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by amrocha 3y ago
You're both underestimating how many people would hate to live in the US, and overestimating how high salaries in the US are compared to Canada
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by amrocha 3y ago
It's the conspiracy theory du jour now that these people can't complain about vaccines anymore, don't bother engaging with it
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by amrocha 3y ago
Idk, I've taken more than one 6 month break in my career and I'm fine. If you've got the skills nobody cares. And besides, it's easy to fudge it in tech. Say you were working on a side project or a startup idea, or did s
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by amrocha 3y ago
Yeah that makes sense, even if it ends up working out the same either way. If you blow up your life real good there's no safety net anymore hahaha
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by amrocha 3y ago
The point is that life compounds, and it can be nearly impossible to salvage a bad situation. For example, it's a lot harder to save a bad marriage than it is to try again, and avoid your previous mistakes. Does this mean that you shou
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by amrocha 3y ago
I see where you're coming from, but that doesn't match my experience. Plenty of non white people immigrate to different countries to try their luck at a better life. Maybe the difference is what standard you compare yourself to? -
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by amrocha 3y ago
Why would you need connections to take a 6 month break? All you need is a bit of money, 2-4 months of your salary at most. Obviously if you have dependents it's harder to move physically, but not impossible, and quitting a job is total
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by amrocha 3y ago
DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS COMMENT!!! I've made big moves, with no plan, and more often than not it's been a good experience. Even the moves I regretted ended up teaching me more about myself. I'm sorry it hasn't worked out f
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by amrocha 3y ago
He was a prime minister. He owned the most successful soccer team in Italy. He owns several Italian TV channels. This isn't a dude over there with bad opinions. This is someone powerful who used their power to make the lives of a lot o
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by amrocha 3y ago
I don't know why you're going to such lengths to defend someone who claimed they would be arrested by the corporate cops for thought crime. Over Google building some employee housing close to their office.
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by amrocha 3y ago
The original post was full of conspiracy theories, that's what I'm replying to.
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by amrocha 3y ago
Right, whether it's better than renting financially depends on a lot of factors. There's benefits to renting too, you have to make the right choice for yourself.
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by amrocha 3y ago
Where's the corporate police? The thought crimes? If the argument is that consolidation of employers and landlords is worrying, then we can have a discussion. If the argument is that the corporate police is gonna kidnap you, then you&#
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by amrocha 3y ago
>I'm just not aware of any examples if this actually happening That's the point. Google by and large treats its employees really well. There's no reason to think it would push this dystopian version of employee housing, in
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by amrocha 3y ago
It's hard to overstate how monumental Stack Overflow was even 10 years ago. I remember being in University and dreading my computer graphics classes because SO didn't have answers for a lot of those questions at the time.
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by amrocha 3y ago
Why do you have a persecution complex?
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by amrocha 3y ago
Yes, if you value these things that's a reason to buy a house, but it doesn't make it a good financial decision
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by amrocha 3y ago
This is such a weird article. From rants about a deranged doctor, to vaccine conspiracies, to poverty and euthanasia. In a sense, it's classic conspiracy theory writing. Mention a bunch of things together and people will connect them e
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by amrocha 3y ago
I think there's 2 things being conflated here. 1 is opposition to large scale government projects, for example demolishing existing houses to build infrastructure. 2 is opposition to smaller development, for example building something
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by amrocha 3y ago
Nah. I moved from Canada to Japan last year, and my quality of life has increased at the same time that my consumption has decreased. Correlation is not causation.
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by amrocha 3y ago
>Consumption of resources is proportional to standard of living It's not and you know this. It's at best correlated. The resources have to be used effectively, and right now they're definitely not. My quality of life does
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by amrocha 3y ago
Degrowth is about shifting our focus as a society from growth at all costs to sustainability and quality of life. It's not about killing people, it's not about worse medical care, it's not about less food. Our current growth
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by amrocha 3y ago
I guess in my mind the argument is that the entire allure of a casino is that there's an illusion of skill to the games. Nobody wants a pure chance game, and the casinos know this, so they make games that allow for some degree of skill
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by amrocha 3y ago
Because stealing is against the rules/laws of the game/society. The article is scant on details, but it sounds like this happened at an auto table. If the auto table allows dice sliding, and they weren't warned by a dealer th
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by amrocha 3y ago
IMO the casino is responsible for enforcing the rules of the game. If the players sliding dice didn't trigger some sort of detection, that doesn't make it a crime to slide the dice.
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by amrocha 3y ago
Wrong. Most people don't have cars and can get to work just fine. Yes, even in the US.
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by amrocha 3y ago
Maybe you're just part of a minority and struggle to come to terms with that
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by amrocha 3y ago
Using transit to get to work will save you thousands of dollars spent on a car
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by amrocha 3y ago
In what world does owning a car earn you 5000$ per year? A car is literally just an expense
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by amrocha 3y ago
So everyone who disagrees with you has been brainwashed?

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