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by fsk 11y ago
When deciding whether to do the right thing or not, the formula is (amount you save from breaking the law) - (cost of getting caught) * (chance of getting caught)). If "cost of getting caught" is always less than "amount you
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by fsk 11y ago
What kind of contract is marriage, if the other party can break it and you still have to pay them?
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by fsk 11y ago
The whole aftermath of this wage-fixing scandal was just a slap on the wrist. The amount they paid in fines and settlements was less than the amount of money they saved by suppressing wages.
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by fsk 11y ago
I've been on the receiving end of several code reviews that could be summarized as "You didn't write this exactly the same way as if I had written it." This was at places that did not have uniform written standards unif
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by fsk 11y ago
I've had a couple of really bizarre HR experiences recently. HR: When are you available for a phone interview with me? FSK: I'm available on these days at these times. Then I never hear back from them again, even after I follow up
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by fsk 11y ago
They really only need to pay you market to keep you. (But if your performance is above-average they should pay you above-average.) It is hard for an above-average employee to get an above-market salary when switching, because most employe
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by fsk 11y ago
There is a point where it's a no-brainer to switch. For example, suppose you were offered 3X more for a job with a worse environment. If you kept your living expenses the same, you could save up the extra money and then, for each year
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by fsk 11y ago
Another rule: never take the counter-offer. Just go. Reason #1 against taking the counter-offer: The boss is already planning to replace you, just on his terms instead of on yours. I.e., you could stay but get laid off as soon as they hir
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by fsk 11y ago
No, because market salary is all you can get by switching. You won't get an above-market salary by switching. The fact that you were underpaid for a year is a sunk cost. That time is gone and wasted. However, considering the costs of
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by fsk 11y ago
People can still be good bosses/owners if they're solely in it for the money. They important point is that they have an accurate picture of costs and value. Some penny-pinching bosses can be annoying. One boss fired a guy that g
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by fsk 11y ago
That happened to me today. They asked me my rate. I said $X. They said they could offer $X-20%. I declined the interview. (I was getting bad vibes for other reasons, so I don't feel bad.) If I was unemployed, I might have consider
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by fsk 11y ago
But with an unhedged option spread like that, his losses are unlimited. I.e., QQQQ continues to skyrocket while SPY tanks (or is flat). Naked put selling is very dangerous. (Well, his risk is limited to the strike, but that's a small
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by fsk 11y ago
One difference is, in school, if you get marked down on a Math a Computer Science test or homework, there's almost always a clear reason. In a job, if your boss just doesn't like you for whatever reason, there's no clear feed
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by fsk 11y ago
FYI: Inverse ETFs are horrible. They wind up buying high and selling low, due to the fact they continually rebalance. Someone did a study of inverse ETFs, and they performed poorly even when their target index tanked. Even if you buy 1-2
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by fsk 11y ago
Just write Goldman Sachs a check for the amount you want to gamble. It'll save you time and stress. The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent. Individuals generally should not short. With ZIRP, the Federal Reser
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by fsk 11y ago
When you give money to a beggar, you're saying that you want more panhandlers. That's how markets work. The beggars have some organization, so that 100+ people don't swarm all the best spots.
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by fsk 11y ago
Without context, it's hard to tell who's being a twit (or if both of them are twits). If I posted on the Internet every time someone was rude to me during a job interview, that's a lot of posts. Only a handful of places reje
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by fsk 11y ago
1. Apply all the security updates and patches as they come out. It's literally just one click. 2. Don't to get too fancy with too much customization (writing your own plugins, weird post types). 3. Using a less mature blogging en
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by fsk 11y ago
Frequently, they will word it as a layoff instead of a firing for cause, to avoid the potential lawsuit. Some minimum-wage employers would do firings to avoid paying unemployment, but that isn't as common at the professional level.
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by fsk 11y ago
So they're just doing an approximate game tree. Small differences in bet size can matter, because professional players will sometimes try to give you the pot odds to make a bad call.
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by fsk 11y ago
I meant things like "don't put in unpaid overtime when you're about to be fired" and "when nobody is looking, scan job ads on your cell phone". You can still do a solid job, but don't be as aggressive as
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by fsk 11y ago
What I'm saying is that I don't see how "all possible bet sizes" leads to a game tree of 10^161. It's got to be more unless they're taking some shortcuts, such as saying that a pot size of 24xBB and 25xBB are
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by fsk 11y ago
Suppose again the blinds are $1-$2 and the stack is $10000. I can bet $2, $4, $6, $8, $10, $12, $14, any amount up to $10000. Each of those is now a separate game tree. A couple of bets, and now we're way past 10^161. It may never be
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by fsk 11y ago
False. The strategy is different based on the size of your stack relative to the blinds. If the blinds are $1-$2 and you have $10, you're probably going to go all-in or fold. If you have $10000, then you can think more about trying to
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by fsk 11y ago
I don't see where they got 10^161 as the number of situations in no-limit. You can bet ANY amount, making it potentially unlimited. You also have to consider the ratio of the size of your stack to the size of the blinds, which means
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by fsk 11y ago
Verbal criticism is one thing. Being put on a performance improvement plan (PIP) is another thing. Most of the time, your boss will only fill out a PIP as a precursor to firing you, because the bureaucracy requires it.
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by fsk 11y ago
I've been unfairly fired several times, so my advice is: 1. Forget it, that job is over, it can't be salvaged. Knowing it's over, do the minimum work. 2. Start actively looking. Even if you don't find a new job within
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by fsk 11y ago
Just give a vague answer if anyone asks why you left the job "They wanted to go in a different direction." The important point is to not show stress when they ask why you left.
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by fsk 11y ago
Unfortunately, relocating is not an option for me right now.
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by fsk 11y ago
After WWII, with the start of widespread income tax, employers started giving health insurance to their employees as a way of giving a tax-free additional benefit. Initially, it wasn't obvious this was a legal tax loophole, but the law

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