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New comment by doingmyting in "GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine"

doingmyting — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 04:50:39 +0000

You obviously know nothing about the folks at wallstreetbets. It's not just a bunch of random people doing pump and dumps. Their methods and DD might be questionable at times but they base them on something and at times try to stick to that thesis.

New comment by doingmyting in "Bitcoin is a disaster"

doingmyting — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 01:07:26 +0000

Currencies fluctuate against demand in the foreign exchange market, not against each other. Governments then step up to stabilize that demand. Bitcoin doesn't have that support so it fluctuates wildly, exactly like it's been doing since it's inception.

New comment by doingmyting in "Ask HN: I have $450K cash, what should I do to maximize my return?"

doingmyting — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 03:03:55 +0000

Yes, that's why it's considered the worst case and a safe bet to withdraw

New comment by doingmyting in "Who’s behind Wednesday’s epic Twitter hack?"

doingmyting — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 02:37:00 +0000

What prevents those trusted sources from being similarly hacked once they're now the main arbiters of important information? I'd even argue this may be more dangerous especially if tech and security are not their core focus.

New comment by doingmyting in "Shopify CTO: our platform is now handling Black Friday level traffic every day"

doingmyting — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 02:12:11 +0000

Amazon makes substantially more from AWS than its retail segment. Retail revenue is higher but revenue does not equal profit. For instance last quarter AWS revenue was 13% compares to retail but it contributed 52% of operating income.

New comment by doingmyting in "Ask HN: How should I invest $200K in this market?"

doingmyting — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 05:39:04 +0000

I think you missed the sarcasm

New comment by doingmyting in "Reddit’s profane, greedy traders are shaking up the stock market"

doingmyting — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:44:31 +0000

Easier just to spell it out right here. Bear gang wants the market to die, Bull gang wants the market to moon (go up) and theta gang wants the market to not move at all.

P.S: Stonks only go up! ... I mean down (as of late).

New comment by doingmyting in "Homeless Developer in Los Angeles Needs Work, Can You Please Help?"

doingmyting — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 05:13:03 +0000

Damn this is a bummer. I don't live anywhere near California but I am a fellow developer. Shoot me a PM and I can at least send you a couple bucks.

Ask HN: How to Start Consulting?

doingmyting — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:37:29 +0000

I am a developer at a large software company. I've been in this space for about 13 years now at the same company. Right now I am seeking a different challenge and looking to leave the company. But I'd like to do some consulting while I figure out my next move. I often see advice on here regarding leaving your job and doing consulting and it makes it seem so easy. But I honestly want to know where to start if I want to get in consulting. Do I post my resume' on some site? Do I cold email people on linkedin? Public post asking for contracts? Or is it a case of reaching out to your network? .... For the record, I don't have a network that includes many consultants, if any at all.

Where do you start to break into consulting?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22066130

Points: 2

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New comment by doingmyting in "'Passengers are afraid of this airplane': How Boeing is handling 737 Max problem"

doingmyting — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:56:43 +0000

I think the point was that youre guaranteed to not fly in the MAX if you go with an airline with an airbus only fleet

New comment by doingmyting in "Ask HN: Most sustainable diet long term?"

doingmyting — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:21:52 +0000

I routinely skip breakfast and I have an extremely high metabolic rate and my weight stays within a normal range for my height. I just don't feel hungry in the morning. There is no one rule that applies to everyone.

New comment by doingmyting in "FDA warning brings young-blood transfusion company to a halt"

doingmyting — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 03:41:37 +0000

She was almost 20 and was told repeatedly by her professors at Stanford that they don't think it would work. If you don't know by the time you're 20 that using off the shelf machines to do blood tests and telling everyone that you're using some new revolutionary method is fraud, then I dont know what to tell you. And no she didn't start with 200k, she had 6 million in venture capital the very year she started which ballooned to over 400 million.

New comment by doingmyting in "AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform: Call It Mirrorworld"

doingmyting — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 17:21:00 +0000

May not be quite the same. Navigating to Burger King website in McDonalds requires the user to take an explicit action to do so, Always-on geo-located AR may not require user consent (unless it's designed that way which may defeat the purpose of Ads).

New comment by doingmyting in "U.S. Changes Visa Process for High-Skilled Workers"

doingmyting — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 03:06:25 +0000

Not to mention if you are applying for a green card you get bumped to the back of the line with every job change unless your i-485 approved

New comment by doingmyting in "Questions to Ask Before Joining a Startup"

doingmyting — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:51:25 +0000

I'm glad you said this. Many got burned including myself due to dilution events. When your 2% stake turns into 0.25% over time and you get paid last, there needs to be a very large buyout/IPO for you to get anything substantial. Add in the taxes paid on that and I would have been 10 times better working a corporate job with less headaches.

New comment by doingmyting in "Ask HN: What is/was the most significative perk you had at work?"

doingmyting — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 02:47:49 +0000

Second this. Work remotely for big tech company. You couldnt pay me enough to go back to an office

New comment by doingmyting in "Tech Giants Take Their Talent Hunt to Cambridge, UK"

doingmyting — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 23:07:14 +0000

I know from previously working there that Microsoft gives all public holidays. When I started you had floating holidays you could take for some (MLK, Columbus etc) but now all are given. Wouldn't be surprised to learn it's the same at Google, FB et al.

New comment by doingmyting in "Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers"

doingmyting — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:58:23 +0000

Completely agree with this. I'd also add that amazon doesn't just seek to dominate an industry but also to make it difficult for future competitors to enter the space in the first place. Raising prices could in theory create a gap for a future/current competitor to step in.

New comment by doingmyting in "Malicious crossenv package on npm"

doingmyting — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 21:31:26 +0000

It's next to impossible for the average team to avoid hundreds of dependencies as their project grows though. You could write your own everything, but then what's the benefit of the node ecosystem?

Edit: spelling

New comment by doingmyting in "Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I've automated my job?"

doingmyting — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 20:18:39 +0000

People pay for perceived value. Emphasis on perceived.