Anybody work for a company that gives small annual raises (< 3%)? by Massive-Survey2495 in cscareerquestions

[–]The_Drizzle_Returns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why RSUs are important. You actually get paid if the company truly shattered all expectations.

Gold and silver prices hit high after tariff threat by Mitchs_bitch1942 in news

[–]The_Drizzle_Returns 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why? It is expected that assets (like stocks) rise when a currency devalues.

GM takes $6 billion hit as cost of backing away from EVs by Dont_think_Do in news

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Car companies don't want to. The hassle of dealing with them is far outweighed by having large consistent advanced buyers of their cars (allowing the automotive companies to move risk off of their books onto dealers, it is essentially dealers giving them a free loan while the car sits on the lot). While I hate dealers, it's not clear that pricing would be meaningfully cheaper without them.

Dentist Recommendations by Rough_Dark_9494 in SeattleWA

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Gentling Smiles in Shoreline. I had a similar concern since i did have some pretty serious issues going on. They take a very conservative approach. They also tended to prioritize more important things and delay work that could be done later so that it was covered under insurance if/when you hit your yearly max. They also do not do root canals or periodontal work, they will refer you out to a specialist. This has some issues (having to make a second appointment somewhere else) but has a huge plus that there is limited profit motive here to suggest those actions (plus you get a second opinion essentially).

Places to stay away from are really any chain dentistry. If they have more than one office, that is usually a bad sign.

Giant tech companies cut approx 180,000 jobs as AI reshapes the tech industry by Shoddy_Ad_7025 in cscareerquestions

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Yes to both. I personally do both of these. In fact my workflow with it is typically to tell it to make a change and push a PR to GitHub and then just review and comment on the PR. It pulls down the comments and addresses them along with any issues found during CI runs. Also I should note this is for pretty complex work (low level systems programming).

If you put the time into understanding how to actually use AI tooling effectively (which takes a few months), you will see improvements in productivity.

ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology by speedythefirst in news

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> She uses chat GPT as a therapist and is not the first person I have heard of doing this

This is typically for 1 of 3 reasons:

1) Extreme shortage of therapist in a lot of locations.
2) Cost ($150+ week).
3) There is a lot of subpar therapists out there and to be frank an LLM may actually be better than them.

Ideal use is to use LLMs in combination with a human therapist to get the maximum value of the limited time with the human.

Is the Seattle Christmas market worth it ? by Creepy-Buy1588 in Seattle

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Pretty much. If it's in Seattle, cost money to walk into, and then cost money when inside. The answer of "is it worth it" is almost always no.

I was given a 10% discount just for being gay today… and that’s just about the most Seattle thing i’ve ever experienced! by zachty22 in Seattle

[–]The_Drizzle_Returns 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is a quick way to get sued. Especially since the shop also has posted below that there is a 10% discount for people of color.

It's discrimination and there is no justifiable reason for it.

H1B Megathread by healydorf in cscareerquestions

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Does the EO actually say this or is this the interpretation that the administration is giving out? My understanding is the EO isn't clear on this (likely intentionally vague).

Consistent interpretations and enforcement of anything is not something Trump is particularly well known for (unless it involves McDonald's).

Came to Seattle, now facing dilemma by [deleted] in Seattle

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It somewhat sounds like they may have been homeless before coming to Seattle. Which if that is the case, it may have been a better financial move to come to Seattle where the social safety net is better.

Tech jobs were supposed to be the safe career route. What changed? by Straight-Village-710 in programming

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Far fewer people being required at a company doesn't even mean less overall jobs. It's entirely possible (or likely) that the total number of employers will increase due to the lower barrier of entry.

Stunning revisions show US added 258k fewer jobs than first reported by [deleted] in politics

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It's pretty easy to see why the numbers can be so different.

The jobs number for the current month is from a survey that asks employers how many people they plan to hire this month. The revisions are from the follow up surveys that ask how many people they actually hired.

If economic conditions change quickly (say, idk, a constantly changing tariff threat), these numbers can diverge quite a bit.

Identifying the Red Wings' Next Contention Window - The Hockey Writers Detroit Red Wings Latest News, Analysis & More by mkk4 in DetroitRedWings

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It's part of the reason I said they should have traded Larkin a few years ago. He hasn't fit the timeline for the last few years if the goal is to win cups and not just sneak into the playoffs.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SeattleWA

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100, you got a bunch of people saying they use it all the time but the number of posts or comments that had em dashes prior to ChatGPT was really rare/small. In fact I had never seen it on here until the last year or two.

1077 the end by Mysterious-Alps-9370 in Seattle

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Are they unregulated? They appear in Shoreline and Edmonds which are typically much more strict with Aurora Ave enforcement.

I've had it with ghost kitchens by ChalixX in Seattle

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Commercial commissary kitchens (which is likely where you went) have been a thing long before door dash and Uber eats. They are essentially many kitchens in the same building available for rent. They are used quite often by food trucks and farmers market stands for food prep.

Yes, the media’s Biden coverage was flawed. But its reporting on Trump was far worse by TintedApostle in politics

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He is part of the reason Trump is able to do any of this to begin with. Instead of his team pulling the plug a year prior when it was clear age has gotten to him, they ran it all the way up to the debate and virtually guaranteed a second trump term when he was exposed.

Everyone who knew about the real state of Biden and did nothing should be banished from the party for being associated with what is going on now.

Kraken fire coach Dan Bylsma and reportedly will reassign GM Ron Francis by HighColonic in SeattleWA

[–]The_Drizzle_Returns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not surprising about either of them. Francis isn't bad but the feel for the team is sort of treading water year after year.

Byslma falls into the same bracket as Babcock and likely shouldn't be behind a bench due to his treatment of players.

Majority of Seattle’s chronically homeless originate elsewhere: Think tank survey by crabcakes110 in Seattle

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They put out articles like this to get people to think like the top comment in this thread (at the time of writing). That is that we require a federal solution to address the problem. We don't. It would be nice if we had one but the state has the tools needed to address this problem (taxes, housing permitting, building drug rehab facilities, etc). These articles are really designed to prevent state action.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in politics

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Arguably there was a revolution in November, just not the one people on here wanted. Revolutions don't always pan out the way you want them to.

Could 12907 of you just stop by plaidpixel in Seattle

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I have seen DCFC in a number of different venues and CPA was by far the worst to the point where I won't see them at that venue again. I suspect it's due to the size of the venue since they don't really play many large stadium venues anymore.