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pc2slow4webpack··on Is Clear Air Turbulence becoming more common?
I see the site claims to save fuel, is this in the form of providing routing? I assume that patching data needs to get in to the autopilot system at some point, how does that work?
pc2slow4webpack··on What happens if you swallow gum?
1/d * 1wk seems like a low threshold for problems
pc2slow4webpack··on Making Apple Progressive Blur on the Web
Now seeing a 404
pc2slow4webpack··on Man who shoveled new channel into Lake Michigan convicted
His main mistake was skiing this in front of a park ranger.
pc2slow4webpack··on I applied for a software role at FedEx and was asked to take a personality test
Similar experience with a company this year for a new grad position, they wanted me to come to 30hr unpaid hackathon hosted in the evenings.

I'm sure the signal they get is pretty good, but I'm also sure they filter outany candidates that don't want to put up with BS like this.

pc2slow4webpack··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2023)
Interested in the Junior oppurtunity, but all I see is a Senior Backend Engineer on the site.
pc2slow4webpack··on Kepler, Nvidia's Strong Start on 28 nm
they haven't hired that guy you're replying to!
pc2slow4webpack··on 75% of Software Engineers Faced Retaliation Last Time They Reported Wrongdoing
> junior devs straight out of no-name universities getting jobs easily

I'm a soon-to-be grad from a Top 5 Canadian school with multiple internships (no big names, unfortunately), it's been very difficult for me to get callbacks. In fact my ratio of getting past the first screen is about 2/125.

I would blame your experience more on the market.

pc2slow4webpack··on OpenAI negotiations to reinstate Altman hit snag over board role
Just downloaded. Doesn't seem to want to download Wikipedia on my phone, it says "detecting if filesystem supports 4gb files"
pc2slow4webpack··on Apple discriminated against US citizens in hiring, DOJ says
yeah -_-. graduating in april and just hoping I can get something in the field
pc2slow4webpack··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2023)
Yep, that Junior role had about 700 applicants last I checked on LinkedIn. No way theres nobody qualified in that pool.
pc2slow4webpack··on Tarsnap has given 2^18 dollars to open source
Tangentially related, apparently Sentry's own post mentioned in the article was removed from HN according this tweet https://x.com/bentlegen/status/1716884717394670015?s=20. Does anyone know the circumstances regarding why?
pc2slow4webpack··on Tell HN: Please stop sending AI-generated job applications (whoishiring threads)
As someone graduating at the end of this year, this is quite the understatement in my experience.

The constant, 0-feedback autorejections make this a demoralizing experience.