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If I had the option to not pay taxes, obviously I wouldn't but I don't that that has any relation to tipping.

On the other hand, when the government asks to donate for a disaster, does everybody contribute even if they completely sympathize with the issue? You may do it sometimes, but will you do it every time there is a disaster? Will you do it even if you can afford it? What will be your opinion of the government if they tell you "We can't deal with these disasters unless we get donations. We know these same disasters happen every year and we should have budgeted properly but we didn't do it for political reasons. But now if you don't donate, people will be in trouble"

Tipping is a way of showing your appreciation for service. But if it has to be done every time, then you may as well call it a service charge.

Tipping model is at its tipping point.

It is high time US citizens stop tipping and make businesses realize that the customers are not directly responsible for employee wages.

Always think of tools in terms of your company's long term goals.

A free tool that doesn't offer possibilities to scale or won't remain cost-effective at scale or doesn't offer features to migrate to other tools can easily cost more than going with something that looks expensive or less appealing right now.

Also, evaluate tools in terms of their familiarity to developers, sales and customers in your domain.

Probably a piece of rubber that keeps some margin between the heatsink and the cover of the server.

Try that "voluntary parting" with a rental car and see what happens.

Exactly and going out of the Bay doesn't solve the Bay Area's problems. It only tries to plug the premise that all the housing problems are happening because of the influx of people into the Bay Area. A lot of people who want better-housing options are millennials who Bay Area or nearby locals or people who have already been living in the Bay for more than 5-10 years.

No. That was one of the main reason behind introducing multi-core architectures. It is getting harder and harder to optimize the CPU cores, neither can you keep pushing the CPU frequency. So the only option is to create multi-core processors and build multi-threaded applications.

While many people may not care about a company's morals, they definitely will care about the reputation of a company in terms of how the company is perceived by the general population and others in the industry.

It's worth it until there is an alternative on the road. Eventually, most if not every company get replaced by a better one. Stock market IPOs are never about predicting what will eventually happen to a company. It is not different than say, Tesla. Everybody keeps repeating that the traditional car manufacturers will catch up with Tesla, but even till then Tesla is gonna do business. And as expected once the novelty of their products (EV and self-driving features) got somewhat out of the way, now it is being judged but the revenue and profit numbers it is pulling.

Financial transactions are covered by a lot of complex laws and regulations. A bad joke may end up costing a lot of time and money to clear your name.

It is equivalent to prank calling cops and telling them that a friend sexually assaulted you.

Usually, stupid financial transactions bite you at the most inopportune times like when you apply for home mortgages or deal with immigration issues.

This is also causing the average age when girls are getting married to go down and it is increasing the age difference between the bride and groom.

You are welcome to take a train

You are right in highlighting the issues with current financial systems. But what is the basis for assuming that a decentralized and unregulated system will be way better in addressing all the issues you have highlighted?

Even if you keep aside the regulation aspects, there is no assurance that money kept in a cryptocurrency account is safe. The fact that bank accounts are insured is a big deal. Nobody apart from the government is gonna sign up for that. And if someone does, they will not do it without tracking the flow of money.

"We are Google and we know what is best for you. Go ahead and use it until we realize something else is best for you. Oh, and BTW if you think our UI is bad then you don't know what is best for you."

Universities should be ranked on based Availablity of Textbooks (i.e. essential for courses offered) as well. It is not uncommon for a University library to claim that they have a gazillion books but when you go to find a course textbook, they have like 3 copies of those.

Universities will do anything for the rankings.

I am pretty sure at some point in history, launching two rockets at the same moment must have been a big achievement. And now you have two rockets (in some sense boosters are rockets) landing back at the same time.

Why is thunderbolt such a big requirement for a NUC equivalent?

Do you think the language used will last for 20 years in terms of developer interest?

It also matters to use something that everyone is more or less comfortable with. The more customizations you do, the more overheads you have to deal with.

If they require proof that your models are working, you should be able to show them simulations to that effect.

If it is a matter of due diligence, then it should be something that is discussed between your lawyers and the company's lawyers.

If this ask is coming from the engineering side of the company then that is a red flag.

You should also think of the impact in terms of acquiring other customers once you have opened a bit too much to this customer.

It's pretty much, if we are persecuted, we will take our business somewhere else.

This is so typical of Google's policies. They will not fix something just because users report it.

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=147

Prove it with a small example that you get better rates with DNS fixes and your management will think about it differently.

Evaluate single job offer vs multiple job offers are totally different things.

Some of the parameters that can be used for evaluating a job offer:

1. Startups: How much money the company has in terms of its burn-rate? Given a choice, I would not join a startup that is running out of funding and next round of funding is nowhere in sights.

2. Growth in team: Are you replacing someone or it's a new position. If I am replacing someone the scope of work will be well defined. It will be worth checking why the earlier person left. If it is a new position, check how the team will grow. If a team grows, earlier employees tend to get bigger roles.

3. Compensation and other benefits: This is mostly a relative study, but I would not join a company that is not really giving me a decent raise in terms of salary or stocks. I have not seen people not join a company for healthcare benefits unless it is a really low paying job.

4. Commute and other flexibilities: You may be ok with commuting for an hour, but if you are asked to reach office at 9 am, your 1 hour commute might get converted into a 2 hour commute. So check out what are reasonable work hours and how flexible is the company in terms of working from home, sick leave and PTOs in general.

5. Manager and upper management: It is not very easy to figure out how the company management is, by taking to someone who is making you the job offer. Check our reviews on glassdoor and similar sites. Take them with a pinch of salt, because those reviews are either from frustrated employees or employees who were requested to write reviews.

6. Work: Join a company that will help you grow both in terms of compensation and skills. A general rule of thumb is to see if taking this job will help you in finding your next job.