On October 7, Hamas attacked Israel and killed 1,139 people, including 764 civilians and 373 Israeli security personnel. A further 252 persons were taken hostage. In retaliation, Israel has killed 32,552 Palestinians in Gaza since Oct. 7. Let that sink in.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/7/24146276/apple-ipad-pro-oled-features-specs-let-loose-event Feels like Apple has zero innovation -- every year it's just a thinner ipad, a better camera...is there really anything left in the future of this company that's truly innovative? If you're at apple can...Read more
So many posts here with people thinking they are making peanuts if they aren't making 500k+ TC. My brother is a doctor (MD). Went to school for years and years. Scholarships to top universities and all that. He makes about 220k. I know most people here have Masters degrees, but even then making a ...Read more
I joined as a SDE 1 at Amazon. I was told to relocate to which I said no, my manager put new on 4 months focus, and I successfully got out of it. I changed team. In the new team, my manager was very new (L5 SDM). I didnt like his management style and expressed to my skip manager that I want to chan...Read more
I am a contractor at MSFT And position was terminated today because they don’t need me anymore. Reason for Termination: I couldn’t handle Micromanagement, Redundant work, Passive aggressiveness, No Basic Human Respect Today My manager called me when I having lunch and yelled at me and Blamed me th...Read more
We’re planning to buy a house but during the loan approval process I was told that my credit score is in the shitter because of which I can’t get a jumbo loan. I was at 800 earlier but I totally missed paying a $25, yes 20 f*cking 5 dollars on my credit card that I don’t even use but forgot that Am...Read more
Next month is my birthday and I’ve found living in Seattle without a car is very boring because I can only hang out within my neighborhood (Capitol Hill). Getting out of this place to go hiking, play golf, ski, or just to a different neighborhood is so painful (Uber is fucking expensive, the bus is ...Read more
Everyone thinks I'm a loser, even my kids. The look on everyones face when I say I'm working at Walmart.... To me work is work and you do whatever you have to do to support your family. I haven't worked retail since the 90s . Back then I did a lot of shitty jobs like magazine sales, door to door co...Read more
I was reading a bit about Sundar Pichai today and apparently he only joined Google around 2004 as a regular product manager. So he wasn't even a particularly early employee and he only joined after Google was already well established and about to IPO. He also doesn't really have much of a comp sci ...Read more
Coding outsourced/ off shored to labor cheap countries Gen AI automating shit Hitting saturation in cloud, e-commerce, web/mobile apps Market concentrated among 7 big players Layoffs Lowball offers Low demand, high supply For all these reasons, do medicine, investment banking, science, cosmo...Read more
Found a great deal for used 2015 Porsche Macan S for $22k. 75k miles. Wondering if I can upgrade ? Currently driving ford hatchback. NW 440k. Tc 150 Pic for reference
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8245-NE-8th-St-Medina-WA-98039/48885400_zpid/ This home in Medina rents for $8k. I have two kids who need to attend K-5, and Medina Elementary School has pretty good ratings. The home looks nice and is in a safe neighborhood. Am I stretching my budget to rent at ...Read more
- a woman said he raped her 30 years ago after voluntarily going into a dressing room with him in a clothing store in the middle of the day, and was awarded 93 million dollars - he misclassified some expenses in his campaign (Stormy daniels) - he had unclassified documents (same exact crime as Hil...Read more
Isn’t it crazy that most people work most of the time during their prime years, with the hope of retiring when you are old. Why can’t we borrow 1-2 years from that retirement right now?
I was married for 20 years and had an affair. AMA (Will not respond to trolls or hateful comments)
Why is the US "imperialist"? I agree there are plenty of less than great things the US did, particularly during the cold war and Iraq, but besides that, why is the US imperialist? Is it because we insist that capitalism and related things (e.g. IP protection, mostly free trade) is the best system? I...Read more
Another reason why you shouldn't buy luxuries that flaunt your wealth, like Canada goose, LV, Hermes, Gucci bags. You're a walking target for the robbers. And that's prob why this Asian girl got targeted.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/google-exits-sf-office-tower-19445098.php What exactly is San Francisco’s plan to bounce back? Inb4 someone says Google has other offices nearby. Unless youre ingesting high grade copium, there’s nothing that says that Google won’t continue to divest ...Read more
At age 40+ or 50+, what do you still look forward to? What make you happy? What do you still want or desire? Don't tell me kids, family or money these kind of boring stuff. Tell me something else. Be honest with yourself.