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> Instacart is both expensive and unreliable. I'll go back to in store once things die down, and I'm sure many others will too. I can't stand Instacart but I begrudgingly use it (f…

I was going to mention the same thing. This happens on Reddit too. If your posts are unpopular for any reason you're automatically penalized. Doesn't matter if you're right or wron…

> How does at-will employment work with union busting? No relation whatsoever.

You should really take the time to learn all the facts before wrongly blaming the worker.

They also edited a headline for a #1 ranked story about Blizzard and the Hong Kong issue, removing Hong Kong from the headline entirely. HN sort of reminds me of China -- a dictato…

> It is definitely possible to get a tech job at a large company where work-life balance is taken seriously. For a few, not for the majority.

> Sacrificing your health and your life for your employer is idiocy. What would you suggest they do, work less so they can be homeless, starving and uninsured? You really need to o…

> Please take some time off for a vacation and return to a normal 40 hour work week. You might as well say "Please win the lottery". Seriously though, please tell me you're not so …

Classic will never have the same revenue potential because players would revolt if they added in-game transactions. Those transactions were a massive source of profit in later expa…

I don't disagree, but isn't it a sign of much deeper issues if this "Shadow IT" land exists at your company in the first place? Why is it that experienced programmers can't efficie…

They're already automating the exact job you've been describing: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/30/uipath-rpa-series-d/?rende...

So... automate clerical stuff? > ever-increasing need Not sure I'd bet on that -- the point of RPA is to eliminate the job you just described.

I applied to a few jobs at United Healthcare and they sent me HireVue interview invitations. Wasn't sure what HireVue was so I looked it up and was completely appalled that this so…

> So in the next email (sent a minute after I received his reply) I sent him a zipped file of code with an explanation that "this is what I've done so far which is about 70% of wha…

"Those who do not move do not notice their chains." In other words: People who think HN moderation is all fine and dandy only believe so because they've never had the audacity to p…

Agreed, HN's lack of transparency is slowly killing it. You can see the discussions becoming more one-dimensional every day.

Do you know what an echo chamber is? Both of those actions lead to the same result.

> Hacker News moderation is not appealable, not auditable, does not have bright line rules, and there are no due process rights. It simply does not respect individual rights. Exact…

> HN may be an echo chamber but it is a pretty big one with a lot of voices in it. The echo chamber effect on HN is far worse than any comparable site, it's just not as obvious bec…

Vanguard Prime Money Market (VMMXX) or Ally Savings account. My money will be in VMMXX just because I already had a Vanguard account open. Should get you ~2.2% return and getting y…

I didn't realize how bad reCAPTCHA is until I started trying to protect my privacy. The internet became practically unusable thanks to the constant, unsolvable CAPTCHAs. You can cl…

> I don't understand Have you not noticed the constant barrage of stories like "21-year-old sells billion-dollar company!" or "Teenager discovers new medical breakthrough!"? Or the…

This is why selective / arbitrary enforcement of the law is dangerous -- everyone breaks some kind of law every day. If the government gets to choose when (or if) the law is applie…