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durron

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durron··on AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion
$44 trillion over here, at least our bill was so outrageously high that I just laughed
durron··on Claude Code on the web
Do you find this to still be true with the Sonnet 4.5 model?
durron··on How fast should you accelerate your kid in math?
“Parent-led homeschooling is the approach that puts parents in charge of the education decisions for their children.”

Teachers in the US are required to have a Master’s level education and multiple months of student teaching in order to be certified to teach. Yes, there are many kids in the classroom. Yes, your kid isn’t going to get the same type of 1 on 1 attention you can give them at home. However, work in conjunction with the experts, don’t presume you know better by default.

durron··on How the lemon was invented (2018)
The article (appropriately) glosses over a fun butterfly effect. The large export of lemons to Britain is a core reason for the existence of the Italian mafia.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831830-600-why-the-...

durron··on Ask HN: What's your residential Internet speed and cost?
980 down/880 up $99/month. Based out of Massachusetts, it's a good deal for this area
durron··on The majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the US are now living with their parents
At least in the US, this isn't true, tax rates have fallen over the last 40 years

https://taxfoundation.org/us-federal-individual-income-tax-r...

durron··on Ask HN: How many of you have been impacted by a layoff?
Yep, close to half my company was laid off at the beginning of the summer. It was hard, it had been clear the company didn’t have the revenue to keep running but we were constantly assured the current round of funding would close. Then it didn’t and a lot of us were gone
durron··on Compensation in 2019 – new grad tech offers
Salaries at FAANGs are hard. I received an offer (New England based) for an L6 position from one this week and was shocked at the package. After getting off the phone and doing more research, I realized there's a chance I'm being lowballed, and I should negotiate for more if I choose to go to said company. I've done pretty well in my career so far, but even taking the initial offer would almost double my salary.
durron··on World of Warcraft Classic Relase
There's a nice writeup about how the WoW team went about re-creating a 10-year-old version of their game with modern security and toolchains

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21881587/dev-watercoo...

durron··on WeWork Gave Founder Loans as It Paid Him Rent, IPO Filing Shows
https://outline.com/AW7mde

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