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I am a networking novice but the fact that my networking book (TCP/IP illustrated) has one chapter on UDP and several on TCP speaks (literal) volumes.

My entirely uninformed opinion is that if its possible to do everything TCP does over UDP we should do so just based on the fact that it is a simpler protocol. This means that broadly speaking I think the QUIC protocol is an improvement. (Whether or not its worth implementing the change I have no opinion on.)

Obviously this is a very naive understanding and I welcome others telling me where my simple model breaks down. Understandably the complexity is not removed and is only pushed up the protocol stack but I would argue that the higher complexity belongs at the application layer rather than the transport layer.
Yes. It depends on your salary, but given the current covid crisis, most airbnb technical employees are eligible for around $4200 per month for 26 weeks.
It's a test of personal faith, they don't have to proclaim it to others to 'pass the test'. They pass the test by having faith without proof.

It depends on how they interpret the results to the customer. They might show the data and say that "it seems that this rock is million years old". They don't have to believe it themselves.

If the customer is another creationist, they probably marvel the perfection of God's creation and how impeccably he has been able to fake the age of the universe. You know, they probably see it as an evidence of God's omnipotence.
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Would love to see how Safari handles your benchmark! I find it pretty fast, but maybe that's just bias because it treats my battery nice.
> Meanwhile, long-term prospects for AirBnb have not changed. Disease existed before COVID and will exist after COVID.

Not sure I 100% agree with this. AirBnB's bread-and-butter was urban rentals. Even before Covid, there was huge backlash against AirBnB in a lot of those locales. Now, especially after you saw huge numbers of AirBnB's convert to long term rentals (really laying bare the nonsense of the "AirBnB doesn't take from long term rental stock" argument), I think you'll see tons of cities accelerate their plans to ban lots of short-term rentals in their current form, and these cities and society at large will become a lot more hostile to AirBnBs in residential neighborhoods.
Have a nice life as an MS customer. I think you'll find it's not quite so rosy as you believe on that side of the fence.
Totally agree. I had the insanity of a consultant living in Maryland, working for a company HQ'd in Washington, visiting development centers in California, and with a contract governed in California, needing to create a company so we could be 100% clear of AB5, and rehoming the renewed contract out of Washington, just so we could satisfy a bunch of HR pencil necks. What a pile of short hits.
https://medium.com/packt-hub/how-to-be-like-steve-ballmer-cf... Is a good start
The UK needs millions of Java developers too, and they get peanuts.

https://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=Computer_Programmer...
Not everyone who uses a hammer is in the trades either, but that's who hammers are designed for because that's who is buying.
Default WordPress themes look 100x better.
Apples and oranges. Hotels.com is a middle-man. When you have a problem with your stay, you talk to the actual hotel, which has its own front desk, customer service, legal, engineering, business, marketing, blah blah blah, teams.
It'd be nice to also mention about ulp [0], the unit of least precision. The floating point is an approximation as concept, and ulp is one of the properties of an implementation of floating point representation in binary form.

0: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43965347/ulp-unit-of-lea...
Will agree on the point regarding non-engineers. I would bet all else being equal they do, but will not fight over it as it's just an educated guess.

With regards to COBRA, the premiums are certainly covered by AirBnb as COBRA is available to employees for 18 months by default and 36 months in California where AirBnb is headquartered.
SCTP is deployed more widely than you think, all mobile network(3G/LTE/5G) use SCTP for varies signaling protocols like S1-MME
No, that's describing not being an employee, accepting contracts on a gig-by-gig basis.
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We need an extension firewall extension!
Classic progressive viewpoint tbh. What matters is if they're passing the purity tests and yelling loudly enough about the problem. If not, burn it down. Who cares about those bothersome things like... the actual outcomes, whether any of this is working, whether living in the real world might require making some compromises and working with other groups.
and plants are not only energy storage. They are great water storage, air cleaners, area temperature regulators. Not even counting as habitat for rich fauna fungi...life.
This is true, a solidarity strike by tech workers would absolutely make an FC action more effective and durable. However, how can striking SWE effectively bargain for other people? They don't have the same understanding of FC workers material needs. FC workers must take the lead in fighting for themselves, but other workers can ally with and assist them. SWEs beginning a solidarity strike could show FC workers that resistance is possible. It would be crucial to network with FC organizers to ensure the solidarity strike is achieving FC workers' goals.

This is why labor struggles are so difficult. The most powerful movers are the most exploited and dispossessed people, but they don't want to risk what little they have. They are the most powerful because they control the actual production of the company, without them management is helpless. At least in America, I don't want to make a more general claim as people are willing to strike over much less in other countries due to the strength of the labor movement, it's really only when people have nothing left to lose do they fight. We can talk to people in that position, we can discuss how we can support them, but ultimately it's their decision whether to fight or not.

EDIT: I'd say my advice to the OP is the most important thing you can do is to network labor organizers (meaning anyone willing to fight for each other, not just with professional unions) between SWEs and FC workers. You should talk regularly and plan how to achieve a series of goals bearing in mind that the FC workers should be in the driver's seat on most decisions. Your goal is to build worker solidarity and worker power independent of management.
Amazon is not cruel because of evil in someone's heart that manifests itself in the form of intentionally creating harsh workplace conditions. It is a situation arising out of the dilemma of profits vs employee welfare in the context of difficult circumstances.

Most folks here will probably suggest some kind of antagonistic approach like unionizing, etc. but I think it is a better approach to try and figure out a profitable way to have employee welfare in these circumstances.

You can assign some monetary figure to the current situation by factoring the PR, the escalating tension and perhaps an inevitable revolt. See if that money can be spent in a way that can create a long-lasting operations improvement that makes the employees' jobs easier and adds layers of operational efficiency or redundancy.

To do that you'd have to dive deep into the specifics of the situation and understand the motivations of all the competing interests at play, with the goal of coming up with a solution that makes everyone a little happier. I saw a few comments here that talked about going and volunteering at the warehouse to understand things better. That would be a great start.
Let's be generous and say the UK = CA.

Or are you suggesting a more parliamentary governance, where the Speaker of the House is the head of state?
No severance pay required in Switzerland but there will be a mandatory one month to three months notice period. A company can decide to send their workers home earlier but they would still be required to pay salary for that period. Though when laying of 25% there will be some additional government requirements as it would be classified as a mass-layoff and will need a social plan.
The industries may be hurting less, but they may be in need of funding, that has dried up, and is leaving otherwise reasonable businesses in a bind.
I wouldn't judge them too softly, they did after all promote having an internal services food team for years and virtue signaled all over the place that they wanted them to be team members and not contractors like every other tech company (they got stock, sick days, vacation, benefits etc), then fired them all over Christmas break one year and replaced them with contractors.
> people who should get screened will be able to get screened and treated

Will they? If the number of virus patients grows beyond the ability of the medical system to absorb, will there be any capacity?
I disagree. The federal distinction is mainly for federal taxes. The state is not just concerned with taxes, it's also concerned with other labor laws, so it may need to distinguish differently.
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In real life, developers use https://caniuse.com which tells you exactly what features are supported in what version and when that was released.
That didn't answer my question at all. You said "if you want to get a 15% or more raise, you need to jump somewhere else". That's just coming out of thin air or based on "other companies do it". If you do work in HR or as a manager, what's the rational basis deciding just that number?
If shit hits the fan, there won't be freezers to be bought... they'll get panic purchased instantaneously and, if you did manage to find one for sale, expect it to cost multiple times what you otherwise might have paid.
Nowhere near enough to compensate for the costs and delays of the regulations, unless it is a blockbuster drug.

Government research grants are doled out by a bureaucratic committee unwilling to take risks - so the grants are for safe, incremental, conservative, political gains. (After all, the committee has to answer to whoever their oversight bureaucrats are.) This is not where game-changing innovation comes from.
What are good, credible courses that come with a certification (that can signal a certain level of understanding and economic value)?
I made a joke once, that in the future captchas would be so difficult that only bots are able to get in.
In the first 100 years or so, the power in the US was more with states than the federal government. In the past 100 years, there has been an incredible accumulation of federal power. The balance is creeping back the original norm, with a long way to go before secession.
I think that is what it is...
I have no real data, but anecdotally a large number of my peer group (tech folks in NYC) fled the NY Metro Area in March. Those who had (not at-risk) family nearby stayed with family, while others (like myself and my partner) are quarantined in Airbnbs in more remote areas (although still close to a functioning medical system).

It's costing us an arm and a leg, but we've been very fortunate in that we can afford it. We normally live in a high-traffic apartment building with multiple dogs that require walks, so exposure seemed likely (and indeed a doorman later tested positive).
i’m talking about what they did to mlk jr. even if it doesn’t affect me it still matters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI%E2%80%93King_suicide_lette...
https://archive.is/wBr8b
It seems that it's faster on every website I use except Gmail, Google Voice, and Youtube. I wonder whether Google is using some sort of Chrome-specific javascript to make those sites run faster in their own browser?
> One of the changes dictated by the Defense Department, Nunn said, shifts "the tolerance of candied cherries from 12.8 mm. to 12.7 mm. Always onward and upward."

That's 0.5 inch. DoD is all metric.
Speaking solely and exclusively for myself, I've been skeptical of every organization attempt I've encountered in software because they all seem misguided. Too many talk about gaining political influence to push (insert unrelated policy goal here). A deeply disturbing number seek to create some kind of guild that can enforce (insert arbitrary personal moral code here) on all its members and render unemployable anyone who crosses it.

I do not find those attractive prospects.

I've yet to personally encounter a clear-eyed would-be SWE-union-organizer who is interested in sticking to nuts and bolts. "What's in it for me?" isn't a selfish question to be brushed off, it's the only question that matters.
It isn't Uber's responsibility to provide that work, nor is it a person's requirement to drive for Uber.
Amazing work! This seems like a great way to clear up uncertainty around these loans.

It's worth clarifying that (unless Congress changes something), loan forgiveness counts as a taxable event. Meaning a business would have to pay income tax on the amount of the loan that was forgiven, typically at the time it's forgiven. This could be preferable to paying the loan, but might require taking on a new (smaller) loan to cover the tax liability.
Really? Who did Goebbels kill, and with what implements?

He certainly did a number on his family, but he used cyanide pills for that, not words.

(If words are weapons, are downvotes assaults?)
I don't think leaving Amazon is the answer. As an outsider, it is encouraging to know there are insiders who want change. Amazon is not going anywhere. It will continue to be part of our society. If all the good employees like you leave, they will be replaced with soulless employees and could make the problem worse. Do your job and push for change as much as you can without getting fired.
What you describe here as generous is pretty standard in my part of Europe, things like health insurance or unemployment benefits aren't even a concern to worry about. In fact, when fired, my company normally gives 3 months PLUS 1 month per year worked. Now that's what I call generous.
Having managed and laid off people (unfortunately), I would guess middle managers have already been given a number X to cut already, and they are spending some sleepless nights already trying to figure out exactly what to say (unless they are too chicken and have HR personel do the firing)
Cynical tone aside, there’s a good question here. It’s just that the question has an actual, valid answer: it’s impossible to have a single database that operates at Twitter scale.

If you think it is possible to have a single database that operates at Twitter scale, fine, there’s probably an interesting and enlightening conversation to be had about how and why that is or is not the case.

Continue along this vein and you eventually you get to the point where you’re discussing realistic solutions, and maybe at the end of it you’ve either gained an understanding of how these things work or else you’ve actually come up with a better system design than Twitter. Either way you’ve gained something more valuable than the petty satisfaction of disparaging other people’s motivations.
The point is that Bezos had a clear idea in his mind what kind of company he wanted to build, and there have always been enablers of that sort of vision, especially when the motivation of getting stinking rich is on the table.

I am sure that along the way there have been people inside the company who have shifted its direction towards "better" when viewed from the perspective of society as a whole and the majority of its employees, but those shifts are tiny compared to the momentum of Bezos' conception maintained by suites of VPs etc.

And remember, Bezos et al. almost certainly believe that they are doing the right thing. He might be richest man in the world, but he thinks he got that way by doing something good. He's not so stupid as to imagine the company has no downsides, but I am absolutely certain that he is absolutely certain that Amazon is a net positive for the world.
My anxiety would be through the roof.
Typically employees are prohibited from simultaneously working for competing companies, due to conflicts of interest.

Do you think that an Uber driver driving for Lyft can be construed as a "conflict of interest"?
RSUs will always be worth something unless the company goes completely bankrupt. Judging by the stock prices of major hotel chains like Marriott and Hilton which serve as a rough guide, the equity is likely worth ~50% less now -- certainly not irrelevant considering the offers were always considered generous to begin with.
What if you started collecting data to show your bosses that Amazon’s treatment of FC workers is starting to impact the AWS business? For example, I’ve long since stopped ordering from Amazon because of the way they treat warehouse workers but I still used AWS. A few weeks ago I decided to quit AWS, too. Not because of any issue with AWS but because I don’t want to give any money to Amazon.

Switching platforms is a bit like switching cellphone providers or a bank - the customers are “sticky” and will put up with a lot because the transition is a giant pain in the ass. I’m just one small player but I’m sure there are others. And the longer Amazon fights against treating their employees like humans the more collateral damage there will be to all of the Amazon brands.

I wish it were as easy as appealing to management to do the “right thing” but sometimes it helps to show people there’s something in it for them, too. If AWS management knows their otherwise well-run division is taking collateral damage because of bad warehouse PR they might be moved to lend their voices to the cause as well. Make the warehouse worker problems AWS management problems, so to speak.
They are probably double trigger rsus with 10y expiration
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I honestly don't know what fraction of AirBnb's business still consists of indies renting out rooms to vacationers for short-term stays. But that market is simply hosed for the foreseeable future, if not forever. Complete lack of enthusiasm from guests and hosts alike. Driving strangers around in your car or having them stay in your home is never again going to seem like the great idea that it once did.
Algae and Cyanobacteria tend to be substantially more efficient than whole plants (6-8% [1]). There are some caveats though. Generally the industry has found it hard to grow algae at commercial scale cost-effectively for several reasons including (but not limited to):

- Contamination by outside organism kills your algal culture

- If you create a closed system, the algae will stick to the glass, fouling the surface and reducing light transmission

- Extraction of materials from the algae is hard, you end up with a lot of water weight you need to get rid of somehow

There are also some counterintuitive aspects in that apparently dropping the efficiency of the antennae (light collection) actually makes the overall culture more productive because excess light makes it past the initial cell layer and therefore other cells can benefit from the light. Otherwise the initial cells grab all the light they can, and waste whatever light energy they don’t need.

I think it’s an interesting field, but so far it’s been a hard road to make it actually work at scale cost effectively.

[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/photosyntheti...
> What’s Causing the Death Toll?

What about more bicyclists treating roads as an exercise machine? It may be uncomfortable to consider that perhaps going 5 mph up a hill that cars are going 35 mph on a narrow two-lane road is eventually going to end up with dead bicyclists.
I could be missing something but in case I'm not. You can enable Top Sites and customize them to your liking by removing ones you don't want and pinning the ones you do.
Late stage startups have to offer RSUs, as the equivalent option package becomes extremely unattractive if you depart before the company is public.

Imagine, for example, an initial option grant of 180K shares at $2.00, which expire 90 days after you leave. Then fast forward two years: The valuations have doubled every year, and half are vested, so you have 90k options priced at $2, but that last valuation puts at $8 each. Sounds like you have a lot of potential money right? Maybe, but not if you leave. If the company isn't public, you either have to rely on some secondary market that might be really shady, or have to hold your shares until IPO. To do so, you need to spend $180K, and prepare for an AMT tax hit of, roughly, 28% of the gains. 90k shares, with $6 a a share paper gains, means $135k in taxes that year.

So barring that secondary market for the shares, we are talking about spending $300k exercising the options. Few people can, or are willing, to put that much money in, even if on paper they are up hundreds of thousands of dollars.

RSUs will demand action at IPO, as you can't delay the exercise forever, but it's far better than, in practice, letting a majority of options lapse, even when you are pretty sure they'll be deep in the money at IPO.
Thank you to the Firefox team, this seems like a really nice release. I am very happy about the "If you don’t have a master password set up for Firefox, Windows and macOS now requires a login to your operating system account before showing your saved passwords." change. It might seem like a small change, but it's one of those friction points (another password to remember!) that will lead to (hopefully) more people using the built-in password autofill. Thank you again!

Anyone with a security background or someone who has thought through this more: what are the implications of making the OS level authentication the default, and then only ask to make a master pwd if there are no OS level login pwds? Is one or the other more secure?
On the last part, I agree with you from a developer's point of view as well. The review process is a shambles at the moment. Sometimes the review process can take weeks and one can still get rejected with no explanation. I understand the need for a manual review when an extension asks for powerful permissions like this one does but an approval time of more than a week is a bit much. And every subsequent update to the extension (even a small description change) also goes through the same review process. Imagine a critical bug fix taking more than a week for approval! It feels like they want to shut down their doors for individual developers. In comparison, firefox took only 2 hours to approve the same extension.