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721.
by avalys 5y ago
I’m hardly an expert, but I understand it could take 15-20 years of a flying career before you reach the point of being a “first-year captain” at a major airline (the first column in this chart).
722.
by avalys 5y ago
> but the big difference between then and now was that when I was home, I was home. Work stopped, and I could do something else for a bit and didn’t have to worry about anything until the next work day. I didn’t feel much of the mental f
723.
by avalys 5y ago
The simple explanation here is that 200 billion per year over 20 years is unquestionably a lot of money, but not large enough relative to overall US government spending ($7T per year) to perturb anything all that much.
724.
by avalys 5y ago
Patrick Winston, professor and former director of MIT CSAIL, told a brief story in class back in 2008 or so. He said it was sort of a running joke in the graduate admissions committee that people were drawn to study and research the areas o
725.
by avalys 5y ago
I thought the deadline for re-filing this had passed (July 29?)?
726.
by avalys 5y ago
It seems like your "real problem" is that you want to tell 80% of humanity that they will never be permitted to achieve the same quality of life we enjoy in Western society today. Good luck with that.
727.
by avalys 5y ago
Most of these look like reasonable things to ban in a prison. Is there something specific that makes this a notable document to share?
728.
by avalys 5y ago
You already got COVID, so you're already stuck with whatever long-term side effects there are from COVID infection and probably have some immunity already, so I understand your desire to not take additional risk by getting the vaccine.
729.
by avalys 5y ago
Yes, Apple's defense is literally the "If you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about" line that is universally recognized as laughable.
730.
by avalys 5y ago
Mac OS X is now older than Mac OS “Classic” was when OS X was first released. Must be a nightmare to maintain.
731.
by avalys 5y ago
Article in the NYT tomorrow: “Facebook continues to profit from allowing child predators to distribute pornography through WhatsApp, refuses to adopt industry-standard technology to block this”
732.
by avalys 5y ago
1) Maybe this is of legitimate public concern? 2) The last point - which must be present, thanks to the word “and” - seems to imply that publishing facts you have good reason to believe are true would be excluded.
733.
by avalys 5y ago
The alternative is to participate in the more ad-hoc yet even larger-scale clinical trial for an objectively dangerous virus of unknown (possibly artificial) origin, with its own profile of unpleasant side effects and potential long term se
734.
by avalys 5y ago
What do you imagine that means exactly?
735.
by avalys 5y ago
Are you disputing the fact that there are a very large number of people who charge money for instruction, training, retreats, etc. around the concepts of meditation and mindfulness? Are you suggesting that "sitting for 20 minutes a day
736.
by avalys 5y ago
This article might as well have said “The Shenrikki school of telekinesis is popular, but if you’re not careful while practicing you might accidentally crack the foundation of your house or give your spouse a concussion, and no one will war
737.
by avalys 5y ago
This thread is blowing my mind, although not for the obvious reason. I’m just astounded by all the anecdotes people are mentioning here that suggest meditation, mindfulness, etc. actually work , even the secularized, distorted, popularized
738.
by avalys 5y ago
On the other hand, if you are driving on the interstate highways across the USA, driving 85 mph instead of the 65 mph limit will save you roughly 3 hours from an 800-mile journey.
739.
by avalys 5y ago
740,000 cases out of 7.8 billion people, or less than 1 case per 7,800 people. That’s not all that surprising to me.
740.
by avalys 5y ago
What fraction of the housing supply do you believe is available at “below average rent”?
741.
by avalys 5y ago
As opposed to the good old 1990s where people lived vicariously through fake TV personalities?
742.
by avalys 5y ago
I get great ads on Instagram. Generally, they’re niche products related to my interests from small companies I’ve never heard of before. Yes, there’s a few misses, but it’s way better than the absolute scum-sucking garbage I see elsewhere o
743.
by avalys 5y ago
You said this was an incentive for consumers to “[keep] multiple credit cards, etc. on which banks make money”. Banks don’t make money off credit cards which are not being used.
744.
by avalys 5y ago
It was weird for me when I traveled to Germany and had to pay for almost everything in cash because the country doesn’t like electronic payments. What’s your point?
745.
by avalys 5y ago
Give me a break. Even if the credit scoring system incentivizes you to keep accounts open, it doesn’t incentivize you to use them. In fact, having too large a balance on your credit cards (i.e. too much usage) is a negative factor in your c
746.
by avalys 5y ago
I would be proud to go work directly for the CIA, but I’m too selfish to do so, because the pay would be worse than what I’m doing now. Not all Americans loath their country and the institutions that help maintain it - imperfect though they
747.
by avalys 5y ago
How can you tell the difference between the events you described, and Munro genuinely changing his mind about Tesla and the Model 3?
748.
by avalys 5y ago
Private jets are completely irrelevant to global warming because there are not enough of them. They’re a convenient distraction from the problem that actually curbing global warming will require huge changes in the lifestyle of the global m
749.
by avalys 5y ago
Let's say you accept a lower salary from a startup, because they offer you 100,000 options with a standard 4-year vest/1-year cliff/90 days to exercise at a strike price (409a valuation) of $1 / share, and claim that an
750.
by avalys 5y ago
If you don’t like it, you don’t have to use Instagram and you don’t have to use Facebook. These are completely non-essential services in every way.

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