altairiumblue

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by altairiumblue 8y ago
- to generate income you need to either provide something valuable, scam people or get extremely lucky - if you want to provide something valuable you need a good idea, some skills and hundreds or even thousands of hours of work on your ide
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
She really doesn't need to spend on anything. All of the good beginner resources are free: - Hands on programming with R - https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/ - Teaches basic programming concepts like workin
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
What's needed: - large amounts of capital. if you want to be earning $180k/year that would be in the millions. - being able to handle losing money without your judgement being affected There are many other factors but I'll st
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
> If I had $400K in cash, I wouldn't spend it all on shares in this company - it seems to risky to me. This is your answer. Your investments really don't care if they started as stock options or were bought with your own cash.
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
Except when they aren't. You should really evaluate the current housing market at your city, the mortgage rates, your other investment opportunities, your income, your potential future income, plans for moving/marriage/childr
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
Economically, this is called rent-seeking behaviour. While perfectly legal, this feels unfair because the middleman adds no value whatsoever.
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
Probably not - these are just high pressure careers that require a lot of work, way over the usual 40 hrs per week. There is a small number of people with highly conscientious personalities who are willing to give up a lot of their personal
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
I would say that doctors (depending on the specialty), nurses and lawyers have much worse work-life balances than developers. And law degrees generally don't transfer well to countries with different laws and judicial systems from the
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
Financial performance during the biggest market bull run in history (which lasted almost 10 years) isn't that indicative of the future of company. On the other hand, the declining quality, sloppier design, increased prices on already h
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
To give a different perspective: - the existence of tools for working with strings and dictionaries doesn't take away from numpy at all - I have never been offended by a programming language or felt like an outsider while using numpy
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
I'm not sure I understand your point. What's the downside of numpy arrays being "non-native"?
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
> his personal views and traits shouldn't be something to be concerned about. Unless he's bringing them up inappropriately in a work meeting. Then it's very much something to be concerned about. I think there's a fall
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
Bring it up with him and see how the conversation goes. If your relationship can't handle one difficult conversation, it certainly won't handle cofounding a company together. Other questions that come to mind are - if he has a rep
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
No salary talk means there is no offer. So there is nothing for you to commit to. This is a huge red flag - stay away, especially if they insist on this after you've explained that you want to discuss salary first.
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
No feelings is a fine situation. Languages are just a tool. But some tools are more powerful and/or easier to use. Using R for work at the moment - what a mess. So many exceptions, silent errors, unexpected behaviour, special cases, 3
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
I like Python but for some reason the term "pythonista" sounds so cringey.
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
- Founded Vanguard and came up with the first index fund - Became wealthy without exploiting his clients, foregoing millions, possibly billions - Got a heart transplant at 65 and lived to 89 - Even in his recent interviews his voice always
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
> She says she wants me to be happy, that I'm a great husband and if this is what I need to do she understands. If she's really understanding about separation (but presumably also wants to be with you), she will also be underst
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
Isn't the staging area closer to an intermediary box? That's where it can get confusing.
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
The best position on Brexit that I've heard coming out of a British politician. Well worth the listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XEj64IFzQ8
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
1) Negotiate with yourself about what you're willing to do. 2) Incremental changes are incredibly powerful. Can you manage to study for an hour today? Okay, maybe not - an hour is a long time. Can you do it for 15 minutes? If yes, then
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
> Also banking the unbanked. There are a couple billion people without access to traditional banking. Most these people now have mobile phones, where instead of signing up at a bank, they could download an app where these people can stor
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
- illegal activities can benefit from anonymous and cashless transactions, but those assets still need to be converted to cash and/or laundered at some point - exchanges, trading platforms and payment platforms benefit from faster and
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
I think there is a difference between: - how can they quickly get to a point where they can build something real and keep their attention on it? and - what are the skills that if they develop at an early age will have the biggest impact on
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
This reads like you're trying to show off how familiar you are with the literature rather than give good advice. The distinction that you make about the different types of hypertrophy isn't necessary or relevant and the sources th
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
You have quite a few questions and they're all tangled up together. 1) are there side effects to taking protein supplements or mass gainers? Practically, no. Whey protein, which is the most common protein supplement taken around workin
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
You conveniently ignored everything else I wrote. > he has publicly appealed to Russia for help during the campaign, sided with Putin over the entire American intelligence community and admitted that he fired the Director of the FBI beca
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
> But the Mueller report, so far, has uncovered No, it hasn't. There has been no report.
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
I couldn't disagree more with this advice. It's important to address your mental health problems, not ignore them. Trying to help others, while you're barely surviving each day, won't work out well in the long run. Just
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by altairiumblue 8y ago
> but I need that "fuck you money" By definition you don't.

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