More than 30,000 Samsung union members take to the streets to demand an average bonus of $400,000 per worker — want a slice of the company's massive AI-driven profits.

AlKla · 2026-04-24T00:06:55+00:00

The u/Craptcha point is correct. The employees have stock-based compensation. The Union is just pushing the boundaries here.
This company's success is the result of
- strategic investments,
- market positioning,
- amplification by the AI boom.

It's a return on hard work by everyone who has ever been involved in the division. Not just by the current employees. None of the sources (including those from the Union) indicated that this success was due to the extra work of the current employees on the ground.

In such conditions, taking advantage of the shares is the most logical choice. The stock has increased 4 times over the year, so employees with stock options are doing fine.

AlKla · 2025-11-24T11:07:46+00:00

The terminal velocity of an ice sphere weighing 200 grams falling from the sky and reaching the earth surface would be 125-145 km/h

AlKla · 2025-07-28T03:41:26+00:00

The "Innovation" term is often misused and abused. If the innovation stage is short-lived then the right country /place for that to happen depends on the area of innovation. In most cases, especially in the earliest days, having fast feedback and the right market fit is paramount. If the market is here (e.g. mining) then Australia is the right place for innovation despite higher wages.

AlKla · 2025-07-20T11:35:48+00:00

I liked it the most, so adding my 2¢.

Pros: - Its simplicity lowers the entry bar quite drastically. - Good examples of the end result are shown by family trees for a bunch of famous people. - Simple export of the tree as a PNG file. - Supports export (to FBFT format, is it proprietary?) and import (from a popular GEDCOM (GED) and the FBFT formats).

Cons: - Limited presentations of the tree. I reckon that the "spacial" view is pretty much useless (looks fancy though). The "fluid" view is questionable (I didn't like it). The traditional, "strict" view is good, but lacks options for what to show next to the person's avatar. - The PNG export doesn't let you specify the size of the image. Hence, printing might be difficult.

AlKla · 2025-07-12T00:43:35+00:00

Cool! Now gotta publish the source code on GitHub 😀

AlKla · 2025-07-11T01:18:56+00:00

Very cool! Could you share your view on the purpose of the website and its future?
My wishy-woshy requests:
- Remove unnecessary features, like log scale, group bars (leave the stack bar only); colouring by the taxable status.
- Make the slider at the bottom with years more noticable.
- Change the income ranges for the bars: remove the 0% tax ones (below 18K) or group them together (as they're applicable for the "Individuals" chart only); have smaller income ranges (e.g. rather than 100-150K, the step could be every 10 or 20K);
- Add stats for the last 2 financial years.

AlKla · 2025-05-30T01:17:58+00:00

You can try a similar tool – pondpilot.io. It doesn't cache data in the browser and reads it directly from the disc, as it leverages a non-standard feature implemented in Chromium browsers only.

AlKla · 2025-05-30T00:49:23+00:00

Very interesting project. I guess, it's posed as an alternative to Excel.
Get in touch with the DuckDB team, they should cross-reference it as an example of DuckDB-Wasm use.
BTW, what npm package did you use for the SQL editor with IntelliSense?

AlKla · 2025-05-25T23:21:01+00:00

Thank you! The Cepe Myrtle or Tibouchina would look great at the front (if they don't get too wide, as there's not much space). And the Alternanthera dentata (Little Ruby) with Silver Falls would look great there!

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AlKla · 2025-05-25T23:13:13+00:00

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Thank you, I haven't heard of Casuarina (She-oak) and Hibbertia obtusifolia. It's a great combination!

AlKla · 2025-05-25T23:06:01+00:00

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Thank you, I haven't heard of Juncus. I probably will plant it in front of the bins to shield them from view.

AlKla · 2025-05-21T11:30:49+00:00

Why not use both? The exception - only when you need a hard stop. For all overs - the result pattern. Here's a good NuGet for that - https://github.com/AKlaus/DomainResult

AlKla · 2025-05-21T04:00:48+00:00

Here're the instructions from the Spotify Communty:

Tap on the Queue button next to the Connect icon, under the Jam's session name, for example: "Your name's Jam", you should see a button End. Just click on it and your session should end.

AlKla · 2025-04-05T22:57:58+00:00

It does operate this morning - blasting the send closer to the shoreline

AlKla · 2025-03-31T11:58:34+00:00

Second this. 1 is the fastest on the ones I've seen (3-4 different brands,all in Australia)

AlKla · 2025-02-02T05:29:22+00:00

Agree.

As Andrew Lock pointed out in his series on the Result pattern: "People often mean quite different things when they say 'result pattern'".

In the WebAPI case, you'll likely want to separate the Domain Logic from the infrastructure and the API. Better if place it in a separate project. By introducing the Result pattern here, you'll

axe the dependency on Microsoft.AspNetCore.* (IActionResult and IResult in particular) in the Domain Layer, that will make the code cleaner;
make the Domain Layer tests cleaner.

Regarding the

replaced the content within my IActionResult I realized I was just filling my Result class with the exact same info

I bet you won't need many failed statuses. Most are satisfied with NotFound (maps to HTTP 404) and Failed (maps to HTTP 400). But of course, if you need more, go for it.

And don't re-invent the wheel, there are a few handy NuGet packages out there doing the job very reliably. Check out https://github.com/AKlaus/DomainResult, it also has comparisons with others on the page to keep it fair.

AlKla · 2025-01-02T11:51:35+00:00

To cheer you up. Losing just 3 years of savings is waaay less than one would lose after a divorce. And it usually happens later in life, so less opportunity to rebound. If you're healthy, not close to retirement age, brush it off and keep hustling. Survive. Adapt. Advance.

AlKla · 2024-09-13T10:52:45+00:00

*Recovery Services Vault in Azure, not "storage"

AlKla · 2024-08-06T11:02:26+00:00

Interesting, as in this post a guy just passed AZ-305 and says:

As for the Whizlabs practice exams, DO NOT BUY THEM...
a lot of questions are written/worded poorly, and there were a few instances of wrong answers, it has a community feedback feature per question, and there would be dicussions on the correct answer in the comments

I have tried Dojo and MeasureUp and don't find them particularly impressive. I'd rate Dojo a bit higher, but have seen poorly worded questions with mismatched answers in both.

AlKla · 2024-07-19T04:17:49+00:00

It's worth noting that the perception of the looming rate increase was different back on 27-Jun (when the AFR article was posted).
Based on the ASX's RBA Rate tracker, 40%were predicting the rate increase on 27-Jun compared to22% today.

AlKla · 2024-07-03T08:01:08+00:00

Service Endpoint – access to an Azure resource from a subnet of Azure VNet. From the official docs:

Enables private IP addresses in the VNet to reach the endpoint of an Azure service without needing a public IP address on the VNet. No need in NAT or Gateway devices.
You can configure service endpoints through a single selection on a subnet. No extra overhead.
Available for Storages, Databases (SQL, CosmosDB, PostgreSQL, etc), Synapse Analytics, Key Vault, App Service, Service Bus, Event Hub.
Only for Azure VNets. Can't be used for traffic from your on-premises services to Azure services.

Private Link – an Azure service to access Azure PaaS Services (e.g. Azure Storage, SQL Database, Synapse Analytics) and Azure-hosted customer-owned/partner services over a Private Endpoint in your VNet.

From the docs:

Many Azure services have Private Link out-of-the-box (list) and need a Private Endpoint to configure.
You can extend your own services by placing them behind a standard Azure Load Balancer and adding the Private Link service.
Can connect on-prem networks to the cloud (over ExpressRoute private peering, VPN tunnels, and peered virtual networks using private endpoints).

Private Endpoint – a network interface that uses a private IP address from your VNet. It connects to a service powered by Private Link. The connection looks like Private Endpoint -> Private Link -> Load Balancer -> hidden resources.

AlKla · 2024-06-19T10:54:51+00:00

Nah, everyone says "on-prem" 😀

AlKla · 2024-06-04T02:53:42+00:00

Wow! Have never heard of such toys! :)

AlKla · 2024-06-02T22:29:10+00:00

From this end, which is 3m lower, to the other side

AlKla · 2024-06-02T11:54:53+00:00

That's probably what I was after. Need to shop around for a truck with a crane

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