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by csa 3y ago
> Well there are people questioning that a 66k/year salary is “rich”. They are delusional if they think it isn’t. This is officially “low income” in my area, and I think it qualifies someone for low income housing. For reference, I’
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by csa 3y ago
For “nomads”, I think the more common situation is that the nomad works roughly 2am to 10am Tuesday to Saturday, maybe shifted to 6am to 2pm for half day overlap. There are no syncing issues this way.
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by csa 3y ago
Good question. Definitely not Best Buy. There is only an increase for fast food workers and certain health care workers. Not sure whether food delivery gig work will fall under “fast food”. Probably not. Note that I think most of the CA peo
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by csa 3y ago
> Are temp workers for DoorDash et al. paid the new fast food minimum wage when performing contract work for fast food businesses in California? Yes and no, if my understanding of the current CA gig economy is correct. They will be guara
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by csa 3y ago
> You must be someone with a lot of experience living in Japan. Lived there 8 years, and worked with things Japanese for longer. > From the perspective of the landlord, he was suddenly much less reliable as a counterparty, after leavi
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by csa 3y ago
> do you mean lifetime employment or something else? Lifetime employment was certainly part of it. In the late 80s and (especially) the 90s, there were some changes that Japan made. Many of these changes were encouraged or pushed by west
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by csa 3y ago
> How is he marrying Japanese nationals so quickly? Interestingly phrased question, but I will bite: 1. We don’t know how long the courting period was for any of his marriages (he mentions two). 2. For women who are disposed to getting m
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by csa 3y ago
The illegal parlors exist, just like illegal private poker games exist in the US. I’m not sure about numbers, but I know many people in Japan who play mahjong with community friends just like I know many people in the US who have poker home
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by csa 3y ago
> I assume they’ll try to repopulate the world Oh, the irony if two gay men were the only option left to repopulate the world. One would assume that one or both (for genetic diversity!) would fall on their swords for the benefit/con
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by csa 3y ago
Thanks. Fixed. I didn’t realize early M3s didn’t have it.
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by csa 3y ago
Are most those 40k miles in the last year or so? > I just wouldn't use cruise control in heavy traffic Assuming you’re staying in one lane for a bit, AP actually shines in heavy traffic (especially stop and go). > I'll be dr
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by csa 3y ago
> You literally just described every defining feature of California roads. Eh… it has to be egregious. I live in California, and I only have problems on two spots between Bakersfield and Barstow. The rest are literal construction sites w
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by csa 3y ago
Are you a new Tesla owner? > I got a software update that seemed to add auto steer to my non-autopilot model y. All (edit: new since 2019) Teslas come with autopilot. “Full self driving” is an add on. > I tried it a few times on the h
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by csa 3y ago
1. I am not a lawyer or an LEO. 2. This is not a court of law or a legal arm of anything. Quite the contrary, it’s a social forum. 3. I don’t think any point you made materially changes the relevance of my point(s). I appreciate being accur
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by csa 3y ago
He said “at least”. And he specified “guilty of what they were charged with”. You also need to factor in the people who are guilty of crime A (that they did commit but were not convicted of) but are convicted of crime B (that they did not c
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by csa 3y ago
> your jingoism is deluding you As is yours. Who said anything about where I think this AI would be developed? US is possible. So is China. So is Europe. Not necessarily in that order. Japan might have an outside chance if certain things
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by csa 3y ago
While I agree that the comment you replied to seems a bit over the top, I don’t think the answer to your question is as obvious as you make it out to be. 1. If the AI is more effective at finding successful cancer treatment for Little Endia
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by csa 3y ago
They would have needed the unique ApplyYourself ID for any other applicant. I assume that these IDs were not trivial like intitials and last name.
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by csa 3y ago
Meh… the decisions were not finalized. The HBS folks incorrectly thought that their work in the system was private. TBH, they should be mad at the company and mad at themselves for not engaging in due diligence. That said, I can see how thi
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by csa 3y ago
Not urban legend, but slightly more involved: https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2005/03/4693-2/
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by csa 3y ago
> Am going to need a source for a claim like that. https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2005/03/4693-2/ Slightly more involved than the original post, but only slightly.
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by csa 3y ago
Speak in metaphor and/or code. I’ve been in mixed language communities in which I wasn’t sure who spoke what, and I have found this to be quite effective when done right. Good time to reference st:ng “darmok” episode and quotes like “d
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by csa 3y ago
Yeah. If you have a SaaS that has product-market fit, you are way ahead of the game. Cash cows don’t have to be agencies, but agencies are easier to spin up than a SaaS. In terms of nomenclature in general, productized consulting is a thing
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by csa 3y ago
> I'm thinking the much bigger value of audience building is that it's easier to get people to tell you what to build in the first place. Yes! It’s basically inbound sales for business ideas.
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by csa 3y ago
> As a mostly technical person, I'm not allergic to the business side of things, but I kind of don't even know where to begin. I’m kind of biased. I think b2b sales experience selling anything is a great way to learn core bus
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by csa 3y ago
> What is an agency in this context? Successful tech agencies that have been started by people I know: - programming - digital marketing - social media - web development - SEO - data science - AI (this is emerging) The agency is a busine
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by csa 3y ago
> Could you name some (not commonly known ways to get fuck you money)? To clarify, I put “fuck you money” at about $10m-$20m. This amount enables a relatively comfortable life in perpetuity without touching the principal. The ways are al
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by csa 3y ago
> How did you get the initial capital to buy businesses, just from your savings as a research professor? Much like Andrew Wilkinson, I started an agency. Agencies are great cash cows. In retrospect, I could have just started with savings
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by csa 3y ago
> The easiest way to get fuck you money is to reduce your consumption. If you work at a very high paying job in finance or at a place like Google or FB, I might agree with this. Some people in those groups make a lot and spend a lot (som
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by csa 3y ago
> Do you work in private equity or something where you buy out businesses and run them? Yes. I’m basically like Andrew Wilkinson and Tiny Corp, but not as far along the curve as he is (tiny is valued at ~$500m+ USD currently). https:&#x

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