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galazzah··on The boss who put everyone on 70K
https://www.levels.fyi/ has some pretty good figures.

I also am fairly certain its total comp and not salary...

galazzah··on Glia – High-quality low-cost open source medical hardware
Not just Palestine, but Gaza. The cost of getting anything, medical equipment especially, into Gaza is insanely high and it's usually an unreliable process. Thats likely why theres such a huge emphasis on being able to create the entire unit in the Gaza Strip.
galazzah··on Glia – High-quality low-cost open source medical hardware
I actually attended a talk by Dr. Loubani this past weekend at MIT and one thing he emphasized was that everything they do has to be reliably replicated in Gaza. So yeah, one could conceivably purchase the Littmann replica from AliExpress but getting it into Gaza? Another story...
galazzah··on NSO hacked WhatsApp to spy on top government officials at U.S. allies
Can you provide any sources? Surprised to see Credit Karma on here...
galazzah··on With His Job Gone, an Autoworker Wonders, ‘What Am I as a Man?’
TBH, someone at this age who has spent 25 years in a pipeline probably realizes that, unfortunately, no one in this market wants to hire older folks -- especially with no relevant experience.
galazzah··on Databricks open-sources Delta Lake to make data lakes more reliable
AFAIK, the data lake is the next step in the evolution of the data warehouse. Instead of storing data in a data mart/data warehouse, the concept of the datalake (as a design pattern) is that you don't schemas (support for unstructured data), better support for auditing and data governance/democratization, and schema (?) evolution
galazzah··on The Healing Power of Gardens
Does anyone recommend a particular guide for getting started in gardening?
galazzah··on Base salaries offered to software engineers in SF, NYC, and Seattle
Stocks are a major part of compensation for tech companies. Looking at just salary is an incomplete picture and also isn't fair for job-seekers. Fwiw this page has compensation data with break down by RSU, bonus, etc: https://www.levels.fyi/comp.html
galazzah··on The Tragedy of Baltimore
>>In hindsight, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the riot was probably avoidable — if Batts had had more officers at his disposal, if his officers had been better trained, if there hadn’t been the seeming overreaction to Monday’s swirling rumors.

Or... If they didn't murder Freddy Gray.

galazzah··on Ask HN: Tools or sites you use to scope out a workplace before taking a job?
https://levels.fyi to make sure the level/comp accurately represents what i'm looking for
galazzah··on This person does not exist
I wonder why it doesn't generate any people with African features
galazzah··on PepsiCo Is Acquiring SodaStream for $3.2B
SodaStream took it seriously enough to move their factory out of the illegal settlements
galazzah··on When is a nation not a nation? Somaliland’s dream of independence
> It's fascinating to me a country can be invaded and occupied by their neighbor and the world does nothing about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_territories
galazzah··on Uber drivers “employees” for unemployment purposes, NY labor board says
> My gut says to err on the side of not imposing restrictions or mandates until we figure out the right balance.

I would rather not wait until more workers lose their lives.

galazzah··on NSA collected 500M U.S. call records in 2017, a sharp rise: official report
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Jim_Crow
galazzah··on Tech Bootcamps in Palestine
Yeah its perfectly acceptable and safe to do so, as you can read in the FAQ. Palestinians (I am one) have nothing against Jews
galazzah··on Tech Bootcamps in Palestine
from the link: https://www.visitpalestine.tech/get-involved-details/

lots of options here. Cheers!

galazzah··on Ask HN: Help me find a website
No thats not it... Lets say if the project was called 'project' it would spit out ways to get project like pro.ject or proj.ect, whatever is valid
galazzah··on Ask HN: What book impacted your life the most and how?
I read "The five people you meet in heaven" by Mitch Albom. Sure it might be fictional and meant for a younger audience, but this book really changed the way I think. Really makes you realize that every little interaction you have with someone affects that person for the rest of their lives in one way or another; and vice versa.
galazzah··on Ask HN: Are you interested in picking up “idea sunday” threads again?
Yes
galazzah··on Ask HN: How to start a successful side business
So basically cold call businesses in niche markets to find out what they would pay money for, solve that problem, and profit?
galazzah··on Show HN: Minimal, modern embedded V8 for Python
What're the use cases for this?
galazzah··on The simple life hack you probably won’t follow
Well thats one way to put it