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Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min

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Post by nixon_why69 »

dalyons wrote: post #718
michaelt wrote: post #680

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Stephenson's writing is great if you like lengthy asides that add to the world and to your understanding of the characters, but add nothing to the plot. If you want to read six pages of detailed musings on how the character learned ballroom dance and their design for a special milk-dispensing spoon for eating cereal without it getting soggy, establishing the character is the kind of person who designs spoons in their…

I agree except for REAMDE that was very fast paced and barely explained

REAMDE read like he got way too carried away with a side trip action beat and accidentally made it the whole book. Fun read.

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Post by ornornor »

Look. You CHOSE to join Facebook. One of the most psychopathic and damaging companies to society. You don’t get to whine now that it also affects YOU personally. You made your bed, either finally own up and quit or enjoy a taste of your own medicine.

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Post by siren2026 »

zapatos wrote: post #707
siren2026 wrote: post #348

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Why does everyone absolutely need insurance? Nowadays insurance costs upto 5000$/month with high deductibles and plenty of bureaucracy and paperwork. I have decided to not get any insurance and negociate directly with healthcare provider (They almost all give you huge discount if you pay cash so they don't have to deal with the insurance backdoor deals). If you FIRE anyways, you should really consider medical tourism…

> Everyone is afraid of a catastrophic 1M$ one time event. That was my thought, too, until I researched what a catastrophic event can cost and in the US it's a lot more than $1M!

What are the weighted chances of that happening though?

Do you also account for the chance that you might die everytime you take your car? Or that a meteor might hit you next time you take a walk?

At some point we need to be ok with some level of risks. That's just how the world is.

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Post by siren2026 »

baggachipz wrote: post #482
siren2026 wrote: post #348

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Why does everyone absolutely need insurance? Nowadays insurance costs upto 5000$/month with high deductibles and plenty of bureaucracy and paperwork. I have decided to not get any insurance and negociate directly with healthcare provider (They almost all give you huge discount if you pay cash so they don't have to deal with the insurance backdoor deals). If you FIRE anyways, you should really consider medical tourism…

In my case, I need to get a head MRI every 6-12 months for the rest of my life, and regular oncology visits forever. I'm still going to investigate the feasibility of going without insurance; the possible ER visit is what really has me worried.

I had to get a head MRI this year as well through insurance. They billed 2500$ that all went towards my deductible.

In the past without insurance I was able to negotiate down a spine MRI from 2000$ to 500$ if I paid on the spot. Do with that what you want...

But essentially we are being forced to pay higher prices with insurance. Absolute scam.

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Post by officehero »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #291
officehero wrote: post #186

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I'd down vote this if I could.

Why not sponsor my free software work instead of downvoting? I wouldn't have to choose between getting rich and doing the right thing if I was making 200kUSD/year on my AGPLv3 programming language work. I'm currently making around $24/year. https://github.com/sponsors/matheusmoreira

Like others have pointed out, there are other options in life than work at Meta. Would you have worked at Krupp or Mitsubishi during WW2 if they paid enough, compared to say cleaning toilets?

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Post by [deleted] »

jjulius wrote: post #136
LucidLynx wrote: post #22

I have a serious question to anyone working at Meta and reading this: HOW can you still work at this company!? Why don't you quit this very toxic company, and start working at another place or even on your own? I genuinely don't understand... Let just Meta die!

The number of people in these comments who would be happy to be "paid well" to contribute to what's inarguably a huge net negative worldwide is exactly how the company got to this point. It's astonishing how many people value a ton of money over doing something good. Everyone who talks about setting values aside for cash is the problem. Gross.

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Post by WildProxy »

yojo wrote: post #118
yodsanklai wrote: post #93

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There are tons of good reasons to work for Meta. You can work on interesting projects, build your resume and network, work on interesting engineering problems, learn from other people, and of course, they pay very well. People do need to support their family, secure their retirement and so on... Is it perfect? certainly not. Is the company toxic? where do you draw the line? how much are you willing to compromise give…

Meta is straight evil. It undermines the institutions of democracy and it negatively impacts its users mental health, all in service of selling your data to advertisers so they can better goad unnecessary consumption. If I learn you work at Meta, I will judge you as at best lacking a moral compass and treat you appropriately. Apple has problems, but is a lot closer to morally neutral. Ditto for Netflix. Amazon has ho…

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Post by dyauspitr »

solenoid0937 wrote: post #717
jm4 wrote: post #620

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I didn't know anything about coffee, but I do have an MBA and held leadership positions before this so I wasn't completely clueless. It took between $150k and $200k to start up. We had to demolish and rebuild an existing retail space. We also spent a lot on our equipment. You can definitely do it for less. We picked a location near our house because we were tired of leaving our city to get good coffee. It's in a fair…

One of the highest quality HN comments I've ever read

Seriously. What a legend.

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Post by OrangeMusic »

LucidLynx wrote: post #22

I have a serious question to anyone working at Meta and reading this: HOW can you still work at this company!? Why don't you quit this very toxic company, and start working at another place or even on your own? I genuinely don't understand... Let just Meta die!

Which non profit do _you_ work for?
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