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   by astura 4y ago

   A LOT of people I know in their 60s are still paying off their mortgage because when they get enough equity they either buy a bigger house or do cash out refinancing. Having a paid off mortgage doesn't let you live for free - taxes+ ut
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   by astura 4y ago

   What a weird comment - there's multiple drug emojis (syringe, pill, whisky, beer, cocktail, cigarette, sake), tragedies (gravestone, sad faces, sick faces, hospital, ambulance, bandage, casket, skull and crossbones). There's even
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   by astura 4y ago

   I see the normal up arrow fwiw.
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   by astura 4y ago

   In this case a primary source is available. Here's a copy of the suit filed with the court - https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/... I didn't read it so idk what it says
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   by astura 4y ago

   The best part of growing up in an urban area is there was always neighborhood kids to play with. Just walk outside and see who else is out.
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   by astura 4y ago

   Yep, plus nobody ends up having any accountability to boot.
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   by astura 4y ago

   If you wanna make this a competition I've been in the industry for 16 years. I'm a technical lead which does have a little bit of people management responsibilities. Turnover on my team is probably well below average, we had two d
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   by astura 4y ago

   This article could be a parody with how shockingly naive it is. The purpose of work is to solve business problems, not personal amusement and self-actualization. Business problems exist in the real world and have significant constraints. Ma
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   by astura 4y ago

   I suspect that the author has never actually worked in a flat organizations, it's been my experience that flat organizations have way, way more problems than "too many managers."
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    by astura 4y ago

    California is a Community Property state, New York is not. The rules in Community Property states is marital assets have to be divided equally (50/50) in non-Community Property states they must only be divided up "equitably."
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    by astura 4y ago

    I thought prenups were for couples where one or both parties are bringing assets into the divorce? Like, I'd consider one if I had any real assets or savings beyond my retirement accounts, but at the time I got married I didn't.
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    by astura 4y ago

    Did it damage your playstation?
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    by astura 4y ago

    >work situations ... Don't you Americans value written contracts? No, certainly not for employment. Employment in the US is, by in large, "at will." This means either the employer or the employee can terminate the relation
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    by astura 4y ago

    For such a small project with such a tight scope I'd absolutely insist on a firm fixed price contract.
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    by astura 4y ago

    Bridesmaid = maid of the bride. Bride = woman getting married. Maid = young unmarried girl or woman/virgin. In contemporary American culture it's just friends/family of any age/marital status. But they really should chan
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    by astura 4y ago

    Lol, okay dude, believe that if it makes you feel good.
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    by astura 4y ago

    >under the GDPR [soft delete] is illegal This is obviously not always true. Any European can't, for example, delete their online account with their mortgage company and demand that the mortgage company deletes the records saying t
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    by astura 4y ago

    >so you can be left with your customer being “deleted”, but its invoices still live. This not a problem, its is almost always what's desired, otherwise you have no records for, for example, the tax auditor. Obviously when, say, an e
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    by astura 4y ago

    The review that started this legal case was reposted to Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/w2lvgp/zuru_gla...
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    by astura 4y ago

    >I find it odd that people seem to be displeased by a statement of important facts The article mentions this and goes into more details. I'm not sure what else your comment adds other than to be snarky and downplay the seriousness o
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    by astura 4y ago

    When you turn a hobby you love and are passionate about into a job is ceases to be a hobby you love and are passionate about and starts being a job. This might seem like a tautological statement but it's something people don't rea
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    by astura 4y ago

    Yeah, plenty of people.
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    by astura 4y ago

    Vidalias have been ubiquitous in grocery stores my entire adult life (which is ~20 years)
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    by astura 4y ago

    >Though no official record of the first use of this method seems to exist, research suggests that their concept dates to the early 2010s. Early 2010s? Craigslist has been doing this since the 90s.
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    by astura 4y ago

    By "relatively little money" you mean triple the cost of the ticket... So just like the Tom Brady method of avoiding sexual harassment[1] [1] https://youtu.be/PxuUkYiaUc8
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    by astura 4y ago

    You're asking me about a company policy I had no part in. But why? Lol what does that achieve? Making you look clever on the internet? Concern trolling? If there's no point in anything and nothing is ever achieved then why does an
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    by astura 4y ago

    Yes, because it's company policy. Even if it wasn't comment policy - when you're reviewing the resumes of Jr engineers who have literary zero work experience who do you interview/hire - the guy with the mail-order "
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    by astura 4y ago

    >I'm surprised no one has brought up smoking and drinking yet I couldn't finish watching it but the linked video brought up smoking and nutrition immediately.
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    by astura 4y ago

    No
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    by astura 4y ago

    Are you involved in hiring? Because I check the degree of every single resume I review, I have to. The other day I got a resume from a candidate who has a degree from Albany State University which I never heard of. So I pulled up their webs