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by dev_jim 15y ago
People probably would be irrationally alarmed. It's irrational to be alarmed about a company driving workers to commit suicide? Are you seriously making that argument?
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by dev_jim 15y ago
It would be a national alarm because this number is very high for our nation Eighteen was just using the number in the article. A national alarm would be sounded if 3 workers jumped to their death at a GM plant last year. GM executives
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by dev_jim 15y ago
I am sick and tired of hearing how the suicides are no big deal because they are less than the national average. 1) You don't know the non-jumping suicide rate. There could be plenty of workers who take their lives privately in their dormi
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by dev_jim 15y ago
But even then, it's not even always true. I'd wager the majority of these women end up in a cycle of jerks. You just selectively hear about the ones who give up, and settle. This isn't a matter of fate - it's a matter of perception. Women
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by dev_jim 15y ago
From Wikipedia: Aggression, in its broadest sense, is behavior, or a disposition towards behavior, that is forceful, hostile or attacking. It may occur either in retaliation or without provocation. In narrower definitions that are common
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by dev_jim 15y ago
There's a lot to admin about Japan, but this article is hackery at best and deceptive at worst. The article is almost solely focused on Tokyo. Yes, Tokyo is still doing well. It's still one of the richest cities in the world. But Tokyo
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by dev_jim 15y ago
I do enjoy generalizations. Wall Street check. Biking check. Wine/Food check. 9AM wrong, but 8:30 is close enough. Suit wrong. Alcoholism wrong. Chain smoking dead wrong.
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by dev_jim 15y ago
You okay, bro? Unstable people like yourself are more of a danger to flying than cellphones ever could be.
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by dev_jim 15y ago
1. I have a masters in EE, but more importantly I have common sense that tells me that millions of flights have been conducted in the cell phone era without an issue. Please stop the fear mongering on this. 2. I put it into WiFi only mode
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by dev_jim 15y ago
I find that 90% of flight attendants could care less as long as you're not showing the phone in plain sight. Turning it off briefly (event with it still in your hands) or cupping it with your hands and turning sideways so they can't see th
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by dev_jim 15y ago
I haven't turned off a cell phone while flying for almost ten years now. I refuse to be part of any safety or security charade.
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by dev_jim 15y ago
First year associates at NY law firms pay $165k + bonus. Current fourth years make close to $300k. 50k+ for three years is a good investment if you do above average at a top 10 school.
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by dev_jim 15y ago
I'm not sure why people find this so unbelievable. The revenue per employee at GOOG is $1.2M in a very high margin business. That means some of their best developers, the guys whose products generate all the revenue, take home only 20% of
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by dev_jim 15y ago
Interesting hearing your positive experience with the broker. I had a lot of trouble using brokers when I first arrived. I ended up finding my rennovated Greenwich Village 1BR on Craigslist for $2,500 which was $500-$1,000 less than simila
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by dev_jim 15y ago
In NYC you will pay about 50% of your gross income if you are just barely qualify for the marginal top tax bracket. Of course these numbers mean squat for your own personal situation: Federal - ~25% effective, not marginal State - 8% Local
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by dev_jim 15y ago
Please tell me how you found a renovated walk-up 1BR in Chelsea for $2k :)
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by dev_jim 15y ago
I live in NYC where I'm pretty sure I'm about as average looking as they get :) I usually just write a quick 2-3 liner about some shared interest or something I found interesting about her profile. Reply rate is about 33% (OKCupid has a t
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by dev_jim 15y ago
Try OKCupid or a similar dating website. It gives you the opportunity to meet new women at your convenience by initiating contact through a 3-line email. And if they respond you know they are interested. As far as skill set...just be your
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by dev_jim 15y ago
I couldn't give you the math, but the optimal strategy is to always date two or three women at any given time. This allows you to always keep your favorite while giving an opportunity for new contenders to rise to the top. Now of course t
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by dev_jim 15y ago
Not really. What is going to help you get rich is to focus on increasing your top-line income. Doubling and tripling and more of your income is going to make whatever bottom line improvements described in this article irrelevant. Not to m
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by dev_jim 15y ago
I could never wrap my head around the Rails world. I enjoy the elegance and simplicity of Python/Django. There's a lot less 'holy shit magic' moments.
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by dev_jim 15y ago
Exactly. It's not a zero-sum game. China getting better economically is good for the U.S. and vice versa. Anyone who thinks differently needs to take ECON101.
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by dev_jim 15y ago
Work for a company or industry that you enjoy. That you couldn't imagine doing anything else. You'll never have a problem being productive again.
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by dev_jim 15y ago
At 100k euro is about $145k in the US. Depending on your marital situation, 401k (dc pension), mortagage interest deduction you're effective federal tax rate is going to be 15-20%. Add in another 6.2% (most of that only on the first 106k)
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by dev_jim 16y ago
There's no nobility in poverty anymore.
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by dev_jim 16y ago
100k is pretty standard for good programmers in coastal cities right out of or within a few years of college. Salary increases pretty quickly at the entry level because your opportunities multiply with just a little bit of experience.
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by dev_jim 16y ago
Congrats to them. It's one of the best services I use on the web. It's changed the way I travel. I just hope Concur doesn't f it up.
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by dev_jim 16y ago
> On the one hand you have Flash, which has been around for ages and you can't just take it out without breaking a lot of the web. Google does not need to bake Flash into Chrome. Somehow browsers have survived a decade without the ne
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by dev_jim 16y ago
Gruber's post wasn't about being a proponent of H.264. It was asking why Google was being so hypocritical with (1) Flash still bundled in Chrome and (2-3) their flagship support of H.264 with Android and YouTube. It's one thing to be a pro
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by dev_jim 16y ago
Nice library. It looks like a great candidate for one of our upcoming projects.

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