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by doyoulikeworms 11y ago
While GDP (PPP) of China and USA are similar, this isn't the same as saying that their wealth is similar. The USA's net national wealth is about $85 trillion, while China's is about $22 trillion. I have a feeling that a muc
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by doyoulikeworms 11y ago
As we've grown older (and nearer to having children), my partner and I have moved further away from the city for precisely this reason. Cities are great fun, and have a whole lot to offer a childless person/couple. But they are al
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by doyoulikeworms 11y ago
Some professions work 12 hour shifts. My mother is a nurse, and she works 12 hour days 3 days per week (full time). It's actually a pretty decent job. But 12 hours at any job 5+ days a week does sound rough.
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by doyoulikeworms 11y ago
I think all programmers are the "oil". Some are higher quality that others, just as is the case with oil. Maybe tech companies are like refineries? This analogy is getting strange, but I like it.
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by doyoulikeworms 11y ago
I have a feeling that the land there ("In the arid plains of the southern New Mexico desert") is really cheap though.
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by doyoulikeworms 11y ago
Actually, thanks for prompting me to check on that stat. It came from here: http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/health-spending-per-cap... And in returning to it, I realized that it's from 2009! That said, i
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by doyoulikeworms 11y ago
If the US had health care cost controls (and if every state expanded Medicaid), its healthcare system would be pretty good. It's already quite similar to the Swiss system, except for this critical lack of cost regulation. As far as I k
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by doyoulikeworms 11y ago
I don't know if this kind of comment is appreciated on HN, so I apologize in advance. Why is rent so high in SF and the Bay Area in general? Can anyone recommend good reading material on this topic?
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by doyoulikeworms 11y ago
I think that the best way to describe Reddit with regard to misogyny, racism, and other forms of bigotry is that Reddit is not a safe place for everybody. If you don't curate your subreddits well, you'll probably end up trudging t
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by doyoulikeworms 11y ago
Wow, that looks dangerous as hell!
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by doyoulikeworms 11y ago
Well, it should be noted that "rich" is something of a relative term. For many people, being able to take a risk and forgo income for a time is, indeed, to be rich.
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
Well, I don't know anything about Gymnasium, but it doesn't sound very different from K-12 compulsory education in California. Except the many languages and computer science-- children learn to program in Germany? That's amaz
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
Ah, that makes sense. It's funny, because some Americans grumble about the lack of focus on vocational training and trades, while OP was grumbling about the lack of breadth and liberal education in Germany. The grass is always greener.
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
Source? OECD put it at 27% in 2011[1]. If that number is 38% today, then over 2 million Germans earned post-secondary degrees in the last 4 years. 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_25%E2%80%9...
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
Agreed. But the German education system isn't like Anglo (e.g., US) systems. 27% of this generation of Germans have post-secondary education, compared to 43% of their American counterparts. Someone explained to me that this is due to G
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
The answer to this question depends on how these taxes are raised. Currently, this tax is raised in the form of fees, due quarterly (or per semester) for the four (or more, or less) years of UC education consumed. Paid for by students and&#
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
I completely agree. Any time you try to turn complex social systems into a simple number, things are necessarily lost in translation. The numbers represent simply what they represent, and nothing more.
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
Public university used to be cheap. In the 1960's, tuition & fees at a UC school was less than $2000 (2015 dollars) per year. In the 1950's, it was less than $750 per year.[1][2] Today, tuition & fees at a UC will cost you
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
How did it taste?
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
I'm not trying to be snarky, but you just listed a bunch of costs.
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
what about asian kids from poor families?
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
I left my job to make video games, mostly solo. I'm financially able to pursue this lifestyle for the foreseeable future. > One of the nice things about having a 9-5ish job is that I have to go into the office on a regular basis (no
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
One doctor in the article states that the diagnosis criteria ought to include whether or not the shut-in is unhappy with the situation. A happy hermit would not be a hikikomori in his eyes. That said, I'm an introvert myself as well. S
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
feel emotions (sad, happy) and take the time to process them (boredom) to be creative?
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
All of it has true value.
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
Well, you can definitely pay to win, but most people have more time than money so we just grind for gear.
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
UC Davis is an excellent, albeit not elite, university. CSU Sacramento would probably be the last place I would attend for a CS degree.
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
I thought that they were called entitlements precisely because we pay for them.
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
> (oh, and I get the impression that a college education in the US is more like a high school degree in Germany and not directly comparable to a proper university degree…any comments/similar observations?) Uh, wow?
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by doyoulikeworms 12y ago
As a 27 year old male, most of my friendships revolve around doing things together. Working, video games, sports, drinking, or eating, mostly.

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