWEs.
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Nancy Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan(dailymail.co.uk)
7 points by weezin 4y ago|0 comments
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by weezin 4y ago
Not even close to the same thing. One is you giving someone money to do something and they spend it on themselves, the other is you getting paid from your employer who bought a jet with their return on investment.
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by weezin 4y ago
Weird they would acquire a company similar to what they are already doing with Amazon Care.

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