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by GFischer 9y ago
Definitely doesn't sound "upper middle class" to me. According to Wikipedia, an "upper middle class" household has about U$ 120.000 in income - that means that splurging on a Michelin meal for 4 would be 4% of the m
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by GFischer 9y ago
JQuery is great for some frontend glue, but I'd try to learn some of the new frameworks. I tried my hand at React, it's doable, and I like it for a prototype, but I'm going to try Vue.js next because it's supposed to be
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by GFischer 9y ago
Whatever tech you choose, practice is the best preparation.. I've been VERY impressed by several young people that, through consistent practice, got pretty good very fast, and I hope they can become inspiration: https://mxst
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by GFischer 9y ago
Wow, 44 videos is a huge effort. I'm among the crowd wanting to learn Vue in 2018, I'll give them a try :) .
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by GFischer 9y ago
I'm not saying to exclude doctors :) , I'm saying that primary care and triage could be done by individuals with less extensive studies. Having more medical services does drive the cost down and I live in a country with firsthand
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by GFischer 9y ago
There are a LOT of ways to game taxes if you're either an S-Corp or a C-Corp (without going into stuff like overseas, disguising personal expenses as business expenses, and other classics), and the original papeer has a very telling gr
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by GFischer 9y ago
Yes, and that's because they're challenging Piketty's hypothesis that capital gains are outperforming wages, so they don't care about accumulated wealth (that could have been accumulated through either method).
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by GFischer 9y ago
Agreed, but it definitely could be argued that the pendulum has swung way to the other side, and that many diagnoses and procedures that could be performed by someone with 1 or 2 years of education are performed at a substantially higher co
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by GFischer 9y ago
In my country, Uber service is far better than taxis by a mile... many taxi drivers are poorly-paid employees which don't care much, and they're basically immune to any kind of incentive or threat. On the other hand, Uber drivers
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by GFischer 9y ago
I always tell that to young people that look at their peers and see them very well paid - not 140k here in Uruguay, more like 30k but most other young people would be lucky to hit 15k. However, an accountant, doctor, lawyer or other profess
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by GFischer 9y ago
Or Uruguay here in South America, or New Zealand... You can actually emigrate here very easily. Maintaining an U.S. lifestyle OTOH is much more expensive, but healthcare is a BIG plus. And you WILL pay a lot of taxes - Healthcare-only taxes
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by GFischer 9y ago
Sounds great, I wonder about the maintainability, sounds like what the OP asked: http://run-belay.ru/to-completely-disassemble-the-nokia-3310...
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by GFischer 9y ago
Do you want it to do something besides calls? I've got 2 phones that have lasted 10+ years: Nokia 1100 and Nokia 5110 (the 5125 variant). I actually had to stop using the 5110 because the technology wasn't supported anymore (the f
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by GFischer 9y ago
I'd actually encourage yipopov to do that, and I hope it doesn't get flagged and some interesting discussion arises from it... Sam Altman very recently posted about being more comfortable discussing controversial ideas such as thi
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by GFischer 9y ago
It's not strictly banned, Google just decided to abandon Germany and Austria because they required permission on a household-per-household basis. They seem to be starting back. https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Google-Street
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by GFischer 9y ago
I agree about Maps and Mail, but I disagree about your assesment of Microsoft only failing - they had quite a few misses, but you're discrediting their hits. The XBox's innovation (according to developers) was in making game devel
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by GFischer 9y ago
I guess that's a case of YMMV, here in Uruguay Google wins on several of these. OpenStreetMap wins on street numbers and other, because they're maintained by the municipal government.
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by GFischer 9y ago
The fact that Germany banned Street View contributes to it being less useful there, and I theorize that it might indirectly contribute to less data in Germany. Street View is so amazing, it's a huge game-changer from Google.
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by GFischer 9y ago
Thank you. Very grateful for you sharing your knowledge.
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by GFischer 9y ago
I'm currently working for a large U.S. company, on their offshore global services subsidiary, as software developer. I've been working for a year and a half (fully employed). First question is, do I qualify for a L1B Visa? (I have
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by GFischer 9y ago
Thanks, I had disregarded Tower until I saw your comment :)
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by GFischer 9y ago
Microsoft has SQL Server Data Tools which can be integrated into your favorite SCM (we use VSTS but we'll switch to Git soon), can have automated deploys (which we don't) and in general can be a part of a modern development lifecy
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by GFischer 9y ago
Wow, I've never met a developer that didn't know SQL. Even 1 year "learn programming fast" courses here in Uruguay have at least the basics. OTOH, Javascript is not taught in many courses so YMMV...
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by GFischer 9y ago
I think that's definitely a cultural thing. It would be in poor taste in my country, but seems very American. And many of the things he did do sound like he could be a good contributor - I guess you can't know about his personalit
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by GFischer 9y ago
Very interesting article, thanks for writing it and sharing it, I forwarded it to my PM :) . I do think it could have been edited without losing your favourite bits though :)
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by GFischer 9y ago
I wish that's all it took, but there are some severe procrastinators for which that's not enough. For others, yes, some people you have to remind to eat :)
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by GFischer 9y ago
That's a broad question. Also depends on your age and qualifications. Low tech: I can think of lawn mowing, fixing PCs for the elderly, etc. Programming: find something that you can fix for people around you... is some friend or family
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by GFischer 9y ago
I would be grateful for a transcript. Intercom is usually very insightful and their blog posts are great. Edit: thanks braindead for the transcript ! https://scribie.com/transcript/26bbb21e33ff4989b9494b496cf25... htt
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by GFischer 9y ago
I laughed at this: <meta name="keywords" content="Don’t add or edit keywords without consulting your SEO champ.">
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by GFischer 9y ago
T-Mobile works very well where I live (Uruguay), we have some company-issued US-based cell phones and they have very good connectivity.

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