praneshp

That's the same as "What if I don't care about killing other people and just want the most space for myself". A contract is a contract.

Ah, I guess I'm the stupid one here.

Upvoted you to help with the downvotes you got for asking a question.

I had this opinion too, before visiting the bay area for an interview in 2011. I was stunned at how every single person (or so it seemed) had a mac out on the caltrain. And to answer your question, two out of the three companies I've worked at have been almost all macs (some devs like linux/windows laptops).

To clarify, I'm not questioning the right to blasphemy. I just wanted to see how it was perceived in the West.

Although, having lived in the West for the better part of a decade, I don't see what progress we have made as society that you are so confident that right to blasphemy is no big deal. I am not saying we live in medieval England, but speech with zero consequence is not a thing yet.

> Back then they were seen as a defence of free speech and our democratic rights, a way of mocking the draconian regimes of the Middle East

Was this an universal viewpoint in the West? As a non-Muslim teen in India I saw it as mocking Islam (I get that others' mileage varies).

Clickbait headline warning for that, btw.

Ah, I think your parent comment should have asked for a non-stupid reason. An electric car is going to be in a traffic jam as well.

Maybe the secret plan was healthier employees lol.

> There's a good chance that abundant welfare is why he isn't looking for work

The article calls out another reason. His daughter has celebral palsy I think, and they helped bring things into town for her.

> and I think you could make more money waiting tables there.

I was only an intern there, but I'm 100% sure you are blabbering.

> I think it would improve the comment environment if HN had a title policy against using gender in it

Then dang and co will end up writing articles like this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19971454

If you have 40 bucks and some time, try using fastmail with Postman. You're now locked to your mac, but search is amazing

WHen it was up, the commment said one of the take homes was 35 hours of work (ended up being the company they signed with)

> I was on an airplane once where SWISS served Hiltl food. The person next to me was very positively surprised by the quality and asked me about details of the dish.

Was probably me lol. I made it a point to visit that restaurant in that trip.

Seconding asciident' comment here, I can count at least 3 different things that had a positive effect on me, and 0 negative ones, in the last week.

I do agree that you probably don't need this junk.

> that extra money would be going to medical bills, housing, e

Because they assume that you are smart, and the $700 is after those bills.

First I thought your predictions were my favorite part of your comment, but your confidence won out.

> makes you mostly sit in traffic while going to work

Cherry picking this part of your argument: the last time I switched jobs this is what I told myself to rationalize commuting 50 mins one way (plus 15 mins last mile stuff). It works out _terribly_ if the mode of transport is not super reliable.

If you don't normalize for where you live I think it's an apples to oranges comparison.

Not a big fan of bay area roads, but this particular junction sees crashes because of a high frequency of law breakers. There is only so much you can do against a large number of people that are super-happy to break the law because the fine/insurance rate is probably not a big deal.

> People should try to make design decisions and choose tools for the scale they're actually at. Not the scale they hope to be at some day.

Would you accept that there is at least some sort of movement of engineers from these large companies to startups? I would argue the choice is made on what people are used to and familiar with, as opposed to "let's signal what scale we want to be at in our choice of tools"

I think you're wrong on the bakery case, they eventually won in the Supreme Court.

I had a gear S for 2 years before I gave it away recently. The look attracted some positive comments, and the rotating bezel was a favorite of mine.

Anything software was shit (ie poorly done/buggy), and samsung used a lot of dark patterns (you have to install an app to get the watch paired, which is fair, but it keeps nagging you to install a second app).

My friend and I were one of the first batch of people to get it (preorder a few months before release), and had some issues initially that they quickly resolved (by sending us new watches)

what that does have to do with remote work? I commute to work everyday, but my team's code doesn't run in a cpu under my desk.

> its full of people working on laptops,

What, in your opinion, should people be doing in cafes on weekday afternoons?

Did he drive himself? Maybe the company should ask him to stop thinking and focus on driving.

In my case the vast majority of amazon packages are ups, and most of the remaining are usps.

Also I live in an apartment and no porch/driveway, maybe that's why I dont lose packages :)

> Amazon proposal to deliver packages inside your house

Wasn't this just to prevent assholes from stealing packages from your yard/door/...?

Back in 2013 or so, I had privacy concerns, so I got a device that was popular for folks that wanted to put free software on it. Hacking on it (both for fun, as well as frequent buggy behavior) served to keep me at the desk instead of working out :(

That's why the out of pocket maximum exists. (I think?)