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by jazzyk 11y ago
If you take into account healthcare, college education and housing costs, all quite low in Finland and completely out of control in the US, your $40K may be not that bad.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Thank you. It is astonishing how few people understand the distinction (public/private).
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by jazzyk 11y ago
The government subsidizes housing through: - low interest rates (reduces interest payments) - tax deductions (mortgage interest payments, etc). Low interest rates, in particular, caused prices to rise dramatically, putting a lot of people i
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Off-topic, but why is attention from "fat chicks and gays" undesirable? I personally do not discriminate when someone compliments me - it does not necessarily mean they want to have sex with me and even if they do, so what? It is
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by jazzyk 11y ago
The government should not be intervening in the market (through bailouts or subsidies) on behalf of an anointed market player (or group of players). It should set the same rules for everybody and enforce them. If someone is not playing by t
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Basic research, yes, I agree. But there is not much basic research in electric cars, the tech has been known for many years now, same for space travel.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
The government _not_ hand-picking winners and losers (bailouts, lobbyists, etc.) would be a good start.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
True, but you excluded housing/food costs. On-campus housing is typically required for the first 2 years. Even off-campus, you have to sleep somewhere and eat. So add another $10K to your number.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Somewhat off-topic, but... Why is sending people into space or making electric cars the job of the government?
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by jazzyk 11y ago
She has organized fund-raising events for the Democratic Party (Hillary, I think)
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Yes, but she had nothing to do with the stock price rising (all due to BABA's rising value). If someone offered me a shitload of money to run a sinking ship, I would have taken the job, just as she did. With this level of compensation,
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Ceylon is such an under-rated language. It is what Java should have been - had it been curated better. RedHat should really spend more time/money on spreading the word - a lot of people have not even heard of it.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
This. Ceylon is what Java should have evolved into with better stewardship. Too bad it does not have the marketing muscle of a big corporation/consortium.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Hello form planet Earth: It is not what you "want to charge", it is what they are willing to pay you, that counts.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
True, but imagine how many more new Google-like companies VCs could have helped to create if they hadn't spent money on silly "Uber for Pets" start-ups. It almost seems like investing in early stage, but serious companies is
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Upvoted. I am tired of getting the "uncool old fart" looks every time I propose similar stack. You CAN do cool stuff with established tech plus have a peace of mind that you will not run into any "surprises".
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by jazzyk 11y ago
For me, ratings were the most important reason why I used Amazon (plus the convenience of one-stop shopping). This is a major stumble for Amazon, IMO. Hopefully a competitor steps up - this would be good for consumers, Amazon has become to
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by jazzyk 11y ago
It is a probe By FRENCH authorities regarding EUROPEAN emission standards. Read before you comment.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
It is just an academic theory, not holy gospel (with a long "Validity and criticisms" section in Wikipedia). I think salary IS a motivational factor in real life, as for many humans it is a yardstick of superiority compared to oth
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Employees are very rarely motivated EXCLUSIVELY by profit/salary. Fixed it for you :-)
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by jazzyk 11y ago
This. Also, try yoga...
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful comment. However, I respectfully disagree with the statement "price of oil will of course go back up at some point". I don't think it will ever go back to $80+ for two reasons: - more producers (US,
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Well, the market responds to consumers, who say (much to my chagrin): price/quantity over quality. The fact that these consumers spoil things for people like me who would gladly pay more for quality is another topic. But the market wor
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by jazzyk 11y ago
You picked a very specific segment (infrastructure-based services), but in that segment, the "public roads" model needs to be applied: just like roads are public, and used by private cars and private trucking companies for a fee (
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by jazzyk 11y ago
The issue is not necessarily ownership, it is the existence of competition. Unfortunately, for most (all?) government services, there is no competition - hence the inefficiencies. But private companies are prone to the same, if they don;t o
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Only if the barriers to entry into that market or product/service stickiness are high. Otherwise, customers, unhappy with the quality, will flee to the competition.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Also, when data is stolen, it is simply copied, the "original" remains on your computer - unlike physical items (which disappear when stolen). So it is really hard to notice.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
All true, but remember that even the fundamentally sounds stocks got seriously overbought in 2015. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e... (change the chart to a 5 year view)
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by jazzyk 11y ago
I agree and I practice what he preaches. The term financial independence may be misleading, though. It is more of a financial cushion/security than independence.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Most people agree that inequality is not a bad thing in itself. But we have two problems with inequality right now: 1. The sheer amplitude of it. Having people whose net worth is equal to the GDP of a small country poses interesting questio

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