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by aetherane 4y ago
IMO a big thing these sort of simulators always lack is a notion of tax consequences, which is always a big factor in real decision making.
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by aetherane 4y ago
Doesn't Yahoo have engineers in non-US timezones?
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by aetherane 4y ago
Many people can be high achieving and functional despite having mental health issues and pushback from people like you. Kanye has made decisions his whole life. Maybe some were bad but he has made it through and succeeded to a high degree.
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by aetherane 4y ago
I don't get why Apple's user experience keeps being repeated as "second to none". It really depends on what you are doing and used to. I personally find Android easier to use than iOS, but maybe I would feel differently
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by aetherane 4y ago
I imagine the bigger downside is how their votes will change than the amount of money they make.
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by aetherane 4y ago
Click on your image in the corner, there is a payments and subscriptions button. Click unsubscribe.
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by aetherane 4y ago
Or it could be because it feels good. Not everything has to be making a point against society. In places where being nude is normal, it isn't considered a weird thing.
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by aetherane 4y ago
I have heard the same statement several times too. I think the point was in relation to the context of censorship of LGBTQ content.
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by aetherane 4y ago
Google has around 180k employees
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by aetherane 4y ago
The market isn't perfect. The houses might not be where the demand is or the type/size needed and there will always be some unoccupied percentage due to moves, investments etc. I would assume 10% unoccupied is the minimum needed
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by aetherane 4y ago
You probably don't want someone distributing something like child porn over your home network
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by aetherane 4y ago
If you work on improving security on a big tech product are you "evil"? If you work on education programs for these companies, are you evil? It is a big generalization to say everyone who works for these companies is contributing
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by aetherane 4y ago
In cities all over the world, people are reproducing less and less. Many governments have programs to encourage people to have families because it is important for the economy and sustainability of the country.
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by aetherane 4y ago
The ESG rating group, for instance is a small group of opinionated people with outsized power that can make arbitrary decisions.
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by aetherane 4y ago
I imagine that "best practices" will evolve a lot over the next few years
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by aetherane 5y ago
Given personal experience working at large ad companies, this is not close to true. Many research projects exist that are not directly tied to revenue generation.
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by aetherane 5y ago
"Injustice for All: How Financial Incentives Corrupted and Can Fix the US Criminal Justice System"
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by aetherane 5y ago
Is everyone who works in the defense industry then evil? I don't get why tech companies are special in this regard.
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by aetherane 5y ago
What about wash sales? That seems like a big threat to this model
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by aetherane 5y ago
Not sure Uber is a startup at this point
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by aetherane 5y ago
Not sure it is a recent trend, but I've noticed the prevalence of news articles just before something happens. Like "covid cases soon to hit 1 million" a day or two before it happens but nothing on the actual day the threshol
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by aetherane 6y ago
Inflation is highly important to productive economies. Countries can default when there is no control over their money supply and inflation is needed to avoid stagnation.
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by aetherane 6y ago
How does this work then? If you raise electricity prices people who need it for everyday living won't be able to afford it
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by aetherane 6y ago
I'm guessing because a lot of people here work on cryptocurrency
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by aetherane 6y ago
But Bitcoin is not needed. It currently provides little to no positive value to society and a lot of negative value so it is hard to classify it as society progressing.
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by aetherane 6y ago
You can screwed any time you book a connecting flight on two different airlines even if the times aren't tight. For instance if one is cancelled. If you use the same airline they will make sure you get to the destination.
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by aetherane 6y ago
This seriously needs a seizure warning for the NFT images.
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by aetherane 6y ago
The proposed Singapore protest is illegal in Singapore (protests are limited to Hong Lim park with permission from government). I hope people participating realize this and don't get arrested.
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by aetherane 6y ago
I try to find ways to not quit my job and travel as much as possible. For instance transfer every two years to a country in a different part of the world and the travel around the nearby countries.
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by aetherane 6y ago
Does democracy = freedom? I don't really feel free in the US because the laws don't represent me and the police have too much power

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