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hsson Google's 'Rest and Vest' Days for Senior Employees Are Over, Says the CEO

Does this really happen, rest and vest? I always imagined FAANG engineers doing brilliant work.

hsson Tell HN: Salesforce has globally revoked Slack's holiday shutdown benefit

The US based startup I am working with used to give 1 additional holiday each month on last Monday as Mental Health Day since we had to move to WFH after pandemic. Last year it got acquired by a listed company of UK. The first thing they did was to cancel this saying it was not in their policy.

Most people did not mind loosing 1 day holiday per month but all of us felt that new company did not care about it's employees.

hsson 40% of Google users now connect via IPv6

Glad to see India in deep green.

hsson Samsung Busted for Cheating TV Test Benchmarks

Are there any good quality dumb tv available in market anymore?

hsson A moon landing in 2024? NASA says it'll happen

I would like to know the "why" behind landing on moon project. Don't we already know enough about moon? Why waste money on it? Can't this money be used in other space projects like Mars Landing or earth projects like fighting poverty?

hsson Hackerbot: Yet another HN iOS client, this time with custom push notifications

Shouldn't this be a "Show HN" post?

hsson Ask HN: DSLR vs. MirrorLess cameras. Best resources for learning photography?

How important is "Environmental Sealing" ? It's a feature which is generally not available in beginner DSLR but I feel beginners need it the most

hsson Ask HN: What advice would you give to your younger self?

Enjoy the every moment of your life...........and reduce the game time