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by jazzyk 11y ago
Words do not offend me per se, but to me such utterances are a huge warning flag - they indicate a certain personality that I usually do not wish to associate myself with
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by jazzyk 11y ago
An even bigger problem in our industry is that, somehow, a lot of us think we are unworthy, lowly enablers of "the business"'s genius ideas. Enabling tirelessly, preferably over a weekend, for a 0.005% share of the company Gr
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Yes, they are productive - just not when filling out all these government forms.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Yes, assuming it is being remembered for something other humans appreciate and are grateful for (as is the case here).
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Inexpensive? It costs $26K/year (tuition + room&board) to attend University of Massachusetts.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
It is interesting how produce-nothing bureaucrats always manage to multiply like insects. The same pattern applies to the government, health care, etc. That's why we urgently need to go back to free (or as close to free as possible) m
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by jazzyk 11y ago
It would be hard to expect Germany to produce more in absolute terms, with Germany's population being 25 % of US population (US=320M, Germany=80M). With its population 4x higher, the US only produces 2.5x more stuff. That's a huge
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by jazzyk 11y ago
A 5000 sq foot house IS optional. Nothing wrong with a 2000 sq foot place - the rest of the world has to "do" with sub-1000 sq foot apartments.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Relishing the endless possibilities life can bring. Being more care-free/not burdened by the responsibility of providing for a family. Doing things on a whim.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
This is actually more common than you think. Age groups 40-55 are often more competitive than others. This is the age when people suddenly realize they are aging and start training like maniacs. When I run road races, my overall ranking (am
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Their value is providing competition to Mastercard/Visa. Without Discover, the duopoly would charge even higher transaction costs, etc.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Talking about issues caused by unintended consequences of immigration is not the same as hating. By immediately attaching PC labels, you are discouraging the discourse, which is necessary to solve the problem.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
I know quite a few people who should be running :-) The problem is - where to? A good start-up is hard to find. Sometimes you just have to suck it up to pay the bills.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Good points, though BMW, specifically, hasn't had the greatest reliability record. Which is pretty appalling for an upscale brand (I am giving the Tesla a pass for now, since its tech is new and different). That's why Lexus (relia
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Do you distinguish between OO and OOP? At the conceptual level, OO is primarily about encapsulation and detail hiding. So, a module is a higher-level instrument of encapsulation and information hiding than an object, but still very much OO.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
True, and in the abundance of "charging" stations. But it is the _only_ advantage left (see disclaimer at the end). - Reliability should be much higher with Tesla, as the engine is much simpler. - Ride quality. The 7 is a boat, do
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by jazzyk 11y ago
I said "THEIR market exposure". Please read carefully before you comment.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Excellent list. Two additional impact points (see my other post somewhere above in this topic) - the stock market may drop - negative impact on government debt ($19T and counting)
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by jazzyk 11y ago
This could have serious implications for the US. Here is why: With a lot of supply, the price of treasuries will go down, so the US government will be forced to offer higher yields for the newly issued debt to sell. This will: - increase th
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Knowing that Lyft (or whoever) may quickly replace them if they turn expensive/unreliable will keep Uber on their toes. This is not the case with the government - you can't just start using another government service if the curren
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by jazzyk 11y ago
To all the down-voters: Do you not think that solid data such as revenue, revenue growth and profit/loss (or at least burn rate) would be a much better measure of success? Some non-public companies (like Uber) publish some of these num
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by jazzyk 11y ago
>8/970 companies are worth > 1b and 40 are worth over 100M. Sorry to be negative, but worth according to whom? If none of these companies are public, the valuation comes from a very narrow group of private investors. In what seem
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by jazzyk 11y ago
s/defeat/remove
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by jazzyk 11y ago
In real life: - a private company is accountable to its customers, otherwise it will die (assuming there is choice of service providers). - government's customers (citizens) have NO choice - they are stuck with the same people, despite
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Most of mainstream media is willing to criticize the government as long as it is about anything but privacy violations. Only a handful of sites (The Guardian, The Intercept, Ars Technica, HN) have consistently reported on it. It may not be
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by jazzyk 11y ago
The more the government is involved in managing the economy, the more corrupt it (usually) gets. China's economy, while allowing private ownership, is heavily influenced/controlled by the government. Hence corruption. The US econo
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Periodic corrections/recessions are a necessary and healthy part of capitalism. Unfortunately, stock markets (and other asset classes) have been vigorously propped up by central banks in recent years (especially so after 2008). Market
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by jazzyk 11y ago
You are mixing up interest rates and government debt yields. Interest rates are set artificially by the Fed. Because they are set almost at zero, this causes run on government debt as the only "safe" source of interest income, low
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by jazzyk 11y ago
I have hired plenty of excellent software engineers of various seniority levels who had no presence on the web WHATSOEVER. Developers come in many different shapes and forms :-)
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Most of the software that gainfully employed engineers work on all day is owned by the company they work for (or consult for). If you disclose any details about it, you may be sued [google "Sergey Aleynikov" :-)]

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