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by b-team 3y ago
Africa continues to produce plenty of people. While the article seems to dismiss racism out of hand, it is the only intellectually consistent explanation for these “pronatalist” beliefs. Likewise, there are millions of people in Southeast A
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by b-team 3y ago
Explain
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by b-team 4y ago
People’s reactions suggest they too believe themselves to be overpaid. The harm to the laid off Googlers is they will not be able to find a job paying anywhere near as much because they are not each adding $300K plus benefits to the value o
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by b-team 4y ago
What’s disgusting about it? I do not see anything objectionable in the Wikipedia article.
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by b-team 4y ago
Times are good now. $3.6 billion is $36 billion in a decade. One day, Google may need that money to survive. Also, Google’s 2022 profit was $67 billion (down significantly from 2021) so they just increased profits by more than 5%.
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by b-team 4y ago
This is a terrible idea. Tramadol is an opioid. Using the two drugs together increases the risk of overdose.
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by b-team 4y ago
If you are as skilled as you say you are, getting through a few challenging questions in a technical interview should be a breeze. Also, don’t discount the feedback that your interviewers don’t like your personality. If you have heard that
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by b-team 4y ago
Summary: I spent a few days making graphs and now I am more qualified to opine on the existence of climate change than people who have been studying climate for decades using actual science and supercomputers.
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by b-team 4y ago
Why doesn’t my stock portfolio have fewer high quality stocks?
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by b-team 5y ago
These guys are hacks. There are papers by serious economists on this question.
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by b-team 5y ago
Time to double your medication.
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by b-team 5y ago
I only want to buy things made in China. If I buy something not on this list, how sure can I be that it is a genuine Made in China product?
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by b-team 6y ago
Which shady business practices, specifically?
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by b-team 6y ago
I own a Tesla and live 200 miles from the closest service center. If you have a problem, chances are that it can and will be fixed by mobile tech. I had a problem with my door handle (a typical problem in early Model Ss). Mobile tech came t
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by b-team 6y ago
To be fair, a Fiat is a qualitatively worse car than pretty much any other car.
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by b-team 6y ago
That’s what Tesla calls it. Source: I have had a Model S for many years and repairs I have had under warranty have been listed as “goodwill.” e.g., Torn sunroof seal (presumably, due to manufacturing defect).
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by b-team 6y ago
The Silicon Valley premium is not that large. Every programmer I know in North Carolina earns six figures. I earned 95 as a programmer with moderate experience in South Carolina a decade ago before I changed career paths.
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by b-team 6y ago
The analysis in this post is all over the place with no guardrails. The advice from the physicist in the comments is spot on.
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by b-team 6y ago
A lot of answers here. But no clear question. The advice in the comments from the physicist is spot on.