15:[[31192726,{"by":"tinyhouse","descendants":18,"id":31192726,"kids":[31195210,31194279,31193858,31197638,31194775,31201141,31192856,31198509,31194785,31213169,31204585],"score":16,"text":"I've been noticing a trend lately of US companies hiring outside of the US to save money. I'm not talking about outsourcing, I'm talking about hiring capable full time engineers in places like Canada, Central America and Europe. (The first two have no time zone issues; Europe is manageable for East coast companies). Some companies still hire in the US, but prefer low cost of living regions.

Isn't that worrisome for US based people? I'm wondering what will be the impact on US salaries, esp in tech.","time":1651155347,"title":"Ask HN: Do you think remote work will hurt Americans?","type":"story"}],[31191089,{"by":"mattwilsonn888","descendants":30,"id":31191089,"kids":[31191576,31191887,31191513,31200515,31196006,31192360,31191832,31196980,31191730,31196693,31191552,31192562,31204944,31197833,31198459,31192445,31191247,31213046],"score":31,"text":"I'm in the situation where (I believe) I have system which solves important problems in a tech sector where it is unfeasible, or at least far less practical and resource efficient, that I attempt to build this business from scratch rather than working with established players.

The two classic issues:

How does one go about effectively 'pitching'? What are tips for getting in contact with the right people and enticing them?

And how does one go about the above without giving away enough information about the proposal to simply jot down, hire the relevant experts, and execute as if the idea is their own? Are patents the only way?

Not interested in the diminutive "everyone has a good idea..." response. You can go ahead and assume I've got a plan worth selling; if I was looking for feedback on the idea I'd share it, but as you can gather from my questions I won't be. Thank you.","time":1651143922,"title":"Ask HN: How does one make an effective pitch without 'giving away' the proposal?","type":"story"}],[31195004,{"by":"nimbius","descendants":69,"id":31195004,"kids":[31195638,31196052,31198445],"score":52,"time":1651165260,"title":"PayPal shuttering its San Francisco office","type":"story","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/27/paypal-shuttering-its-san-francisco-office/"}],[31168799,{"by":"Element_","descendants":41,"id":31168799,"kids":[31169139,31168942,31169713,31169459,31172306,31174423,31173017,31175711,31169056],"score":49,"time":1650987284,"title":"Freshii’s new ‘virtual cashier’–who works from Nicaragua for $3.75 an hour","type":"story","url":"https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/04/26/meet-the-freshii-virtual-cashier-who-works-from-nicaragua-for-375-an-hour.html"}],[31000658,{"by":"wiihack","descendants":774,"id":31000658,"kids":[31017355,31019546,31016798,31015123,31017401,31016585,31016615,31015469,31015094,31015941,31019206,31008104,31017220,31015359,31015678,31015646,31016469,31020457,31017759,31017927,31008164,31017571,31015761,31015519,31015506,31015600,31015500,31015803,31015501,31016395,31015423,31019199,31015533,31016245,31015670,31018439,31017199,31007456,31016876,31015567,31017739,31000711,31015835,31016475,31021239,31015574,31017132,31012872,31016427,31021789,31024073,31019567,31015980,31019879,31018659,31018483,31015594,31018712,31018416,31017340,31015089,31019442,31015352,31016310,31020782,31015706,31020839,31020637,31021158,31022271,31020585,31024365,31017090,31019555,31015551,31020000,31018459,31021243,31017879,31021381,31023295,31019535,31019432,31017241,31018703,31029392,31019217,31015319,31023849,31015795,31025196,31015161,31018437,31019081,31021696,31018343,31018519,31016317,31020451,31020581,31018796,31020238,31015809,31021159,31015296,31017385,31016257,31021663,31016190],"score":494,"time":1649758407,"title":"A dirty dish by the sink can be a big marriage problem","type":"story","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/04/marriage-problems-fight-dishes/629526/"}],[30955290,{"by":"lifeplusplus","descendants":44,"id":30955290,"kids":[30956501,30955635,30956141,30955395,30955443,30957484,30955840,30956190,30955737,30955342,30956173,30955365,30956558,30959097,30958598,30957290],"score":52,"text":"Going from big L to Facebook I see lot of differences in onboarding. First there is huge cult like behavior. "The meta way".."interpretation of our values is the only one".... Then from start to finish there has been defensive explaining / self consciousness how we are visionary despite what they say.. almost begging salesy about metaverse .. like dude I'm not joining the meta team get over it. Also seem to take pride in being overbearing, prev company was like take time and settle in and this is like go go go give me 100 soldier... cringe","time":1649413223,"title":"Ask HN: New hire at Facebook, getting weird cult vibes","type":"story"}],[30932645,{"by":"FreeHugs","descendants":23,"id":30932645,"kids":[30934483,30935170,30934825,30932771,30932698,30933887,30935944,30950532,30936177,30934532,30936892,30934239,30933447,30935148],"score":21,"text":"I often feel anxiety for a specific reason. For example, when I have an appointment with a dentist, it will negatively impact my quality of life for several days. The days before the appointment. During these days, I cannot really focus on other things as much as I like.

It is not as if I feel terribly anxious. Just kinda constantly restless. And not really able to enjoy life. I constantly think "Ok, I need to get over this appointment first. Then I can live my life again.".

Are there techniques to deal with this?","time":1649256747,"title":"Ask HN: Are there techniques to cope with acute anxiety?","type":"story"}],[30908670,{"by":"amichail","descendants":25,"id":30908670,"kids":[30909638,30911241,30909100,30911136,30910789,30909935,30913942,30909894,30912420,30909491,30913894,30908779,30928773,30911008],"score":27,"text":"Software engineers in particular really need to focus on their work. Even background noise can be quite distracting.","time":1649090246,"title":"Ask HN: How do people working remotely prevent interruptions from family?","type":"story"}],[30895119,{"by":"nyhwtt","descendants":20,"id":30895119,"kids":[30895745,30896243,30897745,30895167,30895685,30895360,30905202,30895303,30895323,30896442,30896630,30895629,30897860,30898765,30898843,30895654],"score":19,"text":"I disagree with a all company wide policy as it seems to put me in discomfort. How can I subtly hint this to management to change or disinclude me and my team from it?","time":1648970741,"title":"Ask HN: What to do if you disapprove of a company practice?","type":"story"}],[30889019,{"by":"geeky4qwerty","descendants":813,"id":30889019,"kids":[30889337,30889168,30890563,30889296,30892059,30890691,30889505,30889334,30889235,30889103,30890804,30890596,30889748,30889370,30889321,30893856,30889263,30889283,30889384,30889213,30889687,30889219,30889649,30889230,30891853,30889855,30891076,30889320,30891974,30889382,30891785,30889411,30890581,30891649,30893191,30890025,30889269,30889227,30892463,30890474,30889316,30889708,30892602,30892612,30891064,30893263,30892275,30890174,30893702,30889264,30890394,30891079,30889204,30890315,30889867,30894977,30889598,30891546,30890663,30892376,30906715,30894546,30890513,30894994,30891843,30889530,30890033,30898523,30889299,30890400,30889374,30890277,30891838,30890173,30893391,30890852,30889294,30889315,30889578,30892737,30892032,30889030,30890028,30890763,30894381,30889329,30889237,30892079,30892256,30889412,30892837,30891665,30890640,30889917,30893147,30892186,30889820,30905829,30890225,30890273,30890843,30892567,30890283,30890359,30893224,30890353,30894138,30889432,30892177,30889367,30889654,30889428,30889783,30894265,30889217,30889464,30891555,30909739,30893217,30893865,30889352,30898093,30907548,30891067,30889292,30894902,30889519,30891031,30889438,30890345,30893036,30889597,30889876,30889487,30891624,30893376,30895009,30896199,30889938,30889407,30892143,30897557,30890007,30889517,30892467,30895922,30904862,30892057,30891615,30892413,30891827,30889582,30889210,30890798,30889330],"score":711,"text":"$16","time":1648913968,"title":"Ask HN: When did 7 interviews become “normal”?","type":"story"}],[30812066,{"by":"nyellin","descendants":161,"id":30812066,"kids":[30816295,30813854,30812520,30812618,30812756,30813270,30813349,30812489,30812556,30812415,30812405,30812467,30812749,30813371,30813368,30814302,30815356,30813900,30814211,30814107,30814555,30812541,30812840,30813125,30812725,30813924,30813111,30812478,30812958,30821520,30812430,30819768,30812465,30815788,30813394,30814649,30815951,30817399,30814179,30814209,30815799,30814022,30812866,30813019,30814583,30814404,30815347,30816473,30812830,30818958,30814025,30813085,30820251,30813233,30814476,30829613,30814173,30816297,30812628,30813861,30814232,30815838,30821483,30813344,30815866,30813519,30813684,30812466,30814052,30812913,30814817,30817117,30813002,30815047],"score":176,"text":"I'm founder of robusta.dev which automates day 2 operations and monitoring on kubernetes. In recent months we've seen a close competitor sign up for our SaaS service (using email addresses and names that clearly identify who they are) and experiment with the platform. This is a similar sized startup in the exact same market as us, competing over the exact same customers.

Is there anything we should or even can do about this? Or is this form of competitive research simply unavoidable?

We also have an open source offering which obviously everyone can try and even reuse. We're ok with that, of course","time":1648304764,"title":"Ask HN: What do you do when competition signs up for your service?","type":"story"}],[30811187,{"by":"asyncscrum","descendants":386,"id":30811187,"kids":[30811508,30812582,30812272,30811348,30814730,30811509,30813748,30813597,30811749,30811906,30812979,30812160,30811851,30811866,30812021,30814842,30811547,30812689,30811447,30813852,30813335,30811942,30813912,30817253,30812704,30811892,30816058,30811370,30811459,30813083,30812451,30813382,30811612,30814844,30814156,30813101,30817109,30814332,30814356,30815928,30814623,30814911,30814089,30814021,30813885,30813959,30811601,30811957,30814017,30815626,30813749,30814131,30815125,30815477,30811621,30814909,30820329,30813418,30816398,30814112,30811850,30813491,30813921,30812507,30817433,30815308,30817184,30817647,30811475,30813512,30811591,30811935,30811573],"score":1199,"time":1648296824,"title":"Mourning loss as a remote team","type":"story","url":"https://www.sofuckingagile.com/blog/mourning-loss-as-a-remote-team"}],[30810046,{"by":"nipung271","descendants":19,"id":30810046,"kids":[30810565,30810480,30811105,30814454,30810688,30811746,30810487,30813140],"score":41,"time":1648280598,"title":"Why are so many people going ‘goblin mode’?","type":"story","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/mar/14/slobbing-out-and-giving-up-why-are-so-many-people-going-goblin-mode"}],[30803384,{"by":"sanitythrowaway","descendants":81,"id":30803384,"kids":[30804607,30804162,30803800,30805020,30804310,30803628,30803724,30804043,30803431,30804783,30804111,30804299,30804429,30804416,30804625,30804812,30807553,30803761,30804480,30804113,30804393,30805876,30805032,30809108,30804657,30805334,30810699,30813008,30808465,30804951,30806765,30814067,30805049,30810360,30804671,30806685,30805521,30805156,30807443,30805231,30805583,30805284,30804715,30815243,30833632,30806314],"score":92,"text":"At my current company they recently got rid of our QA resources. They were contractors and reassigned to do assist in other projects. However, the company now believes developers don't need QA since they can do their own testing. Devs should write code, do all their unit, int, system testings, run their code reviews, save testing artifacts, and work with key stakeholders across the company to close requirements gaps etc. We're basically the entire sdlc minus devops.

This is great for small features, but it gives me pause for mid or large features. Are we the only ones doing this?","time":1648222374,"title":"Ask HN: Do you have a dedicated QA team?","type":"story"}],[30778839,{"by":"NoImmatureAdHom","descendants":29,"id":30778839,"kids":[30779344,30780403,30779379,30785106,30778915,30779420,30780656,30785546,30779115,30780341,30778848],"score":7,"text":"Say Putin decides to use a tactical nuke in Ukraine. I'd like to know as soon as possible--ideally within a minute. Is there a service, watchdog, NGO, etc. out there that monitors for this sort of thing and would give speedy notice? I couldn't find one.

I know about emergency alerts on phones in the U.S., but who knows how long it would take to get one of those (or even if .gov would decide to use it in the case of a single tactical nuke in a far-away land).

I'm also sure I could monitor Twitter / Telegram / Discord / MySpace, but I don't want to have to monitor anything. I want to get an alert as soon as possible after $EVENT == 1.","time":1648046013,"title":"Ask HN: How to find out about nuclear war?","type":"story"}],[30763522,{"by":"gscott","descendants":457,"id":30763522,"kids":[30765079,30763615,30765129,30763904,30764711,30764091,30763612,30763924,30768801,30763611,30763621,30763578,30764717,30763593,30763720,30764611,30764450,30763845,30763672,30765408,30768907,30765547,30765386,30767841,30763605,30766948,30764741,30763636,30764195,30767042,30763912,30764560,30765856,30763601,30763655,30765616,30763868,30765944,30764082,30769272,30765674,30766595,30763966,30763575,30763857,30767683,30764319,30763692,30763584,30767035,30763587,30764055],"score":613,"time":1647934304,"title":"Mercedes to accept legal responsibility for a vehicle when Drive Pilot is active","type":"story","url":"https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a39481699/what-happens-if-mercedes-drivepilot-causes-a-crash/"}],[30755712,{"by":"matthewmorgan","descendants":229,"id":30755712,"kids":[30756700,30756344,30756589,30759097,30756346,30759053,30756472,30759437,30756130,30757925,30757439,30757241,30756626,30756431,30756029,30756295,30756150,30756420,30756353,30756329,30756542],"score":171,"time":1647878865,"title":"3,599,040,600 € wired by Germany to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine","type":"story","url":"https://stopgas.org/en/"}]]

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