cbayram

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by cbayram 4y ago
Playing out this scenario: Will missing payrolls result in layoffs/resignations? Thus, increasing unemployment rate that the FED desires. If contagion doesn’t spread outside of tech/startup, does the government have any incentive
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by cbayram 4y ago
Rising interest rates is what’s different this time around
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by cbayram 4y ago
Per provided link https://www.usds.gov/apply : "During the COVID-19 pandemic, most people at USDS are working remotely from many locations across the country. During normal times, we ask that you make Washington, D.C. o
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by cbayram 4y ago
Per provided link https://www.usds.gov/apply : "Salaries in government change every year. For 2023, you may be paid up to $183,500 depending on where you are located in the United States."
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by cbayram 4y ago
There are various approached you could take; CSS transition/animation, d3,... Here is a quick dirty example of shuffling using CSS transition [1] on the left offset. https://jsfiddle.net/h2urfsjb/ It puts each cha
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by cbayram 4y ago
"American culture encourages the process of failure, unlike the cultures of Europe and Asia where failure is met with stigma and embarrassment. America’s specialty is to take these small risks for the rest of the world, which explains
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by cbayram 4y ago
We use Echo/Alexa to play music, games, set timers/reminders, query for information. We get annoyed with up-selling and ads when issuing commands. The proliferation of fake reviews/products on Amazon has eroded any confidence
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by cbayram 6y ago
It’d be great if modern society could make smaller vehicles for personal use. Average number of occupants on the road has to below 2.0, seems terribly inefficient. The industries and costs associated w car ownership would have to adjust to
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by cbayram 6y ago
What about GM’s role in benefiting from this fraud? By forming a partnership with this fraudulent entity: 1. GM put up no cash but received an 11% stake in Nikola (worth over $1 billion) . 2. Nikola will pay GM $700 million to manufacture u
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by cbayram 6y ago
Hindsight bias.
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by cbayram 7y ago
We are in a pandemic and this won’t be the last. Gov’ts and society are scrambling to contain the virus, save lives, economy and society. Pandemics sow seeds of mistrust among neighbors, xenophobia and society starts falling apart. Be kind,
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by cbayram 7y ago
Potentially narrow down and identify asymptomatic spreaders of the virus in early forming geo clusters. This information could lead to more effective quarantine measures early on or post containment to avoid further outbreak eruptions.
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by cbayram 7y ago
Temporary ripples, but mainly not much. What happens? Opportunities for people and local geographies, innovation. Words of Nassim Nicholas Taleb ring in my head. Failure is healthy to the overall health of a system. When you hide risk and p
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by cbayram 7y ago
“Supermarkets sell food staples such as bananas or milk at less than the cost at which they were purchased in order to draw customers to their business. These items are typically strategically placed far from the entrances of the store to e
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by cbayram 7y ago
This. Imo, this passive aggressively skirting around the issue is just giving one some petty satisfaction. Chances are likely the the interrupter isn’t aware. Tell the person not to interrupt bluntly if that’s your gripe.
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by cbayram 8y ago
Feels like capital from emerging markets is being reallocated into T-bills and co.
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by cbayram 8y ago
Because politics is about feelings. The aim is for you to empathize and identify the politician. Conversely, evoke disgust and fear against your opponent. It’s the weakness of humanity being exploited.
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by cbayram 8y ago
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns6YSvCsVJM
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by cbayram 8y ago
For me languages were learned out of necessity. If possible, my suggestion is to move to a region where the language is spoken. Immerse yourself, perhaps there is a community that speaks the language nearby. Go to their cultural festivities
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by cbayram 8y ago
Solid model as long as one profits
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by cbayram 8y ago
> Abuse is probably too strong, but it's definitely an aggression. To the contrary, I think abuse is rather weak. I’d go further. Advertising is raping of the mind. Regardless of the medium (billboards, mail, spam calls, video, aud
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by cbayram 8y ago
Shorting and then telling the herd is exactly what’s done. Once you take the short position, you want to scream at the top of your lungs and bring about that catalyst/trigger asap. Spread rumors, write hit pieces, etc... Observe the ha
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by cbayram 8y ago
Most of the confusion and frustration rises from lack of understanding of the runtime execution and not the language; in case of JS: - execution flow and temporality of the code excecution(async, promises, etc...) - interoperability and bou
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by cbayram 8y ago
Any code analysis initiatives in your pipeline?
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by cbayram 8y ago
> Securitization of mortgage debt is why you can buy a house with a 30 year fixed rate mortgage at 4.5% (and a non-trivial reason why 30 year fixed is available at any price). No, this is the reason why I can’t buy a house using my respo
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by cbayram 8y ago
Sure, I can see that. Without not knowing their argument, I can see the following pressures on sustaining current price levels: 1. Investor money swooping up property for rental purposes. 2. Home owners refraining from selling in a buyers’
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by cbayram 8y ago
Good. Home prices have been out of control. Cheap money along with mortgage lenders have done nothing but push home prices to absurd levels. Local governments are complicit in this exploitation as property taxes rise/reset, giving them
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by cbayram 8y ago
My thoughts: You are there to burn brain cycles for a fixed pay, a high pay at that. Experienced older crowd demands higher pay. Most gigs could care less about their experience; 95% of the gigs consists of mundane task completion and pump
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by cbayram 8y ago
The stoic says prepare for the famine during feasts.
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by cbayram 8y ago
I'm also partial to WebStorm. Local history feature of Eclipse derivates has saved me enough times to make it a core pre-requisite when considering another IDE. Fwiw, VS Code has better typescript support.

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