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WYepQ4dNnG

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    Comment #31266647

    In my experience, most engineers won't even get the chance to work on something so impactful and cross team/org to land a promotion. Not their fault. Sometime, as everything in lif…

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    Comment #31242091

    I wished people would care more for the real world than virtual land and racing to Mars ... awful times we live in ..

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    Comment #31227389

    I am not sure about that. Java has been around for some time now, but any Java developer can easily read code written 20y ago. I find c++ syntax terse and hard to read. A good exam…

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    Comment #31225967

    I agree with the string argument. I felt the same struggle, too many string types. It is hard to remember when to use what. I wish there were one string type to rule them all.

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    Comment #31225947

    I worked on few projects in c++ many many years ago, so I don’t define myself as an expert in that language, but c++ nowadays scares me, looks like the language complexity have exp…

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    Comment #31218352

    I wish an expressive language like Rust, but with a GC, so I don't have to think about borrow/checker and memory manager in general. I have tried to use Go but did not find appeali…

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    Comment #31208187

    Will Apple finally make up their mind? Most of the big tech are getting more and more work remote friendly. If they want to retain talents ... they must align with them. Otherwise …

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    Comment #31186783

    Less and less people are using FB .. perhaps IG and Whatsapp yes, although you have to consider that privacy regulations can only get more stringent over time. Will they go bankrup…

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    Comment #31186615

    > - Apple’s 2021 opt-in privacy change makes FB/Insta/Messenger/WhatsApp ads less effective permanently for the highest margin demographic (iPhone users) > This will be worked arou…

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    Comment #31172527

    I suggest you to keep practicing those leetcode ...

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    Comment #31172514

    I think FAANG should be renamed to MAAG the only companies that will continue to dominate the tech industry at least of the next 2 decades ... Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google Ever…

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    Comment #31170652

    I suspect/hope that many (socialist) political leaders around the globe are going to be forced by their supporter to re-asses their usage of Twitter.

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    Comment #31170595

    I am glad I did not join them last year when I had the chance. Went for a FAANG instead. I see pure chaos for the foreseeable future.

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    Comment #31156996

    Elon is no fit to own and run a social media company. Let’s remember the toxic tweet against Bernie https://twitter.com/sensanders/status/1459584250668331011 I will for sure delete…

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    Comment #31079500

    If the data is publicly available then it should be legal to scrape it and use it. LinkedIn can decide, if they want, to put all the data behind login. Problem solved.

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    Comment #31077002

    As soon as you have to import any investment data (who does not have at least $100 in S&P these days???) and you also have to file state taxes, then turbotax ends up begin expensiv…

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    Comment #31030272

    I am close to be financially independent. But I wish I was already. I have so much stuff to do, traveling, spending time with my family. Not having to worry about your day-to-day w…

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    Comment #31029927

    Man you should enjoy your life. You have no idea how fortunate you are, and here you are feeling unhappy. I don't get it. People out there really struggle to get by day-by-day. I a…

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    Comment #31029860

    "Google Services generated $69.4 billion, or about 92% of total revenue, in Q4 FY 2021. Advertising revenue, at $61.2 billion, comprised 88% of the segment's revenue." Most of thei…

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    Comment #31019513

    Things (housing, schools, cost of living) are so expensive that also "tech" workers at so called FAANG are leaving California to work in new campuses that big tech are opening in o…

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    Comment #30961228

    That's exactly how I have used Affirm in the past ;)

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    Comment #30947845

    Because he ads that basketball because he is being payed to do so.

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    Comment #30947811

    I trust my judgement based on all the information I have gathered. Then I check with friends and people that I trust, certainly not the random dude on youtube that ads the best ble…

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    Comment #30947753

    I might trust Consumer Reports, parents/neighbors/friends but not some random dude on youtube...

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    Comment #30946138

    I still can't wrap my head around the fact that people are actually "influenced" by influencers. I have never trusted anyone and anything. When it comes to spend MY MONEY I do my o…