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by fma 5y ago
Haven't read the article - but this is my sentiment for many years. I went to undergrad for computer engineering, then a masters in electrical engineering...hoping to do actual engineering work. And I end up having a career in web app
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by fma 5y ago
Their experimental web browser was the only reason I kept mine... Free web browsing when international + e-mail access through gmail. The proxy used to be able to get you through the Great Firewall of China...but that stopped after some yea
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by fma 5y ago
I have one of these whispernet and I did use the kindle + experimental browser + gmail as form of communication while abroad, and it was great that it had the built in proxy. But many years ago it stopped working in China.
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by fma 5y ago
I'd guess...this is just a way for the VCs to exit and pass the bag to someone else.
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by fma 5y ago
Majority of the long posts I've seen on reddit have the tldr at the bottom...
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by fma 5y ago
Genuinely curious...Why is it that "most of us" it's not? Because you don't like in the US? Or you live in an area w/ limited tech jobs? Or is it that you believe that all 3 criteria is unattainable? 8%...how is tha
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by fma 5y ago
The less sexy way of "making it big" is get a well paying, interesting but low stress job, live below your means, dollar cost average your way into an index fund. Instead of spending nights and weekends hacking away, spend it with
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by fma 5y ago
I had subscribed to by NY Times and WSJ. I felt that reading high quality articles that has a little bit of left and right bias would be the way to go. I tend to avoid editorials, as those are often sensationalized. I've since unsubscr
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by fma 5y ago
In other news...demand for private tutoring goes up.
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by fma 5y ago
There's a difference between investing in the Chinese stock market vs investing in a Chinese company listed in the US stock market as an ADR. An ADR usually goes through more vetting - but that doesn't mean there are not scams. Lu
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by fma 5y ago
I use ID.me to track down my payments...It was indeed a very PITA and I can't imagine those who are less computer literate and those where English is a 2nd language can navigate this complex system. It needs you to turn on your webcam
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by fma 5y ago
Congrats? My freshman year was 1997 - and I know when I was in middle school in 1995 majority of my peers knew nothing about computers, didn't have a computer, let alone the Internet. I was a fortunate one to receive a 2nd hand compute
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by fma 5y ago
Time to hoard type writers?
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by fma 5y ago
So - I guess everyone should use WeChat? Because I'm sure the Chinese government wouldn't put up with Israeli software being able to capture that data.
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by fma 5y ago
LOL, pretty sure Musk is more scared of the Chinese government than the US government. I've never seen Tesla/Musk apologize for anything, except when it comes to China. If Musk wants to be able to open his mouth with his opinions
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by fma 5y ago
Good to know! Dang 40% is a lot but I believe it hah!
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by fma 5y ago
I've heard they're fed up w/ insurance, billing...but the few times I've asked "hey what if I pay cash, not through insurance, is it cheaper?" (I knew I wont meet deductible...) It was actually more expensive.
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by fma 5y ago
It's called safe withdrawal rate...and usually 4% is what people use. $2 million safe withdrawal rate = $6666 per month. Not sure why you are seem to be offended and saying they are out of touch, or insane and unattainable when this is
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by fma 5y ago
If anyone wants more details, I'd recommend the following book... Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson
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by fma 5y ago
It's not being shut down, new accounts can't be created till they "comply". Likely a warning shot from the CCP that they are still at the mercy of China and need to remain loyal. CCP did damage to Ant before their IPO, n
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by fma 5y ago
Walmart sources their instore shopping to door dash employees. Doordash delivers their product whether you use the Walmart.com, or Walmart Groceries (in store). The only difference is that it's more explicit it comes from doordash when
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by fma 5y ago
I have their Walmart Plus. If I'm buying a major brand item I go to Walmart. 0 chance of knockoffs. I get 2 day free shipping. And - if it's in stock locally, many times they deliver directly from the store and I get it next day (
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by fma 5y ago
I buy a lot from Walmart now, to drive business away from Amazon (I would never have typed these words a few years ago...). First thing I do is click Retailer = Walmart.com.
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by fma 5y ago
If you're NBC and you're out to make money from advertisement...would you get more views showing spotlights of athletes from random countries...or spotlight of athletes from the US? I guarantee you China isn't doing a spotlig
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by fma 5y ago
I don't think it's a "belief" but a fact when we have all these conspiracy theories about the vaccine floating around. 1) Imagine if the US government was able to require social media or news sites to take down posts tha
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by fma 5y ago
That's my impression too all these years. The quality is lower too. I'd rather have less engineers but higher quality but that doesn't work w/ the bean counters. I graduated undergrad in 2006 where many of my peers were
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by fma 5y ago
The US subsidizes industries pretty frequently - especially agricultural. https://www.thebalance.com/farm-subsidies-4173885 The US got sued by Brazil for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil%E2%80%9
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by fma 5y ago
Hong Kong extends and creates islands pretty often...1 square mile, 50 years...seems very ineffecient. https://discovery.cathaypacific.com/hong-kongs-land-reclamat...
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by fma 5y ago
Nah what happens is then people start trusting people who say "don't trust the experts, here's my theory though" and says whatever it takes to get clicks to their YouTube channel.
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by fma 5y ago
Likely yes. Where I used to live we had AT&T and Comcast as providers. We'd always get decent subscription rates. I moved, and now only have AT&T fiber...no discounts, very expensive. Wife and I own a small business with a bric

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