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by decafninja 2y ago
I agree that there are cases where it’s not always clear cut. I had a friend who went to Columbia teaching school. Her family was doing well at the time and could afford the tuition. Fast forward a few years, she has graduated but making th
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I can’t say what the threshold is, if there even is one. But a Harvard degree may still open doors that some Generic School degree may not. Case in point - newly minted lawyers from generic law schools have been struggling to land both high
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I can see why someone might choose one Generic School vs. another Generic School, but versus Harvard (and other similar level schools)? Everything else aside, schools at that level open up lifelong opportunities not possible or are much mor
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> China's descending into some sort of political chaos seems more likely, like it has done over and over thru history. And the West isn’t? I honestly am not sure whether I prefer Xi Jinping over one of the candidates in the upcoming
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At this point, China is outdoing the West in so many ways, and rapidly catching up in the areas where it still lags. I’m not one to eagerly praise the CCP, but it’s hard to not see how China is progressing while the West lags more and more.
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They’re also an authoritarian state that doesn’t have to worry about various pesky things that grind Western democracies to a halt. If the Pharoah wants a fleet of aircraft carriers, the Pharoah will have a fleet of aircraft carriers.
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What’s the general consensus on the state of US Navy ships? The most recent classes seem riddled with various problems - see Zumwalt, LCS, Constellation. I suppose the Ford is relatively ok.
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I’m curious why you don’t consider Saks a department store. Do you feel the same about similar stores generally considered upmarket of Macys? Bloomingdales, Nordstroms (which you did mention), Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, to name a few.
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Another aspect is that it was assumed virtually all animation outside of Japan was solely meant for young kids and the content reflected that. To be fair, most Japanese anime is also meant for kids and teens, but they were willing to explor
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Same. Being into anime (and gaming, and RPGs, and sci-fi, etc.) marked you as an outcast nerd when I was a kid. Nowadays, most of it is nearly mainstream. Granted there is still some weirdness like grown 40yo men obsessed with schoolgirl ha
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Even the aesthetic/art style varies tremendously - i.e. even the "big eyes" thing so often correlated with anime art isn't universal either. Can you have "Western" anime? Some hardcore otakus scoff at the idea.
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Could certainly be a US thing, but I've found the tech crowd and the anime otaku crowd to overlap a lot. Ditto for science fiction.
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Understandable. I do have some songs I'd like to ensure perpetual availability, but they're few in number enough that I may go buy them separately, but still use Spotify as my main consumption medium. I've also found that I&#
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Browsing the Jellyfin site, I don't understand. Seems like you still have to collect and manage your music. I was a latecomer to Spotify and now I can't go back. I've discovered more great music via it than I would ever have
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I agree it's not as arduous. But I feel the concept is still similar. In the case of leetcode, it's not limited to people out of university either. Mid career professionals are just as exposed to them as fresh grads. I know many s
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IIRC, there was discussion comparing these exams to the leetcode hazing rituals that comprise tech interviews today.
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Because people want features. Semi-playing devil's advocate since my ideal car is a very simple one. But I can see why the majority of people want various gizmos and doodads in their cars, whether it be a Spotify app or FSD.
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I increasingly feel the route to simplifying health insurance and medical care in the US is to bypass the existing legacy players entirely. Closest example I can think of that already exists - concierge healthcare services. But maybe that i
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I’d go even further, at least anecdotally - most people don’t seem to have a desktop or even laptop computer these days. Literally none of my non-techie circle own a personal desktop. Only a few own a personal laptop - and even then, it onl
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The truly rich seem to indulge in luxury goods that most average or wannabe or merely rich folks don’t even know about. IIRC Zuck has closets full of seemingly mundane looking clothes (tshirts, hoodies) that actually have 4-5 $ figure price
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I don’t doubt there are people that can recognize subtle differences in the taste of coffee depending on its origins and roasting and brewing. However that’s not me. I did my best to recognize the “notes of blueberry and molasses” or “flora
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Florida and Texas don’t belong on the same list as WV and Alabama. I can see why even a deep blue liberal might hold their nose and move to FL or TX. I can’t see why you’d do so for AL or WV.
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I don’t know, Miami is pretty nice. The only reason I wouldn’t consider living in Miami is that if I ever got laid off, the tech job ecosystem is poor at best. It’s not perfect but neither is SFBA, NYC, or Seattle.
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How much room is there for interpretation though? I mean, can Musk argue that he legitimately believes battling the woke mind virus is for the benefit of Tesla shareholders and their returns on investment and thus fulfilling his fiduciary d
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It’s a mobile idol to Musk. When the Pharoah commands you to build his pyramid, you obey the Pharoah.
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He has pivoted to defeating the woke mind virus as his priority.
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Hopefully his investment in Trump has as much RoI as his investment in Twitter. Regardless of which way the election goes.
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Some people are just not people-persons, and need guidelines - even if they sound strict, mechanical, or inhuman, to steer them through mundane things most people would take for granted. As someone like this myself, I welcome such things.
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It’s mostly Asian men that are negatively stereotyped. Usually as being “weak” or “nerdy” or “feminine”. Non-Asian man + Asian woman couples have long been normalized. Asian man + non-Asian woman couples were/are comparatively extremel
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I lost a ton of weight during the initial Covid lockdowns of 2020 without even trying. The only difference? I ate home cooked meals while WFH. They weren’t even made to be specifically healthy or with the objective of losing weight. Then I

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