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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
It's possible folks used that merely as a conversation opener. Sure there was some concern but primarily they wanted to reach out and talk. Concerns for hysteria are valid, but there are more plausible explanations.
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
1. Browser APIs have subtle differences, or don't always exist in every browser you need to support (e.g, https://caniuse.com/ ) 2. You'll need at least a transpiler (if writing anything above ES5) and polyfills to
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
I wouldn't leave my job for a "slight" increase in pay, though that's subjective and we haven't defined concrete amounts, other than 300k and 700k in my previous comment, and such a jump (more than double) could not
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
You could change the process by being the person who rubber-stamps everyone, regardless of how silly the "process" is. If the person didn't get the PhD algorithm perfect, yet still did a good job, let them in. Anyone who is g
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
I told myself I'd be fine at 300k. Now I'm there, and I've picked up more hobbies. Doesn't stop me from looking for new gigs, from time to time. Going super deep into optimizing for one thing might be a good short-term,
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
If they already have their budget in mind before the interview process began, it won't buy you any leverage waiting until the very end. They won't care that they burnt the money/time/energy considering your candidacy, ev
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
A simple rule would be only permitting publicly traded companies from being included in an IRA. No private companies. Then, no more 100,000% growth inside of the IRA.
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
Combining "enterprise" with "vague promise of longevity" is quite the oxymoron. Google should start celling cell service if they want to continue upleveling their doublespeak abilities.
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
Re-frame the question: if they could have western style liberal democracy without any bloodshed, would they? The answers you're seeing might be tainted with knowing the path to democracy would be painful, and all else equal, that pain
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
The nominal return (9%) is: 40000 * (1.09 ^ 70) = $16,669,203. The first calculation uses 7%. It is the real return. You'll actually have $16m, but the purchasing power would be $4.5m in 2021 dollars.
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
It's less than the median household income. If you save 15% of the median income for a few years, you could come up with $40k. It's also small relative to $4.5m (0.88%).
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
The S&P 500, over its history, has returned north of 9% per year. https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/042415/what-average...
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
If you can take a relatively small amount of money (e.g, $40,000-- the price of a new car, which is something the middle class does buy), and invest it for say, 70 years, earning a 7% annual return, you could leave your heirs $4.5 million:
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
There's a pervasive sense of stagnant wages, unaffordable homes, etc in first world and developing countries. In China, it's tangping. In America, it's my step sibling having 0 desire to move out of our parents home (e.g., &q
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
If rents are bi-modal, as one of the parent posters suggests, then how can all properties be valued based on the higher end (e.g, tenants with deep pockets) when not all tenants actually have deep pockets? Shouldn't the entire demand c
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
I wouldn't characterize people as being dishonest when they talk about the societal-scale issues posed by platforms like Facebook. It's tough to separate those emotions from a purely analytical discussion of their technology.
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
I care somewhat about telemetry, but the path to avoiding it must be simple. In VSCodium's case, it's not quite there. If VSCodium wanted greater market share, the first thing they'd do is clean up the extensions story. Today
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
There's the opportunity cost to throwing away your organization's knowledge of AWS, though. Everyone will have to learn to do things the bespoke way on your bare metal. So developer productivity could decline.
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
I'm fairly certain a square manhole cover with a sufficient perimeter would still have no chance of falling into a hole, depending on the diameter of said hole.
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
It's almost like they're regular people, just like the rest of us.
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
Having spoken with older generations, I can tell you their concrete concerns of seeing others die or become disabled from polio is 1 or 2 magnitudes more relevant than vague concerns of government or pharmaceutical industry. Problem is, peo
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
As I got my first shot, the nurse told me the 2nd one was worse. But like you, I found the cost-benefit analysis compelling, and they likely assumed if I got the first one, I'd probably be a repeat customer. If someone is TFG (had to l
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
Twice I've booked airbnb's in buildings where it was not allowed, and I didn't find out until picking up the keys. It's incredibly frustrating (one of building had concierge who gave us hard time). Next time, I'll j
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
The pandemic has had me appreciating home cooking more. I still eat out occasionally, but for health reasons, I prefer the home cooked meal. Pandemic lasted long enough to shift my preferences long-term.
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
If you had a significant other with a similar upper middle class wage, e.g., $220k * 2 = $440k you could probably swing it with more breathing room. You are wise to avoid the burden, in the chance you technically qualify for the mortgage bu
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
If a seemingly insignificant issue is enough to start a war, perhaps the problems run deeper than the tipping point trigger issue.
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
Isn't having more power brokers healthier for a democracy than fewer? Today, the existing oligarchs control both the currency and all the laws. This at least fragments that further. The existing oligarchs still get the government; that
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
> * "This will decentralize ownership of a currency." Nope, it will move from having government control to having oligarchic control. In most places where oligarchs exist, they largely control their government. That is, they ar
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
I'd be curious to know what folks see as the benefits to a pension that are otherwise not reproducible with a 401(k) and standard brokerage account. The only difference with the brokerage is ERISA protection, which provides protection
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by JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago
It's important to know some assets avoid probate and go directly to the beneficiary. These include things like a life insurance policy, or a 401(k) with a beneficiary information you can input, and possibly even update online (low fric

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