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by jazzyk 11y ago
I come from a culture with close multi-generational ties, so I don't think there is anything wrong with your potential decision at all - if it is your _choice_, not _necessity_
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by jazzyk 11y ago
A lot of people found a way to live on low income obtained from parents, disability benefits, temp jobs, renting out grandma's apartment, etc. Sharing apartments or living with their parents, etc. Given that a lot of job growth in the
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by jazzyk 11y ago
"...you aren't necessarily done working for the rest of your life, just that working has become completely optional" Optional - as long as you live in your parents' basement and don't want to start a family. :-)
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Highly recommended. I have been buying this olive oil for 1+ year now, and it is up there with the best I have ever had (and I travel to Mediterranean countries often). Every time I have guests for a dinner party, oil/bread is usually
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by jazzyk 11y ago
EDIT: The sub-thread poster kind of hit on similar issues to mine - just a different take, then: Most posters below conflate or ignore two major aspects in their examples: 1. Physical vs. intellectual work. I had a few almost-sleepless nigh
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by jazzyk 11y ago
It depends.I am a consultant and have worked for many different companies on many different projects. In most cases, people say "yes" without even being asked by their bosses - out of (imaginary) fear of losing their jobs. We are
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Wealth distribution is a big problem, because the richest can essentially buy the government (and that's exactly what they have been doing) [ http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/11/us/poli
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by jazzyk 11y ago
>When a person uses "All Lives Matter", what they really >mean is "cop's lives matter more" No, I understand it to be "police can sometimes use force unjustifiably towards anyone, of any race." If a
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by jazzyk 11y ago
This is outright scary. The Easily Offended crowd should have noted he had said "..to my wife" not "..to a female". Assuming his wife is not in the software business, how is this a commentary on the role of gender in tec
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Sure, what is fun to me may not necessarily be fun to others, I get that. The point I was trying to make was to perhaps try finding other ways to exercise - I found it in an unlikely (for me, 10 years ago) activity, maybe you will, too.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
"the gym is incredibly intimidating to the uninitiated" Many people say that and I am always puzzled why. Over the past 10 years, no one has ever looked at me funny or laughed at me - and I was in my early 40s when I started. Sup
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by jazzyk 11y ago
You are entitled to your opinion, of course. Two things though: "Knowledge." - no need to ask strangers. Everything is just a google away. There are plenty of YouTube videos which show proper form (but read the comments, because t
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Thanks for bringing this up - somehow I missed this thread. Not tech related, but beautiful and wise. Forwarding it to my kids right now.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Not Spring Boot programmers...
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by jazzyk 11y ago
If consumers don't have the money to purchase the goods/services they desire, nothing is going to happen.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
This. I have given up on talking to "seed stage" VCs a while ago. Apparently their definition of "early stage" is different than mine - it is a total waste of time.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
If I were a Yahoo shareholder, I would throw a hissy fit. Total lack of judgement on M. Mayer's part - whether it is lavishly spending money or the Queen-like outfit/pose/setting. I am sure it made Yahoo's employees day
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by jazzyk 11y ago
I think the age of the father may also have something to do with it.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
I am very happy for J. Carter, he is a class act. But it is just one case. My friend, a Ph.D. with 100+ publications in cancer research told me recently there has not been much progress in the last 30 years.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
There are parallels to finance (and other industries), when a lot of money is lost as a result of a series of risky bets, what do you do? Blame the "rogue" trader.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
I use IDEA and still think it is one of the best pieces of software I have ever used. That said, the new branding is...troubling. Aesthetics is a matter of taste, over-engineering and fuss are not. KISS never goes out of style. It is troubl
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by jazzyk 11y ago
I totally understood the difference, I was trying to say that it doesn't really matter. We need to fix the broken system, but I am not aware of any candidates having any workable ideas...
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Perhaps. But chances are that these two will become their parties' candidates and then most Americans _will_ have to choose between them. The US has so many smart, hard working people, we deserve better.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
A fair number of developers transition to management, but I would not call the path "pretty clear". It is much less clear than for project managers, program managers, etc.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
We don't need a union, but a professional body representing us would do wonders. Merely sorting out the H1B visa mess (not necessarily eliminating) would help salaries. My wife is an architect (residential) and her clients cannot tell
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Perhaps it is cool - but it is still not a popular major to study. Very, very few of my kids' friends in high school picked a STEM major, even fewer CS. Top 10 high school in Massachusetts (which is No. 1 in the US)
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by jazzyk 11y ago
This. The nature of solar calls for a decentralized model, with each house having solar panels and a battery - just like most houses in the US have their own heating systems. Big, entrenched utility companies don't like it because this
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by jazzyk 11y ago
But the ultimate enabler of countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran is the US/West by 1. making them rich through oil-buying (some of the money goes to fund terrorism) and 2. selling them arms. So the West is to blame indirectly (and directl
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by jazzyk 11y ago
IKEA's furniture comes with quirky instructions (no words, just graphical "sign" language, to avoid translating into tens of different languages). Women may be a bit more patient with figuring out what it means (more empathy,
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Not just a bank - one of the top 3 central banks in the world. And not just banks, governments: "The last three appointments to the Federal Reserve are all former Goldman officials GS, +0.09% —Patrick Harker, the new president of the P

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