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throwaway13000··on Airbnb’s loss nearly doubles in fourth quarter, before virus
How did you find the proof? Its interesting
throwaway13000··on How some good corporate engineering blogs are written
What is the purpose of engineering blogs? Is it only to attract engineers to work for you?
throwaway13000··on YC W20 Online-Only Demo Day
Can the general public view these videos some point in the future?
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Is there a website with advanced CSS puzzles?
This is an oft repeated suggestion. But the problem is that, there is very little step by step commentary on these codepens. Its mostly only the final step that is presented. I tried recreating some and then got stuck with finer points of positions, margin-auto etc. Thats when I realised I need to solve some advanced CSS puzzles. Thanks anyways!
throwaway13000··on Launch HN: Trustle (YC W20) – On-demand child development experts for parents
Neat idea. I would definitely use it, if you promise that that experts would NOT be from low cost countries like India, Romania etc (why? Because as a person from these countries, I want to learn parenting methods from advanced countries.)
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2020)
SEEKING FREELANCER | REMOTE ONLY

I am working on a website which where people give feedback to each other's interview performance. Part of the backend is ready , but I need frontend help. Mostly HTML/CSS and some javascript.

https://www.sideprojectors.com/project/14742/coding-intervie....

I am looking for frontend help. If you are interested, please contact through link above or through my profile.

throwaway13000··on Ask HN: How do I help my Indian coworker get a raise?
It depends on whether the person is on L-1 visa or H-1 visa. If L-1, I can't help. But if its H-1, In all probability, the guy is just afraid of interviewing outside. As someone mentioned below, changing job is tough but not very tough.

Please tell them to seek outside jobs.

throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (February 2020)
I am working on a website which where people give feedback to each other's interview performance. Part of the backend is ready , but I need frontend help. Mostly HTML/CSS and some javascript.

https://www.sideprojectors.com/project/14742/coding-intervie...

I am looking for frontend help. If you are interested, please contact through link above or through my profile.

throwaway13000··on Household Manager/Cook/Nanny Needed, Menlo Park
Who is this CEO? Any guesses?
throwaway13000··on Visa Buys Plaid
So, pertinent question. I want to move my account to a bank which gives me an API so I don't have to deal with Plaid or Mint. I.e. I want data privacy. I want to build a personal dashboard of where my money is going.

Any suggestions?

throwaway13000··on Milled: A search engine for email newsletters
Cool project. What is the end goal? A Lifestyle business? Only search by keywords?
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Who is looking for a co-founder?
I am building a website called interviewblindspots. Website provides code feedback with interviews in Mind. Its a large market so thats a plus. It aims to be a onestop solution for interview preparation (in short term) and a CS curriculum (in long term). I am a backend engineer by profession so I am having lots of problems with Frontend, Specifically CSS. If you are interested/intrigued in the idea, send me a mail (Email in profile).
throwaway13000··on YC Fall Hackathon 2019
Yep. Need help with frontend skills. Mostly CSS. Idea is to build a code review site specifically focusing on blindspots in interviews. If interested, email in profile.
throwaway13000··on Making the Tokio scheduler 10x faster
Does anyone know how to print the blog post. Storing it as a pdf only saves first page, not the entire conent.
throwaway13000··on Google recently launched a similar to our app product, should we continue?
Well, google cannot make their product with MS stack. But you can! So everyone using MS office online can use your product.

Even though Google docs is free, Notion is making enough money to keep it sustainable. You can do something similar.

throwaway13000··on Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images
Yahoo owns AOL!
throwaway13000··on Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images
When was the last time you changed your email address?
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Experience with Flipped/Inverted Classroom?
Asian Active Learning? Never heard. Can you explain more?
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Is Spring still a good framework for Java based web projects?
Was not aware of Grails before. Will check it out.
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Is Spring still a good framework for Java based web projects?
Thanks for the tip on JSP. I will look into it.
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Do you think it's worth learning Java in 2019 for web development?
All big companies have HUGE java teams/projects. Its battle tested for distributed systems, has legions of developers who can do any task you ask for. Java is where the big bucks are.
throwaway13000··on Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compensation
Can someone here explain why companies pay only 40% of US salaries in India? One person from my team is leaving for India soon. He is paid $200k/yr currently in Bay area. But he is being offered INR50 lakhs which is roughtly $80k USD. What stops MS from paying something like $120k USD (converted to INR) because fully loaded costs in US (with FICA taxes) is abot $250K?

Especially, if the quality is the same in both places?

throwaway13000··on Ask HN: When selling a software business, does code quality affect sale price?
Yes. It does affect. If I, the buyer, determine that your code needs to signifcantly rewritten to fit my needs/systems, I will be willing to pay less money. Instead, I may want to build it myself.
throwaway13000··on What Is a Roman Coloring Book?
Coloring this book would be fun but someone needs to suggest what colors to use. To a backend engineer like me, the only colors that exist are black and white (Terminal colors) :(
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Where can I download Amazon reviews as a dataset?
Seeing if someone has already done that. Web scraping costs money, amazon may rate limit/block me etc
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2019 – Show and tell
Man. This is a wonderful little niche product. How did you stumble upon the website to buy?
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2019 – Show and tell
A link would be appreciated.
throwaway13000··on Has Contact Been Lost with Vikram Lander on Moon?
Yes, It was lost. News updated now.
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2019 – Show and tell
Also, does anyone want to sell their side project?
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Improving people skills w/ Bandersnatch for e-Learning. Other use cases?
1) Yes. And Companies might also pay for training. 2) Actually, good forums for this are lacking. WiserState is good step in this direction 3) Yes. First time managers need all the help they can get. 4) Consider if it should be video based or should be a giant tree based questionnaire? Text is faster to read. Much much faster to read. I can read at my own pace, the areas that I do not like. Understanding what I would do in various scenarios will help me understand what I should do in this situation. Write blogs to other resources on the topic to increase your street cred. 5) This is not interactive video. This is pre recorded videos with some input from users.
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