RealityNow

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by RealityNow 9y ago
It's not about furthering causes for myself, but causes for humanity. Depression is within one's control, and this attitude of classifying it as a disease only keeps people feeling helplessly depressed and enriches the pockets of
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by RealityNow 9y ago
Honestly most people I've met who are depressed are just mentally weak people experiencing first world problems. Yes there is that 5-10% that truly have a reason to be, but that's a very small minority. Depression is not outside o
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by RealityNow 9y ago
Suicide for any able-bodied person privileged enough to be born under good circumstances in the first world is so incredibly selfish. There are so many causes worth fighting for, like bringing a basic income, fixing our medical system, etc.
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by RealityNow 9y ago
I've lived here for the past 5 years (including a summer before), and the subway has gotten significantly worse every year. Commuting to/from work in the outer boroughs in particular is a nightmare. The month I lived in Astoria fo
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by RealityNow 9y ago
It's not just that, ride sharing apps allow anyone to turn their own personal vehicle into a taxi, and work their own hours. This massively increased supply, rendering the fixed medallion taxi monopoly irrelevant. Uber Pool and Lyft Li
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by RealityNow 9y ago
I'll attest to the original comment by davidf18. Uber/Lyft have radically changed NYC for the better. Ride sharing services are significantly cheaper on the order of multiples, easier to use (eg. no more hailing, paying), and a he
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by RealityNow 9y ago
In terms of comfort, they're nothing special. A bit too firm for my tastes. They're definitely fantastic at marketing though.
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by RealityNow 9y ago
The interview process in our field is indeed humiliating, and it infuriates me when people refer to this mythical "shortage" of developers. The interview process centered around competitive coding and academic trivia questions is
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by RealityNow 9y ago
Except now there's a glut of aspiring junior engineers in the market. A friend of mine who graduated 1-2 years ago from a bootcamp told me his cohort's job placement rate after 3 months was 90% whereas this year it's less tha
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You could apply the same logic to university.
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What are these basic engineering habits, and why was engineer #2 not able to adopt them?