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I didn't mean to imply Best Buy employees get commission. I only called them salespeople to distinguish the people who roam the tech aisles rather than work the register, Geek Squa…

I wonder how much of Best Buy's success can be attributed to using 'emotional intelligence' to 'build relationships' with gullible people and sell $1,000+ HDMI cables to them. Does…

Must depend on the org and how you do it. My personal experience is that if you are open and up-front with going to a competitor, they'll cut your access and pay you for the remain…

"The biggest roofing company in my state, Salazar roofing, is American owned and operated." Most people screaming about how 'Americans' won't do jobs like farming or construction w…

I can only speak from my layman's understanding of US law. In the US, there's a doctrine prosecutorial discretion. Basically the police and prosecutors can choose whether to arrest…

Largely a distinction without a difference. The fact they have money is what gives them the power to say no. - Someone asking for a meeting/to connect? If you have money, people co…

When talking about screw-ups on AWS, public incident reports try to obfuscate and spin the Hell out of issues that boil down to "really, really stupid configuration issue". They ow…

Thanks for posting this. I'm really impressed with the transparency Twilio showed in actually admitting to having such a silly, silly bucket policy. Not impressed that it was there…

AWS's shared responsibility model is clear. AWS is responsible for security of the cloud. The customer is responsible for the security in the cloud (i.e. the customer's resources).…

Never heard of this in my organization. Have heard whispers of it in some corners, but not from anyone currently employed by Amazon.

This is why I've always felt Robinhood is evil. It is trading platform that combines 1.) user engagement/gamification with 2.) targeting a core userbase of young adults that are bo…

>"There is some truth to the metaphor, but I wonder if it’s doing more harm than good." In my experience, whether the metaphor does more harm than good really depends on the indivi…

I'm not a lawyer, but it strikes me as weird that police can use illegally obtained information as evidence in investigations. Isn't that fruit from a poisoned tree?

Kinda like how Amazon acquired CloudEndure, improved the service, and lowered cost by 80%? They really broke that. /s Full disclosure: I work at AWS. Not on CloudEndure or anything…

One of the more genius (and nefarious) moves American industry has made is to switch the narrative on environmentalism from large organizations (corporations, the government, etc.)…

That seems like a lot of effort to address the symptoms, not the disease. The root issue is the user. Get rid of the user and you don't have to worry about all these half-measures.…

> "That's an argument for banning swastikas, not banning anyone who displays a swastika." If you don't ban the person displaying the swastika, how can you possibly enforce banning …

> Is this true for civil cases? I presume no one is being charged with a crime here... Yes. The publishers are saying 'the Internet Archive violated my rights and has caused moneta…

> "No, the criminal in the above is absolutely on the wrong side of the law. That's the assumption after all." In America at least, the defendant is presumed innocent until proven …

Definitely get what you're saying, but knowing things unfortunately doesn't mean putting that knowledge into use. I don't know if the guy whose dog ate his homework actually did th…

Pizzagate != Epstein Leaking Podesta's email spawned a conspiracy theory that high-ranking Democrats were a part of a satanic child abuse and traffic ring. It was specifically part…

I too am shocked that Wikileaks would publish tabloidish material with little public value. Next thing you know, I'll hear that Wikileaks posted private emails of a government offi…

Python works for a large swath of issues, and is much easier to learn. That's the point of it. With Python, you can more easily move from a purely syntactical focus to actually pro…

It intentionally gamifies financial transactions (see the OP's comment about the colorful confetti that displays when user make trades). The app is designed to provide a dopamine h…

It's a water bottle