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seanmccann

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    Comment #46817650

    They've built one of the most successful products in the last decade. It has significantly changed jobs like software engineering in the span of 9 months.

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    Comment #46770566

    As Claude Code (and Opus) improves, Greptile is finding fewer issues in my code reviews.

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    Comment #23883157

    Before Stripe and Braintree, requiring a reserve was common for a lot of merchant accounts to manage risk for new companies with no history. Sometimes they'd require an up-front re…

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    Comment #23814086

    To provide a convenience to customers that didn't bring a reusable bag and don't want to spend a few bucks on a bag they'll never use again and has an environmental impact 1-2 orde…

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    Comment #23813913

    Which is funny because at most Canadian grocery stores they don't even offer or have paper bags. At least in Alberta.

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    Comment #22643168

    My hometown. From what I heard, an engineer wanted to move home and started a small remote office there. I think the office is moving to Edmonton.

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    Comment #22569982

    I called Comcast and had 2 options. Pay $50/month for unlimited or pay $25/mo for unlimited, but I would have to forgo using my own modem/router and use theirs. Decided to just pay…

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    Comment #22527360

    We hit 7% earlier today. If we hit 7% again today, nothing will happen. If we hit 13% we hit L2.

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    Comment #22212031

    You're absolutely right. Background checks for employment purposes are covered under FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) and a myriad of other laws at various levels. Complying with t…

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    Comment #22027541

    Thanks for explaining this more eloquently than I was able to. I did a poor job of highlighting that I was mostly referring to to these out-patient drugs. For example there is a dr…

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    Comment #22027339

    Perhaps my error was in saying that the specific conditions that the OP listed would result in financial ruin. My experience is anecdotal from close relatives in Alberta having sev…

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    Comment #22027061

    As far as I understand — without private insurance in Canada, somebody with few resources in Canada is at risk of financial ruin from any of the health conditions you mentioned. Fo…

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    Comment #21879853

    I had wondered why most recent Ruby releases were on Christmas Day and recently found out why. The Ruby creator Matz is religious (LDS), and he considers it a Christmas gift to the…

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    Comment #21670694

    > The company said Monday that “a small percentage of roles may move from San Francisco to Westlake over time, either through relocation or attrition. The vast majority of San Fran…

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    Comment #21142482

    First Republic and Schwab are common choices in SF that have good features/perks.

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    Comment #21126969

    Checkr (YC S14) | San Francisco / Denver | ONSITE | Senior Software Engineers For the unfamiliar, Checkr's a 5 year old company, redefining the way background checks are run today …

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    Comment #20772835

    https://www.statuspage.io as it says in the footer.

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    Comment #19545682

    Checkr (YC S14) | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE | Senior Software Engineers For the unfamiliar, Checkr's a 5 year old company, redefining the way background checks are run today and h…

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    Comment #18807813

    Checkr (YC S14) | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE | Senior Software Engineers For the unfamiliar, Checkr's a four year old company, redefining the way background checks are run today an…

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    Comment #18801387

    Checkr (YC S14) | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE | Senior Software Engineers For the unfamiliar, Checkr's a four year old company, redefining the way background checks are run today an…

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    Comment #18590204

    Checkr (YC S14) | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE | Senior Software Engineers For the unfamiliar, Checkr's a four year old company, redefining the way background checks are run today an…

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    Comment #18354677

    Checkr (YC S14) | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE | Senior Software Engineers For the unfamiliar, Checkr's a four year old company, redefining the way background checks are run today an…

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    Comment #18114442

    Checkr (YC S14) | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE | Senior Software Engineers For the unfamiliar, Checkr's a four year old company, redefining the way background checks are run today an…

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    Comment #17903071

    Checkr (YC S14) | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE | Senior Software Engineers For the unfamiliar, Checkr's a four year old company, redefining the way background checks are run today an…

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    Comment #17205984

    Checkr (YC S14) | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE | Senior Software Engineers For the unfamiliar, Checkr's a four year old company, redefining the way background checks are run today an…