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alexathrowawa9
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Ask HN: Why not base a tech company in a LCOL area as a hiring incentive?
What would happen if a tech company/startup based itself in a LCOL area like the US midwest or south? Then the company offers say only 70% of tech salaries because it can't compete…
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Comment #44597532
Makes sense, I can see #1 being an issue
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Ask HN: Is the Ask HN algorithm broken?
I don't understand the ranking algorithm looking in the ask section on HN For example I saw a post with time 6 hours ago with 7 upvotes ranks higher than a post with 22 upvotes 1 h…
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Ask HN: What are your current programming pet peeves?
Perhaps someone could point out a solution or discussion could inspire someone to create a solution.
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Comment #44312536
Sounds like you have succumbed to the engagement algorithms
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Comment #44302959
This right here is the quintessential hackernews comment Pure HN distilled
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Comment #43919588
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Comment #43415933
Can a union force a company to continue a project if the company decides to cancel it?
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Comment #43358142
Ah yes, my legacy: UserOAuthLoginProfileAPIService
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Comment #42870334
The name OpenAI gets more ridiculous by the day Would not be surprised if they do a rebrand eventually
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Comment #42309438
On this topic, does anyone know where are the best computer museums to visit? What is the biggest one in the world?
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Comment #42079336
Bannister Effect
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Comment #41206047
This part is pretty funny "Rhubarb is used instead in the UK where actors say "rhubarb, rhubarb", gur-gur ("гур-гур") in Russia, and gaya (がや) in Japan, perhaps in part reflecting …
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Comment #41061145
> Any good stories? One time I walked into a dark room with like 50 test devices to get something and somehow accidentally triggered them and all 50 started talking at the same tim…
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Comment #41060620
I remember getting that invite! You could use "baby crying detected" as an automation trigger
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Comment #41060465
Throwaway here but I used to work in Alexa org at Amazon and was amazed by how big the org was (thousands and thousands of people) considering it doesn't seem to be a big revenue g…