brianwawok

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1081.
by brianwawok 5y ago
It's possible they are related, or also possible just coincidence. When I was 31 or 32 I had a bout of crazy chest pains. Did all the tests, got all the EKGs... end result was Dr told me I was fine, lay off the stress. Has not come bac
1082.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Work smarter not longer.
1083.
by brianwawok 5y ago
I doubt it's even connected to the internet. Odds of being hacked would seem no different from cruise control of a random Toyota.
1084.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Remote job to the US will pay for one :)
1085.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Hold to summon is a configurable option.
1086.
by brianwawok 5y ago
> If it were me, I'd do the calcs, what salary might you get It's very very hard to calc what an identical person would get Salary wise with MIT vs Z. Very likely the average MIT grade makes 2-3M more during their lifetime than
1087.
by brianwawok 5y ago
> By 2028, it is expected that health care spending in the U.S. will reach nearly one fifth of the nation's gross domestic product It is a balance of features vs price. Right now, we need to do absolutely everything we can to keep t
1088.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Right. Tesla service has been good for a lot of people. I’ll take this while the hacker news Luddites try to find some euro car with manual windows they can “own”
1089.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Finland has 5 million people. I am pretty sure there are existing plants in the world that could satisfy the entire country if moved to Finland. There are 10ish dams that produce over 10k MW
1090.
by brianwawok 5y ago
You can get doors from a salvage store for a few 10s of dollars
1091.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Which means it will eventually be the law.
1092.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Run away
1093.
by brianwawok 5y ago
1) Sure, always a risk. 3) > Home mortgages—though generally recourse—are non-recourse in 12 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington. If a home
1094.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Very much depends on car price. The % of 100k cars leased is very high. The % of 20k basic Toyota / Hondas leased is very low.
1095.
by brianwawok 5y ago
> Don't finance with the dealership, go to a credit union like DCU Not always true. DCU has to make a profit, so the floor of their auto loan is going to be like 1.5-2%. A car dealer is also making money from the sale of the car, I
1096.
by brianwawok 5y ago
You are also paying like a 2.9% fee to your payment processor (vs $0 for a check). On a 50,000 car, that is $1,450. Not chump change at all, maybe a big chunk of your margin.
1097.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Yes. If I had 1M in the bank and went to buy a 500k house, and was offered like a 3% APR loan, would I take it? Yes. Reasons being: 1) I can make 5-6% return with my money. So I can pay the interest and still come out ahead. 2) That mortg
1098.
by brianwawok 5y ago
I am pretty sure the dealer gets the money up front + a fee. Say take out a 35k loan, paperwork clears, dealer gets a check for $35,500.. the $500 being a "bonus" for originating the loan from the lender.
1099.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Check the paperwork, this is very uncommon in the US. Not sure on the legal limits, but the math is very simple. Car for 45k - 10k cash = 35k loan over 6 years at X% APR = $Y per month payment. You can replicate on a calculator and see no h
1100.
by brianwawok 5y ago
You may just need more developers, and sort out everyone’s exact skills later. People aren’t just cogs for a machine.
1101.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Right, totally see both sides. Every single time I have ever given a range as a hiring manage, the candidate pictured themselves at the top end. But like you could have self taught 2 years of experience vs PhD and 12 years of experience fo
1102.
by brianwawok 5y ago
There is no reason to guess, this is already the law in at least 1 western country. Haven't heard stories in a while, but I think it made some interactions awkward and in general lead to more equality. One wrinkle is that it's not
1103.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Right. The average tech worker family income in the US is well past 50k. Looking at how poor the savings rate is, I would suspect they are spending a lot more than 80k.
1104.
by brianwawok 5y ago
For their family? Absolutely. Even outside the bay area. Many of us have no desire to retire at 30 and live a life of poverty. To do what? Play video games all day? Much rather work for longer, and do something...
1105.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Right. Which is below the living standard most US tech workers have.
1106.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Or just buy a car that has moved past the dealership model. There are a few now, and if the free market wins it should slowly replace the dealer model… Literally 4-5k saved off every car if you order direct from the manufacturer.
1107.
by brianwawok 5y ago
I find it a great step forward in society, for every Gym in the world to not need to staff someone to sit there and answer phone call questions around (what are your hours? can I book X for Y?). Those are done much faster with robots and lo
1108.
by brianwawok 5y ago
The flipside being, when is the last time you heard of a house falling apart because the modern nails weren't good enough? Sometimes good enough and 10x cheaper is the right call.
1109.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Hiring all your devs from testers? Generally dev requires a comp sci background, tester doesn’t. I won’t claim every developer needs a 4 year comp sci degree, but I would be worried on a project with 0 degree holders. At some point someone
1110.
by brianwawok 5y ago
Any company with less than 4-5 devs is going to be mostly generalists…

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