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New comment by dublidu in "Ask HN: Is the job market brutal? or is it just me?"

dublidu — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:02:51 +0000

Not exactly shocking if you’ve been following tech layoffs. Companies only need recruiters when they’re hiring.

New comment by dublidu in "Insulation: First the body, then the home (2011)"

dublidu — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:19:53 +0000

That’s a luxury that many people in this world can’t afford.

New comment by dublidu in "Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who got laid off?"

dublidu — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 11:27:05 +0000

That doesn’t matter to laid off people if most companies have a hiring freeze and there’s net reduction in tech workforce. It means most laid off people won’t get jobs until companies start growing again.

New comment by dublidu in "Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of American firearms (2015)"

dublidu — Thu, 26 May 2022 10:17:22 +0000

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/22/1094364930/firearms-leading-c... Actually kids are more likely to die from guns than car accidents in America

New comment by dublidu in "Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly revealing"

dublidu — Sun, 23 May 2021 17:10:33 +0000

People are too fixated on the definition of monopoly. We should just focus on anti-competitive practices.

New comment by dublidu in "She Came to the US to Study with Only $300 – Now She’s a NASA Director"

dublidu — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 03:33:33 +0000

People like you are why it’s still hard to get ahead as a women. Imagine in every meeting, people assume you’re less qualified for the job before you even start talking.

New comment by dublidu in "Salt Fat Acid Defeat: The restaurant before and after Covid"

dublidu — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 05:55:28 +0000

I can’t believe there are many people who want to be “waited on” by servants. I just want someone to cook and somewhere to sit and hangout with friends without needing to cleanup.

New comment by dublidu in "Why Robinhood disabled buys but not sells"

dublidu — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 05:51:50 +0000

They could have simply banned buying the stock using unsettled cash or margin. Instead they banned all buys and did a terrible job explaining their reasoning.

New comment by dublidu in "A 4-month online dating experiment using 10 fictional singletons (2012)"

dublidu — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 01:04:30 +0000

I’m sure Asians had the highest education and lowest number of kids and previous marriages, so if anything, normalized data would show Asian males are completely screwed. Normalized height would be interesting, and could explain some of the bias.

New comment by dublidu in "Gig economy companies spent more than $200M to bankroll Proposition 22"

dublidu — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:12:26 +0000

What we really need is better protection for all 1099 workers.

New comment by dublidu in "Modeling a Wealth Tax"

dublidu — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:11:32 +0000

I think a 1% wealth tax is enough to encourage billionaires to move out or CA, but probably not out or US. I doubt most startup founders would consider it when founding the company.

New comment by dublidu in "Modeling a Wealth Tax"

dublidu — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:05:37 +0000

Currently, capital gains is on taxed on sale. Even on sale there are ways to reduce or defer it (opportunity zone investments for example). Some also donate appreciated shares to charities that are suspect (Trump comes to mind). Most billionaires don’t sell most of their stock during their entire lifetime.

New comment by dublidu in "Second U.S. coronavirus case of unknown origin confirmed in Santa Clara County"

dublidu — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 03:17:47 +0000

Presumably we would have a vaccine and something like tamiflu for treatment in a few months. Otherwise we're f'd.

New comment by dublidu in "Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay"

dublidu — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 23:58:13 +0000

What does education, healthcare, childcare, and housing have in common? They didn't get cheaper from outsourcing and automation.

New comment by dublidu in "Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level"

dublidu — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:32:44 +0000

I had a similar experience after my recent job search. The pay gap between startups paying ISOs and larger tech companies paying RSUs was over $100k.

New comment by dublidu in "Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level"

dublidu — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:31:19 +0000

Taxes average 30-40% in CA/NY, lower in WA, which has no state income tax. You are probably thinking about marginal tax rate, not average. Mortgage and property tax in the Bay Area can actually be closer to $100k, but some are paying that on dual income. $600k becomes more like $350k after tax and housing. That's still an insane amount of disposable income, hence everyone buying Teslas.

New comment by dublidu in "Sam Altman and Andrew Yang talk UBI"

dublidu — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 04:40:04 +0000

With unemployment rate at below 4%, where is the evidence that we have enough automation to warrant UBI?

New comment by dublidu in "Craigslist releases new mobile app for iOS and Android"

dublidu — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 05:22:48 +0000

Better late than never I guess. It's pretty sad how little Craigslist has done to keep up with the times.

New comment by dublidu in "The We Company S-1"

dublidu — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:09:01 +0000

It seems like they need to charge more or operate a leaner operation. Even after excluding marketing and sales expenses, they’re still not profitable. They also apparently have 12k employees, which is way too high.

New comment by dublidu in "Square’s Growth Framework for Engineers and Engineering Managers"

dublidu — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 03:29:13 +0000

Just look at the top paid 10% of any of these engineering organizations and you will find far more managers/directors than individual contributors.