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901.
by dominotw 4y ago
> this article seems to put me in the same category as institutional investors as they should.
902.
by dominotw 4y ago
> The effects of obesity are wildly overstated 90% of health care costs are attributable to chronic disease in usa per cdc. [1] Americans with five or more chronic conditions make up 12 percent of the population but account for 41 perce
903.
by dominotw 4y ago
lol. i don't see how this being marketed as duty to society like covid vaccine. No denunciation or shaming of voluntarily obese as a strain on society. No "COVID is a disease of unvaccinated" by the presidents.
904.
by dominotw 4y ago
Its always the same answer. People stuffing their faces with garbage food and chilling on the couch all day. Apparently there was an explosion of obesity in UK during covid. These people clog up all the available supply leaving very little
905.
by dominotw 4y ago
rude response. i said 'usually' .
906.
by dominotw 4y ago
haha my job makes me rewrite sql that Data analysts come up with into spark jobs in scala. Their main argument is that sql isn't unit testable like scala. This grunt work of sql =>spark translation is easily the most boring part of
907.
by dominotw 4y ago
spotify is usually on people's personal device like a phone not on communal device at home like a TV.
908.
by dominotw 4y ago
Their stock price is pegged at new customer acquisition. They signed up over 6k new customers last qtr. This is one of their top stats that they present to investors.
909.
by dominotw 4y ago
Because snowflake doesn't build foreign key indexes. Imagine clickstream data where every insert is being checked against an index of customers. This isn't a typical usecase for big data warehouses.
910.
by dominotw 4y ago
> cost analysis and found databricks and BQ to be cheaper than a similar snowflake build out. Wouldn't this mean snowflake has priced their product not competitively. Why would they do that if its so obvious that everyone would ju
911.
by dominotw 4y ago
they should switch to flat rate billing capped at slots they are willing to pay for.
912.
by dominotw 4y ago
if you could tell the difference they would be called medicines not supplements.
913.
by dominotw 4y ago
How does giving more funding to NHS solve " historic levels of obesity and heart disease." mentioned in the article. Paying people directly after every workout might have a greater impact.
914.
by dominotw 4y ago
> To throw it away because you're not "creatively expressing yourself" would be foolish. These golden shackles chained me to my faang job for a over a decade. Now I look back and my youth is gone. I have less energy , les
915.
by dominotw 4y ago
> people only need to look across to Europe. No they shouldn't be looking europe. Modern healthcare is subsidization of chronically obese people by healthy working class. UK is the most obese country in western europe. Their situa
916.
by dominotw 4y ago
cat tree. I love hanging out with my cat during workday.
917.
by dominotw 4y ago
Is there a mathematical way to deduce that its underfunded. I am wondering how we can tell the difference between poor management vs underfunding.
918.
by dominotw 4y ago
i feel old.
919.
by dominotw 4y ago
yea because minimum wage airline package handlers should take on an extra job on their own time 'giving a damn' about lost airpods. Entitlement on this thread is off the charts. Its not some random person's fault that people
920.
by dominotw 4y ago
> invested at 5% return What are some of the investments that can give me this rate of return. Also, the principle needs to keep growing to account for inflation too yea?
921.
by dominotw 4y ago
> depends on many different factors > They're effectively a highly regressive tax imposed on kids based on the income of their parents. why is it just 'income of their parents' in your statement if there are 'm
922.
by dominotw 4y ago
yes but you said > They're effectively a highly regressive tax imposed on kids based on the income of their parents. > entry fee is waived if you belong to the right family. So i thought you agreed with that statement.
923.
by dominotw 4y ago
> What exactly is everyone so scared about that we all seem to think the economy is headed for a major recession? All the tech layoffs and hiring freezes that are happening. Whats the explanation for it if everything is fine and dandy.
924.
by dominotw 4y ago
> wealthier parents, or poor enough to receive free rides through grants and scholarships Some of my nieces and nephews are going to college this year. They all seem to have gotten free rides for tuition( they have to pay for room and bo
925.
by dominotw 4y ago
> was never guaranteed to come back anyway do you know what % gets back. This data looks like really hard to find. (One article says around 40-50% [1]) So its a loss of 750-900 million in revenue to the govt? 1. https://www.c
926.
by dominotw 4y ago
are you saying they don't stand to make a lot of money on other kinds of debts.
927.
by dominotw 4y ago
can you tell your boss that you want to get laid off as well ? I've seen this actually work. You can get severance and try to find a job.
928.
by dominotw 4y ago
I think the one in US are just furnished rooms with some amenities like cleaning. These seem to be aimed at young people < 25 yrs. I am looking for ones where all age groups live together. People with kids, young ppl , grandparents ect.
929.
by dominotw 4y ago
> There’s a reason the federal government started subsidizing home mortgages: someone who is bought in to where he lives cares more about where he lives. Hasn't this thought process proven wrong in europe. Renters were similarly eng
930.
by dominotw 4y ago
> whims of a profit motive for someone who owes you nothing. what whims? I have a lease for X months. Yes all bets are off after that. No one is acting on whims. Homeowners are also at the whims of cost of labor to make essential repai

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