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New comment by fastbeef in "Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private"

fastbeef — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:46:26 +0000

From observing various internet forums, including this one, I noticed that people from the "first world" countries think Elon Musk actually cares about freedom of speech and isn’t just a bored billionaire throwing his weight around.

New comment by fastbeef in "Ask HN: How Do You Negotiate?"

fastbeef — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 19:47:48 +0000

Regarding salaries, pick a number you’re a tony bit ashamed to say out loud and add 5-10%. Use that as a starting point and let them talk you down. You’ll probably want to try this out a few times on jobs you’re meh about to get comfortable saying it.

New comment by fastbeef in "EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, vote to push for charging cable standard"

fastbeef — Sat, 01 Feb 2020 07:48:02 +0000

The iPad pros are USB-C only, so I think it’s just a matter of time

New comment by fastbeef in "Ask HN: How do I tell my employer I love the job but hate what I'm working on?"

fastbeef — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 18:43:12 +0000

I went through this exact situation. I wound up telling them like it was - I liked everything about the job except my actual duties. Then I proceeded to describe to them what I’d like to do instead (focus on ops) and basically invented a position for myself. And they said yes!

My point is, don’t dwell On What you don’t want, but rather focus on what you do want and work to make it happen.

New comment by fastbeef in "Ask HN: How do you process payments?"

fastbeef — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 07:39:19 +0000

I’m in the process of starting up a side business for my wife, making and selling physical goods. I’m in Sweden, and the go-to here is Klarna. They have their issues, but integration with WooCommerce was a breeze and people have come to expect Klarna as the default way to pay online.

New comment by fastbeef in "Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it"

fastbeef — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:11:33 +0000

Write out the whole thesis as headers and fill all the sections with Loren ipsums until you have the page count you want. Then, start filling in the real text

New comment by fastbeef in "Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it"

fastbeef — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 10:39:55 +0000

I stumbled upon this when trying to get started with my master thesis. In frustration, I threw a bunch of buzzwords and random thoughts at LaTeX and then stashed it for a day or two. After that, I picked it up, looked at it critically and went "well, this paragraph is obviously wrong, here's what it SHOULD say..." and two hours later I had a very rough draft finished.

New comment by fastbeef in "Analysis of compensation, level, and experience details of 19k tech workers"

fastbeef — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 08:33:42 +0000

Not up to speed on the specifics, but don’t the insurances always have $x000 copayments?

New comment by fastbeef in "Analysis of compensation, level, and experience details of 19k tech workers"

fastbeef — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 08:27:08 +0000

Exactly. 20% ON TOP of your salary. It’s baked in to the US salary. Sure, it doesn’t account for the whole delta but it’s not nothing.

New comment by fastbeef in "Analysis of compensation, level, and experience details of 19k tech workers"

fastbeef — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 07:56:08 +0000

> I don't personally care about daycare and college savings as I'm not planning to have kids

Right. But you ARE going to get old and sick and someone else’s children are going to take care of you. You probably want them educated and doing stupid mistakes because they’re overworked.

New comment by fastbeef in "Analysis of compensation, level, and experience details of 19k tech workers"

fastbeef — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 07:54:52 +0000

I’m not, but GP seems to be.

edit: alright, it was a bit snarky, but he’s basically advocating government intervention so can get more time off from work to run the household

New comment by fastbeef in "Analysis of compensation, level, and experience details of 19k tech workers"

fastbeef — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 07:52:53 +0000

Not income tax, payroll tax, the tax the employer pays for having employees. Most people are not even aware of this existing. It the one marked “Employer” in this table:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payroll_tax

New comment by fastbeef in "Analysis of compensation, level, and experience details of 19k tech workers"

fastbeef — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 07:33:22 +0000

Salaries in the US are pre-payroll taxes, post in EU. Also not included in US salaries: daycare, healthcare, college savings.

Is see this trope all the time, but it’s an illusion. Compare apples to apples.

Edit: Payroll tax != income tax. Most people aren’t even aware the employer is paying this. It’s the light blue bar in the chart in this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payroll_tax

New comment by fastbeef in "Analysis of compensation, level, and experience details of 19k tech workers"

fastbeef — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 07:30:37 +0000

> What I’d like to see is the government doing more to make it possible for all working women with families to better balance their lives.

Or, you know, the dads could pitch in with running the household.

Ask HN: Why did you quit your job(s)?

fastbeef — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 10:07:22 +0000

Looking back at my career, quitting each job meant I learned something about myself or the industry.

Job 1: Wanted more money.

Job 2: Learned that what companies say and promise isn't really worth anything. Wanted more money.

Job 3: Learned that companies change with time just like people and that sometimes you outgrow eachother. Wanted more money.

Job 4: I actually don't care about the companies mission. I just want to clock in, work and clock out. Wanted more time/shorter commute.

Job 5: Even if I'm wildly successful at this place, it's a career dead end and I don't want to stay here until retirement. Wanted more money.

Job 6: Self-employed contractor. 30 hour work weeks, paid well and plenty of energy for my family. Staying here for a while.

Why did you quit your job HN?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22063152

Points: 16

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New comment by fastbeef in "FBI unlocked iPhone 11 Pro via GrayKey, raising more doubts about Pensacola case"

fastbeef — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:55:14 +0000

Any other third party with funding on the level of FBI

New comment by fastbeef in "Scientists Use Recycled Sewage Water to Grow 500-Acre Forest in the Desert"

fastbeef — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 16:58:46 +0000

> It's not safe to grow veggies and grains with human manures.

Not true. My wife does research on this and post-sewage treatment dried sludge actually has better values than some of the food the used as reference samples.

New comment by fastbeef in "Show HN: We are hiring engineering interns who don't use social media"

fastbeef — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:53:17 +0000

So do you consider HN social media or not?

New comment by fastbeef in "Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees"

fastbeef — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 09:46:04 +0000

Man, I must be getting old, because more and more often something like this pops up and it strikes me that this has been done before.

In this case, I was flying through the file system like nobodies business in 1991 with Norton Commander[0]

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Commander

New comment by fastbeef in "Earth-sized exoplanet ‘habitable zone’"

fastbeef — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 19:58:47 +0000

I remember it as 1/12th of a Kessel Run, easy peasy