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subsaharancoder··on Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about $9B
> I'd start with something livable

Define "livable" in the context of wages

subsaharancoder··on The IRS Is Coming for Crypto Investors Who Haven’t Paid Their Taxes
I used bitcoin.tax way back in 2018 and it was pretty smooth filing crypto related transactions
subsaharancoder··on How Basecamp Blew Up
> Criticising religion is a lot more nuanced though; for example I don't think it's especially controversial to criticise Matthew 25, where Jesus says that "A woman a should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet."

1) Jesus did not say this, Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ did. 2) This is not from Matthew 25 but from 1 Timothy 2:11-12 and is one of Paul's letters to Timothy. https://nasb.literalword.com/?q=1+Timothy+2%3A11-12 3) Matthew 25 consists of the parable of the ten virgins, parable of the tenants and the judgement of God. https://nasb.literalword.com/?q=Matthew+25

If you're going to use the Bible to make a point, at least make the effort to accurately do so.

subsaharancoder··on Robinhood Files S-1
Worth mentioning that if you move out all your stocks and funds from RH to another broker, they keep your account open but they deactivate trading and won't allow you to reactivate, the only option is to open a new one. I wonder if they count those "open but deactivated" accounts as part of their MAUs.
subsaharancoder··on Robinhood Files S-1
By far the easiest way to look at and buy options. I use Fidelity and it's a PITA!!
subsaharancoder··on How Iraq’s crystal meth epidemic is ravaging the nation
Curious, which one of the 12 steps you've listed have a "cult aspect" to them? FYI Characteristics of a cult http://cultresearch.org/help/characteristics-associated-with...
subsaharancoder··on Why do long options start with two dashes? (2019)
Am I the only one who read the title and thought this had to do with options trading?
subsaharancoder··on Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes
> Because they aren't 100% tied to the corporations, the worst, lowest paying jobs gain leverage when negotiating.

They're just shackled to a government handout making them totally dependent on the government of the day's generosity or lack thereof.

subsaharancoder··on Officials Say California Will Completely Reopen June 15th
Nothing like the threat of a recall to get the wheels of government running at peak capacity!!
subsaharancoder··on Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides
> I seem to recall that if you had the right kind of car you could mark yourself available for wheelchairs and other things. I was forever picking up people with walkers and helping them in and out, though I know some drivers never ever wanted to touch a passenger unless they were dead drunk and had to be dragged out of the car and deposited on the front lawn of the destination address. (Been there, done that.)

Uber had/has WAV (Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles) on request.

subsaharancoder··on Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time
the quality and calibre of this comment is what brings me to HN everyday..
subsaharancoder··on RIP Google Reader
I worked at Google, albeit not in mother ship (MTV) when Google+ was everything, those were some crazy times!! I recall when G+ numbers were so embarrassing that dashboards (built using jigsaw) were scrubbed clean and teams were mandated to report usage numbers in terms of percentages instead of active users. Apparently "25% growth QonQ" sounds better than "we added 2500 users"
subsaharancoder··on RIP Google Reader
Does "Ascorer, Amit's Scorer" have anything to do with Amit Singhal, he who led Google Search for many years?
subsaharancoder··on Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from the chaos of Cairo
Can't tell if you're being serious or just trolling, but I'll bite so here you go USSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unstructured_Supplementary_Ser...
subsaharancoder··on Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from the chaos of Cairo
You don't need a smartphone to enable cellphone financial transactions, check out Kenya's Safaricom Mpesa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Pesa which is SIM card based, doesn't use any data, has the option of using USSD or Mobile App. It's already available in Egypt.
subsaharancoder··on Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free
California classifies this as "crimes of necessity" with zero repercussions and in many cases people defending the acts of lawlessness. In CA everything is upside down!!
subsaharancoder··on Four times I felt discriminated against for being a female developer
CEO of Starbucks got eviscerated by the woke/CRT/Intersectionality mob for mentioning that he doesn't see color when evaluating who the best candidate for a job. The mob can't be appeased.
subsaharancoder··on Oakland bans the use of combustion engine-powered leaf blowers and trimmers
Oakland is grappling with rising crime, drug use, unemployment, businesses closing, schools not reopening etc and the city council dedicated their time and money to address this inane issue
subsaharancoder··on Apple works with China but not the FBI (2016)
I recall talking to an ex Apple employee who basically said the same thing, Apple really has no moral standing lecturing other companies on privacy when it has essentially capitulated to the Chinese government.
subsaharancoder··on Apple works with China but not the FBI (2016)
"Pepsi" as a brands is basically non-existent in East Africa, "Coke" is as ubiquitous as asking for a glass of water.
subsaharancoder··on US central bank payment system down for 'hours'
Make one mistake with that address and your crypto is gone!! at least with IBAN/SWIFT the funds can be returned to the original account.
subsaharancoder··on Google Cloud vs. AWS Onboarding Comparison
Microsoft SQL Server on Cloud SQL is quite laughable in terms of feature sets, it currently doesn't support exporting your tables as JSON or CSV, you can only export as a .BAK file which is some MSFT proprietary trash and this bug https://issuetracker.google.com/u/0/issues/170026117 was open for months with no ETA for resolution.
subsaharancoder··on Berkeley may get rid of single-family zoning
When I moved stateside I lived in Berkeley for a year, it's overpriced (rent and daycare are ridiculously expensive!!), overrated, overrun with homeless people (anything below 6th street) and the coup de grace has to be the incessant virtue signaling with houses competing for who has the most "social justice" billboards and signs..Glad I moved away..
subsaharancoder··on Bitcoin surpasses $50K as major companies jump into crypto
one weird upside of the bitcoin frenzy is that garbage altcoins are also rising in price, a rising tide lifts all boats..
subsaharancoder··on Cloudflare Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2020 Financial Results
the latter, people booking unrealized gains pre-earnings, then post earnings it finds a comfortable price point, then more people buy and we rinse and repeat..
subsaharancoder··on Cloudflare Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2020 Financial Results
this is typical behavior of stocks, even with stellar earnings many of them go down after hours, go checkout Corsair
subsaharancoder··on Robinhood sued by family of 20-year old trader who committed suicide
When I applied to enable Options trading on my Fidelity account, I had to wait 3 days plus they sent me a booklet which looked like it was printed in the 80s about the risks of options trading, they also pointed me to a section on their site with tutorials about options trading once they had enabled my account. By the time they were done I was rethinking my plan to trade options :-)
subsaharancoder··on Bitcoin price hits $40k less than three weeks after shattering $20K
and up again!! BTC rollercoaster continues...
subsaharancoder··on Amazon buys 11 Boeing 767s to expand its cargo fleet
I suggest business class, it's worth every dime!!
subsaharancoder··on YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud
Will Youtube also remove all videos claiming that there was Russian Collusion, Obstruction of Justice which were investigated and proved as being false?
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