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by awat 8y ago
Antecdotally in my experience there is also the fact that in large companies some functions no longer need to exist. That being said you have leaders who arent going to volunteer this and lose thier power or job so they clamp down and creat
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by awat 8y ago
Thats my understanding as well and fake followers can also be exchanged for a perceived social importance not just monetary value. Example: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/aug/26/how-many-...
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by awat 8y ago
Slightly off-topic but this sentiment always reminds me of the saying “any crime that happens above street-level is called politics”
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by awat 8y ago
I wonder if it has anything to do with mutual feelings about pre-martial abstinence.
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by awat 8y ago
This is almost exactly my background as well. I have massive respect for tradespeople and family members in that space. That being said these type of articles leave a lot to be desired in terms of expressing the whole picture and why lots o
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by awat 8y ago
This. What good is advanced technology if profitability calculations stop it from being used for all but those that can pay full price.
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by awat 8y ago
I’ll second that and fingers crossed that the publicity encourages a cascading effect of environmental kindnesses.
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by awat 8y ago
To comment on one of the sentiments in the last paragraph. I often find myself wondering about the people doing the bidding above them where they are the last one compensated on a middle-upper class level before the VP or CEO or whoever tha
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by awat 8y ago
Good write up I’ve been working on a similar trajectory for my own smartphone usage. I’ve toyed with getting a dumb weekend phone but I think this might be the way to go. I don’t want to ignore technology I just want to make sure I’m in con
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by awat 8y ago
Agreed, there are timeliness and environmental variables to living costs and land for sure. The fear here seems to be that being a doctor or lawyer to use the cliche won’t secure you housing and that landowner becomes a profession that trum
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by awat 8y ago
I think you hit it head on with this. It seems to be a control thing first and foremost. The worst nightmare is that you will grab their content in a text only format with no ads.
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by awat 8y ago
I think there is some truth to this for sure. But speaking from a here and now perspective it’s hard to not take this stance. My wife and I make a good bit more than the average income for our area and at 27 we aren’t going to be even close
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by awat 8y ago
This! The inflation hedge also makes the wealth gap exponential for those without the capital to get in the real estate game for lack of a better term. The capital needed to get into a home with traditional financing seems to go up by the m
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by awat 8y ago
That’s where my interest came from as well. The success/failure line is much thinner than many people think imho.
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by awat 8y ago
As a younger millennial I find myself far more interested in a home from a Maslow’s hierarchy perspective than an investment at this point.
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by awat 8y ago
This is a really good point. Empathy can be applied to judging moral crimes such as stealing food becuase you are starving. Although anctedotally I find that people who come from the exact background/situation tend to have less empathy
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by awat 8y ago
That’s a shame spreading the credit helps build loyalty which keeps those award winning teams in place.
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by awat 8y ago
I’am positive someone expressed that exact sentiment about the ocean at some point. I had a Botany professor who always used to say “there is no such place as away”.
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by awat 8y ago
If you are willing to splurge a little bit (in the context of rpi) this is absolutely the best case I’ve used for them. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07349HT26/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?ie=...
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by awat 8y ago
I wish I could upvote this more than once. Both my parents were teachers. The disparities that children face from day one neighborhood to neighborhood are so large it makes me sigh so hard when I hear people say things like just work harder
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The Expendable Employee(thesimpledollar.com)
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by awat 8y ago
Alert:: Hell has frozen over But seriously I still don’t know what to make of Microsofts new(ish) adoption of Linux it seems positive for Linux overall but I’m cautiously optimistic.
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by awat 8y ago
Piggybacking on what you were saying I don’t disagree from a purely business sense. But I find it ironic society seems to have this constant droning fear about actual robots becoming sentient and dissenting but doesnt fear the droves of the
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by awat 8y ago
There is an awesome Adam ruins everything episode on Tax returns. It seems that rent seeking is pretty much the only thing keeping the current system in place.
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by awat 9y ago
I think its prudent here to try to separate out innovation vs state backed and protected interests. Although I do agree there are some eastern sentiments that are driving some interesting innovation. Wired documentary on Shenzens rise: htt
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by awat 9y ago
Agreed I’m always amazed by DIY houses or just extremely DIY modified houses. It seems to be an area where people who don’t consider themselves creative can express creativity. Good stuff.
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by awat 9y ago
This is excellent news defaults make a big statement. I’ve been using Firefox Focus on iOS as my daily browser for a few months and its been great.
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by awat 9y ago
Agreed, this goes for other professions as well such as accountants and real estate agents. There always seems to be some new complexity that requires the profession. That being said I do think it will put a dent in the number of profession
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by awat 9y ago
Anctedotally I’ve seen a few friends take roles where they have essentially absorbed shift work. They are supporting multiple time zones and don’t really have a defined work schedule they are sort of always working. It appeared to take a to
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by awat 9y ago
I’m interested where you are going with this. I made what I thought was a pretty innocuous comment about actions mattering more than appearance. Are you making the point that tech in general is not building in some sociopathic behaviors as

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