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almost_usual··on Garry Tan tech CEO and campaign donor wishes death upon SF politicians
I guess not many folks are getting the Office Space reference.
almost_usual··on Expensive fridges are dying, leading to fraud claims
We have a Whirlpool and it seems to have started having issues within 3 years.
almost_usual··on GTA 5 actor goes nuclear on AI company that made a voice chatbot of him
Scumbag AI company? I’m shocked.
almost_usual··on [dead]
Anyone paying attention knew this was bound to happen. Don’t mess with international trade.

https://x.com/iainmartin1/status/1743222859529367562

almost_usual··on Navajo Nation request to delay private mission placing human remains on the moon
Did they also request a delay for India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission?
almost_usual··on California Pizza Hut Lays Off Delivery Drivers Amid New Wage Law
No mention of any layoffs in the Bay Area. Seems mostly concentrated to SoCal + Sacramento.
almost_usual··on California Pizza Hut Lays Off Delivery Drivers Amid New Wage Law
Title seems misleading, it’s not all of California, mostly SoCal.
almost_usual··on California Pizza Hut Lays Off Delivery Drivers Amid New Wage Law
Right, that’s why the service industry is flooded with job applications right now..
almost_usual··on Tech Hubs Are Losing the Talent War to Everywhere Else
The California Department of Housing and Community Development is beginning to address this problem but it’ll take years until a noticeable difference is made.

https://www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/default/files/docs/policy-and-r...

almost_usual··on Tech Hubs Are Losing the Talent War to Everywhere Else
My empirical evidence is young people move here to develop their careers and move away when they start a family. Those who stay make it work because they really enjoy the Bay Area or aren’t interested in having kids.
almost_usual··on Otter, Fastest Go in-memory cache based on S3-FIFO algorithm
Pretty much 2Q without the LRU.
almost_usual··on Ask HN: Is Twitter/X working for you?
Very broken.
almost_usual··on California DMV Digital ID Pilot Program
Sounds like you don’t.
almost_usual··on California DMV Digital ID Pilot Program
> (e.g. requires you hand over your phone to police unlocked).

If you’re worried about this keep your id card?

almost_usual··on California DMV Digital ID Pilot Program
Unless the government starts buying everyone smart phones an id card will be fine.
almost_usual··on S.F. dropped its housing failures on this California city's lap
The HCD plan for San Francisco is here.

https://www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/default/files/docs/policy-and-r...

If you’re curious what the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) is for your county or city you can find it here.

https://www.hcd.ca.gov/planning-and-community-development/ho...

almost_usual··on Created a free website that simplifies stock analysis
https://totalrealreturns.com/
almost_usual··on Is Austin losing its luster?
> Fort Worth is scheduled to be the first to reach 1 million residents out of Jacksonville, Austin, Seattle, and San Jose.

San Jose had over 1 million residents in 2020, the population declined.

almost_usual··on Common Rust Lifetime Misconceptions (2020)
Interesting, thanks for sharing!
almost_usual··on Common Rust Lifetime Misconceptions (2020)
Mind expanding on this? The nomicon describes &’a T where both ‘a’ and ‘T’ are covariant. I thought I had a clear picture but now I’m confused.

https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/subtyping.html#variance

almost_usual··on Common Rust Lifetime Misconceptions (2020)
Once I discovered ‘static was the subtype of all lifetimes rather than the super things began clicking for me.
almost_usual··on Nvidia sued for stealing trade secrets: blunder showed rival company's code
> Moniruzzaman allegedly gave his personal email unauthorized access to Valeo's systems to steal "tens of thousands of files" and 6GB of source code shortly after that development.
almost_usual··on Binance founder Changpeng Zhao agrees to step down, plead guilty
> May the entire of crypto be brought down with it

Pretty hard to get rid of decentralized systems.

almost_usual··on If needed, you have a role at Microsoft that matches your compensation
There’s a good description here.

https://www.levels.fyi/blog/openai-compensation.html

almost_usual··on If needed, you have a role at Microsoft that matches your compensation
If they’re replacing PPUs with RSUs it’s definitely great.
almost_usual··on OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns
MSFT RSUs actually have value as opposed to OpenAI’s Profit Participation Units (PPU).

https://www.levels.fyi/blog/openai-compensation.html

https://images.openai.com/blob/142770fb-3df2-45d9-9ee3-7aa06...

almost_usual··on Update on the OpenAI drama: Altman and the board had till 5pm to reach a truce
Too complicated.
almost_usual··on No "malfeasance" behind Sam Altman's firing, OpenAI memo says
OpenAI recruits employees based on equity packages that will not amount to anything based on their operating agreement.

Live and learn I guess.

almost_usual··on No "malfeasance" behind Sam Altman's firing, OpenAI memo says
Right, PPUs are worthless until profitability but the board doesn’t want to be profitable?
almost_usual··on No "malfeasance" behind Sam Altman's firing, OpenAI memo says
Brought this up in another thread and was downvoted. But yes the 900k compensation package was probably more than 600k PPU equity which is worth who knows what now.

https://www.levels.fyi/blog/openai-compensation.html

Only a few days ago there was a post here about them poaching researchers with “10M” equity compensation packages..

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38258406

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