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I am a huge fan of the checking/budgeting features of Wealthfront. Does anyone know of a good competitor in case I'll have to jump ship? For those who don't use it, it allows you t…

I noticed that after the recent Twitch leak people suggested changing passwords for both Twitch and other sites where you use the same password. I feel like I'm missing something o…

> We are getting to the point where lectures should be mandated to be recorded and put into the public domain Does that really make sense? I thought MIT was a private institution. …

> What exactly is the UNIX philosophy? I believe it is the idea of writing small tools focused on doing one thing well with reusability in mind as opposed to writing larger complic…

I believe you're in agreement. The original comment said > It's not until you reach a level where everyone around you has a mastery of the fundamentals, that the meta comes into pl…

> This other Googler likely already has a competing offer— that’s how he got promoted last year. Source? I'm very skeptical this is true. I am not a huge fan of Google's promotion …

> Aside from Uber drivers, SV types, and wannabe road warrior squinters, nobody uses maps for their daily activities. People know where they're going and they go there without cons…

> Lives at stake don't change anything here. The question is whether self-driving cars, even with the errors, are safer for people than regular drivers on average. If so, then abso…

> The thing is, I see no way to have full self driving without AGI. Why? AGI seems like a significantly harder problem than self driving cars (itself a hard problem admittedly). Wh…

I work for Google, opinions are my own. In theory, breaking up monopolies increases competition which allows better companies/products to spring up that would otherwise be crushed …

> AppAmaGooBookSoft ignores Netflix, which is important for salary calibration since they are cash-only. And FAANG ignores MS. Why does it matter if it's cash only? The stock is eq…

> don't even know given the cost of living in the Bay Area if $300K is even really "high" anymore. > If you max out 401k and IRA this is $275k, which is $168K take home or $14k a m…

If you think $120-180k is cheap you are speaking from a place of immense privilege.

> Does that not apply to most investments? The stock market, aftre all, only works as an investment because everyone is in on an elaborate confidence game. I don't think this is tr…

I work at Google (not Search though sorry), opinions are my own. > When you have the actual manufacturer being buried in the results, we have a major problem. How do you know thoug…

Are games not already legitimized? I feel like with the rise of casual mobile games, almost everyone plays them now. > Really, the only downside I see with them is that they can di…

> And he is the most impressive CEO in this generation, perhaps in history, so long hours must work for some people. Even if we assume the first statement is true, which is a big i…

I don't think revenue matters as much as profits? I assume the thinking is that if the ROI is not high enough, then you might as well just invest that money into the more profitabl…

I work at Google, opinions are my own. > I still lay claim that google is not hiring the talent that they think they are or claim to be. Obviously I am biased. I don't think I'm pa…

> So what can I do as a manager to make it more “okay” to spend time at work learning? Maybe instead of having them read something, make them give a presentation on it to the rest …

> I’m amazed to hear this from programmers. You can learn this for free, anywhere, at any time. Some people are more passionate about their jobs than others no matter the disciplin…

But if you're paid salary then how do you dictate what time is your time and what time is the company's? Especially when people sometimes work from home, check emails after they le…

> Ultimately the job was customer support some mild technical skills / ability to learn / take good notes / ask good questions / the ability to formulate a theory, test it, and so …

> I would imagine that in any of those situations some doctors, authors, and musicians alike would be devastated. You don't even have to compare yourself to AI for this mentality t…

> Also, this makes me wonder: does every project have at least one security engineer until it gets shut down? Usually a specific project doesn't have dedicated security engineers b…