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noitsnot··on Senate Stock Watcher
I think the site is definitely a good start. I would like to see accumulated data and charting. Which stocks have been bought and sold by week or month, etc.
noitsnot··on Senate Stock Watcher
The Senate is part of Congress but The House doesn't disclose trades. The Stock Act of 2012 prohibits insider trading for the Senate and provides that trades are disclosed, which is why the data is available for that branch.

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

noitsnot··on Google bans Zoom from employees' computers
Does Google usually dictate which products you can and cannot use in your personal life and free time? Why was this statement needed?
noitsnot··on How I lost control of our bank accounts to a phone scammer
Working remotely is new for a lot of people and sometimes coworkers will call your personal number because it is available for emergency purposes, which unfortunately we now live in.
noitsnot··on Microsoft: Cloud services demand up, prioritization rules in place
I don't think you can really compare people accidentally buying the wrong ticker to investors unable to place valuations based on virus uncertainties. They were buying the wrong stock before the virus hit more than a year ago.
noitsnot··on Costco will not allow returns on high-demand items like toilet paper, water
I imagine he's referring to the type you can buy on Amazon and attach to your toilet seat.
noitsnot··on A Man Who Saw the Pandemic Coming
That's if those stats are even relatively accurate. The testing kits are lacking to say the least and the qualifications to use them seem very unrealistic in preventing it from spreading.
noitsnot··on No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-interview feedback
This is egregious and unempathetic.
noitsnot··on No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-interview feedback
Minds are made up. I interviewed with the same company in the beginning of my career then again 3-4 years later. I realized they probably didn't know how to interview a dev and were more interested in someone amazing with clients and charming. I would have been prepared to bullshit my five year plan better on the second go-around.
noitsnot··on Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?
*tough

Nice start! Is there any fitness trackers you believe outperform in terms of sleep tracking? It's an interesting idea for an app. because I have personally found specialists are booked 3+ months in advance.

noitsnot··on Job Tenure and the Myth of Job Hopping
I feel like when you're outside of let's say a Fortune 500-ish type of company, there are no 'levels' and a manager will always attempt to minimise pay/budget and absolutely will not bring up promotion. The structure of the company isn't there unless there is decent turnover and there is rarely the growth needed to create new positions. Promotion / pay is most likely initiated on the employee end. It's easier just to take a few interviews than try to haggle with current management and budgets.
noitsnot··on SuperDisk
I guess I'll date myself and say I had good old tape backup via a Colorado drive.
noitsnot··on A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties
Why are the bounties so low when a recruitement company would easily take 15-20%+?
noitsnot··on Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on board
Is any airline even flying the Max at this point?
noitsnot··on Coding Interview Problems with Detailed Solutions, Test Cases, Program Analysis
I had a company give me a Wonderlic test. If the coding interview algorithm game is the standard at this point, maybe we should be thankful.
noitsnot··on British woman revived after six-hour cardiac arrest
I get the point, but that's a joke. She didn't wake up and see a bill. You don't get the full blown, by the way, the anesthesiologist actually charges $20k+ for less than an hour of care bill, until a few weeks later.
noitsnot··on A Vegan Sued Burger King over Its ‘Impossible Whopper’
My experience is they don't have enough room for two grills without melting some ceiling tiles because the kitchen ventilation is made for one. They used to (may still) cook the chicken sandwich on the same grill and claim it was gluten free.
noitsnot··on Predicting Next Recession
A handful of countries have cut interest rates because the global economy is slowing down. India, China, U.S., Mexico, Brazil, etc.
noitsnot··on Tesla Cybertruck
My first thought is that it's not even a truck. The price will likely be increased and it will be unrepairable. You can't drive a car down the street without side mirrors.
noitsnot··on Half of us have quit our job because of a bad boss (2015)
That's a nice meme from LinkedIn but I'm sure there a few other reasons including a better paycheck, flexibility, or even benefits.
noitsnot··on Ask HN: Google Adsense Alternative?
I ran ads for over a year and was suddenly banned on YouTube with less than a dollar accumulated in my account.
noitsnot··on Ask HN: Does anybody make good money from Google Adsense?
Me too. I was making very decent money and opted to convert to Objective-C to see if Apple would approve one of my more popular apps. I couldn't gain any traction and didn't renew my developer account after the first year.
noitsnot··on Face-recognition technology is the new norm
I know the government was, meaning I'm not sure if they still are now, without getting too specific. I'm not sure if that included the police, though.
noitsnot··on Costco gained a cult following by breaking every rule of retail
Low income families won't pay anything extra to shop at stores like Costco, BJ's, etc, nevermind $60, which seems high. I imagine they can't afford to buy in bulk, to begin with.
noitsnot··on Match.com Used Fake Ads to Swindle Users, F.T.C. Says
The interesting thing is this is Hinge's business model but they have the problem of abandoned accounts sitting there instead of people deleting them for whatever reason.
noitsnot··on Echo Frames – Eyeglasses with Alexa
Bose has had glasses like these in Best Buy for maybe six months. Granted, not integrated with Alexa. Coincidence? It might cost them relatively little to produce and take a shot here.
noitsnot··on Amazon Echo Buds
I'll take a wild guess and say you have a ton of employees from those companies as top posters on HN.
noitsnot··on Adblock Radio: An adblocker for live radio streams and podcasts
I would like to assume at least Facebook and Google are doing it through their apps and devices but they might not even need the inaudible tones.
noitsnot··on McDonald's is to replace human servers with voice gen in its US drive-throughs
I can beat one customer and cashier most of the time. I'm just one person at lunch and know what I want. A customer will stand up there and make decisions and not have payment ready, etc.
noitsnot··on iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
The rumored folding iPhone would have been the wow-factor even if Samsung failed already in their first attempt. I'm not sure how it makes sense for someone to ask people what they would have been looking for to make the announcement worthwhile. Are you hiring?

"People don’t know what they want until you show it to them." -Steve Jobs

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