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Comment · 1 month ago
If you are wondering how much is the government paying ...

> Under the scheme, readers accrue points that can be redeemed for a few cents. People will have to log 50 daily reading sessions on a government website to earn S$1 (approx 80 US cents). A session of 15 minutes or more is rewarded with 20 virtual coins, with 1,000 coins needed for a dollar payment. One reading session is allowed daily.

Comment · 2 months ago
Isn’t it unhealthy to skip both breakfast and lunch? How are you getting the energy to do stuff without eating?
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Don’t you think some users may want this as it puts less strain on your eyes? Especially, if they spend a lot of time reading Hacker News.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
This is definitely better for employees who are on H1B than a regular lay-off. At least, they have the option to keep their job while looking for a new one. Otherwise, the 60 day clock starts and the employee may have to leave the country. Which is much worse than relocating to another state.
Comment · 2 years ago
| I can think of few other books I’m interested to know which books …
Comment · 3 years ago
Isn't that a good solution if the alternative is to pay $2,000 for a studio in a bad neighborhood in SF or find something else 1 hour away?
Comment · 3 years ago
Was that app Livemocha?
Comment · 4 years ago
Sorry but that's not how it works. $500k/year would mean roughly $250k base+bonus and $1 million of stocks vested over four years. And at most companies, the vesting starts after 1 year. So at the end of year one, you would have made $500k in base+bonus+stocks. And after that you would usually get the stocks every quarter so $62.5k worth of stocks every quarter. I am not sure where is your figure of 200-250k Total Comp coming from?
Comment · 4 years ago
I wonder why they didn't just call it the "Indian Switcheroo". Why would it be named after a religion?
Comment · 4 years ago
How does that matter? They are just stating how much value they are getting out of $10.
Comment · 5 years ago
Couldn't you ask someone to mail it to you?
Comment · 5 years ago
The title should be "Useful Swift Things". I assumed it would be about useful tips and tricks about using iOS on an iPhone.
Comment · 5 years ago
Also, it is possible that employees were putting in extra effort so that they won't be one getting laid off in case their company decides to do a layoff. It was a scary environment in the beginning with a layoff being announced almost every day.

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