cimmanom

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by cimmanom 9y ago
Will someone please convince me that this isn't a case of "everything looks like a nail"?
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by cimmanom 9y ago
And someone who's been working in fast food since high school to support their family is unlikely to have the chance to get the education necessary to become a hedge fund manager, nor the connections to help them get their first interv
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by cimmanom 9y ago
How is a strong support system that one was born into reflective of "merit"?
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by cimmanom 9y ago
Exactly the comment I was going to make. After playing one puzzle game on commutes for a few weeks, I'll find myself almost subconsciously doing the same sort of pattern matching against bricks or tiles or the windows on a high rise. S
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by cimmanom 9y ago
In the US, speech cannot be punished by the government. The constitution says nothing about private entities or contracts that limit speech.
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by cimmanom 9y ago
My parents' 1975 refrigerator also lasted two decades. I get that an airborne refrigerator has different parameters for things like weight and form factor than a standard kitchen one does, but it's not like these should have to be
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by cimmanom 9y ago
The direction in which programming has developed over the past 70-some years is ever-increasing levels of abstraction. 40 years ago, good old C was considered a "high-level" programming language. Now it's about as "close
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by cimmanom 9y ago
Sure, but you don't have to spend all that time staring at the ocean. You can spend it exploring the cities of the world and all the history and culture they have to offer. You can spend it learning new things. You can spend it hiking
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by cimmanom 9y ago
Nope, it never is.
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by cimmanom 9y ago
A lot of people are talking about having learned early in childhood. Don't let that discourage you - it's not at all too late to learn in your 20s. My suggestion would be to examine what you know about yourself. How do you persona
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by cimmanom 9y ago
Sure
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by cimmanom 9y ago
Be the culture you want to encourage. People entering a new community (that's what your team is) typically take a couple days to feel out what the existing norms are, and will adopt those norms -- go along to get along -- as long as th
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by cimmanom 9y ago
As a candidate: attractive because I'd have confidence that employers there are going to value my experience (in contrast to those who slap "senior software engineer" labels on positions where they're looking for 3 years
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by cimmanom 9y ago
The original article here is about the decline of marriage in places where jobs are vanishing. Yeah, I make significantly more than that and can outsource a lot of grunt work. The typical potential couple in the places described in the ar
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by cimmanom 9y ago
Part of the effect of that automation wasn't to free up women's time but rather to raise the standards of cleanliness against which we judge people's homes to the level achievable by a woman working at it full time WITH that
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by cimmanom 9y ago
Not everyone can afford to have someone else clean for them. In fact, those who can afford it are a small and privileged group even in cities like NY and SF where they're relatively highly concentrated. The article above is specificall
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by cimmanom 9y ago
I can lift heavy things too. And for $30/hr I can hire someone twice a year to lift the ones I can't (and can't get a brother, friend, or neighbor to help with). As for high shelves, even if you're taller than me (not gu
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by cimmanom 9y ago
Ok, let's examine that with a bit of critical thought. How does outsourcing help with a crying baby at 2am? How does outsourcing help with the mental burden of worrying about whether the kids have their shots and annual dentist visits
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by cimmanom 9y ago
Oops, missed the links and for some reason my edits won't take: [1] https://english.emmaclit.com/2017/05/20/you-shouldve-asked/ [2] https://www.themarysue.com/emotional-labor-pdf&#x2
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by cimmanom 9y ago
Although I suspect it will end up taking more than 2-3 generations, I admire your optimism and hope you're right!
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by cimmanom 9y ago
Looking at this from another perspective: As a modern woman who makes good money, I'd be comfortable in theory with marrying a man who makes far less than I do. The problem with that in practice is gender roles in marriage. It's s
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by cimmanom 9y ago
Yup. Combined with this, the "single level of abstraction" principle can make for much more readable and maintainable code.
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by cimmanom 9y ago
Once you develop a habit of doing something, it can be tough to drop the habit without something to interrupt your thought process. For instance, I noticed myself picking up my phone and browsing certain websites (dopamine sources) whenever