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721.
by apercu 5y ago
True, except in this case NY is one of the few places in the world that requires such nonsense.
722.
by apercu 5y ago
The conversation evolved in to "tax loopholes" generally.
723.
by apercu 5y ago
Both of you are right on item one.
724.
by apercu 5y ago
Developers creating user experiences that don't actually take in to account what the user needs to achieve as tasks many many times a day are entirely the reason we now have UX people.
725.
by apercu 5y ago
They are not a crime because the representatives of the elite wrote the tax code in the USA. Let's be honest here.
726.
by apercu 5y ago
Great post. I'm curious what other self-employed people are doing. My typical work week the last 5-7 years is 15-20 hours on 2-3 projects of typical 3-month duration. I turn down A LOT of projects. I an a hybrid consulting analyst&#x2F
727.
by apercu 5y ago
I have been watching the laziest members of society sit at the top and complain about the hardest working people with the shittiest jobs for 40 years.
728.
by apercu 5y ago
If you are struggling financially who cares if you are paying an extra $10 a month to rent-to-own an $800 phone? That sort of shit is just more judgemental dog whistling.
729.
by apercu 5y ago
But how is that any different than saying in 1918 a car was a want but in 1950 a car was a requirement for many people? I suspect that the answer to these types of questions is that most people don't want to admit how mind-fucked we al
730.
by apercu 5y ago
Did you and I grow up in the same country? The entire puritan work effort is based on this premise in some way or another. The more religious you are the more you appear to believe your wealth is a god-given right and that everyone else is
731.
by apercu 5y ago
Yes and no. Depends on your seniority and where you live to some degree. I was pretty burnt out at 28 after a year that included things like a 110 hour work week. At the time I couldn't afford 6 months or a year off. I did take a year
732.
by apercu 5y ago
I did. I took almost a year off. It cost me about $35k in 2005 USD. I was really burnt out. But I'm not sure that taking the time did anything for me. I was a little stressed about the "unknown" the whole time and I mostly wi
733.
by apercu 5y ago
That is a way more optimistic outlook than I have had for the last 15 or so years. I sincerely appreciate your response and outlook. Not sure if I agree or disagree but, that's just my opinion, man. :)
734.
by apercu 5y ago
One of the US political parties has had their strategists admit that several of their policies are racist, and that their communication strategy foments and encourages racism. This is not news, it's been publicly out there for decades.
735.
by apercu 5y ago
I have ~17 years experience (maybe more) with outsourcing to cheaper countries to "save money". It's never been effective on anything valuable I have worked on. No money was ever saved. Just took more time from those near nea
736.
by apercu 5y ago
I have never experienced bad wait time in Canada. In rural areas this is more common. I emigrated FROM the use TO Canada for its healthcare. I also don't think that governments "waste" money. That is more right wing bullshit
737.
by apercu 5y ago
Do you not feel it naive to assume that those that currently hold the vast majority of wealth and power won't continue to do so and exploit the rest of us? I mean, they will own all the AI's, right?
738.
by apercu 5y ago
The biggest reason corporations want AI to succeed is so they no longer have to share even a meagre percentage of revenue with you any longer.
739.
by apercu 5y ago
Libertarianism makes me smile.
740.
by apercu 5y ago
I can't speak for places outside of the Americas because I've only travelled in the Americas for the last 10 years. But from Northern Quebec to Idaho to Florida to Nassau to Saskatoon bridges are cracking, rail is buckling, public
741.
by apercu 5y ago
The biggest issue I have with Teams, Zoom, Hangouts is that I have to use all three in the course of the day and I can never find anything (mute, share, etc.) because they all have different design patterns (which change seemingly with ever
742.
by apercu 5y ago
An hour from Toronto houses are close to a million dollars. I am 30 km from the financial district. I live in a modest house in a modest neighbourhood. My house would list for around 900k and there would be a bidding war. I paid $340k for t
743.
by apercu 5y ago
So you live in in an area that have massive urban sprawl and no bounding area driving up the costs (like say San Francisco or Toronto or London). Good for you and your urban sprawl McMansion existence (nothing wrong with it). But just becau
744.
by apercu 5y ago
It's bullshit. Call it what it is. When people say that wages are fine they are being disingenuous or they are willfully ignorant.
745.
by apercu 5y ago
You are so right. If you live in rural Iowa that's a lot of money. Guess what? Hundreds of millions of people live in cities where housing, transportation and food costs are prohibitively expensive. You know how many people live in Iow
746.
by apercu 5y ago
This is really, really, really a problem. I know a lot of us make decent money and we write large "checks" to the government because we're in high tax brackets, but seriously. The middle class has gotten smaller. If you live
747.
by apercu 5y ago
We're on hacker news. What is the median for people in UK that that do what we do?
748.
by apercu 5y ago
Could be. I don't see too many folks trying to "cross the aisle" though these days. And frankly, I have found that most conservatives are disingenuous about their reasoning for their political views. But I sincerely applaud y
749.
by apercu 5y ago
Just because the richest most powerful people have convinced you that 120k is a lot of money doesn't mean that it is. Especially in a city.
750.
by apercu 5y ago
Hold on there, cowboy. 100k was maybe "sky high" 20 years ago. 100k in most large cities is not. When your modest house costs $800k USD, a car costs 30k, auto insurance is $1600 a year, groceries are 10k a year (looking at you, To

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