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by ceras 13y ago
> But the relative abundance of Asian (Indo/Pakistani and/or Oriental) members in IT and FOSS software suggest that there's not an obvious or passive "White Power" conspiracy going on there. This is a common argu
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by ceras 13y ago
I stream music and browse the web (including FB) almost every day of the week and I've never hit my 2GB data cap. My 16 GB hard drive is more than enough.
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by ceras 13y ago
Varies by person. I'm nearly 100% incapable of reading upside down text.
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by ceras 13y ago
This is certainly true of Americans in "upper middle class" culture, but how true is it for the rest? I went to an average / below average American high school, and most of my high school peers are still living in my hometown
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by ceras 13y ago
The problem with these types of discussions is that everyone has a different idea of what "socialism" and "capitalism" mean. Scandinavia can be very capitalistic. For example, they perform quite well on the Heritage Foun
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by ceras 13y ago
I don't think this impact would be large at all for industries that approximate perfect competition like raw food. Price of such goods should approximate marginal cost. Marginal cost would only increase if workers in these industries c
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by ceras 13y ago
This survey was in the US, though, where the term "software engineer" isn't regulated in any way. You can become one just by impressing someone with your Github profile: no other accreditation or experience necessary.
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by ceras 13y ago
I think the idea is that accountability to voters helps keep things in line. If you're in a situation where you believe a natural monopoly to be inevitable, it's not necessarily flawed reasoning.
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by ceras 13y ago
I'm sure there are lots of reasons, but here's one: if you don't differentiate between hotel zoning and residential zoning in a tourist-heavy city, the rental and hotel markets would start to merge together. This means in bot
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by ceras 13y ago
I'm another South Florida to Bay Area transplant here, and I gotta say, I hate the Bay Area's weather. The winters are cold and rainy (an awful combination), and summer evenings are way too chilly. I'd take Florida weather an
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by ceras 13y ago
I am a "liberal" and a huge fan of The Economist. I don't find this to be an accurate assessment. Someone else already linked to their climate change stance, and in my experience their economic stances are generally supported
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by ceras 13y ago
Glad I could help -- I look forward to the change!
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by ceras 13y ago
For two adults, >0 children, I think childcare should really be excluded from costs. It's not accurate for most any family in that position. Though I understand figuring out the second parent's income is difficult, I think it&#
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by ceras 13y ago
> Why is it that when you go from 2 parents + 1 child -> 2 parents + 2 children, the cost goes up 6K, but when you go from 2 children -> 3 children, the cost goes up 18K? If anything it seems like per-child costs should diminish as
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by ceras 13y ago
I think this is true for a non-trivial amount of the younger generation. I know a decent number of (relatively affluent) people in their early 20s who simply do not have and do not plan on getting a driver's license. I have one, but I
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by ceras 13y ago
> IMHO, the Chromebook is actually a great laptop for the older generation and people who use web-based products all the time I think a lot of us in the younger generation do this too, including the more tech savvy. I'm a software e
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by ceras 13y ago
My close friends all lived in downtown or midtown on those salaries, including right in FiDi.
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by ceras 13y ago
I've had several friends intern as investment bankers and management consultants in the past couple years. The going rate in NYC is about $60k-80k prorated, I believe -- more than enough for a room in Manhattan (which is where they all
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by ceras 13y ago
A big problem with experiencing it as early as HS is that you really have little reason to stick with it anymore. Who cares if it pays well if you're going to be emotionally drained dealing with harassment? She can pursue many other de
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by ceras 13y ago
That is not the situation for most Cubans. Much of my family lives in Cuba, and their experiences aren't so great. It's amazing given the low income of the country, but there really isn't the access to medicine and modern tec
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by ceras 13y ago
As a bike commuter, I agree many bikers are not careful enough. But I also know that all close accidents I've ever had were due to drivers simply not paying attention to me (or not caring about my presence). Cars turning left into me w
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by ceras 13y ago
I agree with this for the not-quite-Ivy schools where financial aid is largely non-existent, but given the incredible financial aid programs at many Ivy League schools I don't think this advice is well thought-out. If you are middle cl
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by ceras 13y ago
My experience is far more like your parent commenter's than to yours. Very pro-America, all black-and-white, no need to reason about or analyze murky grey areas or anything that is recent enough to possibly offend somebody's paren
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by ceras 13y ago
I feel the same way and it drives me nuts. When I bring this up many people flatout disagree: they either say that the new buildings will be just as expensive, or (in the bay area) complain about earthquakes. It's a very pressing issue
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by ceras 13y ago
You're right, SF is very nice for this. I was mainly thinking of the South Bay definition of Silicon Valley. Finding a nice job in SF will give you a very different lifestyle / quality of life than one down in the physical valley.
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by ceras 13y ago
I would also add a 4th point that the lifestyle in the bay area is very different. I find it far higher in cities like London than in the Silicon Valley -- this is of course very subjective, but it closely mirrors the opinions of those who
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by ceras 13y ago
It's not an actual year. You can get a full time offer with only one summer internship (3 months experience) under your belt and nothing else.
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by ceras 13y ago
It's surprising and bizarre to me how comments like this are common in the CS world. If you are okay with "stream" now being more than just a small river, why are you artificially drawing the line as to what exactly the term may refer to?
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by ceras 13y ago
I'm very much like this. I create a completely different handle on every site I use. I simply don't use a service if my real name is involved: for instance, I completely stopped reviewing Google Play Store apps ever since the G+ integration
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by ceras 13y ago
I'm not sure I understand your hint. When I studied in Beijing, most Chinese college kids I talked to just lamented about how hard they worked throughout their childhood and how overly stressed out they always were. Nobody spoke positively

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