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1_1xdev1··on TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, Lawsuit Alleges
Sure, but it’s much more effective when the messaging is targeted to an individual (or, small cohort of similar individuals) based on their interests (known, at a granular level, because of what they watch for how long etc)

Mass media isn’t individualized in the same way

1_1xdev1··on Ask HN: Transitioning to a Solutions Engineer / Sales Engineer
You should probably spend some time speaking to folks outside of your dev team and learn how businesses tend to operate
1_1xdev1··on 60M Americans have taxes so simple the IRS could do them automatically
What, is your monthly social security check less than you’re owed?

Does your Medicare insurance not actually provide the benefits they claim?

Come on dude

1_1xdev1··on Andreessen Horowitz is now openly courting capital from Saudi Arabia
Politician A got away with corruption (even if called out, in another article, years ago) so it’s unfair to call out Politician B for corruption.

Come on

1_1xdev1··on Ask HN: How do I get laid-off?
Unemployment assistance eligibility varies widely by state, OP should definitely look into that before taking any action if they want to seek that
1_1xdev1··on Governments should compete for residents, not businesses
That's where their focus lies, not necessarily where their interests do.

It's in everyone's interest to get a good deal for their money. For example, we should all be for an efficient government, and efficient markets. However folks vote against those all the time without thinking about it, because their focus is elsewhere.

1_1xdev1··on Testing multiple Python versions with nox and pyenv
Brew makes this easy? Are you sure? I installed python 3.9 with brew and it’s magically become a 3.10 install by upgrading another package
1_1xdev1··on Ask HN: What Git branching strategy do you use in 2023, and why?
Merge commits are annoying IMO because the revert command isn’t always clean or obvious, and you see a lot of noise . But your recommendation of `—first-parent` might alleviate the second concern.

Personally I’m a `merge —squash` guy but to each their own

1_1xdev1··on Was the $5B that VCs plugged into escooters worth it?
Bike share systems with docks have the same demand problem, but they are locked to docks so don’t get thrown into the River. They survive fine. Maybe a docked scooter share would work?
1_1xdev1··on Cashless society in Switzerland? People to vote on keeping cash forever
Are you trying to justify making the poor pay even more by suggesting they already bear the burden?
1_1xdev1··on Intuit pouring money into lobbying amid push for free government-run tax filing
I think my questioning of your intention makes a lot more sense than your question, when you actually read (I have like 5 comments and no they aren’t about sbf or cryptocurrency or anything related)
1_1xdev1··on Intuit pouring money into lobbying amid push for free government-run tax filing
Why is that significant? If not significant, why are you disappointed?

Are you a part of SBF’s rep management crew?

1_1xdev1··on Big Tech lobbyist language made it verbatim into NY’s hedged repair bill
You are ignoring the constitutional article granting congress the ability to make laws. Congress passed laws making weed illegal and hasn’t passed a law granting (or prohibiting) universal healthcare.

States can, indeed do it independently. There’s at least 3 states with a public option

1_1xdev1··on Ask HN: Fake Job Candidates?
Saw this a number of times at my last job.

Things we encountered:

- candidates that were clearly talking to someone between getting asked a question and answering

- entirely different person interviewing than showed up to the job

- one person on the coderpad, another person on camera (and hiding this fact)

A surprising amount of comments trashing companies for trying to protect themselves from fraudulent candidates —- reality check required. If the person who interviews and the person who shows up for the job are different, companies are well within their right to terminate that employment. The point of the interview is to see if that person should be hired. If you’re unhappy about this, you’re probably in on the scam.

1_1xdev1··on Ask HN: Fake Job Candidates?
I don’t think you have a reasonable expectation here.

Companies have to do something to fight this kind of fraud

1_1xdev1··on ChatGPT trying to convert hexadecimal to an int
It’s just a text completion model. It doesn’t actually evaluate computations, despite it being common to find it giving correct answers for some computation queries
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