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birdymcbird

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    Music. Learned to play piano. Very relaxing

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    Comment #36610539

    Why did they rewrite?

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    Comment #36610480

    >>>> Many interviewers fail to provide enough context and that leaves the interpretation of the prompt too wide open. yes but this not a defect as youre viewing it. in real world a…

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    Comment #36604465

    until recently i was a principal engineer at amazon. so maybe my opinion has some weight. system design interview is more about interviewee asking questions..taking time to underst…

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    Comment #36602381

    this is amazon culture since beginning. decision making federated to director level or VP organization and s-team only step in on bigger goal. rto not even top 3 company problem th…

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    Comment #36579525

    article puts goodreads problems on amazon. partially true but lazy journalism. much goodreads leadership same as when amazon bought them. i know because i work close to them before…

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    Comment #36564482

    Not sure how far she makes in CS without some high school level math like pre algebra, algebra 1 and 2. remember that actual computer science curriculum have more advanced math lik…

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    Comment #36564431

    Not a lawyer but if EZInvoice not your trademark then not much you can do.

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    Comment #36178958

    you see abortion as issue about body autonomy. many see it as issue of murder. it like religious debate. me not arguing either way. but wonder about “quality” of this journalism. i…

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    Comment #36178913

    work in tech. not every employee liberal or super progressive. it crazy to me the bar for what considered journalism. probably many of such “anti-abortion” lawmaker have other poli…

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    Comment #36174437

    ha! worked at amazon on detail page, cart, checkout. nothing unparalleled. lots of java and perl mason code. very poor and broken abstractions. missing unit test. missing integrati…

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    >>> It’s an excuse to underpay and ignore 55% of your workforce. google isnt walmart or big business killing small store.. this comment like these people have no other job to work …

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    Comment #35679575

    I use linked in sometimes. see lots of colleagues suddenly write lengthy motivational or sales post in perfect English.. but worked with them and know they did not type it. it set …

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    Comment #35677859

    brave new world. never read it in my country when growing up and friend recently told me it is one of 10 books to read if me want to read english. do not read books but i could not…

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    Comment #35677825

    used linked in on mobile web browser. there is another pattern where cider accidentally “like” post without knowing. so my page full of me liking random items that appear on my fee…

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    Comment #35677789

    not my post but i see current USA federal reserve bank rate policy will cause slow painful end to big tech companies empire building policy. the growth religion must stop hiring en…

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    Comment #35668710

    its not that we believe government DOES solve everything or trust government. it’s that we believe government is the answer and only government responsible. constant load shedding?…

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    what is definition of government assistance? is there option where instead of “forgiveness”, government help part of interest payment, but if borrower makes principal payment? disc…

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    Comment #35667854

    Im disturbed with these “opinion” articles and influence they have. it still make zero sense to me why student loan payments on hold. should we also put car loan payment on hold? c…

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    Comment #35594707

    me believe that if you want to achieve something.. you can do it in USA. and if you goal not to change world or become rich but just lift from poverty.. yes you can do that in this…

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    Comment #35592304

    >> ...as if any of the things you've suffered justify your anti-Black animus. my comment on stores unable to operate in high crime environment. it does not mean im anti black. you …

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    >> The closures are another example of the shortcomings of local governments and even national political leaders betting on leading chains to provide key public services and fill g…

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    Comment #35580980

    not sure how to feel about this law in general. absolutely do not want me grand kids on twitter or facebook and me kids even more against it. but not sure how state can enforce and…

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    Comment #35520267

    not worth risk of getting caught and go to litigation with company who will bankrupt you. most software is individual components or service that not so interesting outside of compa…