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> Instacart is both expensive and unreliable. I'll go back to in store once things die down, and I'm sure many others will too.

I can't stand Instacart but I begrudgingly use it (for now) because it's the safer option for everyone involved. I also haven't forgotten that they were stealing shoppers' tips for a long time.

Once this is over I'll never use it again.

I was going to mention the same thing. This happens on Reddit too.

If your posts are unpopular for any reason you're automatically penalized. Doesn't matter if you're right or wrong, you're penalized for posting anything that people disagree with or don't want to hear.

That's why sites like Reddit and HN will always be echo chambers. Dissenting voices are automatically silenced. Not 100% of the time, but often enough that most will probably never waste their time posting.

> How does at-will employment work with union busting?

No relation whatsoever.

You should really take the time to learn all the facts before wrongly blaming the worker.

They also edited a headline for a #1 ranked story about Blizzard and the Hong Kong issue, removing Hong Kong from the headline entirely.

HN sort of reminds me of China -- a dictatorship with zero transparency and a penchant for manipulation.

Edit: Can't forget the spineless bootlickers who are hopelessly devoted to the state! You know you've struck a nerve when the best 'reply' they can offer is a silent downvote.

> It is definitely possible to get a tech job at a large company where work-life balance is taken seriously.

For a few, not for the majority.

> Sacrificing your health and your life for your employer is idiocy.

What would you suggest they do, work less so they can be homeless, starving and uninsured?

You really need to open your eyes and see the world outside your little bubble.

> Please take some time off for a vacation and return to a normal 40 hour work week.

You might as well say "Please win the lottery".

Seriously though, please tell me you're not so out of touch with reality that you actually believe the sentence you wrote is meaningful advice. People can't just snap their fingers and create a better job out of thin air.

Classic will never have the same revenue potential because players would revolt if they added in-game transactions.

Those transactions were a massive source of profit in later expansions and completely eclipsed subscription revenue. Even as the WoW playerbase dwindled, revenue grew thanks to things like game-time tokens, level boosts, mounts, cosmetic items, etc.

All of those things are 100% antithetical to the premise of Classic WoW.

I don't disagree, but isn't it a sign of much deeper issues if this "Shadow IT" land exists at your company in the first place? Why is it that experienced programmers can't efficiently solve a problem that a business user can handle in Access?

Are they under-staffed? Neck-deep in spaghetti code? Lacking business knowledge and the opportunity to acquire it? Bottle-necked by a lack of business analysts or testers?

I hear about this too often and nobody seems to think it's a major problem. IT departments can have a queue that's 2 years deep and people don't even bat an eye, they just think "Oh, that's how IT works!" And that's not even taking into account all the requests people aren't submitting because they've given up hope of getting any dev time.

They're already automating the exact job you've been describing:

https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/30/uipath-rpa-series-d/?rende...

So... automate clerical stuff?

> ever-increasing need

Not sure I'd bet on that -- the point of RPA is to eliminate the job you just described.

I applied to a few jobs at United Healthcare and they sent me HireVue interview invitations. Wasn't sure what HireVue was so I looked it up and was completely appalled that this sort of AI hiring technology is actually being used already.

Of course they frame it as a benefit to you (interview whenever and wherever you want!) but we all know their real motivation...

> So in the next email (sent a minute after I received his reply) I sent him a zipped file of code with an explanation that "this is what I've done so far which is about 70% of what you want" and he immediately replied saying "Whoa you are serious. That is refreshing .. '

> So a few days later, I sent along a detailed algorithm that expanded his idea, with a formal proof of correctness and a code implementation and he suddenly switched to a more expansive mode, sending friendly emails with long and detailed corrections and ideas for me to explore.

And then the whole internet stood up and clapped.

"Those who do not move do not notice their chains."

In other words: People who think HN moderation is all fine and dandy only believe so because they've never had the audacity to post an unpopular fact or opinion.

Agreed, HN's lack of transparency is slowly killing it. You can see the discussions becoming more one-dimensional every day.

Do you know what an echo chamber is? Both of those actions lead to the same result.

> Hacker News moderation is not appealable, not auditable, does not have bright line rules, and there are no due process rights. It simply does not respect individual rights.

Exactly. HN takes the tyrannical approach to moderation: We're right and you're wrong. If you disagree, too bad.

The mob is happy to clean up any wrongthink the moderators happen to miss.

> this moderation method succeeds for Hacker News

I think that's a pretty generous statement. The quality of discussions around here has declined substantially over the past few years. In many ways it's even worse than Reddit.

> HN may be an echo chamber but it is a pretty big one with a lot of voices in it.

The echo chamber effect on HN is far worse than any comparable site, it's just not as obvious because there's zero transparency.

At least there are tons of 3rd party sites that allow us to see censorship in real time on Reddit. No such thing exists for HN.

I have no sympathy for the moderators here. I believe they moderate very arbitrarily and are accountable to no one.

Vanguard Prime Money Market (VMMXX) or Ally Savings account. My money will be in VMMXX just because I already had a Vanguard account open.

Should get you ~2.2% return and getting your money out is relatively easy. IIRC you can even write checks against the account.

I didn't realize how bad reCAPTCHA is until I started trying to protect my privacy.

The internet became practically unusable thanks to the constant, unsolvable CAPTCHAs. You can click the correct image tiles until your finger falls off but you still won't get through.

> I don't understand

Have you not noticed the constant barrage of stories like "21-year-old sells billion-dollar company!" or "Teenager discovers new medical breakthrough!"? Or the dozens of "30 under 30" lists?

This seems to be a response to that.

This is why selective / arbitrary enforcement of the law is dangerous -- everyone breaks some kind of law every day. If the government gets to choose when (or if) the law is applied, then it's no different from tyranny. There are so many laws that even Congress can't keep track of just the federal ones[1]. Then there are state laws, local laws, regulations from organizations like the FAA or motor vehicle departments, etc.

[1] https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2013/03/frequent-reference-questio...

I can't believe that was legal. They basically tricked consumers into giving them millions of dollars.

If the app called it a "Tip" then that should be some kind of fraud because it wasn't a tip in the way that any reasonable person would assume, it was a donation to the company.

Sounds a lot like a software license with an expiration date.

I guess the main difference is that corporations have the leverage to force consumers (or employees) to accept their license terms no matter how lopsided they are, whereas the opposite is never true and so this surreptitious method was required.

> My personal thought is that we should lower minimum wage, but combine people who work under an income level benefits.

Huh?

It sounds like you're saying the government should subsidize even more shitty, low-paying jobs, but I can't be understanding that right...

In my experience, most managers think "If I can't objectively measure it, it doesn't exist."

Therefore, since the benefits of fostering employee growth can't be easily quantified, most managers choose to believe they don't exist.

Same goes for things like flexible work schedules, work-from-home days and generous vacation policies.

Based on the terms of their warranty, your experience is an exception. Even after paying $299 for AppleCare+, you should've had to pay an additional $299 for the repair. Anyone who bases a purchase decision on this type of anecdote is just asking to get screwed.

On the other hand, the service I mentioned from Dell is part of their standard warranty, included with every new (and refurbished) computer.

Everyone should be required to watch Louis Rossmann's videos before buying a MacBook. Apple has probably scammed people out of hundreds of millions of dollars just by using fake excuses like "water damage" to avoid fixing things under warranty.

For example, a computer Apple said had "been in a bathtub" when it was really just a manufacturing defect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2r-g8EaTfY

FWIW, my experience with Dell has been the complete opposite. I complained about a couple issues with an Alienware laptop (processor whine, low battery life) and they had a tech at my house the next day with replacement parts. Probably the best service I've ever gotten on any type of product.

Look up online communities dedicated to Homesteading. There also seems to be a movement around "backyard chickens" (i.e. raising small amounts of livestock at an average suburban house).

So far I haven't come across any information on physical communities of homesteaders, although a local community seems like a necessity if you ever want to take a vacation again. Can't really leave crops on their own for very long without them dying, let alone livestock...