Viewing profile — bearmcbearsly

At my company in the Bay Area, we get 30 days vacation plus 10 holidays. For the first few years, it was a bit less vacation.

And how's that working out for them? The median SAG/AFTRA member makes less than $1,000 per year from acting. And the pro sports players associations are tiny -- they exclude the m…

I dunno... I was a victim of this wage-fixing scheme, as were all of my coworkers at the time. And I don't know of a single one who would have preferred to have a union collectivel…

> current crop of ads which are usually one of fraudulent, malware, or borderline pornographic. That doesn't match my experience at all, but maybe you can chalk it up to targeting?…

188 upvotes in 3 hours and already off the front page. Clearly people are flagging this post. The question is why...

On the other hand, I don't think it's that uncommon for startup funding to come through at the last minute. I later found out that a company I worked for had come within 2 months o…

Well, yes. But I think lucidrains was referring to: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762

Yeah, I always assume that anyone who disagrees with me is a paid shill too. It makes things so much simpler!

Do you work for Apple?

You mention proof of work vs proof of stake, and then two sentences later you claim that nobody is paying to the environmental impact of cryptocurrency mining. The whole point of p…

Now that you can trivially use async functions as express handlers, what are the major benefits of transitioning to Koa?

> if you work a solid hour and only earn $1 gross income, that seems extremely exploitative If that $1 per hour provides you with a better income than your peers with less physical…

That's what the entire article was about.

If you're the sole owner of a corporation and also an employee, you can move money from the corporation to your own pocket by either paying yourself a salary or paying a dividend o…

That's completely untrue. In fact, it's the opposite -- the IRS objects if you pay yourself more than a reasonable salary.

I'd argue that the average person probably understands the actual implications better than the typical HN user.

> Steganographic communication as a substitute for encrypted text is a baffling misinterpretation of the reason for encryption in a chat program. I agree with you, but couldn't you…

Would you say the same thing about A-list actors or pro athletes? After a couple of successful movies or seasons, they could afford to retire too, but most choose to continue worki…

At Google and other recent tech giants, you'll find thousands of people who could live comfortably without working a day for the rest of their lives. They're clearly not doing it f…

Serious question: is it illegal to exploit a cryptocurrency flaw for profit (strictly at the protocol level -- not hacking someone's machine or wallet, etc.)?