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oscardelben

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About oscardelben

I like to hack on stuff. I work at Google.

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    Comment #24677796

    I posted this about 10y ago and didn't get much traction, I got an email from the mods the other day asking if I could repost, so I did.

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    Comment #24660249

    I'm curious about how companies that rely a lot on immigration to fill positions how they are going to convince people to move to the US and work from home.

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    Comment #24660234

    I think it's very rare, I've worked at Google for 8 years and I've met maybe 1 person who works from home on a somewhat regular basis.

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    Comment #24330761

    It seems fine to me, there is nothing in it that makes me think it was written by a non native speaker.

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    Comment #23347000

    Can't speak in LA, but in Switzerland where almost no one has AC it definitely does not cool enough during the night. During the summer even if I keep the windows closed all day I …

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    Comment #17534880

    According to the article, it's 25 people having being killed since the beginning of the year because of misinformation spread through whatsapp. It seems like it should be a big dea…

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    Comment #13621842

    You definitely need to tell your manager though. EDIT: one personal example is at some point I took some external classes and used 20℅ time for it. But most cases are for developin…

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    Comment #13292316

    Depends where you are. You'll probably make way more in Switzerland than in the US for equivalent positions.

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    Comment #12998100

    I think you'll find that mentally ill people are treated differently in Europe, that would be a necessary first step of your want to do something similar in sf.

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    Comment #11677127

    This is not how statistics work. You can't generalize from just your personal experience.

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    Comment #11106348

    I also never had one in Europe outside of the UK.

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    Comment #11072308

    Healthcare.

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    Comment #10070073

    Have you ever heard of Italia.it?

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    Comment #8373974

    One of their offering under technology is converting computer programs with loops to ones without loops. Can anyone help me understand what the point of that is?

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    Comment #7752220

    Would you?

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    Comment #7672707

    Depends on the language I guess? In italian we only use mosca.

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    Comment #7427554

    Thanks for pointing that out.

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    Comment #7422387

    Last I heard they recruited a witch.

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    Comment #7422373

    I'd like to disagree with that. If your priori are particularly bad then you should expect your estimates to change quickly based on new evidence.

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    Comment #7323823

    Where did you get that impression from?

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    Comment #7285455

    > We immediately stopped the campaign and reached out to FB via a form (they have no email nor telephone) telling them about the issue, we included screenshots and other relevant i…

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    Comment #7124855

    There is some other research that suggests that placebo works even when you know it's placebo.

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    Comment #7108080

    -1 on start your own consultancy in Italy. Taxes will kill you. It's not worth it.

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    Comment #7107998

    You can go to the US with a J1 visa until you finish your studies but it's hard. I would suggest finding something in London or Berlin first. There is also lots of remote work too.…