iamacynic

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by iamacynic 9y ago
one thing the University of California system got right is that they put their campuses in large metropolitan areas, oftentimes in some of the most expensive real estate around. there really is no concept of 'townie' vs 'stu
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by iamacynic 9y ago
for our generation, typing basic or assembly code out on a graphing calculator is probably similar.
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by iamacynic 9y ago
i think the ability to learn is a pretty good definition of what iq is.
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by iamacynic 9y ago
> LLCs are passthrough entities they can be, but a lot aren't.
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by iamacynic 9y ago
"froze" implied he was scared. try "paused" or "ruminated" instead.
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by iamacynic 9y ago
no, it only seems that way because the powerful silicon valley and finance giants are the only ones with access to the top-tier young talent. the rest of the young people out there are inexperienced and not that smart, and definitely aren&
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by iamacynic 9y ago
i don't think it really registers in peoples' conscious minds that somebody owns _every single_ restaurant/deli/store/shop/building/etc. in a city, and it's definitely not some rich dotcom guy.
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by iamacynic 9y ago
they treat their employees and sales/solutions partners (even americans) like fucking garbage. like, the problems only barely begin at not paying their bills and speaking rudely to people on the phone. it's 100% indicative of s
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by iamacynic 9y ago
> TCS, Infosys, Cognizant they're also run and managed by real assholes. complete entitlement complex - definitely a sign of corruption / abuse.
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by iamacynic 9y ago
this is the correct answer. do not attempt to lobby corporations to change their revenue models; that is insane, and stupid. simply come up with a better solution, and use it. problem solved.
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by iamacynic 9y ago
> He treated his girlfriend the same way, too, and I'm surprised she didn't dump him for it. many women, like many men, actually want to be abused.
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by iamacynic 9y ago
you know what this entire industry needs? a professional to help you permit and utility-ize this thing as part of the purchase cost or an add-on service. make me feel warm and fuzzy that i can actually execute on this project of buying so
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by iamacynic 9y ago
40s, huh? i'm in my 30s and i learned about 5 years ago that changing peoples' minds is an impossible, pointless task. people come to their own conclusions based on the bullshit they choose to surround themselves with. you could
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by iamacynic 9y ago
in the early days of my company i had to yell back at a few customers - they were highly competent, technical people, who seem to deal with anxiety/loss of control by yelling at someone they perceive to be beneath them. scumbags. i re
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by iamacynic 9y ago
so not only are you passing judgment on an act of goodwill, you are manufacturing the fundamental motivation and putting it into someone else's head as well. that's called projection. you surely would have come across that in all
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by iamacynic 9y ago
you overcame an actual heroin addiction but can't deal with people joking about it on the internet?
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by iamacynic 9y ago
much of the northeast US still uses heating oil for heating their homes. it's delivered on trucks. and apparently the consumption is growing still. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_cons_821dst_dcu_nus_a.htm
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by iamacynic 9y ago
the good news is as long as the training data is known accurate (basically human-prepared), you can use a relatively tiny amount of it for very good results on huge datasets.
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by iamacynic 9y ago
the great thing about blaming everything on white people is that it removes all your own responsibility for the state of your life. what a convenient little system you've got going.
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by iamacynic 9y ago
why do you keep saying white privilege when you keep meaning black disadvantage? clearly this is not the same thing.
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by iamacynic 10y ago
the point is that it's all of the above, and when doing housekeeping, can be referenced in a single grep/search. it condenses the efficiency of action. always be lazy.
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by iamacynic 10y ago
you could say that the continual, un-ending nature of covert cyber/internet and financial war prevents any individual player or group from gaining sudden over-proportional power (as is possible with the two arm leverage of technology a
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by iamacynic 10y ago
oftentimes in companies, a consultant will be brought in to create controlled rebellion - a consultant is basically a mercenary who will operate at the direction of one of the bosses inside the company, and the results of the consulting or
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by iamacynic 10y ago
that's the point.
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by iamacynic 10y ago
wrong job. i suggest you consider that you may not know as much as you think you know; this is one of those points in your life where cognitive dissonance kicks in.
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by iamacynic 10y ago
correct - it's a sales job. very few people actually know what an investment banker does. it's just selling or (selling disguised as) buying ownership of shit to rich people.
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by iamacynic 10y ago
this is a bimodal distribution. my plumber/electrician/mechanic and my investment banker/lawyer aren't going to be replaced by robots any time soon.
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by iamacynic 10y ago
replace 'italian' in your post with chinese, french, american bbq, new californian, brazilian, arab, mexican, etc, etc, etc. but of course, the cuisine you understand the most personally is the one that is most persecuted, right?
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by iamacynic 10y ago
we need to stop explaining LA to people. way too many people are moving here lately.
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by iamacynic 10y ago
they probably bought the company that produces the glue.

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