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Seeing this in RDS endpoints too.

What really makes me concerned is what the after effects are going to look like. What happens to housing prices after this is all over? When people realize their impulsive buys were a mistake. When foreclosures and evictions sweep the country. We are in this strange period where people are not yet feeling the extent of the potential economic impact, and I fear for what will happen in two or three years.

Even if you invest at the worst possible times (right before crashes) you’ll come out way far ahead of leaving it in cash.

I don't like this argument, because it seems to imply you would indefinitely leave it in cash. In this hypothetical situation, where a market crash is impending, and individual could invest at the bottom and make significantly higher returns than investing prior to the crash.

This of course goes without saying, "you can't time the market", but it's a bit dishonest to indicate that you can't beat the market here.

Here are some of my reasons why I love working (and working hard):

1. I actually enjoy programming and working with others.

2. Sense of purpose. Working with others towards a common goal.

3. Reward. The harder I work, the more I increase my chances of greater financial output.

4. Recognition. When my boss or peers acknowledge my accomplishments, it makes me feel proud.

5. Growth. A lot of my personal development has come from wisdom gained through work.

Why should a company hire someone who is potentially going to impact their own revenue? And in rarer cases, a side project that actually generates enough revenue to where the amount of money they are paying you is less than the share you are taking from their revenue.

To your second point, sure, employers hold more power. What is wrong with that? If you don't like it, you can always work somewhere else.

I don't think the price differential between San Antonio and Austin housing is high enough to offset the level of talent and appeal that Austin (or even Dallas for that matter) currently provides for the tech scene.

I disagree with your first sentence. Say that you work for Amazon, and you start an e-commerce side project that directly impacts the growth of e-commerce outside of the Amazon marketplace. It may be a negligible share of the market, but you are still negatively impacting Amazon's sales. There is a reason that they put conflict of interest in the fine print, and posing the question helps bring more context.

Not necessarily, many large companies are willing to guide and help an employee determine if something is okay or not to work on. You shouldn't be discouraged for posing the question, and if you are, the employer is not being rational.

As long as the side projects are in no way considered a conflict of interest, I think it should be acceptable. It is sometimes difficult to determine whether or not something is a conflict of interest. The other thing to be careful of is making sure that the additional side project(s) are not burning out the employee, or occasionally eating into their actual time at work.

I'm curious to know I'll f there is a study that these open office plans to actually work.

Is there strong evidence that this will happen anytime soon? I've heard many arguments that claim this wouldn't happen anytime soon, particularly because of the level of difficulty and the required determination.

Who said that it had to be considered "awesome"? And why dont you educate us on what qualifies as a mechanism for progress?

I think you are going about this all the wrong way. You seem to think that most people who use positive words are just putting up a facade and using these words for the sake of using them.

Consider the co-worker who acknowledges hard work you do, and appreciates you for your effort. This acknowledgement gives this you a sense of accomplishment, which in turn makes you feel happier and better.

Consider the neighbor who offers help when he notices you have a problem with your car, or gives you advice that helps you solve your problem easier.

Consider the person who recognizes that you have a disability or health defect, and chooses to help you and provide you with positive reinforcement to help you focus on progress and feel better about your situation.

I think the article, and the notion of "positive people," is more than just throwing a word around. It's about people who add weight and meaning to their words through thoughtful consideration and genuine compassion.

It's worth noting that insurance companies require a relatively substantial fee for Uber drivers yet most of the people driving don't report being drivers to insurance companies. I am not sure if this study accounts for this.

I can't imagine how immensely powerful it would be to have a game like Diablo leverage block chain for its items. This would eliminate the risk of dupes and ensure a fair system.

Sounds like a powerful service. What have you done to market it and find customers?

At my last company, we used redis both for celery as a queue, and a cache for values we needed to call often and retrieve quickly. We ALSO used Mongo, but moreso as a store for larger documents that were called less frequently. I think it's not fair to compare them directly together, they are each useful in their own specific cases.

What about the edge cases? If I understood you correctly, the poorest developed countries dictate the pricing.

It's probably more likely that they want each output to be independent of the other. Certain features may be predominantly associated with a tiger, but not necessarily indicative of a terrestrial animal. If the 9.89% chance that they could have been wrong would have been the case, then that should not influence whether or not it was a terrestrial animal. In my opinion, the consumer of the output values should be able to rely on these fields independently, and make these associations themselves. Although I totally agree a second pass could be useful as a separate data set.

Plot twist: Digital Ocean is secretly hosted on AWS

Awesome! Now just give me Diablo 2, and I will be content for life.

They could batch up the network traffic to send later,

I was thinking that too, but realistically, someone would eventually discover this (consider how much outbound traffic would have to go at once in order to store that much audio).

push an update that changes how much they listen after your traffic monitoring is done.

Again, someone would eventually discover this. It wouldn't be hard to constantly monitor network traffic for noticeable discrepancies in outbound activity.

Furthermore, a discovery like this would not go overlooked by the general public. Amazon would be doing a serious disservice to their reputation by going about extracting the audio in such a mischievous manner.

Does that mean that he was effectively fired? I can't help but think there must be some additional context as to why he was terminated and not transitioned to another role (assuming my understanding of the situation is correct). Is Apple really doing that bad?

"If you vote Bob for President and provide proof of your vote, we will give you a free iTunes gift card!"

It may be part of the same philosophy of "trying everything," but it would be naive to say that there are no motivations of improving the negative reputation Amazon has built upon itself through its intensive work ethic.

Yes but even prior to this, Rackspace had been a managed cloud provider, meaning they offer services on top of the infrastructure. This is different than AWS.

To your first point, I would strongly disagree, and actually argue that you are the one being wildly inaccurate and ignorant. I know many people first-hand who were affected negatively from the drugs. As an example, I once had a very charismatic friend who was extremely bright, happy, and just fun to be around. In middle school, he started taking medication. He became detached, depressed, quiet, and generally dull. He would at times be himself, but overall, other friends and I noticed a drastic [negative] change in his behavior. To me, that is extremely serious, especially as a child where you are forming your character and social abilities and exploring your imagination. Another example, I have a cousin who takes the medication. Throughout her childhood, she experienced unusual and unpleasant side effects like headaches, stomach pain, anxiety, sleep issues, etc. Her doctors have rotated her through different medications, but it seems there was never a golden ticket with 0 side effects. You argue that these are negligible side effects, like coffee. I would say that these are much worse than coffee, at least in the extent of how they effect people, and at the same time would argue that it doesn't even matter if the effects WERE the same as coffee. Do you want your child to be on coffee and redbull? Not me. I know plenty of other people who experienced the same symptoms and personality changes I described here, and although that is not conclusive evidence, there seems to be a large consensus on this issue (as far as the side-effects and changes in personality). And if you think there is no chance of any long-term health consequences derived from prolonged use of these "mild stimulants" like ritalin and adderall, then I am going to reluctantly step back and say we should just agree to disagree.

To the second point, you seem to be confusing my observation as a call to blindly end the use of medication. My argument isn't that we must end the use of medication and ignore the issue, it was that we need an overhaul of the education system so that we can get rid of the pills and preserve the well-being of the children. Not a practical or easy solution, I agree, but it is an important one at the least. And of course there will be children who fall at the far end of the spectrum, where no matter how accommodating the system is, they will still need the assistance of medication to truly thrive. But at least we can safely say we tried at that point, instead of assuming that these children are all "troubled" and need big pharmamama to feed them the milk of corporate greed.

While I do think that ADHD is a real condition, I don't think that the solution is to medicate children with a very serious life changing drug that alters the core aspects of a child's personality and behavior.

The true solution is to revamp our country's education system and provide a framework that can accommodate the wide variety of personalities that come into the classroom. Instead of forcing children to think one way, we should let them think the way they NATURALLY think, and flourish with their native mindset.

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The thing is, this also assumes that job postings are an accurate representation of the employer's expectations. I think it's a common trend for employers to ask for much more than they realistically want, in exchange for weeding out those who feel incompetent and unable to meet certain requirements.

That being said, I think that when employers ask for full-stack developers, they actually want someone more experienced in a certain part of the stack, yet still familiar enough to get their hands dirty with other parts of the stack but not necessarily at the expert level. In other words, candidates who are more well-rounded yet focused in a certain area of expertise will likely stand out the most and meet the employer's expectations.