elindbe2

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by elindbe2 7y ago
I wonder how many people in the survey interpret "opportunities for professional growth" as "opportunities to get rich". To me that makes the survey data more understandable. People, myself included, basically want mor
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by elindbe2 7y ago
Wages should always be going up at least with inflation and tech has been enormously successful in the past few decades so tech workers should be outpacing inflation. That said, it could quite possibly be even better for tech workers if, f
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by elindbe2 7y ago
And not everyone is interested in becoming a programmer. Not everyone wants to sit at a desk staring at a computer screen all day at their job.
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by elindbe2 7y ago
Not necessarily. The fact that I brush my teeth in a certain way doesn't determine the kind of car I drive or whether I love my wife.
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by elindbe2 7y ago
But you seem to be suggesting that something has to come in the form of paid employment. There's plenty of stuff I find meaning in, people just don't tend to be willing to pay me for it.
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by elindbe2 7y ago
This seems in line with other research. Sugar, when separated from the fiber in fruit is bad for you in any form. If you want to eat something sweet, whole fruit is your best bet.
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by elindbe2 7y ago
It's even worse in my organization. Funding is based on projects so the amount of funding you receive is based on exactly how long your estimate is (if they choose to fund your project). Often projects are estimated based on "he
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by elindbe2 7y ago
Living in a big city, its funny/sad how big an impact the weirdos have on my opinion of the city.
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by elindbe2 7y ago
It wouldn't be an "escape" for me, it's just if I want a decent amount of space and good schools and a subjectively "nice" neighborhood then I have to look at more suburban areas. I would like to be able to af
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by elindbe2 7y ago
That would have to be determined by new laws but no, I'd imagine they would be treated as separate person's who are relatives of Bezos.
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by elindbe2 7y ago
It's the government that is accepting these people into the country while at the same time telling them they can't legally work. They have to survive somehow.
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by elindbe2 7y ago
And yet here we are millenia later with people still working full time jobs...
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by elindbe2 7y ago
If we're going to worry about treatment of animals, wouldn't livestock be the appropriate starting point? After all they are the ones living in our concentration camps and being mass slaughtered. Dogs on the other hand mostly te
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by elindbe2 7y ago
I can understand why you might feel the way you do, but have a hard time understanding your confusion. Given that social isolation is a common punishment for children and prisoners you can't understand why people wouldn't want to
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by elindbe2 7y ago
But it seems quite possible that incomes could fall faster than demand given there are other factors influencing demand like foreign buyers. And the money saved by employers would make many already rich people significantly richer. Perhap
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by elindbe2 7y ago
But on the other hand you have to wonder about the greater social implications down the line. The invention of the car was great at first. It allowed people to get where they wanted to go faster. But as it was adopted more and more heavi
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by elindbe2 7y ago
SE Asia has other factors affecting the price though. Labor costs are obviously much lower as well as the price of land and more relaxed regulations towards street food and restaurants in general.
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by elindbe2 7y ago
I've often thought about that. Right now Grubhub and the like are oriented towards restaurant food: e.g. somewhat fancy, with lots of options, etc. Why not just cook industrial size portions of a few items and sell for cheap? You se
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by elindbe2 7y ago
That seems unlikely. If there's not enough people to work at minimum wage then they'll have to pay more.
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by elindbe2 7y ago
Why eat bread when you can just eat boiled wheat grains?
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by elindbe2 7y ago
I lol'd at the $200 month cable bill being "almost necessary". Do you work for the cable company? Too many people cutting the cord? Every day I must almost die because I've never paid for cable. My $30 cell phone pla
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by elindbe2 7y ago
I always find it crazy that people are willing to put up with such nonsense to be a game developer. Is code really that much more interesting when it's moving some sprites on a screen?
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by elindbe2 8y ago
Last time I checked, the salaries for developers in Singapore didn't look competitive, especially when considering the high cost of living. Has this changed recently?
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by elindbe2 8y ago
This is so true. Every time there's a nice sunny workday, I'm looking out the window thinking "wtf am I doing in here?". In fact, I think it's possible that many of our feelings of anomie and meaninglessness at wor
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by elindbe2 8y ago
It's clearly discrimination, any kind of ad targeting is. Is it harmful discrimination though? I always though of seeing an advertisement as something bad. It's a company trying to influence your decision making to their benefi
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by elindbe2 8y ago
God...I can only dream about such a work life.
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by elindbe2 8y ago
My employer is switching to a hotel/open office environment. I made a slightly snide comment about how it must've been designed by the bean counters. I was told it wasn't even saving my employer money. I was quite befuddle
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by elindbe2 8y ago
I think it means your superior is subjectively happy with the amount of work you are doing.
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by elindbe2 8y ago
I just got an idea for a new startup...
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by elindbe2 8y ago
I agree with this. For all of their annoying qualities, my employer 1.) doesn't make us work overtime 2.) the work is stable and it's hard to get fired if you are a full time employee 3.) the benefits are pretty good, especially

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