RestlessMind

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by RestlessMind 10y ago
More immigration will certainly help the countries like Venezuela, whose citizens can simply escape to better places. But at the same time, it will be bad for the host countries whose social safety nets will be strained and whose citizens w
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
I (sincerely) wonder - what would happen if USA were to receive such a short-duration windfall? Will it be socked away in a rainy day fund, or will it be spent immediately in terms of infrastructure programs, or welfare programs or tax cuts
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
How about legalization of same sex marriages by US Supreme Court in recent years? When "marriage" was referred to in various laws in, say, 19th century, no one would have imagined them to apply to same sex couples given the moral
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Immigration Source Shifts to Asia from Mexico(wsj.com)
1 points by RestlessMind 10y ago|0 comments
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
I just posted this elsewhere in this thread: Median home prices in Palo Alto are 2.48M compared to 1.43M in Mountain View or 1.39M in Sunnyvale[1]. While public schools in Palo Alto are btter, you have the option of private schools in MV&#x
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
People living in Mountain View or Sunnyvale have access to the same set of opportunities. Yet, median home prices in Palo Alto are 2.48M compared to 1.43M in Mountain View or 1.39M in Sunnyvale[1]. So the question still remains - why pay th
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No ‘For Sale’ Sign? Silicon Valley Buyers Aren’t Deterred(nytimes.com)
1 points by RestlessMind 10y ago|0 comments
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Zen and the Art of Managing Smartphone Photos(nytimes.com)
1 points by RestlessMind 10y ago|0 comments
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Facebook Tests Video Ads with Sound Automatically Turned Up(adage.com)
4 points by RestlessMind 10y ago|0 comments
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
One downside of VTSMX is 0.16% expense ratio, compared to 0.05% for VTSAX (same fund, different class).
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
I say this solution is better - "changing the focus from just switching to the next new platform that promises [security/privacy] as a short term thing until someone offers them enough money". Anything else (removing profits
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
19B is a HUGE number, which literally changes lives. If my spouse and kids find out that I earned that much by switching my stance from "allowing no ads" to "allowing ads", then they would totally support me. Not just t
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
Out of curiosity - will you compromise a little bit[1] on your principles if someone offers you 19 Billion USD? Honestly, I would. And I think almost all the people in the world would. So I don't see anything funny / surprising he
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
Then just wait for a few years and it will recover again. https://www.google.com/finance?q=INDEXSP:.INX
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
Here you go (something I have posted previously on this forum)- 1. Timezone issues - this is, imo, the biggest one. Especially after working with people in China, India, Europe or even eastern USA (with me in SF bay area). People all over t
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Thinking About Suing Uber? Let This Be a Warning(nytimes.com)
2 points by RestlessMind 10y ago|0 comments
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
I already maintain a list of movies to watch based on whatever interests me on netflix + random lists on internet. I took their quiz and their recommendations had good overlap with my existing list. Impressive!
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
Reasons against remote working: 1. Timezone issues - this is, imo, the biggest one. Especially after working with people in China, India, Europe or even eastern USA (with me in SF bay area). People all over the world usually start working
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
Some related links: Sunnyvale air traffic: http://www.dweeb.org/2016/06/30/sunnyvale-air-traffic/ http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/11/16/faa-vows-to-ta...
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Effect of bay area flights on Palo Alto(skypossepaloalto.org)
2 points by RestlessMind 10y ago|1 comments
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by RestlessMind 10y ago
I too noticed that. Cities with least price increases: Austin, Raleigh, Atlanta, Vegas, Charlotte, Phoenix...all of them in states leaning Republican. Cities with most price increases: San Jose, Boston, NYC, LA, Seattle, San Diego, DC... al
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Ask HN: What salary will make you move to bay area?
2 points by RestlessMind 10y ago|1 comments
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In Praise of Urban Sprawl(wsj.com)
2 points by RestlessMind 10y ago|0 comments
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by RestlessMind 11y ago
One interesting twist - reverse the genders of the characters involved and then decide your order of morality. I did that with my girlfriend - both of us could make up our minds for the original tests, but when the genders were reversed, it
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by RestlessMind 11y ago
How do you go around giving technical presentations? Where do you find the audience? Can you please share links to some of your presentations?
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by RestlessMind 12y ago
But there is no money in making an open and interoperable platform. Or to be more accurate, there is a lot more money in having a closed and proprietary platform, which you can milk for years if not decades. Ultimately, majority of people d
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Ask HN: What “machine” do you use for side projects
1 points by RestlessMind 12y ago|2 comments
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by RestlessMind 12y ago
How are children born into poverty in the first place? How many of them are "planned" by their parent, vs how many of them are unplanned consequences of relationships between parents who haven't yet "settled"? I bel
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by RestlessMind 12y ago
IIUC, Larry, Sergey and Eric control >50% of shareholder voting rights thanks to the GOOG stock split in 2014. So Larry can do anything he wants with Google as long as Sergey and Eric support him.
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by RestlessMind 12y ago
Does that still mean rest of the folks (after founders and investors) are third class?

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