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jonknee

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About jonknee

Indie web app hacker (more JS than anything lately, but I prefer Python) and landscape photohgrapher.

Instagram: @tookthescenicroute Email: me@jongales.com

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    Comment #35391592

    projects/home/recap/FEATURES.md has some interesting stuff: https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm-ml/blob/main/projec... In realgraph you can see some of the things they keep tr…

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    Comment #25918413

    If it's a fiber that goes into major data centers it certainly could.

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    Comment #23082880

    TD's API supports option chains. They don't have a good first party Python library, but it's pretty straight forward. https://developer.tdameritrade.com/option-chains/apis/get/ma..…

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    Comment #23037966

    They charge when the item is shipped so I'd guess they can recognize the revenue then.

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    Comment #23036243

    ... The Fed hasn't bought a single share of stock.

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    Comment #23036201

    It sure does when you build almost all your products in China.

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    Comment #23036149

    Keep in mind they have a significant presence in Asia, they felt this for nearly the entire quarter. Plus like Facebook, it's not all straight down. Tim Cook: > “We’ve seen a furth…

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    Comment #23021441

    And international exposure, Lyft is just in the US and a little in Canada.

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    Comment #23021417

    It's not a secret to any investor that Lyft's business has gone way down. These sorts of layoffs tend to only spark panic selling when they are not expected.

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    Comment #23011876

    They're a global company that operates in 900 cities. I don't understand why so many people on this site seem to think it should be a few programmers and some suits to sign the che…

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    Comment #22974678

    Perhaps, but it's not clear this would fall under any syndication rights. It's also not clear if he was honest about having part of the deal, from your link: > During the New Yorke…

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    Comment #22972889

    Even crazier, they have already announced an additional 75,000 openings. Just nuts.

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    Comment #22972837

    What key part of the article?

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    Comment #22972754

    I'm pretty sure they could start paying a minimum wage of $30 an hour and people would be irate that they're making it impossible to hire anyone because Amazon is overpaying. When …

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    Comment #22972716

    And this is not an annualized number, they started the pay increase last month. This is a huge figure, especially for a their razor thin margin retail business.

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    Comment #22972700

    > COVID tests aren't DNA tests. Correct, because SARS-CoV-2 is an RNA virus and contains no DNA. But the test does work by detecting the viral RNA and it is hard to find the specif…

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    Comment #22972547

    I never said it did? The article is behind a paywall and is based off this blog post which is not behind a paywall.

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    Comment #22972462

    What dollar figure would make you happy?

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    Comment #22972403

    From their post on the topic it sounds like you should be happy with their plan: https://blog.aboutamazon.com/company-news/how-amazon-priorit... > Millions of masks have been distr…

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    Comment #22972342

    Direct from the source, here is what Amazon is doing: https://blog.aboutamazon.com/company-news/how-amazon-priorit... > We’ve extended the increased hourly pay outlined below throu…

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    Comment #22961089

    I am skeptical of this because there are almost no essentials that are available to order.

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    Comment #22574258

    They are providing inventory to a bunch of other retailers and are continuing online sales, this really sounds like they don't want people coming in and touching the same piece of …

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    Comment #22574248

    Disney is also hemorrhaging cash with their parks closed. Along with resorts and cruises. And their TV advertising just vanished with losing all live sports. The next earnings seas…

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    Comment #22573796

    And then the next part: > We’re also announcing that we are matching our employee donations two-to-one to support COVID-19 response efforts locally, nationally and internationally.…