Hacker News: thematt

New comment by thematt in "FBI Stats Show Crime Still Declining, Despite the Assertions of Alarmists and"

thematt — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:04:30 +0000

Not true, even for murder stats. It’s perfectly reasonable to challenge the accuracy of the numbers. The FBI and NYC use the same definitions for murder and starting in 2023 and 2024 their numbers haven’t matched. The FBI is reporting -13% fewer murders in 2023 than the NYPD recorded and -47% fewer murders so far in 2024.

If you look at absolute numbers, the NYPD is recording year over year increases in major violent felonies whereas the FBI is saying there are year over year decreases.

New comment by thematt in "YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers"

thematt — Wed, 10 May 2023 20:54:55 +0000

What makes it worth it? Isn't the experience the same as just running an ad-blocker?

New comment by thematt in "Laid-off tech workers choose stability over status"

thematt — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 02:47:46 +0000

Perhaps, but the difference between now and then was all those years had near-zero interest rates. It's a lot easier for tech (and growth companies in general) to stage a comeback in that macro environment. Especially when it comes to issuing all the RSUs to fund those compensation packages.

New comment by thematt in "Apple store robbed of $500k in iPhones after thieves tunnel through coffee shop"

thematt — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 23:43:16 +0000

They can do more than that, they can brick them: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/06/01/apple-war...

Stripe Pricing Changes

thematt — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:30:26 +0000

Per Stripe:

We’re letting you know about Stripe pricing changes for international card transactions, disputes, and sales tax, starting June 1, 2023.

- Over the past few years, card networks have increased the total fees that Stripe pays for card processing. Because of these costs, starting June 1, Stripe’s additional fee for international card transactions will change from 1.0% to 1.5%. There’s no change to our standard 2.9% + $0.30 pricing for US card transactions.

- Whether you win or lose a dispute, card networks charge Stripe a fee in either case. To cover these costs, starting June 1, Stripe will no longer return the $15 dispute fee for successfully contested disputes. The dispute fee itself is not changing.

- Some US states require us to collect sales tax on certain Stripe products. On June 1, we’ll begin collecting sales tax where applicable based on your business location, which you can review in the dashboard. Payment processing fees are generally not subject to sales tax.

Additionally:

- We’ve decided to make two payment optimization features free for you starting June 1. Adaptive Acceptance and network tokens have increased revenue for businesses on Stripe by an average of 1.2%. There’s nothing you need to do: we’ll turn them on for your account if they aren’t on already.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35071993

Points: 11

# Comments: 4

Update from CEO Andy Jassy on role eliminations

thematt — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 07:05:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/update-from-ceo-andy-jassy-on-role-eliminations

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34256936

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by thematt in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022)"

thematt — Mon, 02 May 2022 16:27:15 +0000

Blue Origin is developing technologies to enable human access to space at dramatically lower cost and increased reliability. To accommodate our rapid growth we have multiple openings for site reliability engineers who are building the infrastructure that the company runs on.

Our SRE's bring a software engineering approach to ensuring systems remain operational and scalable. You will implement the infrastructure that allows for rapid development and iteration of software throughout the company, including distributed systems, internal systems, and embedded software on-board our rockets and space vehicles.

Our languages (used across the company) include: Python, Java, Javascript, C, C++

Our tech stack within SRE includes: AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Datadog, Gitlab, Linux, Ansible

If you're local to the Seattle area, we're hosting an event in a couple weeks where you can come talk with our technology teams. We'd love to meet you and chat about space! https://blueorigin.com/careersSeattle

Positions: Site Reliability Engineering II - Cloud Engineer: https://blueorigin.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/BlueOrigin/jo...

Site Reliability Engineering II - CICD: https://blueorigin.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/BlueOrigin/jo...

Site Reliability Engineering II - DevSecOps: https://blueorigin.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/BlueOrigin/jo...

Site Reliability Engineer II: https://blueorigin.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/BlueOrigin/jo...

New comment by thematt in "Atlassian: We estimate the rebuilding effort to last for up to 2 more weeks"

thematt — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 17:14:18 +0000

They've only killed off one version of self-hosted Jira. Their datacenter edition is still alive.

New comment by thematt in "America produces enough oil to meet its needs, so why do we import crude?"

thematt — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 08:34:00 +0000

Yes, to a certain extent. But refined products get piped all over, so it isn't a very tight coupling. Delta Airlines bought their own refinery for jet fuel. It didn't work out too well, but it was still interesting.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/business/energy-environme...

New comment by thematt in "America produces enough oil to meet its needs, so why do we import crude?"

thematt — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 19:00:24 +0000

Lighter oils get used for gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuels. Heavy oils get used for plastics, petrochemicals, and road surfacing.

I wish there was an easy answer to your refinery question. They're all different, but there are three basic types of refineries:

The simplest is a topping plant, which is basically just a distillation unit. The output you get is basically whatever the natural yield of the oil is. These refineries can typically only process light crudes.

The next level refinery is a cracking refinery. These take the gas oil output from the distillation and breaks it down further using high temperature, pressure, and catalysts. This allows for the breakdown of slightly heavier crudes.

The final level is a coking refinery. This takes all the residual fuel and "cracks" it into a lighter product. This increases the yield of higher value gasoline, which allows a refinery to take in cheaper heavier crudes.

Building a new refinery is a 5+ year process that costs about $7-10 billion. I'm not sure what upgrading an existing one costs, but it's somewhere in that ballpark. Keep in mind that a large influence on the type of refinery is their geographic location. They're built to accept the type of oil that flows in the pipelines.

New comment by thematt in "America produces enough oil to meet its needs, so why do we import crude?"

thematt — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:01:13 +0000

It's not just a matter of building more refineries to process it. The different API Gravities of the oil are used to output different products. Gasoline, jet fuel, etc.

So yes, you could modify refineries (at significant expense) to process different grades of crude, but in order to target different outputs we still need to import the different grades of oil because the refineries end up mixing/matching to get the levels they need. The US produces a lot of light oil, but less of the medium/heavy grades you'll find in Canada or the Middle East.

New comment by thematt in "Buried in Infrastructure Bill Is a Mandatory Backdoor Kill Switch for Your Car"

thematt — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 07:06:20 +0000

Lobbied for by MADD. The push was led in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI). Original co-sponsors were David McKinley (R-WV) and Kathleen Rice (D-NY). The senate version of the bill was led by senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) and Rick Scott (R-FL) with co-sponsorship from Gary Peters (D-MI) and Shelley Moore (R-WV).

https://www.madd.org/press-release/madd-hails-monumental-dru...

Hacker attempts to poison Florida town's water supply

thematt — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 21:02:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mysuncoast.com/2021/02/08/sheriff-investigation-underway-after-hacker-attempts-poison-florida-towns-water-supply/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26070073

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by thematt in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2020)"

thematt — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 16:29:24 +0000

Our languages (used across the company) include: Python, Java, Javascript, C, C++

Our tech stack within SRE includes: AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Datadog, Gitlab, Linux, Ansible

Positions:

Site Reliability Engineer II: https://blueorigin.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/BlueOrigin/jo...

Senior Site Reliability Engineer: https://blueorigin.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/BlueOrigin/jo...

Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering: https://blueorigin.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/BlueOrigin/jo...

Gumroad gives employees 20% raise

thematt — Mon, 25 May 2020 05:29:43 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/shl/status/1264567764238233601

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23298176

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by thematt in "Tesla to Cut Employees’ Pay as Much as 30% to Curb Costs"

thematt — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 04:47:36 +0000

What lessons have they learned?

New comment by thematt in "3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits"

thematt — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:59:11 +0000

Unlikely. I suspect it's more likely month-end re-balancing.

New comment by thematt in "What are those grids of glass in the sidewalk and why are they purple?"

thematt — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 05:26:53 +0000

https://mashable.com/2015/08/18/building-seattle/

New comment by thematt in "Morgan Stanley is cutting about 1,500 jobs"

thematt — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 21:03:17 +0000

I doubt this includes executives with golden parachutes. They typically don't do those in bulk like this. This is more likely severance pay, immediately vesting RSU/options, any outstanding benefits owed, and any increased fees/taxes owed because of the layoffs.

New comment by thematt in "Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content Recognition"

thematt — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 16:29:38 +0000

But you could plug in a Roku or a Fire TV, right? The TV can't proxy through those. It's maybe cringeworthy to say, but I probably trust those companies more than I do Samsung.