MC7447a

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by MC7447a 11y ago
You do realize that in those other Western countries developers make far less than in the US? Even in the richer Western European countries like Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, etc, $50-$90k is pretty typical for 5yr+ experienced sof
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by MC7447a 11y ago
Don't know about Switzerland, but in the Netherlands where there's also a wealth (or rather, net worth) tax, most property held for personal consumption (art, jewelry, cars, boats) are exempt. Their value in the aggregate is relat
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by MC7447a 11y ago
Text only version: http://pastebin.com/raw/A8T4MRGD (without text blurb) http://pastebin.com/raw/t0CG2tzg (with text blurb) http://pastebin.com/raw/Ud4Vc2hp (python code used
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by MC7447a 11y ago
> once you have proper, fresh eggs you won't go back to store-bought. Placebo http://www.seriouseats.com/2010/08/what-are-the-best-eggs-ca... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte
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by MC7447a 11y ago
> What do you expect is causing this? - enormous reduction in child mortality - increased female emancipation and economic opportunities - (direct and opportunity) costs of child-raising becomes relatively larger when societies get riche
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by MC7447a 11y ago
Overpopulation is a non-problem. Fertility has fallow to near- or below-replacement rate everywhere in the world, except Afrika (which will likely follow in the next decades.) A nice talk from Hans Rosling on this: https://www.yo
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by MC7447a 11y ago
Scott Adam's take on "passion": http://www.businessinsider.in/Dilbert-creator-Scott-Adams-il...
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by MC7447a 11y ago
> So, are we trying build some communist utopia where private ownership of the building is forbidden, No, the building is private property. > all land belongs to government which rents it to a citizens? Yes. The idea is that taxing la
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by MC7447a 11y ago
there is no Nobel prize in economics http://dilbert.com/strip/2015-04-02
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by MC7447a 11y ago
If the loans are so profitable, why wouldn't more and more competition drive the interest rates lower and lower to "normal" levels?
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by MC7447a 11y ago
Yeah, because running Facebook isn't hard at all. Maybe you should clue them in how they don't actually need all these positions at all https://www.facebook.com/careers/teams/infrastructure
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by MC7447a 11y ago
You don't have to pay your mortgage if you get laid off in Poland?
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by MC7447a 11y ago
A economic blogger's retort from a few years ago: http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.nl/2012/11/murphys-law.html