ironjunkie

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by ironjunkie 8y ago
I agree with you, but I think people avoid even the possibility//higher risk associated with the awkward start of the conversation. I work in tech and some of my male coworkers privately tell me that they avoid talking to womens t
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
Hey! Nice to see you on HN :) Every once in a while when I want to discover a non-fiction new book, I head to your book list. Once of the best out there IMO. Your summaries are very much on point.
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
I think you hit the nail on the head. I would also add that the whole minefield of communicating with someone of the opposite sex, especially if you are a man. It seems that you have a high risk of being called up for harassment if you want
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
Some of my colleagues got one of those connected treadmills in California. Seriously, why would you not go on a REAL bike ride instead of using an indoor bike? Everyday is a beautiful day outdoor. I'm all for tech, but in sport and fit
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
It is not a stretch, racism exists of course. But as you say, it is on average. And you are entirely basing this assumption on the external skin//gender attributes. When you are doing decisions on the "Average" of a spec
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
It is way more difficult to figure it out than you think. There are plenty of "local minimums" (or false bottoms), that go a bit back up then goes down again. Same thing is happening also for local maximum. People try to time the
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
Except that you make a HUGE generalization based on the gender and the race. You expect Everyone in that group to have to work harder, and you expect that everyone not in that group to have it easy. Stereotyping people based on their race&#
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
you are being downvoted even though you are saying it the way it is. I always find it interesting to see how people that want to use affirmative actions are in denials on the actual mechanics that are used in order to make it work.
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
I learned that knowledge the "hard way". I really wanted to buy two years ago, mainly guided by the hype. After spending a full weekend learning all the details and how to do a good cost-analysis of all the options I came to the c
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
I think you were extremely lucky to time the market correctly. It is impossible to know when it is the "Peak" or the "Bottom"
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
you insured yourself against the risk of being priced out, but you now face another huge risk: If there is a big tech crash in the coming years, you might lose your job and still be liable on a Mortgage for a home that lost half of its valu
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
yes, there are a couple intangibles that cannot be calculated. The downside of that is that your investment is illiquid and that it becomes way more difficult to move.
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
Landlords are only making a profit because of the exceptional last couple of years in California. I will bet you that if you take a mortgage today, you will most probably not make a profit vs renting.
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
yes, I fully agree with you. you need to do proper comparisons and calculation. After a lot of research I believe the New York time is one of the best online calculators: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/up
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
I wish more people understood that concept.
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
The terrible thing here is that owning a home is pictured as the American dream, a goal in itself. I think it should almost only be seen as an investment. Like any sizeable investment, a lot of calculation should be made to decide if it mak
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
Well, except that 1000$ invested a couple years ago in a standard SP500 ETF would give you a ~1350$ payout today [1]. So basically, you are paying ~350$ of opportunity cost to take that decision. [1] April 2016 (deposit date) VOO price was
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
This is a prime example of how lobbying will favor a very visible small group of people and slightly disadvantage everyone else. In the end, when you calculate the economic value of the advantage to the restaurant and the economic loss for
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
Did you consider blogging or writing a guide about it? There is a mismatch on information about the 9570 with chunk of informations here and there if you Google a lot, but nothing definitely well written yet.
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
Sure. My Perspective on the OS: MacOS philosophy is to hide/remove all or most settings and hope that the default ones will work for you out of the box. I love to tweak everything and MacOS feels too packaged for me. There is not enoug
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
I used Linux for 10 years (mainly on Lenovos and some early Dell XPS back in the days), then I switched to MacOS about 3-4 years ago and over the last couple weeks I have been trying to go back to Linux because I am sick having to use MacOS
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
That's only for a 2D ticket. The AMC subscription for 20$ a month is so much better if you even go "only" twice a month.
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
I cannot imagine how bad whoever decided at HMNY to invest in MoviePass is feeling right now.
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
It might be. My personal experience though is that whenever I go (usually peak time on weekdays), it is 98% empty (only the typical couple central seat being used). The movie is going to be projected with or without more people. Even sellin
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
Their goal was never to be profitable on paper, but acquire a ton of users and use them as bargaining powers for big theaters. It never worked though, as AMC and the others understood pretty well that the best way to deal with them is to ig
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
Their goal was never to be profitable on paper, but acquire a ton of users and use them as bargaining powers for big theaters. It never worked though, as AMC and the others understood pretty well that the best way to deal with them is to ig
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
I have seen that in a lot of places also. There is that need for the reviewer to prove himself by nitpicking non-issues in the code.
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
I fully agree with you. Based on my experience, Lambda is perfect if you only want to perform some relatively standalone task (such as a compute intensive rendering). As soon as it needs to connect to 3rd party entities, it becomes very slo
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
Having moved from Europe, I can agree that people in California are incredibly loud. Most conversations are normal, but people seem to always want to react with exaggerated laughs, or exaggerated replies for some reasons. (yes, the stereoty
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by ironjunkie 8y ago
Exactly, also asymmetrical decision power and non-aligned incentives. If you are a founder and you get a proposal for a 10M$ acquisition, you know you will make something around 2-3M$, which is not too bad. The employee however will make a

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