ivalm

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1. 1351.▲
   by ivalm 8y ago

   $200k as a solo person without kids gets you a fine life even in bay area. If you are a couple making $400k, you can even have kids and still be all right.
2. 1352.▲
   by ivalm 8y ago

   Yup, I use Mint, occasionally, but now I am rethinking it. I really thought it was integrated with the bank's api.
3. 1353.▲
   by ivalm 8y ago

   In scientific literature we do typically use one particular preferred time unit (second being the SI units) and then exponentiating properly (eg optically driven metal to insulator transition in V2O3 occurs in 1.3 picoseconds (10^-12 s), de
4. 1354.▲
   by ivalm 8y ago

   Isn't part of the problem that the water pressure (if everyone turns these one) is bad which hinders firefighters when they need to tap the water supply to fight fires. They specifically ask people to turn off sprinklers/water hos
5. 1355.▲
   by ivalm 8y ago

   Yes, the frozen hell of Norway... I am familiar with it. /s
6. 1356.▲
   by ivalm 8y ago

   US tech workers in HCOL areas (esp Bay Area/Seattle/NYC) are very well paid.
7. 1357.▲
   by ivalm 8y ago

   At least in the US, the state tax is always relatively small (CA top marginal 13.3%, but effective CA tax will be more around 8-9%). Remember, if you make 200K, you pay as much tax on the first 100K as a person who makes only 100K, you pay
8. 1358.▲
   by ivalm 8y ago

   If you chop the y-axis entirely then the graph can be meaningless. Perhaps your salary changed from 100000/year to 100001/year and those fluctuations are all in the cent range...